Author
Ṣabā, Fatḥ 'Alī ibn Muḥammad, -1822 or 1823
Author Original
Ṣabā, Fatḥ ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, -1822 or 1823, صبا، فتح على بن محمد، -1822 or 1823
Publication Date
1815
Publication Place
-
[between 1815 and 1850]
Subject
Qājār, Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh, Shah of Iran, -1834, Iran—History—Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925, Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton, Illuminated manuscripts—Islamic countries—19th century, Headpieces (layout features)—Islamic countries—19th century, Poetry
Type
kitap
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
430
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9972372013506421
Record ID
5138jp20x
Library Location
HSVM Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 1722q
Date
01-01-1815 T00:00:00 G/12-31-1850 T:Khas:Khasz — 1815-1850
Notes
Epic poem narrating the wars fought during the reign of Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh. | Ms. codex., Edge title., Physical description: 20 lines per page, in four columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid European paper. Text framed in blue and gold, with outer gold border and double gold lines separating columns. Rubrication and catchwords; spaces presumably left for miniatures. Some leaves are loose and fol. 3-8 are detached. Foliated in Arabic script through fol. 220. Brown stain on upper margin of most leaves. Edges somewhat ragged; some paper repairs, mainly to the inner margins. In good condition., Decorations: Illuminated ʻunwān on fol. 1b in gold and color, with gold floral pattern in margins., Incipit: بنام خداوند آموزگار | Contemporary full orange-brown leather with gold-stamped central mandorla, pendants and cornerpieces and blind-stamped fillets; dark blue paper doublures. | On fol. 1a and fol. 430b, a stamp dated 1316 H [1898 or 9] and accompanied by the number "132." Several additional stamps on fol. 1a.
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Digitized Manuscripts, Patron Requests
