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Manuscript/Mixed Material [Gulistān] [گلستان]

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Title

  • [Gulistān]

Other Title

  • [گلستان]

Names

  • Saʻdī, author
  • Saʻdī

Created / Published

  • 1002 [1593 or 1594]

Headings

  • -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Iran

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian; first 67 leaves have Turkish translation and there is a brief poem in Ottoman Turkish at end.
  • -  Title based on comparison with printed editions of Saʻdī's Gulistān.
  • -  Name of scribe not indicated.
  • -  Probably written in Iran.
  • -  Paper; cream color lightly polished laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication; manuscript is incomplete lacking an unknown number of leaves at the beginning; leaves 1a-67b have interlinear Turkish translation and extensive marginal notes; catchwords.
  • -  Nastaʻliq; 13 lines in written area
  • -  Fol. 1a-134a, 2 leaves.
  • -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript.
  • -  Contemporary brown leather binding with embossed center medallions.

Medium

  • 134, 2 (13 lines), paper : bound ; 20.5 x 14.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PK6450 .G2 1593

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016503247

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:

SaʻDī, Author, and SaʻDī. Gulistān. [1593 or 1594, 1593] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016503247/.

APA citation style:

SaʻDī, A. & SaʻDī. (1593) Gulistān. [1593 or 1594] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016503247/.

MLA citation style:

SaʻDī, Author, and SaʻDī. Gulistān. [1593 or 1594, 1593] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2016503247/>.