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Kitāb-i Qirān-i sa`dayn, [984, i.e. 1576]. Saadin's Quran book, [984 AH, 1576 AD].
( کتاب قران سعدین ه م)

Title	Kitāb-i Qirān-i sa`dayn, [984, i.e. 1576]. Saadin's Quran book, [984 AH, 1576 AD].
Title Original	کتاب قران سعدین ه م
Author	Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, approximately 1253-1325. Amir Khosro Dehlavi.
Author Original	امير خسرو دهلوى
Publication Date:	1576
Subject	Manuscripts, Persian > Michigan > Ann Arbor. Persian poetry > 747-1800. Masnavis, Persian > Early works to 1800. India > History > 1000-1526 > Poetry.
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	20 leaves : paper ; 222 x 165 (153 x 117) mm. bound to 226 x 170 mm.
Library:	Columbia University Libraries
Record ID	ht006813675
Library Location	Online
Date	1576
Notes	Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 312 Origin: As appears in colophon on p.59, copied by Jamāl Shāh Maḥmūd with transcription completed Ṣafar 984 [May 1576]. Former shelfmark: "462 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on interior of upper cover. Binding: Pasteboards covered in light brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap, but not flush with text block) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted wove paper ; upper and lower covers carry tooled border (blind rules) ; sewn in dark purple thread, two stations ; overall in fair condition with some staining and minor abrasion. Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 6-7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct) and any chain lines not clearly visible, transluscent, sturdy, quite well-burnished, dark cream in color ; flyleaves in wove paper (indistinct embossed mark in front flyleaf). Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of large rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title ( "كتاب قران سعدين" ) and swirling vegetal design in white with floral motifs in pink, yellow, and red, flanked by floral vegetal design in gold on fields of blue, entire piece surrounded by bands of red, gold and blue and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area surrounded by frame consisting of a narrow gold band defined by black fillets and red and blue rules, narrow gold bands separate the four columns within as well ; headings and keywords rubricated. Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots. Layout: Written in 17 lines per page with written area divided into four columns ; frame-ruled. Collation: i, III (6), V (16), II (20), i ; ternion, quinion and binion ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization. Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, in Arabic, reads "تمت الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب بتاريخ شهر صفر سنه ۹۸۴ كاتبه جمال شاه محمود م م م" Explicit: "بر در شه خدمت من و السلام" Incipit: "حمد گویم که توفیق خداوند حنان ... نام این نسخۀ و الاست قران سعدین ... حمد خداوند سرایم نخست تا شود این نامه بنامش درست ..." Title from illuminated headpiece at opening (p.2). Ms. codex. Purchase ; Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham). 1924.
Sample Text	Elegant copy of the mas̲navī on the meeting of Sulṭān Muʻizz al-Dīn Kayqubād and his father Nāṣir al-Dīn Bughrā Khān by Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī (d.1325).
Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında	Jamāl Shāh Maḥmūd, fl. 1576, scribe. جمال شاه محمود, ناسخ.
İçinde	Abdul Hamid Collection.
Köken	Effaced ownership statement and seal impression on p.40 along with other notes and excerpts ; relatively clean copy.
Kaynaklar	Cat. Pers. MSS. Brit. Mus., p.611 f.
Tekdüzen Başlık	Qirān al-saʻdayn قران السعدین.
WorldCat	https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1194755544

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Kitāb-i Qirān-i sa`dayn, [984, i.e. 1576]. Saadin's Quran book, [984 AH, 1576 AD].

( کتاب قران سعدین ه م)

Author Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, approximately 1253-1325. Amir Khosro Dehlavi.

Author Original امير خسرو دهلوى

Publication Date 1576

Subject Manuscripts, Persian > Michigan > Ann Arbor. Persian poetry > 747-1800. Masnavis, Persian > Early works to 1800. India > History > 1000-1526 > Poetry.

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 20 leaves : paper ; 222 x 165 (153 x 117) mm. bound to 226 x 170 mm.

Library Columbia University Libraries

Record ID ht006813675

Library Location Online

Date 1576

Notes Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 312 Origin: As appears in colophon on p.59, copied by Jamāl Shāh Maḥmūd with transcription completed Ṣafar 984 [May 1576]. Former shelfmark: "462 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on interior of upper cover. Binding: Pasteboards covered in light brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap, but not flush with text block) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted wove paper ; upper and lower covers carry tooled border (blind rules) ; sewn in dark purple thread, two stations ; overall in fair condition with some staining and minor abrasion. Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 6-7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct) and any chain lines not clearly visible, transluscent, sturdy, quite well-burnished, dark cream in color ; flyleaves in wove paper (indistinct embossed mark in front flyleaf). Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of large rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title ( "كتاب قران سعدين" ) and swirling vegetal design in white with floral motifs in pink, yellow, and red, flanked by floral vegetal design in gold on fields of blue, entire piece surrounded by bands of red, gold and blue and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area surrounded by frame consisting of a narrow gold band defined by black fillets and red and blue rules, narrow gold bands separate the four columns within as well ; headings and keywords rubricated. Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots. Layout: Written in 17 lines per page with written area divided into four columns ; frame-ruled. Collation: i, III (6), V (16), II (20), i ; ternion, quinion and binion ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization. Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, in Arabic, reads "تمت الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب بتاريخ شهر صفر سنه ۹۸۴ كاتبه جمال شاه محمود م م م" Explicit: "بر در شه خدمت من و السلام" Incipit: "حمد گویم که توفیق خداوند حنان ... نام این نسخۀ و الاست قران سعدین ... حمد خداوند سرایم نخست تا شود این نامه بنامش درست ..." Title from illuminated headpiece at opening (p.2). Ms. codex. Purchase ; Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham). 1924.

Sample Text Elegant copy of the mas̲navī on the meeting of Sulṭān Muʻizz al-Dīn Kayqubād and his father Nāṣir al-Dīn Bughrā Khān by Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī (d.1325).

Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında Jamāl Shāh Maḥmūd, fl. 1576, scribe. جمال شاه محمود, ناسخ.

İçinde Abdul Hamid Collection.

Köken Effaced ownership statement and seal impression on p.40 along with other notes and excerpts ; relatively clean copy.

Kaynaklar Cat. Pers. MSS. Brit. Mus., p.611 f.

Tekdüzen Başlık Qirān al-saʻdayn قران السعدین.

WorldCat https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1194755544