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2 works by anonymous authors on the subjects of Pigeons, Birds, and Falconry

1.
Author: Anonymous
Title: Kabūtarnāmah
Title: کبوترنامه

A transcript, made from an original in the possession of Mir Nasir 'Ali Sahib Khan Bahadur, of an anonymous treatise in four abwabs on the training and care of pigeons.

Incipit: روزی باران هم جلیس برابر یادگاری و ترکیب آموختن کبوتران بنابر عشق بازان باعث این فقیر شده
Colophon: کاتب الحروف ابو المظفر جمال الدین محمد

Language(s): Persian
2.
Author: Anonymous
Title: Ṭā’irnāmah
Title: طایرنامه

An anonymous treatise on the hunting and training of birds, with notes on what birds are lawful prey, in twelve fusul, transcribed from an original in the possession of Mir Nasir 'Ali Sahib Khan Bahadur. The work is dedicated to Sultan Badi' al-Zaman Bahadur Khan, prsesumably the eldest son of Sultan Husayn of Herat (d. 920/1514 or 921/1515)

Incipit: بهترین طایر با فال مبارک بال که طیران کند در هوای ابتدای ابدی بال حمد
Colophon: خاتمة الكتاب...فی تاریخ العشرین من شهر رجب المرجب فی السنة الهجرية الف و مأتين و خمس عشر

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
1-43 f. 45-96 f.
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Hand(s)

Nasta'liq

History

Origin: 1215 AH; 1800 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by Douglas Craven Phillott

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

Subjects

  • Pigeons
  • Birds
  • Falconry

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