I.O. Islamic 4581 (St. Pancras, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Mūsh va gurbah by Muḥammad Muḥsin b. Muḥammad Ḥusain Iṣfahānī "Shāʼiq"
Title: Mūsh va gurbah
Title: مرش و گربه
Incipit: شکر و سپاس بی قیاس واجب الوجور درا ... اما بعد چنین گوید احقر عباد الله محمد محسن ابن حمحد حسین اصفهانی المتخاص باشایق غفر الله ذنوبه که هر کسی از مشاهیر مورٌ خان الخ
A copy, probably unique, and written by the author himself, of a mas̲navī poem on the fable of the Cat and the Mouse
The author in a long preface (foll. 1-6) statesthat he composed the poem in the year 1244, and dedicates it to Fath ʻAlī Shāh Qājār, فتح على شاه قاجار (reigned 1211 - 1250).
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, pages 370-1.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 80 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 7.9 × 6.2 in.
Dimensions (written): 5.8 × 3.7 in.
Hand(s)
Cursive Persian nastaʻtīq
Decoration
Very crude and rather comic miniatures
Additions:
The manuscript is autograph
Binding
Poor leather binding
History
Origin: 19 Jumada I, 1244 AH
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on A. J. Arberry: Hand-List of Islamic Manuscripts acquired by the India Office Library, 1936–8. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (New Series) (1939), 71: pp 353-396
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