İzmir Millî Kütüphane MS 457

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	İzmir Millî Kütüphane MS 457
Location	Izmir, Turkey (zmir Millî Kütüphane (İzmir National Library))
Siglum/Shelfmark	MS 457 (formerly in the library of Şehîd Ali Paşa).
Page/Folio range	ff. 1-99

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Sindbadnama
Incipit or textual title	Ḥikāyat-i Haft Vazīr (Book of the Seven Vezirs)
Version (siglum)	Persian Sindbadnama
└ Language Group within Version
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version	Zahiri al Samarqandi, Sindbadnama
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition

Languages
Language of text	Persian
Regional or specific Language of text	Dari (Insha)
Source for regional or specific Language of text

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions	Ateş, Ahmed (1948). Sindbād-nāme

Note
One of the earliest Sindbadnama manuscripts. Was later acquired by the 17th century grand vizier Şehîd Ali Paşa.

Authorship and Production
Scribe	ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Kāshī
Author	Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Ẓāhīrī al-Samarqandī
Place of Manuscript Production	Unknown
Date of Manuscript Production	1330/1 (731^AH)
Source of Date of Manuscript Production

Physical Description
Material	Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	99
Height
Width
Script style/form	Naskh
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	Ahmed Ateş in İstanbul Kütüphanelerinde Farsça Manzum Eserler I (1968)
Modern Research Literature

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

Has Short Title	Has Sequence Number	Has Narrator	Has Name Variation