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1 copy of the first volume of the Shāhnāmah-ʼi Firdawsī by Firdawsī

Author: Firdawsī فردوسی
Title: Shāhnāmah-ʼi Firdawsī
Title: شاهنامۀ فردوسی

A Northern Indian manuscript of the first volume of the Shahnamah, written in bold nasta'liq script

Incipit: به نام خداوند جان و خرد
Colophon:
Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff.

Layout

Hand(s)

Nasta'liq

History

Origin: Undated.

Provenance and Acquisition

This manuscript is part of a small collection of Islamic manuscripts held at Eton College Library, which are not part of the separate ‘Pote Collection’. (The Pote Collection was given in 1788 by Edward Ephraim Pote to Eton College and King’s College, Cambridge and is now held on loan at the Cambridge University Library).

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on M.S.Q. Fraser, Islamic manuscripts in the Eton College Library, 1996.

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Eton College

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