G. 4 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: گزیده حمد الله مستوفی قزوینی
تاریخ گزیده The original of the facsimile edition of the Tarikh-i-Gustda published, with an
abridged English version by myself, in the "E. J. W. Gibb Memorial" Series
(vol. xiv, 1 and XIV, 2, 1910 and 1913). This fine MS., of which the first two
pages are particularly beautiful and richly illuminated, was transcribed in 857/1453-
and is from the library of the late Prince Farhád Mírzá Mu'tamadu d-Dawla, who
has added marginal annotations in several places. It was purchased by me from
Hájjí Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Husayn Khán of Káshán, entitled Wahidul-Mulk, for £50 in the summer of 1907. The work, which is well-known, and is described by Rieu
in his Persian Catalogue (pp. 80-81), was composed in 730/1330 by Hamdullah
Mustawfi of Qazwin. Besides my abridged English translation of the whole,
mentioned above, the text of ch. IV, dealing with the Muḥammadan dynasties of
Persia, was edited with a French translation by M. Jules Gantin in 1903; while
a French translation of the sixth and last chapter, treating of the city of Qazwin,
was published by the late M. Barbier de Meynard in the Journal Asiatique for
1857 (Série v, tome 10); and in the J.R.A.S. for Oct. 1900 and Jan. 1901 I
published an English translation of that part of the work (ch. v, section 6, second
half) which treats of the Persian poets. For further particulars of this history and this manuscript of it, see the English
Preface and Table of Contents of the above-mentioned facsimile, pp. xi-xix.
تاریخ گزیده The original of the facsimile edition of the Tarikh-i-Gustda published, with an
abridged English version by myself, in the "E. J. W. Gibb Memorial" Series
(vol. xiv, 1 and XIV, 2, 1910 and 1913). This fine MS., of which the first two
pages are particularly beautiful and richly illuminated, was transcribed in 857/1453-
and is from the library of the late Prince Farhád Mírzá Mu'tamadu d-Dawla, who
has added marginal annotations in several places. It was purchased by me from
Hájjí Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Husayn Khán of Káshán, entitled Wahidul-Mulk, for £50 in the summer of 1907. The work, which is well-known, and is described by Rieu
in his Persian Catalogue (pp. 80-81), was composed in 730/1330 by Hamdullah
Mustawfi of Qazwin. Besides my abridged English translation of the whole,
mentioned above, the text of ch. IV, dealing with the Muḥammadan dynasties of
Persia, was edited with a French translation by M. Jules Gantin in 1903; while
a French translation of the sixth and last chapter, treating of the city of Qazwin,
was published by the late M. Barbier de Meynard in the Journal Asiatique for
1857 (Série v, tome 10); and in the J.R.A.S. for Oct. 1900 and Jan. 1901 I
published an English translation of that part of the work (ch. v, section 6, second
half) which treats of the Persian poets. For further particulars of this history and this manuscript of it, see the English
Preface and Table of Contents of the above-mentioned facsimile, pp. xi-xix.
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. [not specified]
Layout
[not specified] lines
Decoration
The first two pages are particularly beautiful and richly illuminated
History
Origin: transcribed in 857/1453 AH; 1453 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
From the library of the late Prince Farhád Mírzá Mu'tamadu d-Dawla, who has added marginal annotations in several places.
The MS was purchased by E.G. Browne from Hájjí Mírzá 'Abd al-Ḥusayn Khán of Káshán, entitled Wahid al-Mulk, for £50
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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