Inshā-i Harkarn

Name: Inshā-i Harkarn
Author: Harikaṇa, Multānı̄, هركرن بن متهراداس ملتانى، Multānı̄, Robert Sumption, active 1750, Nuttall, Frank E., 1875-1943

İsim	Inshā-i Harkarn
Yazar	Harikaṇa, Multānı̄, هركرن بن متهراداس ملتانى، Multānı̄, Robert Sumption, active 1750, Nuttall, Frank E., 1875-1943
Yazar Orijinal	هركرن بن متهراداس ملتانى،
Basım Tarihi:	1650
Konu	Formularies (Diplomatics) -- Early works to 1800, Diplomatics, Persian -- India -- Early works to 1800, Letter writing, Persian -- India -- Early works to 1800, India -- Kings and rulers -- Correspondence, India -- History -- 1526-1765 -- Sources, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Tür	Kitap
Dil	Farsça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	91 leaves : paper ; 198 x 108 (155 x 60) mm. bound to 205 x 120 mm
Kütüphane:	Michigan Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	1194785868
Kayıt Numarası	990068367590106381
Lokasyon	UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Tarih	Possibly between 1650-1750
Notlar	Ms. codex., Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.15)., Incipit: "بعد از حمد وثنای مر حضرت ایزد متعال ذو الحلال والافضال ...", Collation: ii, 6 (6), IV (14), 11 III(80), III-1 (85), 6 (91), ii ; almost exclusively ternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black strokes, lower outer corner of right-hand leaf, upper outer corner of left-hand leaf ; some added leaves (six each at the opening and close of the codex) bound in upside down ; catchwords present ; pagination initially in black ink, continued in pencil, Western numerals (every other leaf) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inner flyleaves and added leaves)., Layout: Written in roughly 10 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Shikastah-taʻlīq (taʻlīq with elements of shikastah) ; bold, elegant Indian [?] chancery hand in a heavy line ; partially seriffed with left-sloping head-serifs and highly ligatured with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, occasional reversed or recurved final descenders, etc., Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated (text to be entered in red entered in inner margins) ; overlining in red ; occasional textual dividers in the form of red hāʼ., Support: European and non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper ; opening gathering in a paper with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct, curving) and no laid lines clearly visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, burnished, grayish tint ; thereafter (from p.31) in a European laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical), chain lines spaced 24 mm. apart (vertical or horizontal), and watermarks of three crescents (roughly 72 mm. long, parallel to chains, see p.40, 78, 112, etc.) and mount of six coupeaux with star above (see p.102, 126, 154, etc.), sturdy, medium cream in color, well-burnished., Binding: Boards covered in shell 'marbled' paper (mainly in pink, blue and yellow) with orange-brown leather over spine and board corners (approaching half-binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in grey paper ; spine gold-stamped with "HER \| KERN" and decorative bands ; edges of text block flecked with red ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands ; overall in somewhat poor condition with much abrasion, deterioration of leather, lifting and losses of spine leather, etc., Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 19, Accompanying materials: a. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Hari-Karana, son of Mathurā-dāsa, Multānī. \| Inshā. \| Cat. of Pers. Bks. in BM Cat. several editions \| n. f. in Mich. MSS." and (in hand of G. Meredith-Owens ?) "A work on epistolary style." -- b. Slip with note "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- c. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) Husselman notes", Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. suggest mid to late 16th or early 18th century dating ; dated ownership statement (see p.15, 184, etc.) provides terminus ante quem of 1750., Possible inventory marks on verso of front flyleaf in black ink "D F. 237 [?]" and in red ink "Lot 127" ; numerous notes and excerpts at opening and close of codex, a few in Devanagari / Hindi script, including ownership statement in brown ink in name of Robert Sumption dated 1750 / 1163 (see p.15) ; another ownership statement in name of Robert Sumption dated 1750 appears in brown ink on back flyleaf (p.184) "Seind, [Sindh ?] 1750 \| انشا هركرن مال صاحب رابرت سامسين \| Robert Sumption his book of Herkerons [?] Letters or Precedents of writings & addresses" ; occasional glosses and marginal corrections., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 870
Örnek Metin	Elegant copy of the collection of model letters of appointment and other official documents compiled (certainly after 1625, possibly after 1645) by Harkarn [Harkaran] ibn Mathurādās of Multān, secretary (munshī) of Iʻtibār Khān (d.1625). Contribution to the cataloguing from Hossein Mottaghi.
Katkıda Bulunanlar	Robert Sumption, active 1750, former owner., Nuttall, Frank E., 1875-1943, former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi	20251210
Biçim	Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda	F. E. Nuttall Collection.
Referanslar	Cat. Pers. MSS. Brit. Mus., p.530, Bazmee Ansari, A.S. "Harkarn, b. Mathurādās." In EI2, vol. III, p.225, col. 2, Qasemi, S.H. "HARKARN DĀS KANBŌH," Encyclopaedia Iranica, vol. 12, fascicle 1, 2004: pp.6, Munzavī, Aḥmad. Fihrist-i nuskhahʹhā-yi khaṭṭī-i Fārsī, vol.3, p.2113, منزوي، احمد. فهرست نسخه هاي خطي فارسي، جلد 3، صفحه 2113
Elde Ediliş	Acquired from Frank E. Nuttall (1875-1943).

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Inshā-i Harkarn

Yazar Harikaṇa, Multānı̄, هركرن بن متهراداس ملتانى، Multānı̄, Robert Sumption, active 1750, Nuttall, Frank E., 1875-1943

Yazar Orijinal هركرن بن متهراداس ملتانى،

Basım Tarihi 1650

Konu Formularies (Diplomatics) -- Early works to 1800, Diplomatics, Persian -- India -- Early works to 1800, Letter writing, Persian -- India -- Early works to 1800, India -- Kings and rulers -- Correspondence, India -- History -- 1526-1765 -- Sources, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor

Tür Kitap

Dil Farsça

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar 91 leaves : paper ; 198 x 108 (155 x 60) mm. bound to 205 x 120 mm

Kütüphane Michigan Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası 1194785868

Kayıt Numarası 990068367590106381

Lokasyon UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library

Tarih Possibly between 1650-1750

Notlar Ms. codex., Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.15)., Incipit: "بعد از حمد وثنای مر حضرت ایزد متعال ذو الحلال والافضال ...", Collation: ii, 6 (6), IV (14), 11 III(80), III-1 (85), 6 (91), ii ; almost exclusively ternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black strokes, lower outer corner of right-hand leaf, upper outer corner of left-hand leaf ; some added leaves (six each at the opening and close of the codex) bound in upside down ; catchwords present ; pagination initially in black ink, continued in pencil, Western numerals (every other leaf) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inner flyleaves and added leaves)., Layout: Written in roughly 10 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Shikastah-taʻlīq (taʻlīq with elements of shikastah) ; bold, elegant Indian [?] chancery hand in a heavy line ; partially seriffed with left-sloping head-serifs and highly ligatured with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, occasional reversed or recurved final descenders, etc., Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated (text to be entered in red entered in inner margins) ; overlining in red ; occasional textual dividers in the form of red hāʼ., Support: European and non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper ; opening gathering in a paper with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct, curving) and no laid lines clearly visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, burnished, grayish tint ; thereafter (from p.31) in a European laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical), chain lines spaced 24 mm. apart (vertical or horizontal), and watermarks of three crescents (roughly 72 mm. long, parallel to chains, see p.40, 78, 112, etc.) and mount of six coupeaux with star above (see p.102, 126, 154, etc.), sturdy, medium cream in color, well-burnished., Binding: Boards covered in shell 'marbled' paper (mainly in pink, blue and yellow) with orange-brown leather over spine and board corners (approaching half-binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in grey paper ; spine gold-stamped with "HER | KERN" and decorative bands ; edges of text block flecked with red ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands ; overall in somewhat poor condition with much abrasion, deterioration of leather, lifting and losses of spine leather, etc., Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 19, Accompanying materials: a. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Hari-Karana, son of Mathurā-dāsa, Multānī. | Inshā. | Cat. of Pers. Bks. in BM Cat. several editions | n. f. in Mich. MSS." and (in hand of G. Meredith-Owens ?) "A work on epistolary style." -- b. Slip with note "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- c. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) Husselman notes", Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. suggest mid to late 16th or early 18th century dating ; dated ownership statement (see p.15, 184, etc.) provides terminus ante quem of 1750., Possible inventory marks on verso of front flyleaf in black ink "D F. 237 [?]" and in red ink "Lot 127" ; numerous notes and excerpts at opening and close of codex, a few in Devanagari / Hindi script, including ownership statement in brown ink in name of Robert Sumption dated 1750 / 1163 (see p.15) ; another ownership statement in name of Robert Sumption dated 1750 appears in brown ink on back flyleaf (p.184) "Seind, [Sindh ?] 1750 | انشا هركرن مال صاحب رابرت سامسين | Robert Sumption his book of Herkerons [?] Letters or Precedents of writings & addresses" ; occasional glosses and marginal corrections., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 870

Örnek Metin Elegant copy of the collection of model letters of appointment and other official documents compiled (certainly after 1625, possibly after 1645) by Harkarn [Harkaran] ibn Mathurādās of Multān, secretary (munshī) of Iʻtibār Khān (d.1625). Contribution to the cataloguing from Hossein Mottaghi.

Katkıda Bulunanlar Robert Sumption, active 1750, former owner., Nuttall, Frank E., 1875-1943, former owner.

Son Dizinleme Tarihi 20251210

Biçim Book, Manuscript, Available Online

Koleksiyonda F. E. Nuttall Collection.

Referanslar Cat. Pers. MSS. Brit. Mus., p.530, Bazmee Ansari, A.S. "Harkarn, b. Mathurādās." In EI2, vol. III, p.225, col. 2, Qasemi, S.H. "HARKARN DĀS KANBŌH," Encyclopaedia Iranica, vol. 12, fascicle 1, 2004: pp.6, Munzavī, Aḥmad. Fihrist-i nuskhahʹhā-yi khaṭṭī-i Fārsī, vol.3, p.2113, منزوي، احمد. فهرست نسخه هاي خطي فارسي، جلد 3، صفحه 2113

Elde Ediliş Acquired from Frank E. Nuttall (1875-1943).