Add. 7735 (St. Pancras, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
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
The darvīsh kneeling before the princess he loved.
The hoopoe and the peacock.
Shaikh Ṣan'ān gazing at the Greek Christian maiden asleep on her balcony.
Sultan Maḥmūd helping a boy to catch fish (discoloured).
Jibrāīl, having been sent by God to seek a follower of God in Christian monastery, sees a man kneeling before a golden idol.
The story of the two foxes. A prince hunting with falcon and cheetah.
The sage telling the king about the crevice in a wall of a palace through which 'Izrā'īl, the Angel of Death, could enter.
Sultan Maḥmūd and Ayāz on their way to play polo waylaid by a darvīsh who was infatuated with Ayāz.
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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