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Details
Accession Number:
Ms 16
Hijri Date:
966 Safar 3
Gregorian Date:
1558 November 24
Origin:
Shiraz
Ownership:
Sadruddin Aga Khan. Probably formerly in Hagop Kevorkian collection. Auction dale (Sotheby's ?), lot 25.
Calligrapher:
'Abd al-Samad Shaikh Muhammad b. Jalal al-Din Shirazi
Folios extant in ms.:
425
Columns x Rows:
5 x 30
Page Size (h x w):
368 x 251 mm
Script:
Nasta'liq
Colophon Folio:
425r
Ms Type:
Codex
Ms Status:
Complete
Completion Status:
Search not completed
Illuminations in ms:
4
Illustrations in ms:
15 ( 11 Shahnama 3 Barzunama 1 other [ Firdausi and trhe poets ] )
Illustration Records in archive:
18 (2 with image) (click here to go to illustrations below)
Last updated by:
charles
Date last updated:
2011-06-06 00:00:00
 
 
References
Dating Ref:
Colophon Extracted from the colophon of the work.
Origin Ref:
Colophon Extracted from the colophon of the work.
Illustration Ref:
Welch, A. Collection of Islamic art. Prince Saddrudin Agha Khan. 3 Geneva. Switzerland.
 
 
Illustration in archive - 18     (back to top)
425r
colophon
f. 002r
Illuminated title page (recto side) (1558)
f. 004v
Firdausi and the poets of Ghazna (1558)
f. 010v
Illuminated title page (verso side) (1558)
f. 011r
Illuminated title page (recto side) (1558)
f. 018v
Faridun defeats Zahhak (1558)
f. 127v
Rustam kills Ashkabus and his horse (1558)
f. 134r
Rustam lifts Shangul from his saddle (1558)
f. 139v
Rustam wrestles with Puladvand (1558)
f. 160r
Scene from the Barzunama (1558)
f. 171r
Scene from the Barzunama (1558)
f. 184r
Scene from the Barzunama (1558)
f. 200v
The eleventh combat: Gudarz fights Piran (1558)
f. 221r
The execution of Afrasiyab (1558)
f. 249r
Isfandiyar's second labour: he fights the lions (1558)
f. 276v
Dara is killed by his own ministers (1558)
f. 314v
Bahram Gur fights two lions to win the throne (1558)
f. 399v
Bahram Chubina kills the monkey-lion (1558)
f. 407v
Khusrau Parviz goes hunting (1558)