COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader PersianMS_75
Reference Number:
Persian MS 75
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
Dabistān
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Tabṣirat al-Maz̲āhib va Taẕkirah al-Adyān
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Dabistān al-Maẕāhib
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Dabistān-i Maẕāhib
Creator:
Fānī, Muḥsin -1671 or 1672
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Mīr Ẕū al-Fiqār ‘Alī al-Ḥusaynī Ardistānī, approximately 1615-1670
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Mūbad Shāh
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Munshī Ghulām Muḥammad bin Muḥammad Jamāl
Creator Role:
Scribe
Date Created:
1800-1801 [1215 AH]
Description:
This illustrated copy of the Dābistān-i Maẕāhib (School of Religions) recounts various religious creeds and philosophical systems of Asia, as known to the author, divided into twelve ta‘līm (teachings) and subdivided into a various number of naẓar (observations). The author, whose name appears here as Mīr Ẕū al-Fiqār ‘Alī al-Ḥusaynī (ca. 1615–70), apparently followed the Āẕar Kayvānī illuminationist sect in India during the reign of the Mughal ruler ‘Ālamgīr I (r. 1658–1707). The author travelled not only throughout the northern Indian subcontinent but also to Mashhad in Iran. As a result, he became thoroughly acquainted with a great number of religious and scientific Parsi, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim personalities and their doctrines. Completed by Munshī Ghulām Muḥammad bin Muḥammad Jamāl in Surat on 28 Ramaz̤ān 1215 AH (12 Feb. 1801 CE), the manuscript contains seven tinted drawings that depict the planets according to Hindu mythology.
Language Code:
per
Language:
Persian
Subject:
Religion
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
260 mm
Item Width:
184 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance:
Bland, Nathaniel, 1803-1865, former owner
Provenance:
Quaritch, Bernard, 1819-1899, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2023-01-23
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2023-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands