Item Summary

Collection of poems arranged in five sections by genre, including qaṣīdahs, ghazals, mathnawī, and quatrains, some pieces in Persian.

Descriptive Information

Title
[كليات سودا]
Transliterated Title
[Kullīyāt-i Saudā].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 83G
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/7s75dc43s
Publisher
[India, 18--?]
Language
Urdu
Date Created
1800-1899
Format
Manuscript
Extent
ii, 455, ii leaves : paper, col. ill. ; 367 x 217 (262 x 150) mm. bound to 370 x 225 mm.
Provenance
Large rectangular stamp on fol. 1a (300 x 250 mm.) with inscription reading: " ... al-dawlah kawkab al-mulk Sayyid ʻAlījān Khān Bahādur Darakhshān sitārah-i jang 1269 (?)" (repeated at the end of each part, fol.103b, 177a, 178a, 194a, 361a, 455b). Acquired from Quaritch, London, 1900. Bookplate of Robert Garrett on pastedown of upper cover.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Moghadam, M. et al. Garrett coll., 183
Narang, G. C. The Princeton Manuscript of Kullīyāt-e Saudā. Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 93, No. 4. (Oct.-Dec., 1973), p. 539-542
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Physical description: 13 lines per page separated in two columns at hemistich by two vertical ruled lines in red ink. Text is framed in red, gold, and black ruled lines. Outer frame in black. Titles in red in panels defined by a red ruled line.
Decoration: Contains ten miniatures representing among others ʻAlī, and princes on fol. 4b, 19b, 37a, 55b, 58b, 84b, 213a, 286b, 311a, 334b.
Decoration: The two first pages of the text (fol. 1b-2a) are elaborately illuminated, with floral decor in gold on the margin ; text written in clouds left plain on a gold ground. Illuminated headpiece in gold and colors with a floral motif on fol. 1b. The beginning of each section is decorated in a similar way (fol. 105b-106a; 178b-179a; 194b -- headpiece only; 361b-362a; 416a). Illuminated cartouche with basmalah on fol. 111b.
Chiefly quaternions.
Origin: Probably India, 19th cent.
Incipit: بسم ... هو آجب ... فى البعث ومنقيت حضرت رسالت بناه وخباب امير المومنين عليه الصلواة والسلام
Binding Note
Dark green leather with silver tooling and stamping. Marbled paper pastedowns.

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Urdu—New Jersey—Princeton
Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton
Illuminated manuscripts—India—19th century
Illuminations (visual works)—India—19th century
Headpieces (layout features)—India—19th century

Physical Characteristics

File Count
922

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ec0662db-6b52-4c86-893b-55e7e0618186/manifest