London British Library IO Islamic 3214
From The Seven Sages of Rome
Manuscript Identification
Reference Number
Sindbadnama_Yazdi1
Location
Siglum / Shelfmark
British Library IO Islamic 3214
Textual Content & Tradition
Standardised title of narrative
Version (siglum)
Narrative / Scholarly Group within Version
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Translated / adapted from (Version/Text)
Zahiri al Samarqandi, Sindbadnama
Languages
Language of text
Digitisation & Editions
Digitisation
No
Note
Manuscript of the Shirazi poet Azod Zazdi's 1374CE versification (masnavi form) and adaptation of Zahiri al Samarqandi's Sindbadnama. The stories are identical to Zahiri's version.
This richly illuminated manuscript (holding 72 miniatures stylistically associated with the Shirazi school of miniaturists) was acquired by the East India Company orientalist Hamish Forbes Falconer, likely from the library of the Tipu Sultan of Mysore after his defeat in 1799. It was then briefly lost until it was purchased in a bazaar in 1857, and waantransferred to the British library when the latter took over the papers of the East India Company.
Next to the many of the miniatures are short descriptive commentaries in Kannada (previously misidentified as Telugu), potentially suggesting that the manuscript was circulating within Hindu circles of the Deccan court.Authorship & Production
Physical Description
Contents & Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
None
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