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A history of the Kurds, preceded and followed by Persian verses on leaves )i)b4b-1a, 59b-62b.
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- Publisher
- Rajab 1104 [March/April 1693]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 428L
- Language
- Persian
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Item Summary
A history of the Kurds, preceded and followed by Persian verses on leaves )i)b4b-1a, 59b-62b.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [Fragment from the Sharafnāmah].
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 428L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc9k41zt010
- Publisher
- Rajab 1104 [March/April 1693]
- Language
- Persian
- Date Created
- 1693
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 62 leaves : paper ; 195 x 144 (140 x 80) mm bound to 193 x 144 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904, from the books of Amīn ibn Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Martinovitch, N.N. Catalogue of Turkish and Persian manuscripts (1926), no. 428
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Kabīkaj (invocation against bookworms) and magic square on folio 1a. Stamp on folio [i]a at back with Dutch inscription.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. iii + iv + 62 + ii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 15-16 lines per page ; many folios after 26 written on a slant.
- Description: MS in good condition.
- Origin: According to colophon copy completed Rajab 1104 (fol. 59a).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم بعد ازالشاى حمد ...
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) binding in red leather. Gold-stamped mandorla with pendants and gold-tooled edging. Most of the gold-stamping is missing.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 150
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/6587bf33-ab77-4c77-a3d1-0d6cba566d5e/manifest