Author
Saʻdī, Saadi, Bukhārī, Sharaf al-Dīn, Bukhari, Sharaf al-Dīn, Mahḥmūd Lāhūrī, active 1599, Mahmud Lahori, ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, -approximately 1230, Attar, Farid al-Dīn, Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn, Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn, Mīr ʻAṭā Muḥammad, Mir Ata Mohammad, Mīrzā Muḥammad Āṣif Munajjim, active 1932, Mīza Muhammad Asif Munajjim, Schulte, Frank J.,
Author Original
سعدى بخارى شرف الدين محمود لاهورى عطار فريد الدين قطب الدين محمد بن غياث الدين مير عطا محمد ميزا محمد آصف منجم
Publication Date
1921
Publication Place
[Kabul?] -
Subject
Persian poetry -- 747-1500, Sufi poetry, Persian -- Early works to 1800, Muslims -- Conduct of life -- Poetry, Islam -- Customs and practices -- Poetry, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
85 leaves : paper ; 258 x 152 (173 x 95) mm. bound to 260 x 160 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194818366
Record ID
990068337390106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1921
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from closing matter on p.155., Colophon: "Authorial" and "Scribal," reads Mir Ata Muhammad, Imam of a Mosque... Hazrat Sultan Sayyid Ahmad Kabir, may God sanctify his dear secret... On the date of the day of Chahar Shanbeh, 12 MAH, Hijri, solar year, 1299, Yakhhazar, Du Sad, and Nod, matching Hijri year, 21 Jumada II month, Yakhhazar, Sah Sad, Si, and Nah, the year 1339 was accomplished with goodness... Oh God, open for us with goodness and end May goodness be upon us, and make the consequences of all our affairs good, Amen.", Dedication: At close on p.154, to dedication Amīr Amān Allāh Khān (84); almost exclusively quaternions; opening and final requirements left entirely blank and unruled; middle of the quire marks in the form of an oblique stroke in black ink in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf; catchwords present; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization., Layout: Written in 12-16 lines per page, with written area often divided into two columns ; frame-ruled., Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant, spacious and carefully executed hand in a medium line; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation and somewhat exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing in conjoined dots, gāf marked with additional stroke above shaqq / sar kash; Arabic excerpts in a bold naskh seriffed with dramatic left-sloping head-serif on many ascenders, right-sloping head-serif on other descenders, rounded with many sweeping descenders; some headed ḥawqalah, etc.) in bold thuluth in monumental style, surmounted by a scalloped dome, hasp, semi-circular piece, w-shaped piece etc. (opening headpiece on p.18 surmounted by emblem of the Bārakzay dynasty [Bārakzī]) filled with bold floral vegetable designs mainly in bright blue or lapis lazuli and gold with red, light green, yellow, etc. accents; Many headings appear in rectangular pieces set off by flanking vegetable designs (or in rare occasions animals, see pp. 60-63) in gold with red and blue accents on fields of blue, green, red, etc. ; written area surrounded by frame in gold with outermost blue rule; margin also defined by blue rule-border ; written area of incipit and facing page at each opening accented with gold cloud-bands; written area of preceding 'title page' or page at close left blank but surrounded by a decorative vegetable border and cornerpieces in blue or red; keywords and headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of inverted commas in red., Support: non-European (likely Indian or 'Afghani') laid paper with roughly 6 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, quite thick and distinct, fairly straight) and no chain lines visible, thin and translucent though sturdy, beige in color, well-sized and burnished to glossy; tissue leaves interleaved at opening and close of many works to protect illuminated decorations., Binding: Heavy pasteboards covered in painted lacquerwork, spine in dark greenish-brown leather; Type III binding (without flap), two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; doublures in fine painted lacquerwork of swirling floral vegetable composition in gold on a dark red ground; upper and lower covers bear paintings (each unique) of swirling floral composition namely central panel filled with clusters of roses, peonies, iris, etc. in red, yellow, orange, and blue set among leaves in shades of green, surrounded by a heavy band of similar floral designs, all set off by cornerpieces and vegetable borders in gold; sewn in red and white thread, two stations; Fairly worked chevron endbands in yellow and red, good condition; Overall in fair condition with minor lifting and losses of leather, minor crazing, etc. ; ill-fitting and likely much earlier than text block., Former shelfmark: Mich. Island. Ms. temp. no. 191, Accompanying materials: a. Photocopy of Small white card with notes in German on authors, date and title (presumably in hand of Dr. Gruening, see letter from Schulte) and page from legal pad with description in hand of J. Eilts "in Persian | Panj Kitāb a collection of five poetical works and a commentary by Mīr ʻAṭṭā Muḥammad was completed on the 21st day of the month of Jumadah 2 in the year 1339 (1921) of the lunar Islamic calendar Āṣṣāf Munajjim and the date 1310 of the Solar calendar.” b. Photocopy of letters from Frank J. Schulte of Grand Rapids, to Dr. Howard H. Peckham, Clements Library, University of Michigan, dated 13 November 1976 and received 18 November 1976, describing and offering to the Library this manuscript and Isl. Ms. 1043., Origin: As appears in final colophon on p.155 (and colophons on p.32, p.48, p.65, p.130, etc.), transcription executed by Mīr ʻAṭā Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī al-Harawī (Mir Ata Muhammad al-Husayni al-Harawi) and completed 12 Ḥūt [Asfand] 1299 Hijrī Shamsī, corresponding to 21 Jumādá II 1339 Hijrī Qamarī [ca. 2 March 1921]., On front flyleaf (p.1), an ownership statement in name of Mīrzā Muḥammad Āṣif Munajjim (Mīrzā MuḤūt [Asfand] 1310 Shamsī (Jalālī) [ca. 1 March 1932] reads “On the date of Do Shanbeh Dahm Ma Hoot 1310 Shamsi, the book of this, Prime, you know the severity of my horses, Masroum, Sakht, the comet, Mirza Muhammad Asif Munjim” ; inscribed by the Library "Spec. Coll. Lib. | Gift Frank J. Schulte | 1976?" (p.168); Fairly clean copy., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 1042
Sample Text
Splendid copy of a collection of didactic poetical works on proper conduct of life.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Saʻdī. Karīmā., Bukhārī, Sharaf al-Dīn. Nām-i Ḥaqq., Mahḥmūd Lāhūrī, active 1599. Maḥmūdnāmah. Selections., ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, -approximately 1230. Pandnāmah. Selections., Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn. Risālah-i Qāz̤ī Quṭb., Mīr ʻAṭā Muḥammad, scribe., Mīrzā Muḥammad Āṣif Munajjim, active 1932, former owner., Schulte, Frank J., former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Frank J. Schulte Collection.
Referanslar
Nawid, Senzil K. "Amānallāh Shāh." In EI3, accessed through Brill online.
Elde Ediliş
Mr. Frank J. Schulte ;
Konular (Diğer)
Headpieces (layout features)
