COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader PersianMS_30
Reference Number:
Persian MS 30
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
Mūsh va Gurba
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Mūshnāma
Translated Parent Work Title:
Mouse and Cat
Creator:
ʻUbayd Zākānī, Niẓām al-Dīn, -approximately 1370
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
19th century [early]
Description:
Mūshnāma (Book of the Mouse) or Mūsh va Gurbah (Mouse and Cat), a mock-epic attributed to ‘Ubayd Zākānī (d. ca. 1370). Of uncertain origin, the text is considered to be a satirical fable concerning a cruel and hypocritical tyrant, often associated with Mubāriz al-Dīn Muḥammad (r. 1314–58), the founder of the Muzaffarid Dynasty (1314–93) in Iran. In the tale, the tyrant is symbolically represented as an evil cat that torments a community of virtuous mice. This exceptional manuscript is very finely transcribed and whimsically illustrated, probably in Patna in the early nineteenth century in the style of the so-called ‘Company School’ by an unknown scribe and painter.
Language Code:
per
Language:
Persian
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Sub-Category:
Illustrated works
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
270 mm
Item Width:
180 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2020-08-19
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2021-03
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands