The Kurdish national epic Mam û Zîn, originally composed by Ehmed Xanî. A masnavi poem on themes of love. The manuscript has been foliated to begin from f. 3v, the start of the masnavi. Folios 1r-3r contain couplets and various graffiti in nastaliq, some of them dated from 1225 AH (1810-11 CE), others from 1243 AH (1827-28 CE). Marginalia in various hands occurs throughout the manuscript, in both Kurmanji Kurdish and Persian. Folio 107r (labeled as 105r) contains a brief colophon, as well as a series of 15 seals with the names of individuals written below them. A small ownership seal can also be found on f. 108v. The manuscript was copied in 1221 AH (1806-07 CE) by ᵓabd al-Bāqī bī-Talqīn and sponsored by Arjumand Ibrāhīm Khān.
Mam û Zîn - مام و زین
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- Reference
- GB 59 Or 11996
- Dates of Creation
- 1221
- Language of Material
- Kurdish Persian
- Physical Description
- 1 text 108 ff Materials : thick cream paper. Dimensions : 224 mm x 165 mm. Foliation : Western and Persian. Ruling : Main text within text boxes of the dimensions 161 mm x 108 mm. Script : Main text in Nasih, with marginalia and graffiti in Nastᵓaliq. Ink : Primarily black ink with rare usage of red ink for illumination or marginalia. Binding : Original maroon morocco binding with stamped cartouches on both boards and the flap. Traces of gold leaf still visible in the cartouches.
Scope and Content
Access Information
Not Public Record(s)
Unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the British Library in 1951.
Other Finding Aids
Formerly Or.14.C.g