Nakhshabi Tutinama

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Nachshabi’s Tutinama (c. 1330CE) is one of three extant Persian versions.

Pertsch (1867) describes Nachshabi’s Tutinama on the basis of three manuscripts, all of which contain the story of The Prince and the Seven Veziers as one of the embedded tales told by a parrot to prevent his female owner from committing adultery. Two of the manuscript feature this story in the eighth night, one of them in the ninth night. We have not yet traced which of the many manuscripts of Nachshabi’s Tutinama contain this embedded story.

Identification & General Information

Title

Nakhshabi, Tutinama

Author

Ziya' al-Din Nakhshabi

Tradition & Lineage

Branch of the tradition

Book of Sindbad

Adapted from (version)

Persian Sindbadnama

Source for composition and adaptation information

Perry (1960)

Recorded Secondary Versions

• Persian Sindbadnama
  • Azod Yazdi versification
  • Nakhshabi Tutinama
  • Zahiri al Samarqandi, Sindbadnama

Language & Composition

Language of version

Persian

Regional or specific language of version

Dari (Insha)

Date of Composition

1330 (8th century^AH)

Islamic date of composition

8th century

Source for date of composition

Perry (1960)

Modern Scholarship & Editions

Modern research literature

Perry (1960), Pertsch (1867)

Modern Editions

Nakhshabī, Z̤iyāʼ al-Dīn. Ṭūṭī-nāma. Edited by Fatḥ-Allāh Mujtabāʼī and Ghulām-ʿAlī Āryā. Tehran: Intishārāt-i Zuvvār, 1372 SH