Book of Counsels,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 4390D.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004365671
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000365671
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1839.
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Persian.
  • Physical Description
    • Contact NLW for more information.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

The Pand-namah or Book of Counsels by Sa'di of Shiraz (full name Musharrif ul-Din Muslih ibn'Abd Ullah) (d. 1291). Written in Nasta'liq, lapsing in places, especially in the margins, into Shikastah. Two columns to a page divided into four oblong compartments of irregular size. Headpiece and four illustrations in gold and colours. Borders and spaces between the lines in gold. Headings in red.

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Acquisition Information

John Price; Beulah, Breconshire; Purchase; March 1921

Note

Further manuscripts of the Pand-namah are NLW MSS 4396-7C (for which see NLW, Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts, Persian, Arabic, and Hindustani, compiled by Herman Ethé (Aberystwyth, 1916), pp. 12-13).

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 4390D.

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