Wadh.Minasian 231 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: A religious versified work in Persian and Turkish. It can be a semi-translation of Khāvar'nāmah of Ibn Ḥisām Khusafī, mainly because its incipit is quite similar to the incipit of Khāvar'nāmah.
Language(s): Persian and Turkish
Poetry
Title: Khāvar'zamīn
Title: خاورزمین
Incipit: هذا کتاب خاورزمین. بسمله. ابتداء قلّام به نام ذوالجلال / اول کریم اول رحیم بیزوال
Explicit: … گیردی شهرهٔ لشکر اسلامیان / گتدی مالک ایوینه اندر زمان ||
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (watermark), natural buff, regular thickness. ⟨Final and central folios rebound.⟩
Extent: 132 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 22 × 16.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15 × 9.5 cm.
Layout
17 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive Nastaʿalīq, one hand, regular
Decoration
Rubricated titles.
Additions: Explanatory notes in marginalia. Rectangular stamp: خدارحم .
Binding
Simple pasteboard, 16 × 17 cm, front + back cover, double layer pasteboard
Condition
Back bone mending by brown leather.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; Muharram 1284 AH; 1868 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.
Record Sources
This record was created by Dr Mohammad Emami based on the information published in the Persian catalogue by Dr Ali Mir-Ansari (Catalogue of the Persian and Arabic Manuscripts in the Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford (Minasian Collection), Tehran: Miras-e Maktoob, 2016).
Availability
Entry to the Library is permitted upon presentation of a valid university ID card (for admissions procedures, please visit Wadham College Library, Persian Studies Section). Please Contact persian.library@wadham.ox.ac.ukfor further information on the availability of this manuscript.
Funding of Cataloguing
Wadham College (University of Oxford)
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