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1 copy of Pand-nāmah-'i ʿAṭṭār by Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār

Language(s): Persian

Title: Pand-nāmah-'i ʿAṭṭār
Title: پندنامه عطار
Author: Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār فرید الدین عطار
Incipit: حمد یحمد مر خدای پاک را *** آنکه ایمان داد مشت خاک را
Explicit: با شدای جی چرا چون محاب *** سعی کن الله واعلم بالصواب
Colophon: تمام شد پندنامه فرید الدین عطار رحمه الله علیه حسب الحکم صاحب والامر تمت علی شان منبع الجود والاحسان معدن فصل واعیان اعنی ولیم یونس ادام الله اقباله وفضله علی کافه الانام بتاریخ پنجم شهر ذی حجه الاحرام سنه یکهزار ویکصد ونود وهفت هجری نبوی مطابق سنه بکهزار وهفتصد وهشتاد وسه عیسوی در بندر کلکته سمرت تحریر یافت

As the colophon makes clear, this manuscript was commissioned by Jones in Calcutta in 1783.

Dated 5 Zi'l-Hijjah 1197 AH corresponding to 1773 AD.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Very thin white woven paper.
Extent: ff.i+49+vii
Dimensions (leaf): 190 × 130 mm.
Dimensions (written): 140 × 80 mm.
Foliation:

European numerals in blue pencil.

Condition

Poor condition. Extensive worm damage. Binding has begun to pull apart.

Layout

2 columns; 10 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Neat black ink nastaʿlīq with rubrications.

Additions:

Binding

Red leather European-style Indian binding with white endpapers.

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: India

Provenance and Acquisition

RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and Lady Jones. This manuscript was presented by Lady Jones.

The Royal Society's collection of 280 Persian and Arabic, and 86 Sanskrit manuscripts were transferred to the India Office Library in 1876.

1876

India Office Library

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on E. Denison Ross and E. G. Browne, Catalogue of two collections of Persian and Arabic manuscripts preserved in the India Office Library (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1902), p. 28 no. XXXIII

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