Poems
- Holding institution:
- Princeton University Library
- Data provider:
- Princeton University Library
- Title:
- Poems
- Creator:
- Saudā, Mirzā Muḥammad Rafīʻ, 1713-1781
- Date:
- 1800-1899
- Description:
- Abstract: Collection of poems arranged in five sections by genre, including qaṣīdahs, ghazals, mathnawī, and quatrains, some pieces in Persian.Binding note: Dark green leather with silver tooling and stamping. Marbled paper pastedowns.Ms. codex.Title supplied by cataloger.Physical description: 13 lines per page separated in two columns at hemistich by two vertical ruled lines in red ink. Text is framed in red, gold, and black ruled lines. Outer frame in black. Titles in red in panels defined by a red ruled line.Decoration: Contains ten miniatures representing among others ʻAlī, and princes on fol. 4b, 19b, 37a, 55b, 58b, 84b, 213a, 286b, 311a, 334b.Decoration: The two first pages of the text (fol. 1b-2a) are elaborately illuminated, with floral decor in gold on the margin ; text written in clouds left plain on a gold ground. Illuminated headpiece in gold and colors with a floral motif on fol. 1b. The beginning of each section is decorated in a similar way (fol. 105b-106a; 178b-179a; 194b -- headpiece only; 361b-362a; 416a). Illuminated cartouche with basmalah on fol. 111b.Chiefly quaternions.Origin: Probably India, 19th cent.Incipit: بسم ... هو آجب ... فى البعث ومنقيت حضرت رسالت بناه وخباب امير المومنين عليه الصلواة والسلام
- Language:
- Urdu
- Type:
- Illuminated manuscripts
Illuminations (visual works)
Headpieces (layout features) - Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Manuscripts, Urdu—New Jersey—Princeton
- Provenance:
- Large rectangular stamp on fol. 1a (300 x 250 mm.) with inscription reading: " ... al-dawlah kawkab al-mulk Sayyid ʻAlījānān Khān Bahādur Darakhshān sitārah-i jang 1269 (?)" (repeated at the end of each part, fol.103b, 177a, 178a, 194a, 361a, 455b). Acquired from Quaritch, London, 1900. Bookplate of Robert Garrett on pastedown of upper cover.
- Extent:
- ii, 455, ii leaves : paper, col. ill. ; 367 x 217 (262 x 150) mm. bound to 370 x 225 mm.
- Publisher:
- India, 18--?
- Rights:
- https://rbsc.princeton.edu/services/imaging-publication-services
- Identifier:
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 83G
Electronic Resource
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Replaces: pudl0032/83g - Is part of:
- Robert Garrett
Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts
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