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1 copy of Shīrāznāmah by Zarkūb Shīrāzī, Aḥmad ibn Abī al-Khayr, 1282?-1387

Author: Zarkūb Shīrāzī, Aḥmad ibn Abī al-Khayr, 1282?-1387 Abū al-ʼAbbās Aḥmad b. Abī al-Khayr b. Shaikh Zarkūb al- Shīrāzī Muʻin ابو العباس احمد بن ابى الخير بن شیخ زرکوب الشیرازی معن زرکوب شيرازى، احمد بن ابى الخير

Title: Shīrāznāmah

Title: شیرازنامه

A history of Shīrāz, with biographies of the rulers of Fārs and the famous Shaikhs and Imams of Shīrāz, down to the year 744

This copy lacks the first folio, and the text ends on 141b

Language(s): Persian

The remainder of the manuscript contains the following:—

f. 142-161a

Title: Fragments of Islamic and pre-Islamic history

f. 161b-167b

Title: A biography of the Būyid Az̤ud al-Daulah (d. 372/982)

f. 168-172

Title: A legendary account of Nebuchadnezzar

References

For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 384.

For a more detailed description see Storey 1927, page 351.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 172 ff

Dimensions (leaf): 7.4 × 3.5 in.

Dimensions (written): 4.8

Layout

Hand(s)

ordinary Persian nastaʻlīq

Decoration

Water-stained

Additions:

Some folios torn

History

Origin: Ramadan 1075 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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