Manuscript/Mixed Material Image 1 of al-Muʻjam fī ās̲ār mulūk al-ʻajam

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Title

  • al-Muʻjam fī ās̲ār mulūk al-ʻajam

Other Title

  • المعجم فى آثار ملوك العجم

Summary

  • Treatise on the deeds of the Persian kings.

Names

  • Ḥusaynī Qazvīnī, Sharaf al-Dīn Faz̤l Allāh, 1261 or 1262-1339 or 1340, author

Created / Published

  • 1241 [1825 or 1826]

Headings

  • -  Sassanids
  • -  Iran--History--To 640
  • -  Iran--Kings and rulers--Biography
  • -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Iran
  • -  India

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian.
  • -  Title from container; based on comparison with other printings of the same work.
  • -  Name of scribe not indicated.
  • -  Probably written in Iran or India.
  • -  Paper; cream color laid paper with no visible chain-lines or watermarks; text with gold and blue ruled borders; black ink with rubrication and highlights in blue ink; some pages colored dark blue, light blue, yellow, and pale orange; catchwords on rectos.
  • -  Naskh; 17 lines in written area 15 x 10 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-129a.
  • -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M58.
  • -  Brown leather contemporary binding with gold medallions front and back.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Incipit: أن احق ما يفتح به الكلام وينجح به المرام حمد الملك العلام القدوس السلام ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: والله تعالى ان يشب اقدامنا باصشبته الامرا ويعصم انفوسنا عن تصرف الاهواء ...

Medium

  • 129 leaves, paper : bound ; 22 x 16.3 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DS286 .H87 1825

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016397701

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Persian Language Manuscript Project are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Ḥusaynī Qazvīnī, Sharaf Al-Dīn Faz̤L Allāh, 1261 Or Or 1340, Author. al-Muʻjam fī ās̲ār mulūk al-ʻajam. [1825 or 1826, 1825] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016397701/.

APA citation style:

Ḥusaynī Qazvīnī, S. A. F. A. (1825) al-Muʻjam fī ās̲ār mulūk al-ʻajam. [1825 or 1826] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016397701/.

MLA citation style:

Ḥusaynī Qazvīnī, Sharaf Al-Dīn Faz̤L Allāh, 1261 Or Or 1340, Author. al-Muʻjam fī ās̲ār mulūk al-ʻajam. [1825 or 1826, 1825] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2016397701/>.