Islamic Manuscripts at Michigan
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Bahār-i ʻajam,[late 18th or early 19th century?].بهار عجم,[پایان قرن 18 یا آغاز قرن 19م؟].

Shelfmark:

Isl. Ms. 885

Title:

Bahār-i ʻajam,[late 18th or early 19th century?].بهار عجم,[پایان قرن 18 یا آغاز قرن 19م؟].

Author:

Bahār, Lālah Tīk Chand.بهار، لاله تيک چند.

Place/Date of Production:

[1770-1830?].

Size:

485 leaves :paper ;309 x 215 (212 x 136) mm. bound to 317 x 225 mm.

Summary:

Elegant copy of the dictionary of words and idioms used by the Persian poets compiled by Tīk Chand Bahār (d.1766) with added preface.

Other Title(s):

BUHARE UJUMTitle from inscription on upper pastedown:Buhare Ajum

Subject(s):

Persian language--Dictionaries--Persian.
Persian language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor.

Genre:

Headpieces (layout features)19th century.

Language:

Persian.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from opening matter (p.11) and colophon (p.978).

Incipit:

"مهار آفرینی که کلبرک ... دیباچه اصل بهار عجم سپاس و ستایش ایزد متعال را در خور که هريکى ار افراد انسان ..."

Explicit:

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Colophon:

"Scribal," reads "الحمد لله والمنة که باتمام رسید منتخب کتاب بهار عجم تالیف استادی مخدومی تیک چند بهار بخط فقیر حقیر اضعف العباد متهراداس قوم کهتری فقط"

Dedication:

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Contents:

Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment!

Physical Details:

Collation:

ii, 14 IV(112), III (118), IV+1 (127), 12 IV(223), IV+2 (233), 26 IV(441), II (445), IV+1 (454), 3 IV(478), IV-1 (485), iii ; chiefly quaternions ; lacuna on p.458 marked with "ص" ; p.970 prior to opening of Bāb-i alif-i mamdūdah left blank ; lacks proper catchwords but last word of final line on the verso of each leaf is usually repeated at the beginning of the first line on the following recto ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts).

Layout:

Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.

Script:

Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a medium line ; serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing (two and three dots) mainly in distinct or conjoined dots.

Decoration:

Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.10 consisting of rectangular piece with cartouche (carrying the basmalah) flanked by pendants and delicate swirling floral vegetal decoration in blue, red, orange, and white on a gold ground, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with more elaborate swirling floral vegetal decoration in red, orange, white, blue, green, etc. on grounds of gold with blue, green and white accents, itself surmounted by a pendant filled with similar decoration as well as fine vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue, entire piece set into a well consisting of a rather heavy gold band outlined by narrow bands of orange and gold defined by black fillets ; written area throughout surrounded by a gold frame with innermost red rule, and outer red and blue rules, further blue rule defines margin ; keywords and headings rubricated ; overlining or two-teeth abbreviation symbol in red.

Support:

non-European laid paper with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, fairly distinct, some curving) and irregular chain lines faintly visible, sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream in color ; flyleaves / added leaves in wove paper.

Binding:

Pasteboards covered in deep red leather ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted wove paper ; upper and lower covers carry delicate gold-tooled border in a rope pattern ; spine stamped "BUHARE | UJUM" ; now sewn in white thread over three cords ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and blue, good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with upper cover fully detached, some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, etc.

Accompanying Materials:

a. Scrap cut from a Luzac catalog page with description and price for this manuscript "PERSIAN AND HINDUSTANI MSS. 175 Bahar i ʻajam. The well-known Persian dictionary. MS. Folio. Over 1000 pp. Leather binding. The colophon is dated A.H. 1243 ( = A.D. 1827), under the reign of Muhammad Akbar Shâh (II.) £2 10s." (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Recycled card with handwriting of Emilie Savage-Smith [?] "ʻunwān or illum. frontispiece or heading." (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Scrap of paper with title in ink "Bahār i ʻAjam." (paginated pp.5-6) -- d. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes" (paginated pp.7-8).

Former Shelfmarks:

Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 34

Origin:

As appears in colophon on p.969 (and at close of باب الف ممدوده on p.978), copied by Mathurādās Khatrī, date not specified ; decoration, paper, etc. would suggest late 18th or early 19th century.

Ownership and History:

Title inscribed in pencil on upper pastedown "Buhare Ajum" ; glosses and occasional marginal corrections.

Contributor(s) / Included work(s):

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Scribe(s):

05 Mathurādās Khatrī, scribe. 05 متهراداس كهترى, ناسخ.

Former Owner(s):

Nuttall, Frank E., 1875-1943, former owner.

In Collection:

F. E. Nuttall Collection.

References:

Cat. Pers. MSS. Brit. Mus.,p.502