Publication Date
dated 13 Ẕū'l-Ḥijjah, year 18, corresponding with 1218 AH (hence 25 Mar. 1804 CE)
Subject
Didactic literature, Persian, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Persian
Type
kitap
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
251
Physical Dimensions
251 folios, 4 flyleaves (ff. ii + 251 + ii). Leaf height: 271 mm, width: 161 mm. Written height: 189 mm, width: 93 mm.
Library
The University of Manchester Library
Library Asset ID
uom:library:digitalcollections:persian:MS-PERSIAN-00457, https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-PERSIAN-00457/1, https://image.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/iiif/MS-PERSIAN-00457-001-00001.jp2/full/,200/0/default.jpg, Persian MS 457
Record ID
alma992989086400001631
Library Location
Available Online
Date
dated 13 Ẕū'l-Ḥijjah, year 18, corresponding with 1218 AH (hence 25 Mar. 1804 CE)
Notes
According to the opening of this volume entitled Jung-i Kalām-i Isti‘mālī (Anthology of Customary Sayings), Quṭb Shāhī-era minister Muḥammad Sa‘īd (d. 1663), known as Mīr Jumlā, compiled this encyclopedic anthology for the ruler Sultān ‘Abdallāh Quṭb Shāh (b. 1614, r. 1626–1672), culled from various sources including the Makārim al-Akhlāq ('Noble Manners', see Rylands Persian MS 680) by Ṭabarsī (d. 1153), the Iḥyà ‘Ulūm al-Dīn ('Revival of Religious Sciences') by Muḥammad al-Ghazzālī (d. 1058-1111), (and probably the author's abridged Persian translation entitled Kīmiyā-yi Saʻādat 'Alchemy of Happiness', see Rylands Persian MS 231 to 235), Kashf al-Ghummat (Lifting of Sadness) by al-Irbīlī (d. 1293), Rabīʿ al-Abrār ('Springtime of the Just', see Rylands Arabic MS 242) by al-Zamakhsharī (d. 1144), and Rasā’il ('Treatises') by the Ikhwān al-Safā’ or 'Brotherhood of Purity'., Subjects encompass the religious sciences, ethics, philosophy, polite learning and the interpretation of dreams, followed by a "Supplement", described as a separate epistle but comprised of five chapters on five words connected to kingship, followed by a conclusion. - According to the opening of this volume entitled Jung-i Kalām-i Isti‘mālī (Anthology of Customary Sayings), Quṭb Shāhī-era minister Muḥammad Sa‘īd (d. 1663), known as Mīr Jumlā, compiled this encyclopedic anthology for the ruler Sultān ‘Abdallāh Quṭb Shāh (b. 1614, r. 1626–1672), culled from various sources including the Makārim al-Akhlāq ('Noble Manners', see Rylands Persian MS 680) by Ṭabarsī (d. 1153), the Iḥyà ‘Ulūm al-Dīn ('Revival of Religious Sciences') by Muḥammad al-Ghazzālī (d. 1058-1111), (and probably the author's abridged Persian translation entitled Kīmiyā-yi Saʻādat 'Alchemy of Happiness', see Rylands Persian MS 231 to 235), Kashf al-Ghummat (Lifting of Sadness) by al-Irbīlī (d. 1293), Rabīʿ al-Abrār ('Springtime of the Just', see Rylands Arabic MS 242) by al-Zamakhsharī (d. 1144), and Rasā’il ('Treatises') by the Ikhwān al-Safā’ or 'Brotherhood of Purity'., Subjects encompass the religious sciences, ethics, philosophy, polite learning and the interpretation of dreams, followed by a "Supplement", described as a separate epistle but comprised of five chapters on five words connected to kingship, followed by a conclusion.
Veri kaynağı
Manchester Digital Collections
Parçası
Manchester Digital Collections - Persian Manuscripts
