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Anthology (Dīvān) of Persian poetry

1435

291

`Ali Pagir al-Ashtarjani

Upper cover - Bottom edge

1435 (838-839H)

Approved Material 2018/Organic/Plant (material)/Plant fibre/Paper (material); Approved Material 2018/Materials/Colourant (material)/Pigment (material); Approved Material 2018/Materials/Coating material/Ink (material); Approved Material 2018/Inorganic/Metal (material)/Non-ferrous metal/Gold

Paper (material); Pigment (material); Ink (material); Gold

1435

`Ali Pagir al-Ashtarjani

`Ali Pagir al-Ashtarjani

Chester Beatty Library

Nasta'liq script

4757

Approved Place 2018/Asia/South Asia/India/Karnataka/Bidar

Anthology (Dīvān) of Persian poetry, from Bahmanid Bidar. This large manuscript is from a two-volume compilation of Persian poetry, produced at the court of the Bahmanid sultans in India. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 291 folios, modern binding, Persian poetry in nasta`liq script, 61 paintings (including two double-page spreads), four illuminated frontispiece folios, five illuminated chapter-headings, Anthology (Dīvān) of Persian poetry, combining the Khamsa by Nizami and the Masnavi by Jalal al-Din Rumi, volume one of a two-volume anthology comprising works by the poets Nizami, Jalal al-Din Rumi, Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, al-Busiri, `Attar and Sa`di, text copied by `Ali Pagir al-Ashtarjani, attributed to Bahmanid Bidar, Deccan, India, separate sections dated 20 Jumada II 838H (21 January 1435), 12 Shawwal 838H (11 May 1435), 25 Rabi` II 839H (17 November 1435).

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Anthology (Dīvān) of Persian poetry

Per 124I

392 mm x 267 mm x 52 mm (height x width x depth)

1435

Approved Category 2017/Manuscript/Codex

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`Ali Pagir al-Ashtarjani

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Persian (language)

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