This treatise is a collective biography of poets, with samples of their poetry, in an introduction and seven 'classes'. The introduction is about Arab poets, the first class covers from Rūdakī to ʿImād Zūzanī, the second class from Ḥakīm Arzaqī to Sayf Isfarangī, the third class from Niẓāmī Ganjavī to ʿAbd al-Qādir Nāʾīnī, the fourth class from Shaykh Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār to Amīr Maydān Kirmānī, the fifth class from Khvājah ʿImād Faqīh Kirmānī to Khvājah ʿAbd al-Malik Samarqandī, the sixth class from Sayid Niʿmat Allāh Valī to Ṭāl Jājarḥī, and the seventh class from Amīr Shāhī Sabzivārī to Khvājah Maḥmūd Barsah. The conclusion is about six poets contemporary to the author. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Title

This treatise is a collective biography of poets, with samples of their poetry, in an introduction and seven 'classes'. The introduction is about Arab poets, the first class covers from Rūdakī to ʿImād Zūzanī, the second class from Ḥakīm Arzaqī to Sayf Isfarangī, the third class from Niẓāmī Ganjavī to ʿAbd al-Qādir Nāʾīnī, the fourth class from Shaykh Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār to Amīr Maydān Kirmānī, the fifth class from Khvājah ʿImād Faqīh Kirmānī to Khvājah ʿAbd al-Malik Samarqandī, the sixth class from Sayid Niʿmat Allāh Valī to Ṭāl Jājarḥī, and the seventh class from Amīr Shāhī Sabzivārī to Khvājah Maḥmūd Barsah. The conclusion is about six poets contemporary to the author. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Shelfmark

Wadh.Minasian 62

Place of origin

Unknown place of origin

Date

15th century

Language

Persian

Contents

Support

Oriental paper, dark buff, regular thickness, one size, glossy.

Physical extent

264 + 1 ff.

Hands

Graceful Naskh, one hand, regular. Some lines are rewritten on the initial and final folios. The name of the scribe is noted on the end paper 1 incompletely as این کتاب به خط میرزا […] است.

Decoration

Rubricated script for titles, names of poets, and the words بیت and له.

Acquisition

Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.

Subject

Poets, Persian--Biography

Poets, Persian--747-1500