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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of A tarkib-band in praise of 'Ali by Muḥtasham, ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad, 1499 or 1500-1587 or 1588Author: Kashānī, Ḥasan Mawlānā Ḥasan Kashī Āmulī, Ḥasan كاشي آملي آملي كاشانی حسن احسن المتكلمين مولاناPossibly written by Muhtasham Kashi. On back cover: armorial bookplate of N.B. Edmonstone. Held in a British tooled red morocco case with flaps and tapes. The poet calls himself Kashi and says he is at Amul. Possibly the fifteenth-century poet Muhtasham of Kashan. Further checking needed. Incomplete. Richly illuminated throughout. The pages written on one side, pasted on cloth-backed card and arranged in concertina form.
Incipit: Al-salam ay sayah-at khurshid-i rabb al-'alaminLanguage(s): Persian.References
For Muhtasham see Rieu, ii, pp. 665-6.Ethe, No 1447.For Edmonstone's bequest see the Donations Register under November 6 1841, p. 408 and J.R.A.S., viii, Annual Report, p. x, Proceedings, p. xxxi.Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 12 foliosDimensions (leaf): 10.75Layout
8 lines to the page
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Nasta'liq. 'Abd al-Rashid
History
Origin: A.H. 1061 (1650-51).Availability
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