Publication Date
9th Ṣafar 1197 AH (14 January 1783 CE)
Subject
Poets, Persian--Biography, Persian poetry
Type
kitap
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
325
Physical Dimensions
325 folios, 12 flyleaves (ff. ix + 325 + iii). Leaf height: 225 mm, width: 160 mm. Written height: 192 mm, width: 107 mm.
Library
The University of Manchester Library
Library Asset ID
uom:library:digitalcollections:persian:MS-PERSIAN-00310, https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-PERSIAN-00310/1, https://image.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/iiif/MS-PERSIAN-00310-001-00001.jp2/full/,200/0/default.jpg, Persian MS 310
Record ID
alma992989086068501631
Library Location
Available Online
Date
9th Ṣafar 1197 AH (14 January 1783 CE)
Notes
An incomplete copy of the Taẕkirat al-Shuʻarā (Chronicles of Poets) by Dawlatshāh Samarqandī (d. ca. 1494) contains biographical accounts of some 150 poets, together with selections of their works. The author hailed from a ruling Timurid-era elite family and dedicated this work to the cultural and political figure Mīr ‘Alī Shīr Navā'ī (d. 1501). A scribe named Umīd Rāy Bilgramī completed this manuscript in 9 Ṣafar 1197 AH (14 January 1783) for a British patron, named Captain James Dunn, who could either be Colonel James Dunn (d. 1816) or Major James Dunn (d. 1824).
Veri kaynağı
Manchester Digital Collections
Parçası
Manchester Digital Collections - Persian Manuscripts
