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Kitāb-i Tuhfat al-aḥrār, [975, i.e. 1568]. Book Tohfa Al Ahrar, [975 AH, 1568 AD].
( کتاب تحفة الاحرار ه م)

Title	Kitāb-i Tuhfat al-aḥrār, [975, i.e. 1568]. Book Tohfa Al Ahrar, [975 AH, 1568 AD].
Title Original	کتاب تحفة الاحرار ه م
Author	Jāmī, 1414-1492. Jami.
Author Original	جامي
Publication Date:	1568
Subject	Manuscripts, Persian > Michigan > Ann Arbor. Sufi poetry, Persian > Early works to 1800. Masnavis, Persian > Early works to 1800. Persian poetry > 747-1500.
Type	belge
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	63 leaves ([128] p.) : paper ; 227 x 123 (142 x 61) mm.
Library:	Columbia University Libraries
Record ID	ht005233659
Library Location	Online
Date	1568
Notes	Origin: As appears in the colophon on p.126, transcription completed 17 Sha`bān 975 [ca. 16 February 1568]. Authorial colophon preceding scribal colophon (also on p. 126) indicates that the composition was completed in Ramaḍān (and the completion of the arrangement of this version took place in the month of Tasbih and the city of Tarawih, the regular month in the month of the seventh and eighth year of May Lazal Mubaraka Ali Feh) 886 [1481]. Accompanying materials: Scrap with line in pencil "Diwan Shah Naqshbandi Quds Serh" (paginated pp.32A-32B). Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather; Type III binding (without flap); doublures in marbled paper (mainly in pale orange and dark blue); upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with asymmetrical vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OAi2 1) and pendants as well as gold-painted accents, tooled rosettes and tooled borders (single rule and series of s-shaped stamps); sewn in cream thread, two stations; worked chevron endbands in pale green and brown, fair condition with some damage; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, losses at board corners, etc. ; repairs (rehinged) in pink paper. Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, curved and somewhat indistinct) and no chain lines clearly visible, well-burnished, dark cream in color; staining and tide lines. Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (`unwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche (overlaid with delicate black vegetal designs) carrying title in white riqā` "Kitab Tohfa Al Ahrar" set off by similar pendants and accent pieces in black and red on a lapis lazuli ground all covered with swirling vegetal designs in gold with red, yellow, and white floral accents, surrounded by a heavy band of gold interlace defined by red and white (with black crosses) and surmounted by a heavy band of black with further swirling vegetal designs, itself surmounted by a framed triangular piece or hasp in gold and lapis lazuli with similar swirling vegetal designs, all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in lapis lazuli; rubricated headings and keywords; written area surrounded by a frame of gold with turquoise and blue rules. Script: Text written in black nasta'līq script (contribution by D. Mancini-Lander). Layout: Written in 15 lines per page; frame-ruled. Collation: i, 7 IV(56), IV-1 (63); exclusively quaternions; present catchwords; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes front flyleaf). Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, mainly in Arabic, reads: "Walhamdulillah al-Karim al-Jawad and salawat ali Muhammad wa Alaihe Khair al-Abad and peace be upon him. Taslima kakaa kakaa on the date of 17th of Sha'ban al-Mu'zam, year 975 Tem Tem Tem Tem Tem." sarlawḥ) at opening. Ms. codex. purchase Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham). 1924.
Sample Text	Tuhfat al-Aḥrār, composed in 886/1481, is the third of seven masnavīs (long poem in rhymed couplets) that make up Jāmī's Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones). This work is a didactic poem, presenting ethical and moral advice in twenty discourses, each accompanied by illustrative anecdotes. The final discourse offers counsel to the poet's own son (contribution by D. Mancini-Lander).
Biyografik / Tarihsel Not	Persian Ṣufī of the Naqshbandīyah order and famed poet as well as hagiographer. Closely allied with the Timurid court of Herat in the 15th century, particularly with his patron, the vizier, Mīr ʻAlī Shīr Navāʼī (contribution by D. Mancini-Lander).
İçinde	Abdul Hamid Collection.
Köken	Effaced ownership statement on front flyleaf (p.1) ; ownership statement and octagonal seal impression (both mostly effaced) on 'title page' (p.3) ; scalloped almond-shaped seal impression in upper margin of incipit page (p.4).
Kaynaklar	Rypka, p. 286-8 Browne, v. iii, p. 515-16, 526-8
WorldCat	https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81282234

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Kitāb-i Tuhfat al-aḥrār, [975, i.e. 1568]. Book Tohfa Al Ahrar, [975 AH, 1568 AD].

( کتاب تحفة الاحرار ه م)

Author Jāmī, 1414-1492. Jami.

Author Original جامي

Publication Date 1568

Subject Manuscripts, Persian > Michigan > Ann Arbor. Sufi poetry, Persian > Early works to 1800. Masnavis, Persian > Early works to 1800. Persian poetry > 747-1500.

Type belge

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 63 leaves ([128] p.) : paper ; 227 x 123 (142 x 61) mm.

Library Columbia University Libraries

Record ID ht005233659

Library Location Online

Date 1568

Notes Origin: As appears in the colophon on p.126, transcription completed 17 Sha`bān 975 [ca. 16 February 1568]. Authorial colophon preceding scribal colophon (also on p. 126) indicates that the composition was completed in Ramaḍān (and the completion of the arrangement of this version took place in the month of Tasbih and the city of Tarawih, the regular month in the month of the seventh and eighth year of May Lazal Mubaraka Ali Feh) 886 [1481]. Accompanying materials: Scrap with line in pencil "Diwan Shah Naqshbandi Quds Serh" (paginated pp.32A-32B). Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather; Type III binding (without flap); doublures in marbled paper (mainly in pale orange and dark blue); upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with asymmetrical vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OAi2 1) and pendants as well as gold-painted accents, tooled rosettes and tooled borders (single rule and series of s-shaped stamps); sewn in cream thread, two stations; worked chevron endbands in pale green and brown, fair condition with some damage; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, losses at board corners, etc. ; repairs (rehinged) in pink paper. Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, curved and somewhat indistinct) and no chain lines clearly visible, well-burnished, dark cream in color; staining and tide lines. Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (`unwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche (overlaid with delicate black vegetal designs) carrying title in white riqā` "Kitab Tohfa Al Ahrar" set off by similar pendants and accent pieces in black and red on a lapis lazuli ground all covered with swirling vegetal designs in gold with red, yellow, and white floral accents, surrounded by a heavy band of gold interlace defined by red and white (with black crosses) and surmounted by a heavy band of black with further swirling vegetal designs, itself surmounted by a framed triangular piece or hasp in gold and lapis lazuli with similar swirling vegetal designs, all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in lapis lazuli; rubricated headings and keywords; written area surrounded by a frame of gold with turquoise and blue rules. Script: Text written in black nasta'līq script (contribution by D. Mancini-Lander). Layout: Written in 15 lines per page; frame-ruled. Collation: i, 7 IV(56), IV-1 (63); exclusively quaternions; present catchwords; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes front flyleaf). Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, mainly in Arabic, reads: "Walhamdulillah al-Karim al-Jawad and salawat ali Muhammad wa Alaihe Khair al-Abad and peace be upon him. Taslima kakaa kakaa on the date of 17th of Sha'ban al-Mu'zam, year 975 Tem Tem Tem Tem Tem." sarlawḥ) at opening. Ms. codex. purchase Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham). 1924.

Sample Text Tuhfat al-Aḥrār, composed in 886/1481, is the third of seven masnavīs (long poem in rhymed couplets) that make up Jāmī's Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones). This work is a didactic poem, presenting ethical and moral advice in twenty discourses, each accompanied by illustrative anecdotes. The final discourse offers counsel to the poet's own son (contribution by D. Mancini-Lander).

Biyografik / Tarihsel Not Persian Ṣufī of the Naqshbandīyah order and famed poet as well as hagiographer. Closely allied with the Timurid court of Herat in the 15th century, particularly with his patron, the vizier, Mīr ʻAlī Shīr Navāʼī (contribution by D. Mancini-Lander).

İçinde Abdul Hamid Collection.

Köken Effaced ownership statement on front flyleaf (p.1) ; ownership statement and octagonal seal impression (both mostly effaced) on 'title page' (p.3) ; scalloped almond-shaped seal impression in upper margin of incipit page (p.4).

Kaynaklar Rypka, p. 286-8 Browne, v. iii, p. 515-16, 526-8

WorldCat https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81282234