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Summary of Contents: 3 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry, Persian letters, Iran History 16th-18th centuries, and Zand dynasty
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Author: > Ḥasan ibn Fatḥ Allāh حسن بن فتح الله
Title: Mas̲navī-i ḥusn
Title: مثنوي حسن
Title: Tuḥfah-’i maymūnah-i sharīfah
Title: تحفه ميمونه شريفه

A poem interspersed with qasidahs, chronograms etc. in praise of the Prophet and his family and of Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Faz̤l Allāh al-Bakrī

Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم كرد خدا رحمت خودرا عميم

Language(s): Persian
2.
Author: Munīr Lāhawrī, Abū al-Barakāt, -1644 منير لاهوري، ابو البركات
Title: Nawbāvah
Title: نوباوه

A collection of letters

Incipit: اين منتخب از بخت نكو فرجامش افتاده چو آغاز نکو انجامش
Language(s): Persian
3.
Author: Nāmī Iṣfahānī, Muḥammad Ṣādiq, -1789 Nāmī Iṣfahānī, Mīrzā Muḥammad Ṣādiq Mūsavī ‏‏‏نامى اصفهانى، محمد صادق
Author: Shīrāzī, ʻAlī Riz̤ā ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm شيرازي، علي رضا بن عبد الكريم
Title: Tārīkh-i zandīyah
Title: تاريخ زنديه
Incipit: بر ارباب خرد و دانش و اصحاب ذكا و بينش نهى و مستور نخواهد بود
Explicit: على يد...محمد صادق في سنه 1237 من الهجرة...في بندر ممبئ باتمام رسيد||
Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
1-155 f. 156-284 f. 285-357 f.
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Hand(s)

Nasta'liq

History

Origin: 1237 AH; 1724 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Gregorian.

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

Subjects

  • Persian poetry--1500-1796
  • Persian letters
  • Iran History 16th-18th centuries
  • Zand dynasty

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