London British Library Or. 225: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 13:31, 12 December 2025

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	British Library (Or. 225)
Location	London, British Library
Siglum/Shelfmark	Or. 225
Page/Folio range	f1v - f155r

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Sindbadnama
Incipit or textual title
Version (siglum)	Persian Sindbadnama
└ Language Group within Version
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version	Samarqandi Sindbadnama
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)	Claims to be adapted from Fanaruzi's 9th century translation of a Pahlavi original
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	Seyyed Mohammad Bagher Kamaladdini, Tehran, 2013 (Zahiri Sindbadnameh)

Note
This manuscript was specially commissioned by Mohammad Qutb Shah in 1622. The decision to commission a translation of Zahiri al Samarqandi's translation, given that there was already a beautifully illuminated manuscript of Azod Yazdi's later versification of the work circulating in the Deccan court, illustrates the widespread popularity of the Sindbanama and, in particular, the reputation of Zahiri al Samarqandi's original version. [Added by Alfie Watkins]

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author	Muhammad b. 'Ali az-Zahiri as-Samarqandi
Place of Manuscript Production	Hyderabad (Decca)
Date of Manuscript Production	1622 CE (1029 AH^AH)
Source of Date of Manuscript Production

Physical Description
Material	Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	155
Height
Width
Script style/form	Nastaliq
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature	Haidar and Sardar (2015), p. 203, Rieu (1879-83) vol. 2 p. 748

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

Has Short Title	Has Sequence Number	Has Narrator	Has Name Variation

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 |Has Reference Number=British Library (Or. 225)
-|Has Display Title=Sindbadnama_Zahiri1
 |Has Location=London, British Library
 |Has Siglum=Or. 225
 |Has Page Range=f1v - f155r
 |Has Standardised Title Of Narrative=Sindbadnama
-|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=Persian
+|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=Persian Sindbadnama
+|Has Narrative Or Scholarly Group Within Version=Samarqandi Sindbadnama
 |Was Translated Or Adapted From=Claims to be adapted from Fanaruzi's 9th century translation of a Pahlavi original
-|Has Scribe=Unknown
 |Has Author=Muhammad b. 'Ali az-Zahiri as-Samarqandi
 |Has Canonical Name Of Author=Zahiri al-Samarqandi
+|Has Place Of Production=Hyderabad (Decca)
+|Has Date Of Production=1622 CE
+|Has Islamic Date Of Production=1029 AH
+|Has Material=Paper
+|Has Language=Persian
+|Has Regional Language=Dari (Insha)
+|Has Literary Form=Prose
+|Has Script Style=Nastaliq
+|Has Total Pages In Manuscript=155
 |Has Illustrations=No
+|Has Modern Edition=Seyyed Mohammad Bagher Kamaladdini, Tehran, 2013 (Zahiri Sindbadnameh)
+|Has Modern Research Literature=Haidar and Sardar (2015), p. 203; Rieu (1879-83) vol. 2 p. 748
+|Has Note=This manuscript was specially commissioned by Mohammad Qutb Shah in 1622. The decision to commission a translation of Zahiri al Samarqandi's translation, given that there was already a beautifully illuminated manuscript of Azod Yazdi's later versification of the work circulating in the Deccan court, illustrates the widespread popularity of the Sindbanama and, in particular, the reputation of Zahiri al Samarqandi's original version.
+[Added by Alfie Watkins]
 }}