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Rawz̤at al-Ṣafāʼ by Mīr Khvānd, daftar 4-7 and epilogue

Summary of Contents: Volumes (daftars (دفتر)) 4-7 and the epilogue (khāṭimah), also known as the eighth volume of the Rawz̤at al-Ṣafāʼ, a general history from the creation of the world to the time of the author, by Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh (1433–1498), known as Mīr Khvānd. Daftar 7 and the epilogue were completed by his grandson, Khvānd Amīr.

Author: Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh Mīr Khvānd, 1433–1498 مير خواند، محمد بن خاوند شاه

Title: Rawz̤at al-Ṣafāʼ

Title: روضة الصفاء

The colophons are dated between 1689 and 1691 but were not completed in chronological order, reflecting the fact that they were formerly separate fascicles, perhaps of multiple copies, which are now bound together.

Language(s): Persian

1. ff. 1v-253v

Title: Daftar-i chahārum

Title: دفتر چهادم

Colophon: Colophon dated 5 Safar 1103 AH (28 Oct 1691)

2. ff. 254v-445v

Title: Daftar-i panjum

Title: دفتر پنجم

Colophon: Colophon dated 9 Rajab 1100 AH (29 April 1689)

3. ff. 446v-766v:

Title: Daftar-i shishum

Title: دفتر شیشم

Colophon dated 12 Zu 'l-Ḥijjah 1101 AH (16 Sept 1690) at Thattah?

4. ff. 767v-890v

Title: Daftar-i haftum

Title: دفترهفتم

Colophon: Colophon dated 11 Jumādā I 1101 AH (20 Feb 1690)

5. ff. 891v-930r

Title: Khātimah

Title: خاتمه

Colophon: Colophon dated 17 Muḥarram 1102 AH (21 Oct 1690)

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: ff. i+930+i

Dimensions (leaf): 319 × 193 mm.

Dimensions (written): 215 × 112 mm.

Foliation:

Every 10th leaf foliated in pencil. Each daftar is foliated separately in Persian: pp. 505, 383, 636 (with a gap between pp. 264 to 267), 247, and the khātimah is foliated separately in pencil: ff. 40.

Collation

Catchwords.

Layout

25 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with headings in red.

Additions:

Includes some marginal comments.

f. 1r includes a scrubbed out seal and several damaged inscriptions, one dated 1139 (1726/27).

Occasional marginal comments in English in what appears to be Robinson's hand.

Pastedown containing Robinson's signature 'Revd. T. Robinson' and bookplate 'Collegii Sti. Augustini apud Cantuarienses Liber'. Marked 'Librarian's room 31.

Flyleaf with label: "Presented to St. Augustine's College Library by the Rev. Thomas Robinson, D.D., late Archdeacon of Madras."

Binding

Detached half-leather marbled board binding dating from the 19th century.

Seal(s):

Rectangular seal of former owner Mutavassil Khān Bahādur, dated 1133 (1720/21) (ff. 1r, 254r, 446r, 767r, 891r).

History

Origin: Copied between 1100 and 1103 AH (1689-1691) ; Thatta, Pakistan

Provenance and Acquisition

Belonged to Mutavassil Khān Bahādur in the 18th century.

Acquired by Thomas Robinson, Archdeacon of Madras and presented by him to St. Augustine's College Canterbury.

Purchased by Sir Harold Walter Bailey (1899-1996).

Record Sources

Based on Maria Szuppe's draft catalogue descriptions with modifications by Ursula Sims-Williams.

Availability

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Bibliography

Maria Szuppe, A Preliminary Account of the Persian Manuscripts in the Collection of the Late Sir Harold W. Bailey, in Iran, vol. 30 (1997): 93-101

Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World