COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader_Persian_MS_435
Reference Number:
Persian MS 435
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
Tārīkh al-Ḥukamā
Alternative Parent Work Title:
History of the Philosophers
Creator:
Shahrazūrī, Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd, active 13th century
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1674 [1084 AH]
Description:
An incomplete copy of the Intikhāb-i Tārīkh al-Ḥukamā' (Selections from the History of the Sages), also known as the Qūl al-Ḥukamā' (Quotations of the Sages), an abridgement of quotations by philosophers and historical figures, originally anonymously compiled in Muḥammadābād (Bidar) for presentation to the Deccan Sultanate ruler ‘Abd Allāh Quṭb Shāh (b. 1614, r. 1626–1672) in 1054 AH (1644–45 CE). Passages derive from the Tarjumah-’i Tārīkh al-Ḥukamā (Translation of the History of the Sages) translated into Persian by Maqṣūd ‘Alī Tabrīzī from the 13th-century Arabic text Nuzhat al-Arwāḥ wa-Rawḍat al-Afrāḥ of Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd Shahrazūrī at the request of the Mughal prince Salīm, who later ruled as the Emperor Jahāngīr (b. r. 1506–1626). Completed on 25 Ẕī-al-Qa‘dah 1084 AH (3 Mar. 1674 CE), this manuscript would appear to date about twenty years after the original.
Language Code:
per
Language:
Persian
Subject:
Muslim philosophers--Biography
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
India
Item Height:
222 mm
Item Width:
125 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance:
Hamilton, George William, 1807-1868, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2022-08-17
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