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Kitāb-i Manṭiq al-ṭayr, [16th century?]. The Book of Bird Logic, [16th century AD?].
( كتاب منطق الطير قرن م؟)

Title	Kitāb-i Manṭiq al-ṭayr, [16th century?]. The Book of Bird Logic, [16th century AD?].
Title Original	كتاب منطق الطير قرن م؟
Author	ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, ca. 1230. Attar, Farid al-Din.
Author Original	عطار، فريد الدين
Subject	Sufi poetry > Early works to 1800. Manuscripts, Persian > Michigan > Ann Arbor.
Type	belge
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	374
Physical Dimensions	1 v. ([374 p.]) : paper ; 22.5 cm.
Library:	Columbia University Libraries
Record ID	ht005220673
Library Location	Online
Notes	Origin: As appears in colophon at close on p.344, copied by ʻĀrif Jadval-kash [?] ( كاتب العبد عارف جدول کش ) with date of transcription unspecified ; perhaps late 15th or 16th century. Binding: Leather bound codex with intricate tooling on upper and lower covers as well as envelope flap; some floral and designs around borders; central medalion features a male and female gazelle. Doublures contain leather filigree with remnants of green and gold paint. Decoration: Opening page is ornamented with gold and blue paint; following pages bordered with gold and blue paint; chapter titles written in blue and red ink. Script: Text written in nastaʻlīq. Title from illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening. Ms. codex. Purchase ; Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham). 1924.
Sample Text	Masnavī (long poem in rhymed couplets) completed in 1177; narrates the allegorical tale of a mystical journey of thirty birds. Narrative frame of this mystical journey is broken into numerous anecdotes which the various birds recount along the way.
Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında	ʻĀrif Jadval-kash, fl. 16th cent.?, scribe. عارف جدول كش، ناسخ.
Biyografik / Tarihsel Not	Persian Ṣūfī and poet; born and lived most of his life in Nishāpūr, where he practiced as an apothecary and wrote many works in verse on mysticism, ethics, and advice. Most famous for his masnavīs, he also composed an important hagiographical work, the Tazkirat al-awliyāʼ in prose. The date of his death is contested (1219-1230).
İçinde	Abdul Hamid Collection.
Kaynaklar	Rypka, p. 238 Browne, v. II, p. 511-515
Tekdüzen Başlık	Manṭiq al-ṭayr منطق الطير
WorldCat	https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81282239

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Kitāb-i Manṭiq al-ṭayr, [16th century?]. The Book of Bird Logic, [16th century AD?].

( كتاب منطق الطير قرن م؟)

Author ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, ca. 1230. Attar, Farid al-Din.

Author Original عطار، فريد الدين

Subject Sufi poetry > Early works to 1800. Manuscripts, Persian > Michigan > Ann Arbor.

Type belge

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 374

Physical Dimensions 1 v. ([374 p.]) : paper ; 22.5 cm.

Library Columbia University Libraries

Record ID ht005220673

Library Location Online

Notes Origin: As appears in colophon at close on p.344, copied by ʻĀrif Jadval-kash [?] ( كاتب العبد عارف جدول کش ) with date of transcription unspecified ; perhaps late 15th or 16th century. Binding: Leather bound codex with intricate tooling on upper and lower covers as well as envelope flap; some floral and designs around borders; central medalion features a male and female gazelle. Doublures contain leather filigree with remnants of green and gold paint. Decoration: Opening page is ornamented with gold and blue paint; following pages bordered with gold and blue paint; chapter titles written in blue and red ink. Script: Text written in nastaʻlīq. Title from illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening. Ms. codex. Purchase ; Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham). 1924.

Sample Text Masnavī (long poem in rhymed couplets) completed in 1177; narrates the allegorical tale of a mystical journey of thirty birds. Narrative frame of this mystical journey is broken into numerous anecdotes which the various birds recount along the way.

Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında ʻĀrif Jadval-kash, fl. 16th cent.?, scribe. عارف جدول كش، ناسخ.

Biyografik / Tarihsel Not Persian Ṣūfī and poet; born and lived most of his life in Nishāpūr, where he practiced as an apothecary and wrote many works in verse on mysticism, ethics, and advice. Most famous for his masnavīs, he also composed an important hagiographical work, the Tazkirat al-awliyāʼ in prose. The date of his death is contested (1219-1230).

İçinde Abdul Hamid Collection.

Kaynaklar Rypka, p. 238 Browne, v. II, p. 511-515

Tekdüzen Başlık Manṭiq al-ṭayr منطق الطير

WorldCat https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81282239