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Manuscript/Mixed Material Kitāb-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā كتاب روضة الصفا

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Title

  • Kitāb-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā

Other Title

  • كتاب روضة الصفا

Summary

  • A history of Iran.

Names

  • Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh, 1433-1498, author
  • Ibn Fatḥ Allāh Mīrzā Sayyid Ṭabātabāʼī, active 1558, scribe

Created / Published

  • 10 Z̲ī Qaʻdah 965 [24 August 1558]

Headings

  • -  Iran--History--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Iran

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian.
  • -  Title from fol. 1a (title page)
  • -  Copied by Ibn Fatḥ Allāh Mīrzā Sayyid Ṭabāṭabaʼī.
  • -  Probably copied in Iran.
  • -  Paper; heavy white to light cream colored polished laid paper with vertical chain lines and no visible watermarks; elaborate unwan in blue, gold, and red; text enclosed in a thin ruled border of blue, red and gold; black ink with some rubrication; catchwords on rectos.
  • -  Naskh; 21 lines in written area 18.7 x 12.2 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1a-430a.
  • -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M50.
  • -  Disbound.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: تمت المجلد الثاني، التاريخ في عاشر ذي قعدة سنة خمس وستين وتسعمايه.

Medium

  • 431 leaves (21 lines), paper ; 30 x 21.8 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DS272 .M55 1558

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016397708

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Persian Language Manuscript Project are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad Ibn Khāvandshāh, Author, and Active 1558 Ibn Fatḥ Allāh Mīrzā Sayyid ṬabātabāʼĪ. Kitāb-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā. [10 Z̲ī Qaʻdah 965 24 August, 1558] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016397708/.

APA citation style:

Mīr Khvānd, M. I. K. & Ibn Fatḥ Allāh Mīrzā Sayyid ṬabātabāʼĪ, A. 1. (1558) Kitāb-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā. [10 Z̲ī Qaʻdah 965 24 August] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016397708/.

MLA citation style:

Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad Ibn Khāvandshāh, Author, and Active 1558 Ibn Fatḥ Allāh Mīrzā Sayyid ṬabātabāʼĪ. Kitāb-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā. [10 Z̲ī Qaʻdah 965 24 August, 1558] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2016397708/>.