Risālah-i Ṣaydīyah.

رساله صىدىه

Description

Main Author

Muḥammad ʻAlī Ḥazīn, 1692?-1766?

Related Names

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

Language(s)

Persian

Published

Jum. II 1225 [1810]

Subjects

Zoology.
Manuscripts, Persian.
Game laws (Islamic law)
Hunting
Manuscripts, Persian > Manuscripts, Persian / Québec (Province) > Manuscripts, Persian / Québec (Province) / Montréal.
Zoology > Zoology / Early works to 1800.
Game laws (Islamic law) > Game laws (Islamic law) / Early works to 1800.
Hunting > Hunting / Early works to 1800.
Québec > Québec / Montréal.
Early works.

Note

A treatise on hunting and various kinds of game.
First bāb contains an alphabetical list of principal animals with concise descriptions of their properties and habits.
Catch words, marginal notes and correction on the glosses.
Text is divided into a muqaddīmah (page 4), three bābs (pages 23, 86, 91), and a very short khātima (page 95).
15 lines per page, Indian naskh and nasta'līq., rubricated.
Title and copy date from the colophon.
Manuscript.
Stamp of Casey Wood on the verso of the last page.
An explanatory note by Ivanow describes the manuscript with his signature dated in 1927 indicating it was purchased in Calcutta.

Physical Description

97 unnumbered pages ; 17 x 11 cm

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