Add MS 7735 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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1 copy of Manṭiq al-ṭayr by 2 authors
According to a note written on the first folio, the manuscript is dated 1117
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Physical Description
Layout
Hand(s)
Persian nastaʿlīq
Decoration
One ʿunwān
Gold-ruled margins
9 miniatures
f. 28v The darvīsh kneeling before the princess he loved.
f. 30v The hoopoe and the peacock.
f. 49r Shaikh Ṣan'ān gazing at the Greek Christian maiden asleep on her balcony.
f. 68r Sultan Maḥmūd helping a boy to catch fish (discoloured).
f. 75v Jibrāīl, having been sent by God to seek a follower of God in Christian monastery, sees a man kneeling before a golden idol.
f. 84r The story of the two foxes. A prince hunting with falcon and cheetah.
f. 91r The sage telling the king about the crevice in a wall of a palace through which 'Izrā'īl, the Angel of Death, could enter.
f. 151r Sultan Maḥmūd and Ayāz on their way to play polo waylaid by a darvīsh who was infatuated with Ayāz.
f. 181v The prince waylaid by a darvīsh who was so infuriated that he died.
Gold-sprinkled paper
Binding
Bound in stamped leather
History
Provenance and Acquisition
This manuscript had been the property of Allāh Verdī Khān, the late Beglerbegī of Shīrvān
Record Sources
Availability
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