Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 144q

Metadata

DS ID:

DS13628

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 144q

Title:

Durrah-i Nādirī

Author:

Mahdī Khān Astarābādī, active 1733-1759 / مهدى خان استرابادى، active 1733-1759

Mirza Mehdi Khan Astarabadi WIKIDATA

Date:

between 1750 and 1850

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 264 leaves : paper ; 282 x 188 (203 x 133) mm. bound to 294 x 200 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from fol. 1b.
On front cover: Label reading "151" in Arabic script.
On spine: Label stamped "105", and "Durrah-i Nādirī" and "Kitābkhānah-i R. Ṣamṣāmī" tooled and gilded, all in Arabic script.
On fol. 1a: "Durrah-i Nādirī khaṭṭ-i Ustādh panj tūmān" in Arabic script.
Physical description: 11 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq script in black on yellowish glazed, laid European paper. Headings and notes in red; Arabic quotations overlined in red. Copious marginal and interlinear notes; catchwords. Extensive paper repairs to fol. 1-9. Water damage on some leaves resulting in smudging of text and notes; otherwise in good condition.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Persian

Iran

Nādir Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1688-1747

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9964773093506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University