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The Illustration of Mīrkhwānd's Tārīkh-i Rauḍat al-ṣafā, RAS Ms. P. 38 – CORRIGENDUM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2022

Charles Melville
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 32 , Special Issue 4: Studies in Honour of Barbara Brend , October 2022 , e2
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The celebrated universal Islamic history, Mīrkhwānd's Tārīkh-i Rauḍat al-ṣafā, written in Herat in the late Timurid period, became a model for later Persian histories, but has not yet been the subject of any substantial critical analysis as a work of historical literature, or in terms of its manuscript transmission. Although numerous copies exist of different volumes of the text, only a handful have been illustrated, providing another dimension to the reception and ‘reading’ of the chronicle. This paper focuses on the fourth volume of Mīrkhwānd's history, on the Persian dynasties up to the rise of Timur, four copies of which have been illustrated, among them the Royal Asiatic Society's manuscript no. P. 38. After detailing the ten pictures in the manuscript, the article concludes with a discussion of their character and purpose.

Keywords: Mīrkhwānd, Herat, ‘Alī Shīr Navā’ī, Timurid, Sulṭān-Ḥusain-i Bāyqarā, Persian history, Sir Charles Warre Malet

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