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Or Ms 374: تصاوير Taṣāwīr, undated

 Item
Identifier: Or Ms 374
f. 16v
f. 16v

Scope and Contents

The contents of this volume are: Nineteen (16 3/4 in. by 11 1/4 in.) and ten (13 1/4 in. by 9 1/4 in.) portraits carefully drawn, with seven (13 1/4 in. by 9 1/4 in.) good specimens of caligraphy (one by Fāʼiqq). The paintings are by Indian artists, two are in the Persian style, and have been pasted on gold sprinkled paper. The subjects of the pictures include Mughal Emperors and Princes (including Bābar and ‘Ālamgīr and Mirzā Jawān-Bakht, who died at Rangun in exile with his father Bahādur-Shāh II, 1302 A.H., 1884 C.E.), the Empress Mumtāz Maḥal (the favourite famous of Shāhjahān, who lies buried in the Tāj- Maḥal at Agra), Muslim Walīs or saints (including Khwājah Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī, d. 633 A.H., 1235 C.E., and Shaykh Farīd al-Dīn Shakar- Ganj, d. 664 A.H., 1265 C.E.), and Hindu deities (including Kanhyyājī and Rāmchandarjī) and Bayrāgīs (ascetics), an elephant fight, bathing at the ghāts, and other.

Dates

  • Creation: undated

Language of Materials

Persian (Script: nasta'līq)

Physical Description

Oversize. The folios are detached from the original binding and conserved individually in card frames. There manuscript is housed in 5 boxes, four containing folios, and one the binding.

Conditions Governing Access

Open. Please contact the repository in advance.

Extent

5 boxes

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).

Physical Description

Oversize. The folios are detached from the original binding and conserved individually in card frames. There manuscript is housed in 5 boxes, four containing folios, and one the binding.

Processing Information

Annotation uses legacy data from Mohammed Hukk et al. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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