Manuscript/Mixed Material Sharḥ-i Jām-i jahān numā شرح جام جهان نما

Title

• Sharḥ-i Jām-i jahān numā

Other Title

• شرح جام جهان نما

Summary

• Book of historical and other anecdotes, beginning with anecdotes about nature.

Created / Published

• [2 April 1759]

Headings

• -  History--Anecdotes--Early works to 1800
• -  Literature--Anecdotes--Early works to 1800
• -  Science--Anecdotes--Early works to 1800
• -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
• -  India

Notes

• -  Manuscript.
• -  Persian.
• -  Title from colophon.
• -  Written by Sayyid Raḥim ʻAlī and Shaykh Walī Muḥammad ibn Manṣūr.
• -  Date from colophon: 4 Shaʻbān of the first year of Shāh ʻĀlam son of Shāh ʻĀlamgīr (2 April 1759)
• -  Written in India.
• -  Paper; medium cream color paper with no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication; extensive worm damage throughout; catchwords.
• -  Nastaʻliq; 17 lines in written area 17.5 x 9 cm.
• -  Fol. 1b-40a.
• -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M29.
• -  Disbound.
• -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

Medium

• 40 leaves (17 lines), paper : disbound ; 17.5 x 8.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

• D10 .S48 1759

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/plmp.m029

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2017406045

Online Format

• pdf
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2017406045

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