Shahid-i Sadiq, [1297, i.e. 1880].
(شاهد صادق, [1297ه, 1880م].)

Name: Shahid-i Sadiq, [1297, i.e. 1880].
Author: Ṣādiq Iṣfahānī, Muḥammad Ṣādiq ibn Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ, 1609 or 1610-1650 or 1651.

Title	Shahid-i Sadiq, [1297, i.e. 1880].
Title Original	شاهد صادق, [1297ه, 1880م].
Author	Ṣādiq Iṣfahānī, Muḥammad Ṣādiq ibn Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ, 1609 or 1610-1650 or 1651.
Publication Date:	[1880]
Subject	Manuscripts, Persian, Manuscripts, Persian / Michigan, Manuscripts, Persian / Michigan / Ann Arbor., Persian prose literature, Persian prose literature / Early works to 1800.
Type	Book
Language	Persian
Digital	No
Manuscript	Unknown
Pages Count	344
Physical Dimensions	344 leaves : paper ; 226 x 150 (166 x 81) mm
Library:	HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID	006818008
Library Location	University of Michigan
Notes	About: Fine, though acephalous, copy of extracts, anecdotes and miscellaneous notices by Muhammad Ṣādiq ibn Muhammad Ṣāliḥ al-Iṣfahānī al-Āzādānī (d.1650 or 51). Author's contents listing in opening matter (pp.11-16). \| Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 352 Origin: As appears in colophon on p.680, copied by Muḥammad Khayrʹshāhī [?] with transcription completed 15 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1297 [ca. 18 November 1880]. As appears in preceding 'authorial colophon' (also on p.680), composition supposedly completed in 1059 [1649] at Akbarʹābād (Agra) in the time of Shāh Shujāʻ. Accompanying materials: Scrap of tinted and block-printed paper with excerpts (proverb "If you are in it, I will not come to you ..." etc.) in black ink (between pp.436-437). Former shelfmark: "505 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" and "9" inscribed in pencil on recto of opening leaf (serving as flyleaf, p.1) ; "15/6" and "25" (with numeral khamsah looking like reversed B) inscribed in ink also on opening leaf recto (serving as flyleaf, p.1). Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type III binding (without flap), two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; doublures in dark gray leather ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped scalloped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition) with pendants, as well as tooled border and accents ; sewn in lime green and red (final few gatherings) thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in lime green and light red, good condition (protected by tabs extending from spine leather) ; Overall in fair condition with minor abrasion and staining, spine curved and fore edge protruding, etc. Support: European wove paper, dark cream in colour, quite well-burnished, thin and crisp though sturdy ; leaves at opening and closing (serving as flyleaves) also in highly burnished wove paper but of a lighter color ; breakthrough at frames in leaves carrying p.679-682. Decoration: Keywords, numerals and section headings rubricated (words to be entered in red have been provided in the outer margins, mainly cut off, but in a few instances still visible, see p.41, 42, etc.) ; written area surrounded by frame in "gold" accented with red rules ; margin also surrounded by red rule-border ; outlining in red ; occasional textual dividers in the form of inverted commas ; several diagrams, mainly in red and black (see p.265, 289, 431, 432, 433, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 442, 443, 444). Script: Nastaʻlīq ; quite compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes ; Arabic excerpts in a compact naskh. Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled. Collation: II (4), 42 IV(340), 2 I (344) ; almost exclusively quaternions ; several leaves ruled but left blank (see pp.9-10, 17, 44, 254, 460, 681-682, etc.) or partially blank (likely for diagrams / illustrations never realized, see p.27, 28, 43, 253, 270, 445, 456, 459, 497, 498; 513, etc.) ; twenty pages (p.[]-p.534) ruled for tables but left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes leaves serving as flyleaves at opening and closing and skips two pages between pp.515-516). Colophon: "Authorial," reads " Classification of this book dated 1559 in Yamda [Madinah?] Akbar Abad in the language of Shah Shuja' Bahadar Atfaq Aftad" ; "Scribal," reads "Al-Haqir al-Faqir Muhammad Khair Shahi [?] 15 Shahr Dhul-Hijjah al-Haram Sanaa Explicit: "Union is a combination of ya and skun wow and loss is not and skun ya is subordinate and nun is a subject for me" Incipit: "I told myself the situation. Title from Opening Matter on p. Ms. codex. Several inventory marks and a few excerpts on recto of opening leaf (serving as flyleaf, p.1) and following leaf (p.3) ; oval seal impression in margin on p.12 ; occasional marginal corrections ; notabilia (sideheads) indicating chapter or section appear in the upper outer corner of most leaves.

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Shahid-i Sadiq, [1297, i.e. 1880].

(شاهد صادق, [1297ه, 1880م].)

Author Ṣādiq Iṣfahānī, Muḥammad Ṣādiq ibn Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ, 1609 or 1610-1650 or 1651.

Publication Date [1880]

Subject Manuscripts, Persian, Manuscripts, Persian / Michigan, Manuscripts, Persian / Michigan / Ann Arbor., Persian prose literature, Persian prose literature / Early works to 1800.

Type Book

Language Persian

Digital No

Manuscript Unknown

Pages Count 344

Physical Dimensions 344 leaves : paper ; 226 x 150 (166 x 81) mm

Library HathiTrust Digital Library

Record ID 006818008

Library Location University of Michigan

Notes About: Fine, though acephalous, copy of extracts, anecdotes and miscellaneous notices by Muhammad Ṣādiq ibn Muhammad Ṣāliḥ al-Iṣfahānī al-Āzādānī (d.1650 or 51). Author's contents listing in opening matter (pp.11-16). | Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 352 Origin: As appears in colophon on p.680, copied by Muḥammad Khayrʹshāhī [?] with transcription completed 15 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1297 [ca. 18 November 1880]. As appears in preceding 'authorial colophon' (also on p.680), composition supposedly completed in 1059 [1649] at Akbarʹābād (Agra) in the time of Shāh Shujāʻ. Accompanying materials: Scrap of tinted and block-printed paper with excerpts (proverb "If you are in it, I will not come to you ..." etc.) in black ink (between pp.436-437). Former shelfmark: "505 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" and "9" inscribed in pencil on recto of opening leaf (serving as flyleaf, p.1) ; "15/6" and "25" (with numeral khamsah looking like reversed B) inscribed in ink also on opening leaf recto (serving as flyleaf, p.1). Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type III binding (without flap), two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; doublures in dark gray leather ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped scalloped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition) with pendants, as well as tooled border and accents ; sewn in lime green and red (final few gatherings) thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in lime green and light red, good condition (protected by tabs extending from spine leather) ; Overall in fair condition with minor abrasion and staining, spine curved and fore edge protruding, etc. Support: European wove paper, dark cream in colour, quite well-burnished, thin and crisp though sturdy ; leaves at opening and closing (serving as flyleaves) also in highly burnished wove paper but of a lighter color ; breakthrough at frames in leaves carrying p.679-682. Decoration: Keywords, numerals and section headings rubricated (words to be entered in red have been provided in the outer margins, mainly cut off, but in a few instances still visible, see p.41, 42, etc.) ; written area surrounded by frame in "gold" accented with red rules ; margin also surrounded by red rule-border ; outlining in red ; occasional textual dividers in the form of inverted commas ; several diagrams, mainly in red and black (see p.265, 289, 431, 432, 433, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 442, 443, 444). Script: Nastaʻlīq ; quite compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes ; Arabic excerpts in a compact naskh. Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled. Collation: II (4), 42 IV(340), 2 I (344) ; almost exclusively quaternions ; several leaves ruled but left blank (see pp.9-10, 17, 44, 254, 460, 681-682, etc.) or partially blank (likely for diagrams / illustrations never realized, see p.27, 28, 43, 253, 270, 445, 456, 459, 497, 498; 513, etc.) ; twenty pages (p.[]-p.534) ruled for tables but left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes leaves serving as flyleaves at opening and closing and skips two pages between pp.515-516). Colophon: "Authorial," reads " Classification of this book dated 1559 in Yamda [Madinah?] Akbar Abad in the language of Shah Shuja' Bahadar Atfaq Aftad" ; "Scribal," reads "Al-Haqir al-Faqir Muhammad Khair Shahi [?] 15 Shahr Dhul-Hijjah al-Haram Sanaa Explicit: "Union is a combination of ya and skun wow and loss is not and skun ya is subordinate and nun is a subject for me" Incipit: "I told myself the situation. Title from Opening Matter on p. Ms. codex. Several inventory marks and a few excerpts on recto of opening leaf (serving as flyleaf, p.1) and following leaf (p.3) ; oval seal impression in margin on p.12 ; occasional marginal corrections ; notabilia (sideheads) indicating chapter or section appear in the upper outer corner of most leaves.