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Accession Number:
Cod. pers. 8
Hijri Date:
902 Jumada II
Gregorian Date:
1497 February (to nearest hijri month)
Origin:
Turkman
Ownership:
Ex Manuscriptis Josephi Comitis a Schwachheim, obtained in 1831.
Calligrapher:
Hamd Allah bin Qawam al-Din bin Nizam al-Din al-Qasim al-Adib Labasani
Folios extant in ms.:
917
Columns x Rows:
4 x 30
Page Size (h x w):
340 x 210 mm
Text Size (h x w):
270 x 168 mm
Script:
Naskh
Colophon Folio:
917r
Sample Page Folio:
013r
Ms Type:
Codex
Ms Status:
Complete
Completion Status:
Search not completed
Illuminations in ms:
2
Illustrations in ms:
63 ( 2 frontispiece(s) 61 Shahnama )
Illustration Records in archive:
63 (0 with image) (click here to go to illustrations below)
Last updated by:
charles
Date last updated:
0000-00-00 00:00:00
 
 
References
General Ref:
Sims, E. The illustrated manuscripts of Firdausi's Shahnama commissioned by princes of the house of Timur. (in Ars Orientalis) 22 (1993) pp. 43-68
Dating Ref:
Colophon Extracted from the colophon of the work.
Origin Ref:
Aumer, J. Die Persischen Handschriften der K. Hof- und Staatsbibliothek in Muenchen<p><p>Die Persischen Handschriften der K. Hof- und Staatsbibliothek in Muenchen. Palm'schen Hofbuchhandlung. Muenchen. Germany.
Illustration Ref:
Dachs, K. et al. Das Buch im Orient: Handschriften und kostbare Drucke aus Zwei Jahrtausenden. Ludwig Reichert Verlag. Wiesbaden. Germany.
 
 
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Jamshid enthroned (1497)
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Zahhak hears Kava's complaint (1497)
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Faridun defeats Zahhak (1497)
f. 032v
The King of Yemen receives Faridun's sons (1497)
f. 044v
Manuchihr kills Tur in battle (1497)
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Sam asks the Simurgh to return Zal (1497)
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Zal sees Rudaba on the roof of her palace (1497)
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(1497)
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The birth of Rustam (1497)
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The third battle between Nauzar and Afrasiyab (1497)
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Rustam catches Rakhsh (1497)
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Rustam's first labour: Rakhsh kills a lion (1497)
f. 110v
Rustam's fourth labour: he kills the witch (1497)
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Gushtasp kills a dragon in Rum (1497)
f. 141r
Arjasp flees from Gushtasp in combat (1497)
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Isfandiyar's first labour: he fights the wolves (1497)
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Bahman delivers Isfandiyar's message to Rustam (1497)
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Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrow (1497)
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Rustam kills Shaghad before dying (1497)
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Darab and Rashnavad fight the Rumis (1497)
f. 221r
Iskandar attends the dying Dara (1497)
f. 234v
Iskandar visits the Ka'ba (1497)
f. 247r
Iskandar and the sage Khizr seek the Fountain of Life (1497)
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(1497)
f. 272v
Ardashir recognizes Shapur during a polo game (1497)
f. 289r
Shapur besieges the city of the Arabian King Ta'ir (1497)
f. 304v
Bahram Gur hunts in the company of Azada (1497)
f. 313r
Bahram Gur fights two lions to win the throne (1497)
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Bahram Gur fights the Khaqan of Chin (1497)
f. 362v
Piruz and his army fall into a pit and die (1497)
f. 385r
Buzurjmihr under the tree with the speaking snake (1497)
f. 414v
Buzurjmihr arranges chess pieces before Anushirvan (1497)
f. 460v
Bahram Chubina sends Sava Shah's head to Hurmuzd (1497)
f. 477r
Rustam enters the cave in which Kay Kavus and his men are chained (1497)
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Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White Div (1497)
f. 492v
Kay Kavus airborne (1497)
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A full scale battle between the armies of Iran and Turan (1497)
f. 508v
Kay Khusrau besieges Gang Dizh (1497)
f. 524v
The execution of Afrasiyab (1497)
f. 539r
Rustam captures and kills Kamus (1497)
f. 555r
Rustam pulls the Khaqan of Chin from his elephant by lasso (1497)
f. 565r
Rustam overthrows Puladvand (1497)
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Akvan Div flings Rustam into the sea (1497)
f. 576v
Manizha entertains Bizhan in the meadows (1497)
f. 593r
Rustam rescues Bizhan from the pit (1497)
f. 611r
Bizhan kills Human (1497)
f. 625r
Giv fights Piran (1497)
f. 631r
The fourth combat: Furuhil fights Zangala (1497)
f. 634v
The eleventh combat: Gudarz fights Piran (1497)
f. 657r
Tahmina visits Rustam's chamber (1497)
f. 674v
Rustam mortally wounds Suhrab (1497)
f. 680v
Tus and Gudarz encounter a maiden in the forest (1497)
f. 689r
The fire ordeal of Siyavush (1497)
f. 711r
Siyavush marries Farangis (1497)
f. 722v
Guruy executes Siyavush (1497)
f. 732v
Rustam kills Pilsam (1497)
f. 754v
Kay Khusrau enthroned (1497)
f. 769r
Farud retreats to his fortress and is mortally wounded by Ruhham (1497)
f. 782v
Giv captures Tazhav (1497)
f. 794v
The Iranians attack the Turanians at night (1497)
f. 828v
Khusrau and Shirin (1497)
f. 871r
Shiruy's followers find Khusrau Parviz in the garden (1497)
f. 912v
The miller assassinates Yazdagird (1497)