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Manuscript/Mixed Material Dastān-i Bahrām Gūr va ḥusn-i Bānū Parīzād دستان بهرام گور و حسن بانو پريزاد / Dastān-i Bahrām Gūr

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Title

  • Dastān-i Bahrām Gūr va ḥusn-i Bānū Parīzād

Other Title

  • دستان بهرام گور و حسن بانو پريزاد
  • Dastān-i Bahrām Gūr

Summary

  • Prose adaptation of the legend of Bahrām Gūr from Firdawsī's Shāhnāmah.

Names

  • Firdawsī

Created / Published

  • Jumādá al-awwal 1290 [July 1873]

Headings

  • -  Firdawsī--Adaptations
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  India

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian.
  • -  Title from fol. 1a.
  • -  Name of scribe not indicated.
  • -  Written in India.
  • -  Paper: heavy cream color laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; painted unwan in yellow, red, green and blue; black ink red overlining and some rubrication; catchwords.
  • -  Nastaʻliq; 12 lines in written area 14 x 8 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-30a.
  • -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M106.
  • -  Contemporary red leather binding with decorative border; embossed gold medallions in center, highlighed by decorative painted designs.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

Medium

  • 30 leaves (12 lines), paper : bound ; 19.8 x 14 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PK6457 .D37 1873

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016496954

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Persian Language Manuscript Project are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Firdawsī. Dastān-i Bahrām Gūr va ḥusn-i Bānū Parīzād. [Jumādá al-awwal 73, 1873] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496954/.

APA citation style:

Firdawsī. (1873) Dastān-i Bahrām Gūr va ḥusn-i Bānū Parīzād. [Jumādá al-awwal 73] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496954/.

MLA citation style:

Firdawsī. Dastān-i Bahrām Gūr va ḥusn-i Bānū Parīzād. [Jumādá al-awwal 73, 1873] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496954/>.