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Volume 1 of Rawz̤at al-ṣafā, containing the history of the pre-Islamic Prophets and the early kings of Persia.
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- Publisher
- Rajab 1146 [December 1733/January 1734]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 464L
- Language
- Persian
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Item Summary
Volume 1 of Rawz̤at al-ṣafā, containing the history of the pre-Islamic Prophets and the early kings of Persia.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- تاريخ روضة الصفا.
- Transliterated Title
- Tārīkh-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā.
- Call Number
- Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 464L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc1r66jd66c
- Publisher
- Rajab 1146 [December 1733/January 1734]
- Language
- Persian
- Date Created
- 1733-1734
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 310 leaves : paper ; 304 x 210 (220 x 140) mm bound to 303 x 218 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. 464
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from caption (fol. 1b).
- Label on upper cover: "7 MR". Inscriptions (upper pastedown and fol. 1a). Insert.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 310 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 21 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (coat-of-arms? and roman-alphabet lettering "Francesco"; "Ghigliotti" and star; "L Picardo") ; MS in good condition, folio 1 repaired.
- Origin: According to colophon copy completed Rajab 1146 by Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd? (fol. 310b).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم زيب فهرست نسخه مفاخر انبياى ...
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla and cornerpieces and blind-tooled decorative edging.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 632
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/3c0321c1-5442-436b-b834-6c3df9df2117/manifest