Showing Records: 1 - 3 of 3
Or Ms 268: شاه نامه Shāh-nāmah, undated copy (original text composed 10th-11th cent. C.E.)
A complete copy of the Persian "Book of Kings" and epic poem, the verse written by Abū'l-Qāsim Firdawsī ca. 329-410 A.H. (940-1019 C.E.), over two volumes OR MS 268 and 269. The first volume is injured in its first half.
Headings in black or red.
Numerous later additions have been made on the margins.
Or Ms 269: شاه نامه Shāh-nāmah, undated copy (original text composed 10th-11th cent. C.E.)
A complete copy of the Persian "Book of Kings" and epic poem, the verse written by Abū'l-Qāsim Firdawsī ca. 329-410 A.H. (940-1019 C.E.), over two volumes OR MS 268 and 269. The first volume is injured in its first half.
Headings in black or red.
Numerous later additions have been made on the margins.
Or Ms 270: تأريخ شمشير خانی Tā'rīkh-i shamshīr-khānī, 1090 A.H., 1679 C.E.
This is a copy of an abridgement of the Shāh-nāmah of Firdawsī, compiled with a connecting narrative in prose by Tawakkul Beg, son of Tūlāk Beg al-Ḥasanī. The history begins with the reign of Gayūmars̱, and is brought down to the Sāsānians, descendants of Ardashīr-Bābagān.
Illuminated frontispieces.