IO Islamic 2572 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Contents
1 copy of Qiṣṣah-'i Sanjān by Kayqubād, Bahman
Qiṣṣah-i Sanjān, the traditional story of the settlement of the Parsis in India originally composed by Bahman ibn Kayqubād ibn Hurmuzyār Sanjānī at Nausari in AD 1600.
At the end of the manuscript the copyist's name is given as Rustam ibn Bahrām ibn Dārāb ibn Suhrāb ibn Mānak ibn Pishūtan called Sanjānah and dated Zamyad the month of Bahman 1107 AY equivalent to Jum II AH 1151 (1738). However as the paper of the manuscript is watermarked 1799, this must have been copied from an earlier manuscript.
European paper watermarked MB 1799 with crowned shield device.
Physical Description
Proper order of leaves is 1-17, 22, 18-21, 23.
Layout
catchwords.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻliq
Decoration
Binding
Red leather oriental binding without flap; semi-circular patterned ruled border.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Bibliotheca Leydeniana. Purchased from estate of John Leyden (1775-1811) in 1824.
1824.06.25
East India Company Library
Availability
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