Author
Shahmardān ibn Abī al-Khayr, active 11th century, author. Shahmardan bin Abu Al-Khair, active 11th century, author
Author Original
شهمردان بن ابو الخیر
Publication Date
1404
Subject
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian > Specimens. Manuscripts, Persian > Québec (Province) > Montréal. Medicine > Early works to 1800. Geography > Early works to 1800. Mathematics > Early works to 1800. Astrology > Early works to 1800. Astronomy > Early works to 1800. Herbs > Early works to 1800. Botany > Early works to 1800. Insects > Early works to 1800. Eye > Early works to 1800. Dreams > Early works to 1800. Birds > Early works to 1800. Biology > Early works to 1800. Zoology > Early works to 1800. Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Persian. Encyclopedias and dictionaries > To 1600. Natural history > Pre-Linnean works.
Type
Document
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
124 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 38 x 26 cm
Library
Columbia University Libraries
Record ID
ht102866594
Library Location
Online
Date
1404
Notes
In Hājji Khalīfah, volume VI, page 336, ʻAlāʼi is given as the author's name. In this copy, with no author's name provided, the author states that he entitled his book ʻAlāʼi in honor of ʻAlāʼ-al-Dawlah of Ṭabaristān. The Nuzhat-nāmah is mentioned in the Faraḥ-nāmah of al-Jamāli and ascribed to Shahr-mardān al-Mustawfi (cf. Br. Mus. P., page 465 and Browne, page 288). Some pages are damaged and remargined in some places. The work deals with natural history describing animals, birds and insects, accompanied by numerous paintings and illustrations. Text ends with faṣl 7 of bāb 3 of maqālah 4. First page includes a seal impression of Amān Allāh or his father Mahābatkhān (f.1a). Includes numerous colorful paintings of birds, plants and mammals. Oriental paper; clear Naskh script ; rubrications; 27 lines per page. An explanatory note on the composition of the book for Kākūyid ruler 'Aḍud al-Dīn 'Alā al-Dawlah [Abū Kālījār Garshāsp] (d.1141), followed by 2 pages detailed table of contents . Includes 6 maqālahs. Title from page 4, date of copy from the last page. Manuscript. Holding in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Blacker Wood Rare Books: Three titles bound together subsequent to production: Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī (ff.1b-62a). Rab. I 807 [1404]. -- Risālah-i Takmīlī bar Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī. [between 1404 and 1504]. -- Farrukh-nāmah-i Jamālī. Rab. II 597 [1201]. Holding in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Blacker Wood Rare Books: Three titles bound together subsequent to production: Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī (ff.1b-62a). Rab. I 807 [1404]. -- Risālah-i Takmīlī bar Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī. [between 1404 and 1504]. -- Farrukh-nāmah-i Jamālī. Rab. II 597 [1201]. Presented to the library by Casey Wood in 1926. Full Lacquer binding with a traditional centre-piece and pendants, without flap; stab sewn.
Sample Text
A compendium of natural history, mathematics, astronomy, interpretation of dreams, meteorological phenomena, medicine, etc.
Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında
Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942, former owner. 'Ali ibn Maḥmūd, known as Ṣāyigh al-Shīrāzī al-Murshidī. transcriber علی ابن محمود مشهور به صایق الشیرازی المرشدی. کاتب ʻAlāʼ al-Dawlah, of Tabaristan, honoree.
Diğer Bilgiler
Explicit : و بر ما رحمت کن برحمتک یا ارحم الراحمین و یا خیرالناصرین و یا اول الاولین ویا آخرالآخرین والحمدلله ورب العالمین و صلی الله علی خیر خلقه محمد و آله اجمعین Incipit : ایزد تعالی از حکم حکمت و قوه قدره جهان آفرید
Kaynaklar
Hitti, 63 Hājji Khalīfah, volume VI, page 336 Browne, page 288 Br. Mus. P., page 465 Wood, Casey A. Vertebrate zoology, page 564 Gacek, Adam. Persian manuscripts in the libraries of the McGill University, 201, 339, 340
WorldCat
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/968226158
