Author
Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh | مير جواند، محمد بن جواندشاه
Author Original
مير جواند، محمد بن جواندشاه
Publication Date
[16--?].
Publication Place
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University of Michigan
Subject
Ilkhanid dynasty History Early works to 1800. | Manuscripts, Persian | Mongols History Early works to 1800. | World history Early works to 1800. | Iran History 1256-1500 Early works to 1800. | Islamic Empire History 1258-1517 Early works to 1800. | more | less
Type
kitap
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
215
Physical Dimensions
215 leaves : paper ; 297 x 177 (205 x 105) mm. bound to 303 x 187 mm.
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Record ID
006836555
Library Location
University of Michigan
Date
[16--?].
Notes
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.5 | Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; dated seal impression provides only rough terminus ante quem of 1723 ; paper, etc. may suggest late 17th century. | Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- b. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" | Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.5 | Binding: Boards covered in light orange-brown leather decorated in "marbled calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in light-blue surface-dyed wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather, gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 5" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over recessed cords ; Western style worked endbands, fair condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with minor abrasion and deterioration of leather, spine leather detaching, minor delamination of boards, etc. | Support: non-European (Persian) laid paper (characterized in inscription on inner front flyleaf (p.3) as "كاغذ ایرانی") with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, curving) and chain lines occasionally visible, dark cream to beige in color, thin and sturdy, well-burnished. | Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated. | Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a thin line ; serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline and tilt to the right, elongation and somewhat exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes. | Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled. | Collation: ii, 3 VI(36), V+1 (47), 2 VI(71), 3 (74), 5 VI(134), II (138), VI (150), V+1 (161), 2 VI(185), V+1 (196), VI (208), IV-1 (215), ii ; chiefly senions ; sewing difficult to examine but middle of the quire marks in the form of black strokes appear in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves). | Incipit: "آرایش دیباجه مناقب و تاثیر [سلاطین] رفیع مقدار ..." | Title supplied by cataloguer. | Ms. codex. | Fine copy of the fifth volume, addressing Chingiz Khān and his successors to the time of Tīmūr, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498). | more | less
Zaman Dilimi
1256-1500 | 1258-1517
