Panjāh bāb-i sulṭānī : manuscript, undated

According to the colophon (f. 76r), written on 5 Shawwāl 860 AH [September 5, 1456 AD]. There is a note in a later hand that says, "Hādhā al-kitāb bi-khaṭṭ al-muʼallif" (f. 75r).

The author dedicated the book to the Timurid ruler of Herat Abū al-Qāsim Bābur Bahādur Khān (d. 861 AH [1456 or 57 AD]) (f. 3v).

Written in one column, 15 lines per page, in black and red.

Bound in black leather ; leaves are now loose and separated from the binding.

Seals of Quṭb al-Dīn ibn Sulṭān Muḥammad and Karīm Qulī (dated 1195 AH [1780 or 81 AD]) (f. 1r). A few other seals cannot be read. Ownership statements by Karīm Qulī (dated 1198 AH [1783 or 84 AD], A.G. Ellis (f. 1r) and Quṭb al-Dīn ibn Sulṭān Muḥammad ibn Shāh Muḥammad Qāyinī (?) (f. 75r). Another ownership statement is dated 27 Ṣafar 1150 AH [Dec. 20, 1737 AD].

MS Persian 33. Houghton Library, Harvard University.

In Persian.