Mirʼāt al-Khayāl

Title	Mirʼāt al-Khayāl
Publication Date:	after 1817 CE
Subject	Poets, Persian--Biography
Type	kitap
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	470
Physical Dimensions	470 pages, 2 flyleaves (pp. i + 470 + i), albeit mismarked (see foliation below). Leaf height: 245 mm, width: 185 mm. Written height: 210 mm, width: 110 mm.
Library:	The University of Manchester Library
Library Asset ID	uom:library:digitalcollections:persian:MS-PERSIAN-00316, https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-PERSIAN-00316/1, https://image.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/iiif/MS-PERSIAN-00316-001-00001.jp2/full/,200/0/default.jpg, Persian MS 316
Record ID	alma992989086068201631
Library Location	Available Online
Date	after 1817 CE
Notes	Author Shīr ʻAlī Khān Lūdī (fl. 1657–90) completed his Mirʼāt al-Khayāl (Mirror of the Imagination) in 1102 AH (1690–91 CE) according to a chronogram in the final line. It comprises an encyclopedia encompassing the lives and works of 136 poets — including fifteen female authors — interspersed with treatises on varied topics such as literature, music, medicine, physics, and ethics. When he served in Bengal, the Mughal Prince Shāh Shuja‘ (d. 1661) employed the author's father, 'Alī Amjad Khān (d. 1673–74), which allowed his son to study there under the poet Faraḥ Ḥusayn Nāẓim (d. ca. 1653–64) before Mughal nobleman and Fawjdār of Dehli, Sayyid Shukrallāh Khān, in 1090 AH (1679–80 CE), employed him, hence this work documents him and many authors whom he knew personally. While the colophon does not indicate when and where the scribe copied this manuscript, it appears likely finished in India, using British paper handmade in Kent dated 1814 and 1817, hence it must date after then.
Veri kaynağı	Manchester Digital Collections
Parçası	Manchester Digital Collections - Persian Manuscripts

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Mirʼāt al-Khayāl

Publication Date after 1817 CE

Subject Poets, Persian--Biography

Type kitap

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 470

Physical Dimensions 470 pages, 2 flyleaves (pp. i + 470 + i), albeit mismarked (see foliation below). Leaf height: 245 mm, width: 185 mm. Written height: 210 mm, width: 110 mm.

Library The University of Manchester Library

Library Asset ID uom:library:digitalcollections:persian:MS-PERSIAN-00316, https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-PERSIAN-00316/1, https://image.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/iiif/MS-PERSIAN-00316-001-00001.jp2/full/,200/0/default.jpg, Persian MS 316

Record ID alma992989086068201631

Library Location Available Online

Date after 1817 CE

Notes Author Shīr ʻAlī Khān Lūdī (fl. 1657–90) completed his Mirʼāt al-Khayāl (Mirror of the Imagination) in 1102 AH (1690–91 CE) according to a chronogram in the final line. It comprises an encyclopedia encompassing the lives and works of 136 poets — including fifteen female authors — interspersed with treatises on varied topics such as literature, music, medicine, physics, and ethics. When he served in Bengal, the Mughal Prince Shāh Shuja‘ (d. 1661) employed the author's father, 'Alī Amjad Khān (d. 1673–74), which allowed his son to study there under the poet Faraḥ Ḥusayn Nāẓim (d. ca. 1653–64) before Mughal nobleman and Fawjdār of Dehli, Sayyid Shukrallāh Khān, in 1090 AH (1679–80 CE), employed him, hence this work documents him and many authors whom he knew personally. While the colophon does not indicate when and where the scribe copied this manuscript, it appears likely finished in India, using British paper handmade in Kent dated 1814 and 1817, hence it must date after then.

Veri kaynağı Manchester Digital Collections

Parçası Manchester Digital Collections - Persian Manuscripts