Or Ms 271: گرشاسپ نامه Garshāsp-nāmah, undated
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 271
Or Ms 271: گرشاسپ نامه Garshāsp-nāmah
Scope and Contents
This poem celebrates the exploits of Garshāsp, prince of Sistan, and one of the ancestors of Rustam (the celebrated hero in Firdawsī's Shāh-nāmah). It is said to be one of the earliest attempts to imitate Firdawsī.
It is usually ascribed to the poet Asadī Ṭusī, the master of Firdawsī, who flourished during the reigns of Sulṭān Maḥmūd and his son Mas'ūd of Ghaznī, and died in that of the latter (421-432 A.H., 1030-1040 C.E.). However, some of the copies described in other collections give the date of composition as 458 A.H. (1066 C.E.).
The present copy is written in fine nast'līq in four columns, framed by coloured lines, with headings in red or gold. It is bound with OR MS 267, the second volume of Firdawsī's Shāh-nāmah. The text of the Shāh-nāmah is followed in the binding by a further epic poem Sām-nāmah (OR MS 272), after which the text of the present work begins. The three works appear to be by the same hand. Although this work is undated, the counter part to version of the Shāh-nāmah with which this work is bound (vol. 1, OR MS 266) bears a seal that suggests that it was extant by the early 17th century C.E..
Dates
- undated
Language of Materials
Persian (Script: nasta'līq)
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Extent
1 volume : partial volume
Other Finding Aids
Hukk, Mohammed Ashraful; Ethé, Hermann; and Robertson, Edward, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library (Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd., 1925).
Custodial History
The other volume of the section of the Shāh-nāmah with which this work is bound (OR MS 266), and which has the same dimensions and appears to be by the same hand, bears the seal of a Z̤iyāʼ-Allāh, dated 1041 A.H. (1631 C.E.).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated to the University of Edinburgh Library by Adam Anderson, nephew of the collector, James Anderson, in 1844.
Processing Information
Annotation uses legacy data from Mohammed Hukk et al. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library.
Source
- Anderson, Adam, 1797-1853 (Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice) (Donor, Person)
- Anderson, James, 1758-1833 (Persian Interpretor, East India Company) (Former owner, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk