Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī

Name: Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī
Author: Shahmardān ibn Abī al-Khayr, active 11th century, Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942, 'Ali ibn Maḥmūd, known as Ṣāyigh al-Shīrāzī al-Murshidī, ʻAlāʼ al-Dawlah, of Tabaristan, Ali ibn Mahmud known as Saiq al-Shirazi al-Murshidī, Shahmardān ibn Abul Khair active 11th century

Title	Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī
Author	Shahmardān ibn Abī al-Khayr, active 11th century, Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942, 'Ali ibn Maḥmūd, known as Ṣāyigh al-Shīrāzī al-Murshidī, ʻAlāʼ al-Dawlah, of Tabaristan, Ali ibn Mahmud known as Saiq al-Shirazi al-Murshidī, Shahmardān ibn Abul Khair active 11th century
Author Original	علی ابن محمود مشهور به صایق الشیرازی المرشدی شهمردان بن ابو الخیر
Publication Date:	1404
Subject	Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Specimens, Manuscripts, Persian -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal, Medicine -- Early works to 1800, Geography -- Early works to 1800, Mathematics -- Early works to 1800, Astrology -- Early works to 1800, Astronomy -- Early works to 1800, Herbs -- Early works to 1800, Botany -- Early works to 1800, Insects -- Early works to 1800, Eye -- Early works to 1800, Dreams -- Early works to 1800, Birds -- Early works to 1800, Biology -- Early works to 1800, Zoology -- Early works to 1800, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Persian, Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- To 1600, Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works
Type	Book
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	124 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 38 x 26 cm
Library:	University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID	968226158
Record ID	11102866594
Library Location	Flint Thompson Library, UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date	1404
Notes	In Hājji Khalīfah, volume VI, page 336, ʻAlāʼi is given as the author's name. In this copy, with no author's name provided, the author states that he entitled his book ʻAlāʼi in honor of ʻAlāʼ-al-Dawlah of Ṭabaristān. The Nuzhat-nāmah is mentioned in the Faraḥ-nāmah of al-Jamāli and ascribed to Shahr-mardān al-Mustawfi (cf. Br. Mus. P., page 465 and Browne, page 288)., Some pages are damaged and remargined in some places., The work deals with natural history describing animals, birds and insects, accompanied by numerous paintings and illustrations., Text ends with faṣl 7 of bāb 3 of maqālah 4., First page includes a seal impression of Amān Allāh or his father Mahābatkhān (f.1a)., Includes numerous colorful paintings of birds, plants and mammals., Oriental paper; clear Naskh script ; rubrications; 27 lines per page., An explanatory note on the composition of the book for Kākūyid ruler 'Aḍud al-Dīn 'Alā al-Dawlah [Abū Kālījār Garshāsp] (d.1141), followed by 2 pages detailed table of contents ., Includes 6 maqālahs., Title from page 4, date of copy from the last page., Manuscript., Holding in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Blacker Wood Rare Books: Three titles bound together subsequent to production: Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī (ff.1b-62a). Rab. I 807 [1404]. -- Risālah-i Takmīlī bar Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī. [between 1404 and 1504]. -- Farrukh-nāmah-i Jamālī. Rab. II 597 [1201]., Holding in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Blacker Wood Rare Books: Three titles bound together subsequent to production: Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī (ff.1b-62a). Rab. I 807 [1404]. -- Risālah-i Takmīlī bar Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī. [between 1404 and 1504]. -- Farrukh-nāmah-i Jamālī. Rab. II 597 [1201]., Explicit : و بر ما رحمت کن برحمتک یا ارحم الراحمین و یا خیرالناصرین و یا اول الاولین ویا آخرالآخرین والحمدلله ورب العالمین و صلی الله علی خیر خلقه محمد و آله اجمعین, Incipit : ایزد تعالی از حکم حکمت و قوه قدره جهان آفرید
Sample Text	A compendium of natural history, mathematics, astronomy, interpretation of dreams, meteorological phenomena, medicine, etc.
Katkıda Bulunanlar	Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942, former owner., 'Ali ibn Maḥmūd, known as Ṣāyigh al-Shīrāzī al-Murshidī. transcriber, ʻAlāʼ al-Dawlah, of Tabaristan, honoree.
Oluşturulma	Rab. I 807 [1404], ربیع الاول 807 [1404]
Son Dizinleme Tarihi	20251208
Biçim	Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Medya Biçimi	Mode of access: Internet.
Referanslar	Hitti, 63, Hājji Khalīfah, volume VI, page 336, Browne, page 288, Br. Mus. P., page 465, Wood, Casey A. Vertebrate zoology, page 564, Gacek, Adam. Persian manuscripts in the libraries of the McGill University, 201, 339, 340
Elde Ediliş	Presented to the library by Casey Wood in 1926.
Konular (Diğer)	To 1600, Zoology, Natural history, Medicine, Mathematics, Manuscripts, Persian, Insects, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian, Herbs, Geography, Eye, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Persian, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Dreams, Botany, Birds, Biology, Astronomy, Astrology, Québec -- Montréal, Specimens, Early works, Rare Material, 15th Century

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Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī

Author Shahmardān ibn Abī al-Khayr, active 11th century, Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942, 'Ali ibn Maḥmūd, known as Ṣāyigh al-Shīrāzī al-Murshidī, ʻAlāʼ al-Dawlah, of Tabaristan, Ali ibn Mahmud known as Saiq al-Shirazi al-Murshidī, Shahmardān ibn Abul Khair active 11th century

Author Original علی ابن محمود مشهور به صایق الشیرازی المرشدی شهمردان بن ابو الخیر

Publication Date 1404

Subject Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Specimens, Manuscripts, Persian -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal, Medicine -- Early works to 1800, Geography -- Early works to 1800, Mathematics -- Early works to 1800, Astrology -- Early works to 1800, Astronomy -- Early works to 1800, Herbs -- Early works to 1800, Botany -- Early works to 1800, Insects -- Early works to 1800, Eye -- Early works to 1800, Dreams -- Early works to 1800, Birds -- Early works to 1800, Biology -- Early works to 1800, Zoology -- Early works to 1800, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Persian, Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- To 1600, Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works

Type Book

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 124 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 38 x 26 cm

Library University of Michigan Library

Library Asset ID 968226158

Record ID 11102866594

Library Location Flint Thompson Library, UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library

Date 1404

Notes In Hājji Khalīfah, volume VI, page 336, ʻAlāʼi is given as the author's name. In this copy, with no author's name provided, the author states that he entitled his book ʻAlāʼi in honor of ʻAlāʼ-al-Dawlah of Ṭabaristān. The Nuzhat-nāmah is mentioned in the Faraḥ-nāmah of al-Jamāli and ascribed to Shahr-mardān al-Mustawfi (cf. Br. Mus. P., page 465 and Browne, page 288)., Some pages are damaged and remargined in some places., The work deals with natural history describing animals, birds and insects, accompanied by numerous paintings and illustrations., Text ends with faṣl 7 of bāb 3 of maqālah 4., First page includes a seal impression of Amān Allāh or his father Mahābatkhān (f.1a)., Includes numerous colorful paintings of birds, plants and mammals., Oriental paper; clear Naskh script ; rubrications; 27 lines per page., An explanatory note on the composition of the book for Kākūyid ruler 'Aḍud al-Dīn 'Alā al-Dawlah [Abū Kālījār Garshāsp] (d.1141), followed by 2 pages detailed table of contents ., Includes 6 maqālahs., Title from page 4, date of copy from the last page., Manuscript., Holding in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Blacker Wood Rare Books: Three titles bound together subsequent to production: Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī (ff.1b-62a). Rab. I 807 [1404]. -- Risālah-i Takmīlī bar Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī. [between 1404 and 1504]. -- Farrukh-nāmah-i Jamālī. Rab. II 597 [1201]., Holding in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Blacker Wood Rare Books: Three titles bound together subsequent to production: Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī (ff.1b-62a). Rab. I 807 [1404]. -- Risālah-i Takmīlī bar Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī. [between 1404 and 1504]. -- Farrukh-nāmah-i Jamālī. Rab. II 597 [1201]., Explicit : و بر ما رحمت کن برحمتک یا ارحم الراحمین و یا خیرالناصرین و یا اول الاولین ویا آخرالآخرین والحمدلله ورب العالمین و صلی الله علی خیر خلقه محمد و آله اجمعین, Incipit : ایزد تعالی از حکم حکمت و قوه قدره جهان آفرید

Sample Text A compendium of natural history, mathematics, astronomy, interpretation of dreams, meteorological phenomena, medicine, etc.

Katkıda Bulunanlar Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942, former owner., 'Ali ibn Maḥmūd, known as Ṣāyigh al-Shīrāzī al-Murshidī. transcriber, ʻAlāʼ al-Dawlah, of Tabaristan, honoree.

Oluşturulma Rab. I 807 [1404], ربیع الاول 807 [1404]

Son Dizinleme Tarihi 20251208

Biçim Book, Manuscript, Available Online

Medya Biçimi Mode of access: Internet.

Referanslar Hitti, 63, Hājji Khalīfah, volume VI, page 336, Browne, page 288, Br. Mus. P., page 465, Wood, Casey A. Vertebrate zoology, page 564, Gacek, Adam. Persian manuscripts in the libraries of the McGill University, 201, 339, 340

Elde Ediliş Presented to the library by Casey Wood in 1926.

Konular (Diğer) To 1600, Zoology, Natural history, Medicine, Mathematics, Manuscripts, Persian, Insects, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian, Herbs, Geography, Eye, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Persian, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Dreams, Botany, Birds, Biology, Astronomy, Astrology, Québec -- Montréal, Specimens, Early works, Rare Material, 15th Century