The work is a different version of the translation of Kalīlah va Dimnah by Abū al-Maʿalī Naṣr Allāh Munshī. In this edition, Vāʿiẓ Kāshifī has tried to replace the complex prose of Naṣr Allāh Munshī's translation and the Arabic proverbs and poetry with a simpler prose and Persian proverbs and poetry, in order to make it easier for some more classes of the society to understand the content of Kalīlah va Dimnah. In this way, he managed to create the book of Anvār-i Suhaylī, one of the most important literary and moral works. Vāʿiẓ Kāshifī prepared the book in 14 chapters and bequeathed it to Amīr Shaykh Aḥmad Suhaylī, one of the rulers in the Sulṭān Ḥusayn Bayqurā's court. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Title

The work is a different version of the translation of Kalīlah va Dimnah by Abū al-Maʿalī Naṣr Allāh Munshī. In this edition, Vāʿiẓ Kāshifī has tried to replace the complex prose of Naṣr Allāh Munshī's translation and the Arabic proverbs and poetry with a simpler prose and Persian proverbs and poetry, in order to make it easier for some more classes of the society to understand the content of Kalīlah va Dimnah. In this way, he managed to create the book of Anvār-i Suhaylī, one of the most important literary and moral works. Vāʿiẓ Kāshifī prepared the book in 14 chapters and bequeathed it to Amīr Shaykh Aḥmad Suhaylī, one of the rulers in the Sulṭān Ḥusayn Bayqurā's court. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Shelfmark

Wadh.Minasian 91

Place of origin

Unknown place of origin

Date

1831-11-22

Language

Persian

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Western paper (watermark), natural buff, varying thickness (thick, regular, thin), one size, glossy.

Physical extent

186 ff.

Hands

Shikastah-looking Nastiʿalīq (Arabic phrases in Naskh), several hands, regular. Marginalia in Shikastah-looking Nastiʿalīq. ʿAlīqulī ibn Murtiz̤á Qulī Afshār علیقلی ابن مرتضی قلی افشار

Decoration

Some words rubricated.

Acquisition

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

Subject

Fables, Persian

Fables, Sanskrit