Author
Ṣabā, Fatḥ ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, -1822 or 1823
Publication Date
1815 and 1850]
Subject
Qājār, Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Shah of Iran -1834[Browse]Iran—History—Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925[Browse]Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton[Browse]
Type
kitap
Language
Persian
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
430
Physical Dimensions
430 leaves : paper ; 399 x 265 (290 x 181) mm. bound to 400 x 270 mm.
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
818880248
Record ID
9972372013506421
Date
1815 and 1850]
Notes
Ms. codex.Edge title.Physical description: 20 lines per page, in four columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid European paper. Text framed in blue and gold, with outer gold border and double gold lines separating columns. Rubrication and catchwords; spaces presumably left for miniatures. Some leaves are loose and fol. 3-8 are detached. Foliated in Arabic script through fol. 220. Brown stain on upper margin of most leaves. Edges somewhat ragged; some paper repairs, mainly to the inner margins. In good condition.Decorations: Illuminated ʻunwān on fol. 1b in gold and color, with gold floral pattern in margins.Incipit: بنام خداوند آموزگار - Contemporary full orange-brown leather with gold-stamped central mandorla, pendants and cornerpieces and blind-stamped fillets; dark blue paper doublures. - Epic poem narrating the wars fought during the reign of Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh.
Getty Türü
Illuminated manuscripts—Islamic countries—19th century[Browse]Headpieces (layout features)—Islamic countries—19th century[Browse]
Dil Notu
Persian.
Kongre Kütüphanesi Türü
Poetry[Browse]
Kaynak
On fol. 1a and fol. 430b, a stamp dated 1316 H [1898 or 9] and accompanied by the number "132." Several additional stamps on fol. 1a.
