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Details
Accession Number:
In 17
Gregorian Date:
1600 (to 10)
Origin:
India
Folios extant in ms.:
663
Columns x Rows:
2 x 23
Page Size (h x w):
281 x 170 mm
Text Size (h x w):
190 x 77 mm
Script:
Nasta'liq
Ms Type:
Codex
Ms Status:
Second half
Completion Status:
Search not completed
Illuminations in ms:
0
Illustrations in ms:
36 ( 36 Shahnama )
Illustration Records in archive:
37 (0 with image) (click here to go to illustrations below)
Last updated by:
charles
Date last updated:
2011-03-29 15:06
 
Public Notes
The manucript is unusually arranged in two columns of text, with a third in the margins.The volume seems to cover only the second part of the text, from the reign of Luhrasp.
Project Notes
Initial investigation by Amin Mahdavi.

All details to complete. (? In 17a).

 
References
Dating Ref:
Linda York Leach Mughal and Other Indian Paintings from the Chester Beatty Library. 1 scorpion Cavendish. London. UK.
Origin Ref:
Linda York Leach Mughal and Other Indian Paintings from the Chester Beatty Library. 1 scorpion Cavendish. London. UK.
Illustration Ref:
Linda York Leach Mughal and Other Indian Paintings from the Chester Beatty Library. 1 scorpion Cavendish. London. UK.
 
 
Illustration in archive - 37     (back to top)
f. 013r
Gushtasp kills Ilyas in combat (1600)
f. 021r
The start of the battle between the armies of Gushtasp and Arjasp (1600)
f. 031.1v
Isfandiyar's third labour: he fights the dragon (1600)
f. 032v
Isfandiyar's fourth labour: he kills the sorceress (1600)
f. 035r
(1600)
f. 035r
(1600)
f. 035v
(1600)
f. 035v
(1600)
f. 037.1v
Isfandiyar kills Arjasp to rescue his sisters (1600)
f. 037v
Nush-Azar kills Tarkhan (1600)
f. 038v
Isfandiyar throws Kuhram from his saddle (1600)
f. 048v
Rustam boasts about his strength (1600)
f. 051.1v
The first combat of Rustam and Isfandiyar (1600)
f. 051.2r
Zavara and Faramarz kill Isfandiyar's sons Nush-Azar and Mihr-i Nush (1600)
f. 055r
Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrow (1600)
f. 057v
Isfandiyar mourned (1600)
f. 060.1
Rustam kills Shaghad before dying (1600)
f. 062r
Faramarz burns Shaghad's body (1600)
f. 064r
Bahman fights Faramarz (1600)
f. 067v
Darab approaches the fortress of Faylakus (1600)
f. 068v
Darab receives the crown (1600)
f. 073.1r
Iskandar attends the dying Dara (1600)
f. 074r
Iskandar executes Dara's murderers (1600)
f. 074v
The nine wisemen bring Kayd's daughter from India (1600)
f. 082v
Iskandar kills the Fur of Hind (1600)
f. 111v
The battle between the armies of Shapur and Rum (1600)
f. 120r
Shapur fights the brother of Caesar (1600)
f. 135v
Bahran Gur and the shopkeeper with his son (1600)
f. 177v
Nushzad killed in battle with Ram Barzin (1600)
f. 186r
The battle between the armies of Chin and Haytal (1600)
f. 235r
Ayin Gushasp's assassin is executed by Bahram Chubina (1600)
f. 242r
Bahram Chubina's night attack on the camp of Khusrau Parviz (1600)
f. 254r
Bahram Chubina kills Kut the Roman (1600)
f. 264v
Gurdiya kills Tuvurg (1600)
f. 266r
Gurdiya kills Gustaham (1600)
f. 290v
Sa'd-i Vaqqas kills Rustam (1600)
f. 297v
Bizhan kills Mahuy to avenge Yazdagird (1600)