P. 29 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: جواهر نامه تنسوق نامه و غیره Three Persian treatises on precious stones, from the Schindler collection, viz.:
(I) The Jawáhir-náma ("Book of Gems") of Amín Şadru'd-Din Muḥammad
ibn Mir Ghiyathu'd-Din Manşir of Shiraz, who wrote it for Abu'l-Fath Khalil
Báyandarí (A.D. 1478-9), son and successor of Úzún Hasan of the "White Sheep"
Dynasty. See Rieu's Pers. Cat., pp. 464-465, and also his Pers. Suppl., No. 158,
PP. 112-113. This MS. was copied from a Jung, or volume of miscellaneous
contents, in the library of Mashhad, and contains numerous marginal notes and
variants, the latter, apparently, taken from the British Museum MS. dated 1206/
1791-2. It comprises an Introduction (Mugaddama) and two Discourses (Magdla),
the first containing twenty chapters and a Conclusion (Khátima), and the second
seven chapters and a Khátima, the contents of which are stated on f. 2. This
portion of the volume consists of 38 ff. of 21 x 16'3 c. and 14 ll., and is written in
a cursive Persian ta'liq. It ends abruptly without date or colophon. يا (II) The first part of another Lapidary, with the descriptive title of Risála dar
ma'rifat-i-Jawahir in Schindler's hand on the blank leaf at the beginning (f. 40%),
composed by Muhammad ibnu'l-Mubárak of Qazwin for the Ottoman Sultán Salim I
"the Grim" (reigned A.D. 1514-1520). It begins: حمد پاك پاكی را سزد که گوهر پنهان جان انسانرا از خلاصه گوهر معدن آب و خاك پيدا
نمود الخ It is divided into an Introduction (Muqaddama), two "Mines" (Ma'dan), of
which the first contains twenty-one Caskets" (Durj) and the second eight
Treasuries" (Makhzan), and two Conclusions (Khátima), but the present copy
breaks off in the middle of the sixteenth "Casket" on Lapis Lazuli (Lájiward).
It occupies ff. 40-94" of the volume, and is written in a good modern Persian ta'liq,
quite different from that of the previous portion, and has, of course, no colophon.
The contents are stated as follows (f. 42): در تقسیم موجودات
مقدمه معدن اول در جواهر (درج) (۱) در (۲) یاقوت (۳) زمرد (۱۴) زبرجد (٥) الماس (1) عين الهر
(۷) لعل (۸) فیروزه (۹) پازهر و احجار حیوانی (۱۰) عقیق (۱۱) در بعضی اشباه یاقوت
(۱۳) جزع (۱۳) مقناطیس (۱۴) سنباده (۱۵) دهنه (۱۶) لاجورد (۱۷) مرجان (۱۸) يشب
(۱۹) بلور (۲۰) جمست (۲۱) احجار متفرّقه و نسبت جواهر با یکدیگر معدن دویم در فلزات مخزن (۱) طلا (۲) نقره (۳) مس (۴) قلع، (۵) اسرب (۲) آهن
(۷) خارچینی (۸) در فلزات و نسبت ایشان بیکدیگر (III) An acephalous, incomplete, and probably abridged text of the Tansúq-
náma-i-Ilkhán, a well-known Persian version of an Arabic work on precious stones
and other substances, composed in the thirteenth century of the Christian era by
the celebrated philosopher Naşiru'd-Din Túsí for Húlákú Khán the Mongol. See
Rieu's Persian Supplement, No. 157, p. 112. The beginning, of which the initial
words down to az have been added in pencil, apparently in Schindler's hand, are: چنین گوید مصنف این کتاب ناصر (sic) الدين ابن محمد ابن محمد الحسين الطوسي تغمد
الله برحمته پادشاه عالم هلاکو خان این فقیر حقیر را فرمود و گفت مجموعی از انواع جواهر
معدنی و غیر آن و کیفیت تولّد و سبب حدوث آن و بهترین و بدترین و شبیه هر يك و خاصیت
و قیمه آن و محافظتشان بشرحی تمام بنویس و بما عرضه دار الخ A few lines further on he explains the title as follows: و این کتاب را تنسوق نامه ایلخان نام نهادم چه هرچه بخدمت پادشاهان تنسوق آورند در آنجا یاد کرده شود This portion of the MS. is in the same handwriting as the last, occupies
ff. 97-118, is incomplete at the end as well as at the beginning, and has no date or colophon. The work should contain four Discourses (Maqála), of which the
contents are thus stated on ff. 97-98": مقالت اول در بیان کیفیت مفردات که جمله معدنیات و غیرها از مرطبات عالم سفلی از آن
مركب شوند و علل معادن بطريق كلّى و آن چهار فصل است
مقالت دویم در جواهر که از جمله حجر باشد و غیر آن و علل حدوث هر يك و كيفيت وجود
آن و شرح معادن و خواص و منفعت و مضرّت و شبیه بطریق صناعت و قیمت هر يك و جلا دادن
و آنچه مناسب این نوع باشد
علت حدوث هر يك و خاصیت و منفعت و مضرت آن و شرح
مقالت سیم در انواع فلزات سبعه و معادن و هرچه مناسب این کتاب باشد مقالت چهارم در انواع عطر و آنچه مناسب این باب باشد The text is very incomplete. It appears to comprise the first three sections of
the first Discourse. A lacuna, noted in the margin by Schindler, between ff. 101'
and 102*, extends from the middle of 1, 3 to near the end of II, 2, where there is
a marginal note in pencil, "here some pages are missing, Fasl 4 of Maqála 1, and
the chapter is faulty...." The whole of the third and fourth Discourses appears to
be missing. Ff. 118 of 21 x 16'5 c. and 18-19 ll. From the library of the late Sir A. Houtum-
Schindler.
(I) The Jawáhir-náma ("Book of Gems") of Amín Şadru'd-Din Muḥammad
ibn Mir Ghiyathu'd-Din Manşir of Shiraz, who wrote it for Abu'l-Fath Khalil
Báyandarí (A.D. 1478-9), son and successor of Úzún Hasan of the "White Sheep"
Dynasty. See Rieu's Pers. Cat., pp. 464-465, and also his Pers. Suppl., No. 158,
PP. 112-113. This MS. was copied from a Jung, or volume of miscellaneous
contents, in the library of Mashhad, and contains numerous marginal notes and
variants, the latter, apparently, taken from the British Museum MS. dated 1206/
1791-2. It comprises an Introduction (Mugaddama) and two Discourses (Magdla),
the first containing twenty chapters and a Conclusion (Khátima), and the second
seven chapters and a Khátima, the contents of which are stated on f. 2. This
portion of the volume consists of 38 ff. of 21 x 16'3 c. and 14 ll., and is written in
a cursive Persian ta'liq. It ends abruptly without date or colophon. يا (II) The first part of another Lapidary, with the descriptive title of Risála dar
ma'rifat-i-Jawahir in Schindler's hand on the blank leaf at the beginning (f. 40%),
composed by Muhammad ibnu'l-Mubárak of Qazwin for the Ottoman Sultán Salim I
"the Grim" (reigned A.D. 1514-1520). It begins: حمد پاك پاكی را سزد که گوهر پنهان جان انسانرا از خلاصه گوهر معدن آب و خاك پيدا
نمود الخ It is divided into an Introduction (Muqaddama), two "Mines" (Ma'dan), of
which the first contains twenty-one Caskets" (Durj) and the second eight
Treasuries" (Makhzan), and two Conclusions (Khátima), but the present copy
breaks off in the middle of the sixteenth "Casket" on Lapis Lazuli (Lájiward).
It occupies ff. 40-94" of the volume, and is written in a good modern Persian ta'liq,
quite different from that of the previous portion, and has, of course, no colophon.
The contents are stated as follows (f. 42): در تقسیم موجودات
مقدمه معدن اول در جواهر (درج) (۱) در (۲) یاقوت (۳) زمرد (۱۴) زبرجد (٥) الماس (1) عين الهر
(۷) لعل (۸) فیروزه (۹) پازهر و احجار حیوانی (۱۰) عقیق (۱۱) در بعضی اشباه یاقوت
(۱۳) جزع (۱۳) مقناطیس (۱۴) سنباده (۱۵) دهنه (۱۶) لاجورد (۱۷) مرجان (۱۸) يشب
(۱۹) بلور (۲۰) جمست (۲۱) احجار متفرّقه و نسبت جواهر با یکدیگر معدن دویم در فلزات مخزن (۱) طلا (۲) نقره (۳) مس (۴) قلع، (۵) اسرب (۲) آهن
(۷) خارچینی (۸) در فلزات و نسبت ایشان بیکدیگر (III) An acephalous, incomplete, and probably abridged text of the Tansúq-
náma-i-Ilkhán, a well-known Persian version of an Arabic work on precious stones
and other substances, composed in the thirteenth century of the Christian era by
the celebrated philosopher Naşiru'd-Din Túsí for Húlákú Khán the Mongol. See
Rieu's Persian Supplement, No. 157, p. 112. The beginning, of which the initial
words down to az have been added in pencil, apparently in Schindler's hand, are: چنین گوید مصنف این کتاب ناصر (sic) الدين ابن محمد ابن محمد الحسين الطوسي تغمد
الله برحمته پادشاه عالم هلاکو خان این فقیر حقیر را فرمود و گفت مجموعی از انواع جواهر
معدنی و غیر آن و کیفیت تولّد و سبب حدوث آن و بهترین و بدترین و شبیه هر يك و خاصیت
و قیمه آن و محافظتشان بشرحی تمام بنویس و بما عرضه دار الخ A few lines further on he explains the title as follows: و این کتاب را تنسوق نامه ایلخان نام نهادم چه هرچه بخدمت پادشاهان تنسوق آورند در آنجا یاد کرده شود This portion of the MS. is in the same handwriting as the last, occupies
ff. 97-118, is incomplete at the end as well as at the beginning, and has no date or colophon. The work should contain four Discourses (Maqála), of which the
contents are thus stated on ff. 97-98": مقالت اول در بیان کیفیت مفردات که جمله معدنیات و غیرها از مرطبات عالم سفلی از آن
مركب شوند و علل معادن بطريق كلّى و آن چهار فصل است
مقالت دویم در جواهر که از جمله حجر باشد و غیر آن و علل حدوث هر يك و كيفيت وجود
آن و شرح معادن و خواص و منفعت و مضرّت و شبیه بطریق صناعت و قیمت هر يك و جلا دادن
و آنچه مناسب این نوع باشد
علت حدوث هر يك و خاصیت و منفعت و مضرت آن و شرح
مقالت سیم در انواع فلزات سبعه و معادن و هرچه مناسب این کتاب باشد مقالت چهارم در انواع عطر و آنچه مناسب این باب باشد The text is very incomplete. It appears to comprise the first three sections of
the first Discourse. A lacuna, noted in the margin by Schindler, between ff. 101'
and 102*, extends from the middle of 1, 3 to near the end of II, 2, where there is
a marginal note in pencil, "here some pages are missing, Fasl 4 of Maqála 1, and
the chapter is faulty...." The whole of the third and fourth Discourses appears to
be missing. Ff. 118 of 21 x 16'5 c. and 18-19 ll. From the library of the late Sir A. Houtum-
Schindler.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 38
Dimensions: 21 × 16.3 cm.
Layout
14 lines
Hand(s)
Cursive Persian ta'liq
History
Origin: undated
Provenance and Acquisition
From the library of the late Sir A. Houtum-Schindler
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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