(Q58387)
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Firdawsī
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Illuminated manuscripts--India--18th century
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Manuscripts, Persian--18th century
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Headpieces (layout features)--India--18th century
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Miniatures (Illuminations)--India--18th century
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17--?
18. century
1700
1799
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Extent: 344 leaves : paper, col. ill. ; 323 x 214 (255-269 x 159) mm. bound to 325 x 218 mm.
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Ms. codex.
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Title from fol. 1b.
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Physical description: 25-26 lines per page in four columns; written in nastaʻliq script in black on beige Arabic glazed, laid paper. Introduction on fol. 1b-6a written in one column. Text framed by inner border of red, silver, gold and blue and outer border of gold; columns separated by gold lines. Boxes left for subtitles are not all filled in. Some repairs to leaves with partial loss of...
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Decoration: Illuminated ʻunwāns on on fol. 1b, 6b. Contains 34 miniatures as follows:
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1. fol. 9b: Ṭahmuras̲ slays the black dīv.
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2. fol. 11a: Jamshīd enthroned.
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3. fol. 11b: Faraydūn enthroned.
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4. fol. 13a: Z̤aḥḥāk receiving men. He is depicted with the heads of two black snakes on either shoulder.
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5. fol. 13b: The daughter of Gūrang receives the prophecy that she will marry Jamshīd and give birth to a warrior son.
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6. fol. 20b: The daughter of Gūrang gives birth to Garshāsp.
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7. fol. 24a: Z̤aḥḥāk and his men ride off to war. The two snakes on Z̤aḥḥāk's shoulders have human heads.
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8. fol. 25a: Faraydūn binds Z̤aḥḥāk upside-down in a cave.
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9. fol. 25b: Faraydūn feasting after the victory.
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10. fol. 26b: Faraydūn and Garshāsp.
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11. fol. 29b: Garshāsp fighting.
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12. fol. 31b: The battle between the Iranians and the Turanians.
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13. fol. 38a: Prisoners of war after battle.
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14. fol. 40b: King of Yemen with his three daughters and the three sons of Faraydūn.
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15. fol. 44a: Salm slays Īraj.
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16. fol. 48a: The battle between Manūchihr and Tūr.
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17. fol. 49b: The battle between Manūchihr and Salm.
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18. fol. 50a: Manūchihr killing Salm.
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19. fol. 52a: The birth of Zāl.
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20. fol. 67b: The meeting of Zāl and Rudābah.
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21. fol. 68b: Zāl and his father Sām.
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22. fol. 88a: Rustām slays the white dīv.
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23. fol. 109a: Rustām and Suhrāb duel one another. Rustām is depicted wearing a leopard hat in this miniature and the ones that follow.
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24. fol. 109b: The death of Suhrāb.
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25. fol. 126b: Afrāsiyāb, king of Tūrān, and his court.
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26. fol. 129a: Siyāvash and Farangīs, daughter of Afrāsiyāb.
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27. fol. 139a: The death of Siyāvash.
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28. fol. 140a: The birth of Kay Khusraw.
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29. fol. 142b: Kay Khusraw on his throne.
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30. fol. 157b: Rustām sits before Kay Khusraw.
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31. fol. 180a: Kay Kāvus on his throne.
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32. fol. 187a: Rustām slays Ashkabus with mace.
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33. fol. 188b: Rustām's fight with the Turanians.
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34. fol. 338a: The camp of Iskandar.
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Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904, from the books of Amīn ibn Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).
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11 November 2024
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11 November 2024
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