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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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- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 463Lq
- 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
- جلد اول روضة الصفا.
- Transliterated Title
- Jild-i avval Rawz̤at al-ṣafā.
- Call Number
- Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 463Lq
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcx633fd29s
- Language
- Persian
- Date Created
- 1616
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 412 leaves : paper ; 287 x 175 (215 x 120) mm bound to 292 x 183 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. 463
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from caption (fol. 1b).
- Folios 1-2 and 412 are replacements.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 412 + i (later paper) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 17 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; MS in good to fair condition, worm-eaten, some repairs staining.
- Origin: According to colophon copy completed 8 Rabīʻ al-Thānī 1025 in Simnān by Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ (fol. 412a).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم زيب فهرست نسخه مفاخرت انبياى ...
- Colophon: تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب فى شهر ربيع الثانى فى يوم ثامنها من شهور سنه هزار وبيست پنج من هجر النبوية عليه الاف من الثنأ والتحية على يد الاحقر العباد حسن بن محمد صالح الكتاب در... الامان سمنان تحرير يافت سنه 1025 بحمد الله وحسن توفيقه
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) binding in light brown leather. Dots and blind-tooled lines form diamond patterns across the covers. Spine replaced with darker leather. Multi-colored endbands.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 832
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/d91dbdf1-dce5-4ab5-9761-89dfb45e28ba/manifest