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Manuscript/Mixed Material Pādishāhnāmah. پادشاهنامه

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Title

  • Pādishāhnāmah.

Other Title

  • پادشاهنامه

Summary

  • Contains a biography of Shāhjahān from his birth through the first 10 years of his reign by Qazvīnī. This work is followed by the second and third parts of Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh's ʻAmāl-i Ṣāliḥ's history, starting with the 11th year of Shāhjahān's reign and including the wars of succession and his death. Cf, the similar composite manuscript ms. no. 566 in Bankipore, Bengal. Oriental Public Library. Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian manuscripts, v. 7 (Patna, 1921).

Names

  • Muḥammad Amīn ibn Abī al-Ḥusayn Qazvīnī, active 17th century.
  • Muqīm, Muḥammad, scribe.
  • Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh, -1674?
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Late 17th or early 18th century?]

Headings

  • -  Shahjahan,--Emperor of India,--approximately 1592-1666
  • -  Mogul Empire--History
  • -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  India

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian.
  • -  Scribe is possibly Aqā Muḥammad Muqīm or one of his sons Sayyed Ali Khān ("Jewel Pen") or Muḥammad Jaʻfar (Kifāyat Khān). Cf. Muqīm's name at second colophon.
  • -  Place of writing most likely Northern India.
  • -  Paper; text within ornamental gold borders.
  • -  Nastaʻliq.
  • -  29 paintings including some full page, some double page.
  • -  1 shamsa (title page), 2 sarlawhs, 2 colophons, and 2 appendixes.
  • -  Appendix includes poetry by Sayyed Ali Gilānī.
  • -  Contemporary oriental leather binding.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1791
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald; sold at auction, Sotheby's London, December 12-13, 1929, lot 183, "Property of a Lady."
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-04-07 update (1 card)
  • -  Formerly marked: Rosenwald Collection ms. no. 16 LAC ddw 2022-04-07

Medium

  • [519] leaves, paper : bound ; 40 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DS461.6 .M75 1700z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 50045639

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:

Muḥammad Amīn Ibn Abī Al-Ḥusayn Qazvīnī, Active 17Th Century, Muḥammad Muqīm, -1674? Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Pādishāhnāmah. [Late 17th or early 18th century?, 1650] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/50045639/.

APA citation style:

Muḥammad Amīn Ibn Abī Al-Ḥusayn Qazvīnī, A. 1. C., Muqīm, M., Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh, -. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1650) Pādishāhnāmah. [Late 17th or early 18th century?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/50045639/.

MLA citation style:

Muḥammad Amīn Ibn Abī Al-Ḥusayn Qazvīnī, Active 17Th Century, et al. Pādishāhnāmah. [Late 17th or early 18th century?, 1650] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/50045639/>.