Kitāb-i Tuhfat al-aḥrār, [975, i. 1568].
(کتاب تحفة الاحرار, [975ه, 1568م].)

Name: Kitāb-i Tuhfat al-aḥrār, [975, i. 1568].
Author: Jämi, 1414-1492.

Title	Kitāb-i Tuhfat al-aḥrār, [975, i. 1568].
Title Original	کتاب تحفة الاحرار, [975ه, 1568م].
Author	Jämi, 1414-1492.
Publication Date:	[1568]
Subject	Manuscripts, Persian, Manuscripts, Persian / Michigan, Manuscripts, Persian / Michigan / Ann Arbor., Sufi poetry, Persian, Sufi poetry, Persian / Early works to 1800., Masnavis, Persian, Masnavis, Persian / Early works to 1800., Persian poetry, Persian poetry / 747-1500., Headpieces (layout features)
Type	Book
Language	Persian
Digital	No
Manuscript	Unknown
Pages Count	63
Physical Dimensions	63 leaves ([128] p.) : paper ; 227 x 123 (142 x 61) mm
Library:	HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID	005233659
Library Location	University of Michigan
Notes	About: 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). \| Origin: As appears in colophon on p.126, transcription completed 17 Shaʻbān 975 [ca. 16 February 1568]. Authorial colophon preceding scribal colophon (also on p.126) indicates that composition was completed in Ramaḍān Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 334 Accompanying materials: Scrap with line in pencil “Diwan Shah Naqshbandi, may his soul be sanctified” (paginated pp.32A-32B). Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather; Type III binding (without flap); doubles in marbled paper (mainly in pale orange and dark blue); upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with assymetrical vegetable 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 (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche (overlaid with delicate black vegetable designs) carrying title in white riqāʻ “The Book of the Masterpiece of Freedom” set off by similar pendants and accent pieces in black and red on a lapis lazuli ground all covered with swirling vegetable 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 vegetable designs, itself surmounted by a framed triangular piece or hasp in gold and lapis lazuli with similar swirling vegetable designs, all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in lapis lazuli; headings and keywords rubricated; written area surrounded by frame of gold with turquoise and blue rules. Script: Text written in black nastaʻlīq 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 ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes front flyleaf). Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, mainly in Arabic, reads: "Praise be to God, the Most Gracious, the Most Generous, and may blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and his family, the best of servants, and may he grant abundant peace on the date of the 17th of Shaban the Great, in the year 975, completed, completed, completed, completed." Explicit : Incipit: “Praise be to Him who made the heart of every knower the repository of the secrets of his perfection and the tongue of every clear one who reveals the lights of his beauty...” Title from illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening. Ms. codex. 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).

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Kitāb-i Tuhfat al-aḥrār, [975, i. 1568].

(کتاب تحفة الاحرار, [975ه, 1568م].)

Author Jämi, 1414-1492.

Publication Date [1568]

Subject Manuscripts, Persian, Manuscripts, Persian / Michigan, Manuscripts, Persian / Michigan / Ann Arbor., Sufi poetry, Persian, Sufi poetry, Persian / Early works to 1800., Masnavis, Persian, Masnavis, Persian / Early works to 1800., Persian poetry, Persian poetry / 747-1500., Headpieces (layout features)

Type Book

Language Persian

Digital No

Manuscript Unknown

Pages Count 63

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

Library HathiTrust Digital Library

Record ID 005233659

Library Location University of Michigan

Notes About: 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). | Origin: As appears in colophon on p.126, transcription completed 17 Shaʻbān 975 [ca. 16 February 1568]. Authorial colophon preceding scribal colophon (also on p.126) indicates that composition was completed in Ramaḍān Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 334 Accompanying materials: Scrap with line in pencil “Diwan Shah Naqshbandi, may his soul be sanctified” (paginated pp.32A-32B). Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather; Type III binding (without flap); doubles in marbled paper (mainly in pale orange and dark blue); upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with assymetrical vegetable 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 (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche (overlaid with delicate black vegetable designs) carrying title in white riqāʻ “The Book of the Masterpiece of Freedom” set off by similar pendants and accent pieces in black and red on a lapis lazuli ground all covered with swirling vegetable 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 vegetable designs, itself surmounted by a framed triangular piece or hasp in gold and lapis lazuli with similar swirling vegetable designs, all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in lapis lazuli; headings and keywords rubricated; written area surrounded by frame of gold with turquoise and blue rules. Script: Text written in black nastaʻlīq 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 ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes front flyleaf). Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, mainly in Arabic, reads: "Praise be to God, the Most Gracious, the Most Generous, and may blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and his family, the best of servants, and may he grant abundant peace on the date of the 17th of Shaban the Great, in the year 975, completed, completed, completed, completed." Explicit : Incipit: “Praise be to Him who made the heart of every knower the repository of the secrets of his perfection and the tongue of every clear one who reveals the lights of his beauty...” Title from illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening. Ms. codex. 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).