Author
Khvānd Mīr, Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn ibn Humām al-Dīn, approximately 1475-1535?
Subject
Islamic Empire—History—Early works to 1800[Browse]
Type
kitap
Language
Persian
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
[300] p. (21 lines), bound ; 27 cm.
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
430972160
Record ID
9930603173506421
Notes
Text begins on p. 2.Explicit is on p. 296.Text is incomplete; lacks colophon.Ms. in nastalīq on glazed paper. 26.5 x 15.6 cm. Headings, keywords and overlinings in red ink. Text has been remounted on leaves of later manufacture. Text area is framed in ruled lines of gold and blue.Paper of text is glazed, laid stock. Some leaves slightly damaged; some leaves show repair. Text generally in good condition.Binding is leather over pasteboard. Covers are tan; spine repaired with red leather. Covers have blind stamped designs. Frame is two scroll motifs separated by rosettes, alternating cartouches and corner stamp with floral motifs. Center has mandorla with flanking tulip designs at top and bottom. Tulips bear the name Mullā Muḥammad Ḥakīm Ṣaḥḥāf. Text block is separated from binding. - An abridgement of Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh Mīr Khvānd's Rawz̤at al-ṣafā, a work on early Islamic history. Endpapers bear inscriptions and poetry.
Kaynak
ELS 1431. Gift of Robert Garrett (Princeton Class of 1897), 1942.Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda.