Qaṣīdah - Persian manuscript - Public domain document scan

Elegies for the Shīʻah imāms.

Manuscript.

Persian.

Caption title.

Scribe not identified.

Possibly written in Iran.

Paper; light cream color laid paper with faint vertical laid lines and no visible chain lines or watermarks; black ink with rubrication; catchwords.

Nastaʻliq; 15 lines in written area 17.5 x 9.5 cm.

Fol. 1b-184b.

Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M130.

Binding; reddish brown leather, lightly varnished; with lighter red and dark red leather sides with a diamond pattern on front and back; five embossed medallions on spine; text block loose in binding.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

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01/01/1700

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