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1 copy of Yūsuf va Zulaykhā by Jāmī, 1414-1492
Author: Jāmī, 1414-1492 جامیTitle: Yūsuf va ZulaykhāTitle: یوسف و زلیخاIncipit: (basmallah) F. 9b: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيمIncipit: First verse in f. 9b: حمد مر خالق ذو الجلال است كه بر دانش بر وجودLanguage(s): Persianf. 7bTitle: Illustration 1: Al-Burāq ascending to the sky surrunded by four angelsf. 10bTitle: Illustration 2: Kwājah Faqr, the dedicatee of the poem, with his sonsf. 12aTitle: Illustration 3: A king (?) fanned by servant and greeted by guestf. 19bTitle: Illustration 4: Yūsuf and Zulaykhā seated in a gardenf. 22bTitle: Illustration 5: Zulaykhā's first dream of Yūsuff. 28bTitle: Illustration 6: Zulaykhā's first dream of Yūsuff. 28bTitle: Illustration 7: Zulaykhā's second dream of Yūsuff. 30bTitle: Illustration 8: Zulaykhā and her nursef. 33aTitle: Illustration 9: Taymūs sitting throne with Zulaikha kneelingf. 34aTitle: Illustration 10: Zulaykhā and her nursef. 35bTitle: Illustration 11: Zulaykhā's third dream of Yūsuff. 37bTitle: Illustration 12: Zulaykhā and her father King Taymūsf. 44bTitle: Illustration 13: Zulaykhā spies her father hidden in a tentf. 47aTitle: Illustration 14: Zulaykhā travels to Egypt in a camel to marry the vizierf. 52bTitle: Illustration 15: Jacob and Yūsuf, who has a dream of the sun and moon bowing to himf. 52bTitle: Illustration 16: Jacob and Yūsuf, who has a dream of the sun and moon bowing to himf. 55bTitle: Illustration 17: Yūsuf's brothers ask Jacob to allow Yūsuf to join themf. 58bTitle: Illustration 18: Yūsuf is thrown into a cistern by his brothersf. 60aTitle: Illustration 19: Yūsuf is rescued from the cistern by the people of a caravan in their way to Egyptf. 61bTitle: Illustration 20: Yūsuf is presented to the chief of the caravanf. 63aTitle: Illustration 21: Yūsuf bathes in the Nilef. 64bTitle: Illustration 22: Yūsuf is sold to the vizier by the chief of the caravan as Zulaykhā arrives to Egyptf. 66aTitle: Illustration 23: Courtly scene with Potophar, a woman seated next to him, a woman spinning and three menf. 69aTitle: Illustration 24: Yūsuf is visited by the daughter of Bāzighah of ʿĀdīyān, who declares his love for himf. 71aTitle: Illustration 25: The daughter of Bāzighah of ʿĀdīyān in her temple with her servantsf. 73aTitle: Illustration 26: The daughter of Bāzighah of ʿĀdīyān in her templef. 76aTitle: Illustration 27: Yūsuf shepherding a flock of sheep observed by Zulaykhā's servantsf. 78bTitle: Illustration 28: Zulaykhā sends her nurse to Joseph to declare her love for himf. 80bTitle: Illustration 29: Yūsuf receives Zulaykhā's nurse and rejects her offerf. 84bTitle: Illustration 30: Yūsuf is approached by beautiful women sent to him by Zulaykhāf. 86bTitle: Illustration 31: Yūsuf rejects the women sent to him by Zulaykhāf. 92aTitle: Illustration 32: Zulaykhā shows Yūsuf her new palacef. 93aTitle: Illustration 33: Zulaykhā and Yūsuf in the palacef. 95aTitle: Illustration 34: Yūsuf abandons Zulaykhāf. 99aTitle: Illustration 35: Zulaykhā grabs Yūsuf by the hand [this folio belongs to another manuscript]f. 102bTitle: Illustration 36: Zulaykhā falsely accuses Yūsuf of trying to seduce her and he is arrested by the vizier's guardf. 107aTitle: Illustration 37: Yūsuf handcuffed in front of Zulaykhāf. 112aTitle: Illustration 38: Yūsuf is sent to prisonf. 117bTitle: Illustration 39: Zulaykhā cries when she sees Yūsuf in prisonf. 123aTitle: Illustration 40: The king of Egypt dreams of seven fat and seven lean cowsf. 127aTitle: Illustration 41: Yūsuf, who has been appointed vizier, consults with the king of Egyptf. 131bTitle: Illustration 42: Zulaykhā sitting in her hutf. 134aTitle: Illustration 43: Zulaykhā breaks the idols and prays to the one true Godf. 137aTitle: Illustration 44: Yūsuf receives Zulaykhāf. 139aTitle: Illustration 45: Yūsuf with Zulaykhāf. 141bTitle: Illustration 46: Yūsuf with Zulaykhāf. 144aTitle: Illustration 47: Zulaykhā with her servants [this folio belongs to another manuscript]f. 146bTitle: Illustration 48: Zulaykhā mourning the death of YūsufReferences
Physical Description
Form: otherSupport: Oriental paperExtent: 158 ff. Four flyleaves at the beginning and end of the manuscript respectivelyDimensions (leaf): 18,6 × 10,3 cm.Dimensions (written): 13,4 × 7,2 cm.Foliation: Foliation supplied by the cataloguersCollation
ii(4), iv(12), iii(18), iii(24), iii(30), vi(42), ii(46), vi(58), iv(62), iv(72), iv(80), iii(86), iii(92), iii(98), vi(106), iii(112), iii(118), v(128),iv(134), iv(142) iv(150), iv(158)Catchwords in each verso in black ink; the margins have been trimmed and the text is generally illegible.
Condition
Good condition
Layout
15 lines per page in 2 columns
Decoration
Decorated headpiece in f. 1b with a rectangular panel surmounted by spade-shaped ornamentation; the inner ornamentation contains yellow and pink flowers with white stems on gold ground, the outer ornamentation red flowers with white stems in blue ground
Section headings written in white ink within a small rectangular gilded panel
Rubrications in red ink
Page borders ruled in red and gold; frame decorated with white, red and gold flowers
Illustrations in f.
Seal with the legend: از تقاضای حکمت ازلی میر جهان مراد علی بسنت ۱۲۳۰ ; dated in 1230 / 1814.
Additions:- ownership statement
The ownership statement in f. 158b states that this book belonged to certain Muḥsin محسن .
Binding
Restored by the Cambridge Conservation Consortium in 1999. Dark red goatskin with grey leather doublures over paste boards in an Islamic-style binding incorporating an envelope flap, Islamic-style headband in red and green silk thread. The conservation report can be consulted online.
Previous19th c. binding kept in a separate envelope: half bound in brown leather and marbled paper over paste boards.
History
Origin: 1023 AH; 1614 CE Mirpur KhasProvenance and Acquisition
The manuscript belonged to the library of Ali Murad Talpur, the second ruler of the Mankani Talpurs state of Mirpur Khas; as seen in the seal dated in 1230 / 1814.
Presented to Trinity Hall by Geraldine Essayan in memory of her uncle, Lawrence Strangman, in 1996
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Trinity Hall
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