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1 copy of Garshāsbnāmah by Asadī Ṭūsī, Abū Manṣūr Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 11th cent.

Author: Asadī Ṭūsī, Abū Manṣūr Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 11th cent. اسدى طوسى، ابو منصور احمد بن على
Title: Garshāsbnāmah
Title: گرشاسبنامه

The history of Garshāsp, the hero of Sistan (Iran and Afghanistan), written in imitations of the Shāhnamah ( شاهنامه ) of Firdawsī

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 76.
For a more detailed description see Titley 1977, page 34.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 106 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 34.8 × 23.5 cm.

Hand(s)

Copyist: ʻImād al-Ḥusaynī, عماد الحسینی

Decoration

8 miniatures

1 illumination

f. 5r The court poets of Ghaznī: 'Asjadī, Farrukhī and 'Unṣurrī approached by Firdausī in a garden (by Muzaffar 'Alī).

f. 11v Gayūmars in the mountains with his skin-clad courtiers round him.

f. 18v Jamshīd with the daughter of the king of Zabulistan.

f. 28r Garshāsp throwing Jaipāl off his elephant in battle.

f. 45v Garshāsp fighting the sagsārs who are using tree branches as weapons (by Ṣādiḳī Beg).

f. 74v Garshāsp seated before Ẓuḥḥāk while the dīv, Minharas, is held prisoner.

f. 80r Farīdūn riding his foster nurse, the cow Brimāyeh, escorting Ẓuḥḥāk to Mt. Damavand.

f. 90v Narīmān killing the Kḥaḳān of Chīn in battle (by Zain al-'Ābidīn).

Binding

Binding decorated with gilt-paper doublures

History

Origin: Qazvin (Iran); 981 AH

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.

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