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National Library of France, National Library of France, National Library of France, National Library of France
Publication Date
2025
Publication Place
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National Library of France
Type
Book
Language
ara,fas
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
58
Physical Dimensions
312 x 443 mm
Library
Contacts au Catalogue Collectif de France (CCFr)
Library Asset ID
Smith-Lesouëf 247
Record ID
eadbam:EADC:NE0091865_FRBNFEAD00009507915988
Library Location
National Library of France. Department of Manuscripts
Date
16th and 17th centuries, 1610-1611, 1567-1568, 1650-1651, 1674-1675, 1582, 1689-1690
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FRBAMCCFR-000022-01a.xml FRBAMCCFR-000022-01b.xml FRBAMCCFR-000022-01c.xml FRBAMCCFR-000022-01d.xml FRBAMCCFR-000022-01e.xml FRBAMCCFR-000022-01f.xml FRBAMCCFR-000022-01g.xml FRBAMCCFR-000022-01h.xml FRBAMCCFR-000022-01i.xml FRBAMCCFR-000022-01j.xml FRBAMCCFR-000022-01k.xml FRBAMCCFR-000022-01l.xml FRBAMCCFR-000022-01m.xml FRBAMCCFR-000022-01n.xml Other file(s) linked to this institution: FRBAMCCFR-000022-01p.xml. Arabesques and Gardens of Paradise: French collections of Islamic art: Louvre Museum, Pais, October 16, 1989- January 15, 1990. Paris, Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1989, n° 103, 109, 113; Francis Richard, “Jean-Baptiste Gentil, collector of Persian manuscripts”, Dix-huitième siècle, 1996, no 28, p. 91-110 (accessible online) Edgar Blochet, Les Enluminures des manuscripts orientals, Paris, Éditions de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1926. Roselyne Hurel, Indian miniatures and paintings, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2010. Gérard Colas, Francis Richard, At the court of the Grand Moghol, from March 6 to June 16, 1986, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, 1986. Illustrated catalog of precious books, Manuscripts and Prints forming part of the Library of Mr. Ambroise Firmin-Didot, of the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres, "Theology - Jurisprudence - Sciences - Arts - Letters - History", Sale at the Hôtel des Commissaires-priseurs, from Tuesday 10 to Saturday 14 June 1884, Paris, Bookstore Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1884.. Album of. Indication in French (f. 35v): "These 60 paintings were collected and put into book by Chirdjangue, governor of Kashmir under the reign of Emperor Mametcha, now 1768, retired in the souba of Avad in Faizabad near Patna". F. 1: camp of a Persian ambassador, 162 x 270 mm F. 2v: assembly of Indian Sufis, 172 x 245 mm F. 3: Mu'în al-dîn Tshishtî, 140 x 205 mm F. 4: calligraphed fragment with the signature Faqīr Mīr ʿAlī F. 4v: Shâh Mâdhû, 93 x 149 mm F. 5: Tirbshûn Djûgî, 109 x 140 mm F. 5v: Rubāʿī F. 6: Rubāʿī F. 6v: Shâyasta Khân and Nûr Djahân (?), 130 x 197 mm F. 7: Mahâbat Khân, 145 x 200 mm F. 7v: two calligraphed Persian bayt -s, signed ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusaynī dated 1019 h. F. 8: calligraphed Rubāʿī, signed Muḥammad Ḥusayn F. 8v: Mughal woman holding a flower, 110 x 150 mm F. 9: courtesan, 110 x 190 mm F. 9v: two calligraphed Persian couplets, signed Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī, 975 h. / 1567-1568 F. 10: Rubāʿī F. 10v: athletes, 125 x 215 mm F. 11: Krishna and dancing gopi, 173 x 272 mm F. 11v: a calligraphed Persian rubāʿī, signed ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusaynī F. 12: Rubāʿī Persian calligraphed, signed Aḥmad al-Ḥusaynī F. 12v: Mughal woman, 134 x 205 mm F. 13: Persian woman, 92 x 173 mm F. 13v: calligraphy F. 14: Rubāʿī Persian calligraphed, signed [...] ibn [a]l-Mašhad[ī] F. 14v : Saint Agnes (?), octagonal portrait, 56 x 81 mm F. 15: Dutch Indian woman, oval portrait, 60 x 72 mm F. 15v: Rubāʿī F. 16: Rubāʿī Persian calligraphy, signed al-faqīr ʿAlī F. 16v: woman on a terrace, 95 x 173 mm F. 17: Mughal woman, 130 x 172 mm F. 17v: Calligraphed Persian Rubāʿī, signed al-faqīr Sayf Allāh al-Qurayšī F. 18: two calligraphed Persian couplets, signed Muḥammad ʿĀrif al-Ḥusaynī al-Tirmiḏī, 1060 hours. / 1650-1651 F. 18v: Rajput woman, 85 x 156 mm F. 19: Mughal woman, 88 x 157 mm F. 19v: Fard Persian calligraphy (2 bayt -s), signed faqīr ʿAbd Allāh Ḥusaynī F. 20: Persian rubāʿī, signed Maḥmūd Isḥāq al-Šihābī F. 20v: woman holding a jewel, oval portrait 100 x 138 mm F. 21: woman holding a cup and a bottle, 94 x 150 mm F. 21v: Rubāʿī F. 22: two calligraphed Persian couplets, signed al-faqīr Mīr ʿAlī al-Kātib al-Sulṭānī on marbled paper with corollas. F. 22v: Virgin and Child, 60 x 80 mm F. 23: Portuguese Indian woman, oval portrait, 83 x 91 mm F. 23v: Calligraphed Persian Rubāʿī, signed ʿAlī F. 24: Calligraphed Persian Ġazal, signed faqīr Maḥmūd Šihābī F. 24v: Mughal woman, 74 x 136 mm. Hindu women, 90 x 142 mm F. 25: Hindu women, 92 x 152 mm. Mughal lady, 65 x 128 mm F. 25v: two Persian couplets, calligraphed, signed Muḥammad Ḥusayn al-Kātib F. 26: Persian Ġazal of Amīr Ḫusraw, signed Šāh Maḥmūd al-Nīsābūrī F. 26: Persian Ġazal of Ğāmī, calligraphed and signed Kašmīrī al-Kātib, Akrah F. 26v: woman holding a cup and a bottle, 50 x 80 mm F. 27: Mughal woman, 50 x 79 mm F. 27v: Rubāʿī F. 28: Rubāʿī F. 28v: carving of a gazelle, 122 x 180 mm F. 29: village of the Bhils, 145 x 227 mm F. 29v: calligraphy F. 30: calligraphy F. 30v: fighting camels, 105 x 160 mm F. 31: fighting camels, 129 x 218 mm F. 31v: piece in Arabic, calligraphed, signed Muḥammad Bāqī al-Ḥusaynī, Ḥasan Abdāl (100 km east of Peshawar), 1085 h. / 1674-1675. F. 32: Rubāʿī F. 32v: composite elephant, 162 x 215 mm F. 33: composite elephant, 118 x 182 mm F. 33v: calligraphy F. 34: calligraphy, praise of the horse in Persian F. 34v: Zafar-mubârak, horizontal portrait, 240 x 293 mm F. 35: Sar-buland, 250 x 284 mm F. 35v: Persian Rubāʿī, calligraphed and signed Maḥmūd ibn Isḥāq al-Šihābī F. 36: calligraphy F. 36v: Hindu woman, 185 x 248 mm F. 37: Mughal princess, 115 x 164 mm F. 37v: Rubāʿī F. 38: two Persian couplets, calligraphed, signed Muḥammad Mu'min al-Ḥusaynī, 1045 h. ? / 1635-1636 F. 38v: Humâyûn and Bâbur receiving an embassy, 110 x 186 mm F. 39v: Rafî 'al-Shâh, 66 x 78 mm F. 40: Azîm al-Shâh, 66 x 78 mm F. 40v: calligraphy signed Mīr ʿAlī in honor of Mīr Dīvān (reigning sultan ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz?) F. 41: Rubāʿī Persian calligraphy, signed faqīr Mīr ʿAlī F. 41v: Iftihâr Khân, 142 x 199 mm F. 42: Parvîz second son of Jahângîr, 103 x 179 mm F. 42v: Calligraphed Persian Rubāʿī, signed Muḥammad Hāšim F. 43: Calligraphed Persian Ġazal, signed Šarīf F. 43v: Ja’far Khân, 106 x 209 mm F. 44: Sultân Malâkî, 85 x 170 mm F. 44v : Rubāʿī F. 45: calligraphy F. 45v: Malik Ambar, Anbar of Bijapur, radiant oval portrait, 81 x 110 mm F. 46: Sa'd Habashî, 103 x 191 mm F. 46v: Persian Ġazal, signed ʿAlī F. 47: Two Persian bayt -s, signed ʿAlī al-Kātib F. 47v: Murâd-bahsh, 92 x 168 mm F. 48: Husayn Bêg, 85 x 142 mm F. 48v: Rubāʿī Persian calligraphy, signed al-faqīr ʿAlī F. 49: Rubāʿī F. 49v: Fâhir Khân, 168 x 240 mm F. 50: Rafî al-Daradjât, 155 x 233 mm F. 50v: Calligraphy of two bayt -s of Saʿdī, signed Muhammad Muḥsin, Harāt, ğumādā I 990 h. / May 24-June 22, 1582. F. 51: calligraphy F. 51v: Shahryâr hunting, 140 x 200 mm F. 52: Abd al-Mu’min Uzbak, 160 x 260 mm F. 52v: calligraphy F. 53: Rubāʿī F. 53v: lioness and the fighting elephant, 152 x 190 mm F. 54: return from the lion hunt, 148 x 205 mm F. 54v: Two calligraphed Persian couplets, signed Hidāyat Allāh [...] 1101 h. / 1689-1690 F. 55: Rubāʿī F. 55v: Khân Khânân vizier of Humâyûn, 141 x 248 mm F. 56: Sa'îd Khân Bahâdur, 135 x 208 mm F. 56v: calligraphy F. 57: calligraphy F. 57v: Bâltû Khân prisoner, 155 x 235 mm F. 58: Tshînî Bahâdur prisoner, 170 x 255 mm F. 58v: two Persian couplets, calligraphed, signed Aḥmad al-Ḥusaynī. This album would have belonged to Jean-Baptiste Gentil. Ex-libris by Nicolas Yemeniz, “Lugdun.” and "N. Yemeniz" who sold his collection to the Bachelin-Deflorenne bookstore in 1867. Bookplate by Ambroise-Firmin Didot. Acquired by Auguste Lesouëf, this volume was part of his collection, donated in 1913 by his heirs Madeleine and Jeanne Smith to the National Library (donation 36,480), kept until 1980 at the Smith-Lesouëf Library in Nogent-sur-Marne, then distributed between the different departments of the National Library. Blue morocco binding, signed Simier R. du Roi. Notice written by Léandra Panozzo, based on notes by Francis Richard.
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Indication en français (f. 35v) : "These 60 peintures were collected and placed in book by Chirdjangue, governor of Cachemir under the reign of the Emperor Mametcha, maintenant 1768, retired in the souba of Avad in Faizabad near Patna". F. 1: camp d'un ambassadeur persan, 162 x 270 mm F. 2v: assemblée de soufis indiens, 172 x 245 mm F. 3: Mu'în al-dîn Tshishtî, 140 x 205 mm F. 4: fragment calligraphié with the signature Faqīr Mīr ʿAlī F. 4v : Shâh Mâdhû, 93 x 149 mm F. 5 : Tirbshûn Djûgî, 109 x 140 mm F. 5v : Rubāʿī F. 6 : Rubāʿī F. 6v : Shâyasta Khân et Nûr Djahân (?), 130 x 197 mm F. 7 : Mahâbat Khân, 145 x 200 mm F. 7v : two bayt -s persans calligraphiés, signed ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusaynī dated de 1019 h. F. 8 : Rubāʿī calligraphié, signed Muḥammad Ḥusayn F. 8v : femme moghole tenant une fleur, 110 x 150 mm F. 9 : courtisane, 110 x 190 mm F. 9v : two distiques persans calligraphiés, signed Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī, 975 h. / 1567-1568 F. 10 : Rubāʿī F. 10v : athlètes, 125 x 215 mm F. 11 : Krishna et gopi dansant, 173 x 272 mm F. 11v : un rubāʿī persan calligraphié, signed ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusaynī F. 12 : Rubāʿī persan calligraphié, signed Aḥmad al-Ḥusaynī F. 12v : femme moghole, 134 x 205 mm F. 13 : femme persane, 92 x 173 mm F. 13v : calligraphie F. 14 : Rubāʿī persan calligraphié, signed [...] ibn [a]l-Mašhad[ī] F. 14v : sainte Agnès (?), portrait octogonal, 56 x 81 mm F. 15 : femme hollandaise des Indes, portrait ovale, 60 x 72 mm F. 15v : Rubāʿī F. 16 : Rubāʿī persan calligraphié, signé al-faqīr ʿAlī F. 16v : femme sur une terrasse, 95 x 173 mm F. 17 : femme moghole, 130 x 172 mm F. 17v : Rubāʿī persan calligraphié, signé al-faqīr Sayf Allāh al-Qurayšī F. 18 : deux distiques persans calligraphiés, signed Muḥammad ʿĀrif al-Ḥusaynī al-Tirmiḏī, 1060 h. / 1650-1651 F. 18v : femme rajpoute, 85 x 156 mm F. 19 : femme moghole, 88 x 157 mm F. 19v : Fard persan calligraphié (2 bayt -s), signé faqīr ʿAbd Allāh Ḥusaynī F. 20 : Rubāʿī persan , signed Maḥmūd Isḥāq al-Šihābī F. 20v : femme tenant un bijou, portrait ovale 100 x 138 mm F. 21 : femme tenant une coupe et une bouteille, 94 x 150 mm F. 21v : Rubāʿī F. 22 : two distiques persans calligraphiés, signed al-faqīr Mīr ʿAlī al-Kātib al-Sulṭānī on paper marbré à corolles. F. 22v : Vierge à l'Enfant, 60 x 80 mm F. 23 : femme portugaise des Indes, portrait ovale, 83 x 91 mm F. 23v : Rubāʿī persan calligraphié, signé ʿAlī F. 24 : Ġazal persan calligraphié, signé faqīr Maḥmūd Šihābī F. 24v : femme moghole, 74 x 136 mm. Femmes hindoues, 90 x 142 mm F. 25 : femmes hindoues, 92 x 152 mm. Dame moghole, 65 x 128 mm F. 25v : two personal distiques, calligraphiés, signed Muḥammad Ḥusayn al-Kātib F. 26 : Ġazal persan d' Amīr Ḫusraw , signed Šāh Maḥmūd al-Nīsābūrī F. 26: Ġazal persan de Ğāmī, calligraphié et signé Kašmīrī al-Kātib, Akrah F. 26v: femme tenant une coupe et une bouteille, 50 x 80 mm F. 27: femme moghole, 50 x 79 mm F. 27v: Rubāʿī F. 28 : Rubāʿī F. 28v : dépeçage d'une gazelle, 122 x 180 mm F. 29 : village des Bhils, 145 x 227 mm F. 29v : calligraphie F. 30 : calligraphie F. 30v : dromadaires combattants, 105 x 160 mm F. 31 : dromadaires combatants, 129 x 218 mm F. 31v : pièce en arabe, calligraphiée, signed Muḥammad Bāqī al-Ḥusaynī , Ḥasan Abdāl (100 km east of Peshawar), 1085 h. / 1674-1675. F. 32 : Rubāʿī F. 32v : éléphant composite, 162 x 215 mm F. 33 : éléphant composite, 118 x 182 mm F. 33v : calligraphie F. 34 : calligraphie, éloge du cheval en persan F. 34v : Zafar-mubârak, portrait horizontal, 240 x 293 mm F. 35 : Sar-buland, 250 x 284 mm F. 35v : Rubāʿī persan , calligraphié et signé Maḥmūd ibn Isḥāq al-Šihābī F. 36 : calligraphie F. 36v : femme hindoue, 185 x 248 mm F. 37 : princesse moghole, 115 x 164 mm F. 37v : Rubāʿī F. 38 : deux distiques persans, calligraphiés, signés Muḥammad Mu'min al-Ḥusaynī , 1045 h. ? / 1635-1636 F. 38v : Humâyûn et Bâbur recevant une embassade, 110 x 186 mm F. 39v : Rafî 'al-Shâh, 66 x 78 mm F. 40 : Azîm al-Shâh, 66 x 78 mm F. 40v : calligraphy signée Mīr ʿAlī en l'honneur de Mīr Dīvān (sultan ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz régnant ?) F. 41 : Rubāʿī persan calligraphié, signé faqīr Mīr ʿAlī F. 41v : Iftihâr Khân, 142 x 199 mm F. 42 : Parvîz deuxième fils de Jahângîr, 103 x 179 mm F. 42v : Rubāʿī persan calligraphié, signé Muḥammad Hāšim F. 43 : Ġazal persan calligraphié, signedé Šarīf F. 43v : Ja'far Khân, 106 x 209 mm F. 44 : Sultân Malâkî, 85 x 170 mm F. 44v : Rubāʿī F. 45 : calligraphie F. 45v : Malik Ambar, Anbar de Bijapur, portrait ovale rayonnant, 81 x 110 mm F. 46 : Sa'd Habashî, 103 x 191 mm F. 46v : Ġazal persan, signé ʿAlī F. 47 : Deux bayt -s persans, signés ʿAlī al-Kātib F. 47v : Murâd-bahsh, 92 x 168 mm F. 48 : Husayn Bêg, 85 x 142 mm F. 48v : Rubāʿī persan calligraphié, signé al-faqīr ʿAlī F. 49 : Rubāʿī F. 49v : Fâhir Khân, 168 x 240 mm F. 50 : Rafî al-Daradjât, 155 x 233 mm F. 50v : Calligraphie de deux bayt -s de Saʿdī, signés Muhammad Muḥsin, Harāt, ğumādā I 990 h. / 24 mai-22 juin 1582. F. 51 : calligraphie F. 51v : Shahryâr à la chasse, 140 x 200 mm F. 52 : Abd al-Mu'min Uzbak, 160 x 260 mm F. 52v : calligraphie F. 53 : Rubāʿī F. 53v : lionne et l'éléphant combatant, 152 x 190 mm F. 54 : retour de la chasse au lion, 148 x 205 mm F. 54v : Deux distiques persans calligraphiés, signés Hidāyat Allāh [...] 1101 h. / 1689-1690 F. 55 : Rubāʿī F. 55v : Khân Khânân vizir d’Humâyûn, 141 x 248 mm F. 56 : Sa'îd Khân Bahâdur, 135 x 208 mm F. 56v : calligraphie F. 57 : calligraphie F. 57v : Bâltû Khân prisonnier, 155 x 235 mm F. 58 : Tshînî Bahâdur prisonnier, 170 x 255 mm F. 58v : deux distiques persans, calligraphiés, signés Aḥmad al-Ḥusaynī
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