شرح کلستان

Title:

شرح کلستان

Creator:

Surūrī, Muṣliḥ al-Dīn, 1492-1562

Contributor:

Scribe: Khaṭīb, Muḥammad, active 17th century

Date:

1648-0203

Description:

Abstract: An Arabic commentary on the Gulistān of Saʻdī ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Shīrāzī, 691 1291/2.Binding note: Type II (with flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-tooled eding and blind-stamped mandorlas with pendants on cover, flap, and along the spine.Collation: Paper ; fol. (3) + 299 ; catchwords.Description: Written in naskhi ; rubricated ; MS in fair condition, some staining.Layout: 19 lines per page.Marginal notes and glosses. In the introduction the author states that he composed his work for the Sultan Muṣṭafá ibn Sulaymān I, 960 1553. On the page before the first and the two folios preceding are several verses of poetry in Turkish and Persian, the autograph of an owner, a table of contents, a story about the caliph ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, four Turkish seal impressions, another illegible one and some statements in Turkish. After the colophon and on the folio following are several verses of poetry and some statements in Turkish.Ms. codex.Origin: According to colophon copied 8 Muḥarram 1058 by Muḥammad al-Khaṭīb in Jāmiʻ al-Sulṭān Bā Yazīd (fol. 298b).Title from bottom edge of MS.Colophon: تم تنميق هذا الکتاب عن يد الفقير محمد الخطيب بجامع بايزيد خان عليه الرحمة والرضوان قصبته امکرمان وقت صبح اليوم الثامن من المحرم الحرام المنتظم لسنة ثمان وخمسين والف من الهجرة النبوية عليه افضل التحيةIncipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. الحمد لله الذي جعلني من علماء البيان

Language:

Arabic

Type:

blind stamping
blind tooling
stamps (marks)

Subject:

Saʻdī—Gulistān

Provenance:

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Extent:

(3), 299 leaves : paper ; 208 x 120 (135 x 65) mm. bound to 205 135 mm.

Publisher:

Istanbul : 8 Muḥarram 1058 February 3, 1648

Rights:

https://rbsc.princeton.edu/services/imaging-publication-services

Identifier:

"<a href='http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcj6731d54r' alt='Identifier'>http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcj6731d54r</a>"

Is part of:

Middle East Manuscripts
Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts

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