Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 876

Metadata

DS ID:

DS13681

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 876

Title:

Dīvān-i Dārā

Author:

Dārā-yi Qājār, ʻAbd Allāh Mīrzā, Prince, son of Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1796 or 1797-1853 or 1854 / داراى قاجار، عبد الله مىرزا، شاهزاده، پسر فتح على شاه، شاه ايران، 1796 or 1797-1853 or 1854

Abdollah Mirza WIKIDATA

Date:

between 1815? and 1844

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 131 leaves : paper ; 231 x 145 (165 x 95) mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from fol. 1a.
Physical description: 14 lines per page, in two columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text framed in gold, except for fol. 12b-19b which are framed in blue, red, and gold; outer marginal gold line. Columns separated by double gold lines. Headings in red; catchwords. Ms. is disbound. Some staining and smudging; mild insect damage in margins. Edges of first few and...
On fol. 1a, notes dated Muḥarram 1261 H [January 1845] and 6 Shaʻbān 13[-]3 H. Notes in purple ink dated 1346 and 1347 on fol. 1a, 95b, 96b. Birth record dated 1348 on fol. 122b. Note dated 1346 on fol. 131b.

Keyword:

Poetry

Manuscripts, Persian

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9970072693506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University