This manuscript was purchased by Sir Thomas Philipps in 1828. The second volume of this Shahnama is now part of the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin. It contains an additional twenty-one illustrations, all of them signed by Mu'in and one of them bearing the date Muharram 1066. Mu'in was the most celebrated student of the Safavid master Rida and spent most of his life in Isfahan.
Binding: early 19th c. Indian leather.
Project Notes
NB take care over dates : daftar one is 1064 Jumada II, end. Check others.
Need to complete description, references etc.
BJ promises photos of the whole ms. - now received.
References
General Ref:
Welch, A.
Collection of Islamic art. Prince Saddrudin Agha Khan. 3
Geneva. Switzerland.
Dating Ref:
Colophon
Extracted from the colophon of the work.
Origin Ref:
Welch, A.
Collection of Islamic art. Prince Saddrudin Agha Khan. 3
Geneva. Switzerland.
Illustration Ref:
Welch, A.
Collection of Islamic art. Prince Saddrudin Agha Khan. 3
Geneva. Switzerland.
