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Image Number:
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Bookreader PersianMS_30
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Reference Number:
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Persian MS 30
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Link to Catalogue:
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Parent Work Title:
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Mūsh va Gurba
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Mūshnāma
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Translated Parent Work Title:
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Mouse and Cat
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Creator:
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ʻUbayd Zākānī, Niẓām al-Dīn, -approximately 1370
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Date Created:
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19th century [early]
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Description:
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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.
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Language Code:
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per
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Language:
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Persian
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Sub-Category:
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Illustrated works
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Item Height:
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270 mm
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Item Width:
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180 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2020-08-19
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2021-03
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Rylands
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