Publication Date
10 Day, equal to the tenth day of the waning part of the month Aṣāḍh Vad Samvat 1845 VS and 22 Shavvāl 1203 AH (16 July 1789 CE)
Subject
Zoroastrianism
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
73
Physical Dimensions
73 folios, 2 flyleaves (ff. i + 73 + i). Leaf height: 227 mm, width: 174 mm. Written height: 200 mm, width: 113 mm.
Library
The University of Manchester Library
Library Asset ID
uom:library:digitalcollections:persian:MS-PERSIAN-00041, https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-PERSIAN-00041/1, https://image.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/iiif/MS-PERSIAN-00041-001-00001.jp2/full/,200/0/default.jpg, Persian MS 41
Record ID
alma992989086313801631
Library Location
Available Online
Date
10 Day, equal to the tenth day of the waning part of the month Aṣāḍh Vad Samvat 1845 VS and 22 Shavvāl 1203 AH (16 July 1789 CE)
Notes
This illustrated New Persian metrical translation of the Pahlavi Middle Persian text Ardāvirāfnāmah (Book of Ardā Virāf) by Zartusht Bahrām Pazhdū (fl. 1278) recounts the visions of Vīrāf (or Wīrāz in Pahlavi) during a dream-like journey to the afterlife. Comprised of two parts, the first relates the rewards of the virtuous in paradise while the second longer part highlights punishments meted out in hell for various sins in a manner that presages the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri (d. 1321). Completed in 1789 by a Parsi scribe known as 'Patvārī' in Navsari, a preeminent centre for the Zoroastrian faith in India, when British surgeon Samuel Guise, who acquired this volume, served in nearby Surat.
Veri kaynağı
Manchester Digital Collections
Parçası
Manchester Digital Collections - Persian Manuscripts
