Publication Date
28 Ramaz̤ān 1215 AH (12 Feb. 1801 CE)
Subject
Religions--Early works to 1800, Iran--Religion, Sects--Iran, India--Religion, Sects--India
Type
kitap
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
229
Physical Dimensions
229 folios, 5 flyleaves (ff. ii + 229 + iii). Leaf height: 255 mm, width: 180 mm. Written height: 195 mm, width: 105 mm.
Library
The University of Manchester Library
Library Asset ID
uom:library:digitalcollections:persian:MS-PERSIAN-00075, https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-PERSIAN-00075/1, https://image.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/iiif/MS-PERSIAN-00075-000-00001.jp2/full/,200/0/default.jpg, Persian MS 75
Record ID
alma992989086312701631
Library Location
Available Online
Date
28 Ramaz̤ān 1215 AH (12 Feb. 1801 CE)
Notes
This illustrated copy of the Dabistān-i Maẕāhib (School of Doctrines) presents an encyclopedia of comparative religion recounting various creeds, ideologies, and philosophies found in Asia, divided into twelve ta‘līm (teachings) and subdivided into a various naẓar (observations). The author, whose name appears here as Mīr Ẕū-al-Fiqār ‘Alī al-Ḥusaynī (ca. 1615–70), lived during the reign of the Mughal ruler ‘Ālamgīr I (r. 1658–1707) and apparently followed an Indian branch of an Iranian Ishrāqī illuminationist sect founded by Zoroastrian high priest Āẕar Kayvān (ca. 1529–1618). The author not only travelled throughout the northern Indian subcontinent, but also to Mashhad in Iran. As a result, he became thoroughly acquainted with a great number of religious and scientific Parsi, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim personalities and their doctrines. Completed by Munshī Ghulām Muḥammad bin Muḥammad Jamāl in Surat on 28 Ramaz̤ān 1215 AH (12 Feb. 1801 CE), the manuscript contains seven tinted drawings that depict the planets according to Hindu mythology.
Veri kaynağı
Manchester Digital Collections
Parçası
Manchester Digital Collections - Persian Manuscripts