Dīvān-i Shāhī - Persian manuscript

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Dīvān-i Shāhī - Persian manuscript

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Collected poems of Amīr Shāhī Sabzavarī.
Manuscript.
Persian.
Title from folio 1b.
Probably written in Iran.
Paper: Middle-Eastern laid paper in various colors (including shades of cream, orange, tan, lavender) includes one orange marbled page); pages arranged in two columes, surrounded by gold border; section titles in gold with blue decorations on either side; catchwords on rectos; incomplete, missing approximately ten leaves.
Owner's stamp on folio 1a: "[Illegible] ... al-faqīr al-Ḥajj Muṣṭafá Ṣadafī ghafara la-hu [1]179."
Browne, E. G. Literary history of Persia, v. 3, p. 498
Nastaʻliq; 9 lines in 2 columns in written area 10.7 x 5.8 cm.
Folio 1a-45b; incomplete.
Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, 321/53A.
Newer envelope binding (circa 1800) probably Turkish, hot gold tooled; missing flap of evelope binding.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

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01/01/1600
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washington dc
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Library of Congress
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