Author
In Saud, Mirzā Muḥammad Rafīʻ, 1713-1781
Author Original
Saudā, Mirzā Muḥammad Rafīʻ, 1713-1781, سودا، مرزا محمد رفيع
Publication Place
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[India, 18--?]
Subject
Manuscripts, Urdu—New Jersey—Princeton, Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton, Illuminated manuscripts—India—19th century, Illuminations (visual works)—India—19th century, Headpieces (layout features)—India—19th century
Type
Book
Language
fa, urd
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9955765133506421
Record ID
7s75dc43s
Library Location
HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 83G, HSVM Electronic Resource, ELF1 Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 83G, ELF1 Electronic Resource
Date
01-01-1800 T00:00:00 AH/12-31-1899 T:KHZ:KHZZ — 1800-1899
Notes
Collection of poems arranged in five sections by genre, including qaṣīdahs, ghazals, mathnawī, and quatrains, some pieces in Persian. | Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger., Physical description: 13 lines per page separated in two columns at hemistich by two vertical ruled lines in red ink. Text is framed in red, gold, and black ruled lines. Outer frame in black. Titles in red in panels defined by a red ruled line., Decoration: Contains ten miniatures representing among others ʻAlī, and princes on fol. 4b, 19b, 37a, 55b, 58b, 84b, 213a, 286b, 311a, 334b., Decoration: The two first pages of the text (fol. 1b-2a) are elaborately illuminated, with floral decor in gold on the margin ; text written in clouds left plain on a gold ground. Illuminated headpiece in gold and colors with a floral motif on fol. 1b. The beginning of each section is decorated in a similar way (fol. 105b-106a; 178b-179a; 194b -- headpiece only; 361b-362a; 416a). Illuminated cartouche with basmalah on fol. 111b., Chiefly quaternions., Origin: Probably India, 19th cent., Incipit: بسم ... هو آجب ... فى البعث ومنقيت حضرت رسالت بناه وخباب امير المومنين عليه الصلواة والسلام | Dark green leather with silver tooling and stamping. Marbled paper pastedowns. | Large rectangular stamp on fol. 1a (300 x 250 mm.) with inscription reading: " ... al-dawlah kawkab al-mulk Sayyid ʻAlījānān Khān Bahādur Darakhshān sitārah-i jang 1269 (?)" (repeated at the end of each part, fol.103b, 177a, 178a, 194a, 361a, 455b). Acquired from Quaritch, London, 1900. Bookplate of Robert Garrett on pastedown of upper cover. | Moghadam, M. et al. Garrett coll., 183, Narang, G. C. The Princeton Manuscript of Kullīyāt-e Saudā. Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 93, No. 4. (Oct.-Dec., 1973), p. 539-542