Dastūr-i Ṣayd.

دستور صىد

Description

Main Author

Muḥammad Riẓā ibn Muḥammad Yūsuf, active 17th century

Related Names

Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942, former owner.

Language(s)

Persian

Published

11th Rajab, 1232 [1817]

Subjects

Zoology.
Manuscripts, Persian.
Falconry.
Birds.
Manuscripts, Persian > Manuscripts, Persian / Québec (Province) > Manuscripts, Persian / Québec (Province) / Montréal.
Birds > Birds / Early works to 1800.
Hunting > Hunting / Early works to 1800.
Zoology > Zoology / Early works to 1800.
Falconry > Falconry / Early works to 1800.
Québec > Québec / Montréal.
Early works.

Note

Copied in 11th Rajab, 1232 [1817] by anonymous transcriber from the manuscript originally composed in 1073 [1662] dedicated to Aurangzeb.
Includes a table of contents (pages 4-8), and an additional table on the last page containing a herbal prescription.
It deals with matters on hunting, training, sorting, feeding, treating, protecting by charms of the falcon.
Dedicated to Aurangzeb, the text is divided into 76 faṣl.
Indian nasta'alīq, 12 lines per page, catch words.
Alternative title and copy date from the colophon.
Manuscript.
Purchased by Ivanow in Amritsar, India on March 1927.
Includes a 2 pages explanatory note by Ivanow providing some information on the codex and its content.
Signature of Casey Wood on Ivanow's note and on the verso of the cover and the last page.

Physical Description

112 unnumbered pages [ff. 56] ; 17 x 10 cm

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