COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader PersianMS_838
Reference Number:
Persian MS 838
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
Taz̲kirat al-shuʻarāʼ
Creator:
Samarqandī, Dawlatshāh, 1438-1494
Creator Role:
Author
Description:
This complete copy of the Taẕkirat al-Shuʻarā (Chronicles of Poets) by Dawlatshāh Samarqandī (d. ca. 1494) contains biographical accounts of some 150 poets, together with selections of their poems. The author, from a ruling Timurid-era elite family, dedicated this work to the cultural and political figure Mīr ‘Alī Shīr Navā'ī (d. 1501). While unsigned and undated, a purchase recorded on 1030 AH (1620–21 CE) inscribed within the volume would make this manuscript the earliest of four copies held in the Rylands.
Language Code:
per
Language:
Persian
Subject:
Music
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
217 mm
Item Width:
145 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance:
Forbes, Duncan, 1798-1868, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2022-08-09
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2022-08
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands