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Manuscript/Mixed Material Muntakhab-i Shāhʹnāmah-i Ḥakīm Abū al-Qāsim Firdawsī, ʻalayhi al-raḥmah va al-maghfirah منتخب شاهنامه حكيم ابو قاسم فردوسى، عليه الرحمة و المغفرة

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Title

  • Muntakhab-i Shāhʹnāmah-i Ḥakīm Abū al-Qāsim Firdawsī, ʻalayhi al-raḥmah va al-maghfirah

Other Title

  • منتخب شاهنامه حكيم ابو قاسم فردوسى، عليه الرحمة و المغفرة

Summary

  • Selections from the Shāhnāmah of Firdawsī.
  • This manuscript from the early 17th century contains selections from the Shāhnāmeh (Book of kings), the epic-historical work of Persian literature composed at the end of the tenth century by the poet Abū al-Qāsim Firdawsī (940-1020). This beloved epic of pre-Islamic Persia (present-day Iran) was widely read in Persia, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. The manuscript contains three half-page paintings showing different battles. The text is preceded by an introduction and table of contents (folios 1b-6b) and is written in black ink in a nastaʻliq script. The pages are in four columns of 25 lines each within a blue-cream-gold-cream-gold border. Rubrication is used, and there are catchwords on the recto pages. A few notes and corrections have been made in the margins. The colophon states that the manuscript was completed on Jamādī al-Avval, 14, 1027 (May 9, 1618); the place of writing is not given. The binding, newer and of Central Asian origin, is olive-green leather with embossed medallions, two in dark red, with a light-red leather spine. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Firdawsī

Created / Published

  • 14 Jamādī al-Avval 1027 [9 May 1618]

Headings

  • -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Iran
  • -  Tajikistan
  • -  Uzbekistan

Notes

  • -  Colophon: Tammat al-kitāb bi-ʻawn al-Malik al-Wahhāb Kitāb-i Shāhnāmah guftār-i Firdawsī, navvara Allāh marqadahu tamām shūd, rūz-i panjshanbih 14 māh-i Jamādī al-Avval sanah-i 1027, bi-khaṭṭ-i faqīr-i haqīr Allāh Sayyid ʻAliʼ valad Sayyid Hāshim, ghafara Allāh z̲unūbahu va satara ʻuyūbah.
  • -  Contains three half page paintings for various battles and combat.
  • -  Folio 1b-92a.
  • -  Library of Congress Persian manuscript, 303/36A.
  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Nastaʻliq; 25 lines in four columns in written aren 24 x 13.5 cm.
  • -  Newer Central Asian binding; olive green leather with embossed medallions, two in dark red; light red leather spine.
  • -  Paper; cream-colored laid paper; black ink; rubrication; pages in four colums within a blue-cream-gold-cream-gold border; few marginal notes and corrections; catchwords on rectos. text preceded by and introduction and table of contents (folios 1b-6b).
  • -  Title from folio 7a.
  • -  Written in Iran, newer Central Asian binding.
  • -  Browne, E. G. Literary history of Persia, v. 1, p. 110-123
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Persian.
  • -  digital files not viewed; td12 2013-7-16

Medium

  • 1, 92 leaves (25 lines) bound : paper; 30.7 x 17.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PK6455 .A2 1618

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012498627

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Persian Language Manuscript Project are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

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Firdawsī. Muntakhab-i Shāhʹnāmah-i Ḥakīm Abū al-Qāsim Firdawsī, ʻalayhi al-raḥmah va al-maghfirah. [14 Jamādī al-Avval 9 May 1618, 1618] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012498627/.

APA citation style:

Firdawsī. (1618) Muntakhab-i Shāhʹnāmah-i Ḥakīm Abū al-Qāsim Firdawsī, ʻalayhi al-raḥmah va al-maghfirah. [14 Jamādī al-Avval 9 May 1618] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012498627/.

MLA citation style:

Firdawsī. Muntakhab-i Shāhʹnāmah-i Ḥakīm Abū al-Qāsim Firdawsī, ʻalayhi al-raḥmah va al-maghfirah. [14 Jamādī al-Avval 9 May 1618, 1618] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012498627/>.