Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī.

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Description

Main Author

Shahmardān ibn Abī al-Khayr, active 11th century

Related Names

Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942, former owner.
'Ali ibn Maḥmūd, known as Ṣāyigh al-Shīrāzī al-Murshidī., transcriber
ʻAlāʼ al-Dawlah, of Tabaristan, honoree.

Language(s)

Persian

Published

Rab. I 807 [1404]

Subjects

Zoology.
Natural history.
Medicine.
Mathematics.
Manuscripts, Persian.
Insects.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian.
Herbs
Geography.
Eye
Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Persian.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Dreams.
Botany.
Birds.
Biology.
Astronomy.
Astrology.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian > Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian / Specimens.
Manuscripts, Persian > Manuscripts, Persian / Québec (Province) > Manuscripts, Persian / Québec (Province) / Montréal.
Medicine > Medicine / Early works to 1800.
Geography > Geography / Early works to 1800.
Mathematics > Mathematics / Early works to 1800.
Astrology > Astrology / Early works to 1800.
Astronomy > Astronomy / Early works to 1800.
Herbs > Herbs / Early works to 1800.
Botany > Botany / Early works to 1800.
Insects > Insects / Early works to 1800.
Eye > Eye / Early works to 1800.
Dreams > Dreams / Early works to 1800.
Birds > Birds / Early works to 1800.
Biology > Biology / Early works to 1800.
Zoology > Zoology / Early works to 1800.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Persian.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries > Encyclopedias and dictionaries / To 1600.
Natural history > Natural history / Pre-Linnean works.
Québec > Québec / Montréal.
Specimens.
Early works.
Rare Material, 15th Century.

Summary

A compendium of natural history, mathematics, astronomy, interpretation of dreams, meteorological phenomena, medicine, etc.

Note

In Hājji Khalīfah, volume VI, page 336, ʻAlāʼi is given as the author's name. In this copy, with no author's name provided, the author states that he entitled his book ʻAlāʼi in honor of ʻAlāʼ-al-Dawlah of Ṭabaristān. The Nuzhat-nāmah is mentioned in the Faraḥ-nāmah of al-Jamāli and ascribed to Shahr-mardān al-Mustawfi (cf. Br. Mus. P., page 465 and Browne, page 288).
Some pages are damaged and remargined in some places.
The work deals with natural history describing animals, birds and insects, accompanied by numerous paintings and illustrations.
Text ends with faṣl 7 of bāb 3 of maqālah 4.
First page includes a seal impression of Amān Allāh or his father Mahābatkhān (f.1a).
Includes numerous colorful paintings of birds, plants and mammals.
Oriental paper; clear Naskh script ; rubrications; 27 lines per page.
An explanatory note on the composition of the book for Kākūyid ruler 'Aḍud al-Dīn 'Alā al-Dawlah [Abū Kālījār Garshāsp] (d.1141), followed by 2 pages detailed table of contents .
Includes 6 maqālahs.
Title from page 4, date of copy from the last page.
Manuscript.
Holding in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Blacker Wood Rare Books: Three titles bound together subsequent to production: Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī (ff.1b-62a). Rab. I 807 [1404]. -- Risālah-i Takmīlī bar Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī. [between 1404 and 1504]. -- Farrukh-nāmah-i Jamālī. Rab. II 597 [1201].
Holding in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Blacker Wood Rare Books: Three titles bound together subsequent to production: Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī (ff.1b-62a). Rab. I 807 [1404]. -- Risālah-i Takmīlī bar Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī. [between 1404 and 1504]. -- Farrukh-nāmah-i Jamālī. Rab. II 597 [1201].

Physical Description

124 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 38 x 26 cm

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