Item Summary

Anthology of letters and short texts, concerning historical events and important figures related to Iran, and Khurasān in particular. The text starts with short notes mentioning events in the history of Iran from 992 to 1006 H. (fol. 1a-b), followed by copies of letters, and other short texts attributed to several important figures. The text also contains what appears to be letter models or samples, some attributed to Mīr Rūḥ Allāh (fol. 30a), and a Fatḥnāmah-i Khurāsān (fol. 5b). On fol. 402b, beginning of a text by ʻAbd al-Razzāq ibn Isḥāq al-Samarqandī (d. 887/1482; the author's name appears on fol. 403a), incomplete at end. On fol. 413a-418b are several short texts written by another hand, including two Fatḥnāmah and a letter.

Descriptive Information

Title
مراسلات
Transliterated Title
Murāsalāt.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1454Y
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/12579s311
Publisher
[between 17--? and 18--?]
Language
Persian
Date Created
1700-1899
Format
Manuscript
Extent
i, 418 leaves : paper ; 235 x 130 (155 x 80) mm. bound to 235 x 140 mm.
Provenance
Ownership statement in the name of Muḥammad Taqī ibn al-marḥūm ʻUmar Āghā, Baghdad, '33 H., with two impressions of a seal on fol. 2a. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Contents
صورة رقعة بخط مرحوم ميرزاكانى كه به ولد شهريارى كاشى نوشته (2أ)
كتابت كه از جانب بندكان در كاه اعلى بجانب خواند كار در جواب او نوشته اند
از زبان شاه قلى سلطان بدين محمد خان او ز يك نوشته (3ب)
فتحنامه خراسان (5ب)
مكتوبى كه نواب قاضى جهان بنواب خانى در باب نواب علامى نوشته (14أ)
از جانب نواب كامياب بنواب عاليجاه خواندكار (18ب)
... انشاء جناب مير روح الله (30أ)
...
تعريف پادشاه (49أ)
تعريف ... از مولانا محتشم (50أ)
تعريف از كمال اسمعيل
انشاء جناب مير روح الله (50ب)
كتابت كه حضرت شيخ ابو القاسم كازرونى بمولانا سلينى كه در هندست نوشته اند (59ب)
انشاء نواب علامى امير سيد شريف (61أ)
مولانا عبد الواسع بخواجه كمال الدين حسين نوشته (400أٔ)
مولانا عبد الواسع بخواجه مجد الدين محمد نوشته (401أ)
مولانا عبد الواسع بيكى از وزرا نوشته (401ب)
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from tail of text block.
Physical description: 23 lines per page. Written in medium small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red. Dark cream laid paper; glossy.
Origin: The copy is not dated.
Incipit (fol. 1a): 992 در ين سال نواب سلطان حمزه ميرزا در قزوين قشلاق فرمودند ... [2أٔ] صورة رقعة بخط مرحوم ميرزاكانى كه به ولد شهريارى كاشى نوشته دو كلمه كه حضرت
Incipit (fol. 402b): بسم ... فتح صحايف انشا وابداع وشرح لطايف املا واختراع حمد وثناى بنشى بر كمال كه بر قلم زرين مثال ... [403أ] ... وبعد چنين كويد فقير حقير طالب مكارم اخلاق عبد الرزاق بن اسحق السمرقندى باب الله عليهما كه چون حكمت كامله الهى ورحمت شامله نا متناهى اقتضا فرمود
Binding Note
Bound in dark red leather, with flap. The covers and flap have an outer frame consisting of a guilloche outlined by fillets in gold (faded on the covers). Brown leather doublure with a frame consisting of a single fillet.

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
842

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5805bfa3-7e2d-4b70-be67-9326c47e6308/manifest