Khulāṣat al-Ashʻār va Zubdat al-Afkār

Title	Khulāṣat al-Ashʻār va Zubdat al-Afkār
Publication Date:	1038 and 1039 AH (1628–29 CE)
Subject	Persian literature
Type	kitap
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	563
Physical Dimensions	563 folios, 2 flyleaves (ff. i + 563 + i). Leaf height: 223 mm, width: 157 mm. Written height: 185 mm, width: 110 mm.
Library:	The University of Manchester Library
Library Asset ID	uom:library:digitalcollections:persian:MS-PERSIAN-00312, https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-PERSIAN-00312/1, https://image.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/iiif/MS-PERSIAN-00312-001-00001.jp2/full/,200/0/default.jpg, Persian MS 312
Record ID	alma992989086068401631
Library Location	Available Online
Date	1038 and 1039 AH (1628–29 CE)
Notes	This complete copy of the Khulāṣat al-Ashʻār va Zubdat al-Afkār (Summary of Poems and Pith of Philosophies) by Mīr Taqī al-Dīn Kāshānī (fl. late 16th to early 17th century) chronicles early modern Persian poets. Comprised of an introduction, six parts, and an epilogue (khātimah), it profiles the lives of some 394 poets together with examples of their poems. The author recounts many contemporaries whom he knew personally and relates a number of valuable eyewitness accounts and observations not found in other sources. While the British Library holds a copy (Or. 3506) that contains the first part of the work in Mīr Taqī's hand, this volume includes the final epilogue. Former owner, scholar Nathaniel Bland (1803–1865) describes the contents of this manuscript in his essay on Persian poetry chronicles as opening with an econium praising God, the Prophet Muhammad, and his progeny, followed by a panegyric honouring the Safavid ruler Shāh Ṭahmāsp I (b. 1514, r. 1524–1576). However, he also notes how the author curiously dedicates it to the ruler of the Deccan Sultanate of Bijapur, Ībrāhīm ‘Ādil Shāh II (b. 1571, r. 1580–1626) on folio 3b, which likely reflects the author's declining patronage in Iran after Ṭahmāsp's death.
Veri kaynağı	Manchester Digital Collections
Parçası	Manchester Digital Collections - Persian Manuscripts

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Khulāṣat al-Ashʻār va Zubdat al-Afkār

Publication Date 1038 and 1039 AH (1628–29 CE)

Subject Persian literature

Type kitap

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 563

Physical Dimensions 563 folios, 2 flyleaves (ff. i + 563 + i). Leaf height: 223 mm, width: 157 mm. Written height: 185 mm, width: 110 mm.

Library The University of Manchester Library

Library Asset ID uom:library:digitalcollections:persian:MS-PERSIAN-00312, https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-PERSIAN-00312/1, https://image.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/iiif/MS-PERSIAN-00312-001-00001.jp2/full/,200/0/default.jpg, Persian MS 312

Record ID alma992989086068401631

Library Location Available Online

Date 1038 and 1039 AH (1628–29 CE)

Notes This complete copy of the Khulāṣat al-Ashʻār va Zubdat al-Afkār (Summary of Poems and Pith of Philosophies) by Mīr Taqī al-Dīn Kāshānī (fl. late 16th to early 17th century) chronicles early modern Persian poets. Comprised of an introduction, six parts, and an epilogue (khātimah), it profiles the lives of some 394 poets together with examples of their poems. The author recounts many contemporaries whom he knew personally and relates a number of valuable eyewitness accounts and observations not found in other sources. While the British Library holds a copy (Or. 3506) that contains the first part of the work in Mīr Taqī's hand, this volume includes the final epilogue. Former owner, scholar Nathaniel Bland (1803–1865) describes the contents of this manuscript in his essay on Persian poetry chronicles as opening with an econium praising God, the Prophet Muhammad, and his progeny, followed by a panegyric honouring the Safavid ruler Shāh Ṭahmāsp I (b. 1514, r. 1524–1576). However, he also notes how the author curiously dedicates it to the ruler of the Deccan Sultanate of Bijapur, Ībrāhīm ‘Ādil Shāh II (b. 1571, r. 1580–1626) on folio 3b, which likely reflects the author's declining patronage in Iran after Ṭahmāsp's death.

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Parçası Manchester Digital Collections - Persian Manuscripts