Walters Ms. W.648, Epic of TimurTīmūrnāmah-i Hātifīتيمورنامه هاتفى<note type="title" xml:id="n288.035493">Also known as Ẓafarnāmah-i Hātifī</note>Hātifī, d. 1520 or 1ʿAbd Allāh Hātifīعبد الله هاتفيAuthor dates preferred by cataloger: d. 927 AH / 1520 CEscribePīr ʿAlī al-Jāmīپير علي الجاميPrincipal catalogerGacek, AdamCatalogerLandau, AmyCatalogerSmith, SitaEditorBockrath, DianeContributorBarrera, ChristinaContributorEmery, DougContributorHerbert, LynleyContributorNoel, WilliamContributorSimpson, ShreveContributorTabritha, ArielContributorToth, Michael B.ContributorValle, ChiaraConservatorJewell, StephanieConservatorQuandt, AbigailThe Walters Art Museum

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This is a Safavid illuminated and illustrated copy of the History of Timur (Tamerlane) (r. 706 AH / 1370 CE -- 807 AH / 1405 CE), known as Tīmūrnāmah or Ẓafarnāmah, composed by ʿAbd Allāh Hātifī (d. 927 AH / 1520 CE) and written in imitation of Niẓāmī’s Iskandarnāmah. It was copied by Pīr ʿAlī al-Jāmī in the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE. The manuscript opens with a double-page illuminated frontispiece (fols. 4b-5a) and is illustrated with two paintings (fols. 37a and 75b). One painting depicts Timur at court and the other portrays Timur defeating the Khan of the Kipchaqs. The green leather binding with inner boards lined with ikat textile is attributable to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.648The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.fols. 1b - 166aTīmūrnāmah-i Hātifīتيمورنامه هاتفى<note type="title" xml:id="n288.035547">Also known as Ẓafarnāmah-i Hātifī</note>بنام خداۓ کہ فكر خرد...Main text preceded by a table of contents (fihrist) by a later hand (fols. 1b-2b), which gives the title of the chapter, the page number, and part of the first versescribekatabahu al-ʿabd Pīr ʿAlī al-Jāmī /1/ tajawāza Allāh ʿanhu /2/In Arabic, giving the name of the scribe only

Laid paper

Foliation: ii+166+i23.514.016.07.5Two sets of earlier foliations in Hindu-Arabic numerals, one in black and one in red

Written obliquely on versos

Written in nastaʿlīq script in black ink with captions in gold and redTwo illustrations; double-page illuminated frontispiece (fols. 4b-5a)BindingBindingThis green leather binding is attributable to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE.Upper board insideBindingThe inner boards of this green leather binding are lined with ikat textile. It is attributable to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE.Double-page illuminated frontispieceFrontispiece; incipitThis is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece, introducing the text.Double-page illuminated frontispieceFrontispiece; incipitThis is the left side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece, introducing the text.A court scene with Timur and his maiden from KhwarezmIllustrationTimur defeating the Khan of the KipchaqsIllustration

Attributable to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE; green leather (no flap); blind-stamped central oval and pendants; inner boards lined with ikat textile

10th century AH / 16th CEIranSeal impression: al-ʿabd Yār …[?] ibn Aq Muḥammad, dated 1019 AH / 1610-11 CE (fol. 166a)Date: Rajab 1269 AH / 1853 CE (fol. 4a)Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequestRelevant WorksSimsar, Muhammed Ahmed. Oriental Manuscripts of the John Frederick Lewis Collection in the Free Library of Philadelphia: A Descriptive Catalogue with Forty-eight Illustrations. (Philadelphia: Free Library of Philadelphia, 1937), no. 43.Richard, Francis. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1989), nos. 232-4.ArtMedicineMuseumPoetryScriptMuhammad, the ProphetRomaniaKashmiriHorsesWalters Art MuseumBlockbookDocumentGeneologyAstrologyDevotionHistoryLegalLiterature -- PoetryLiterature -- ProseLiturgyPhilosophyScienceScience -- MedicineScriptureSufismTheologyMineralogyLogicGeographyGeomancyCosmologyCartographyFortune-tellingKoranQur`anFirmanPalimpsestPrayerBibleGospelsPsalterMissalLectionaryBook of HoursAntiphonaryPrayerbookHomilaryProcessionalHorologionBreviaryHymnalChroniclePsalter/HoursMaghrebSub-Saharan (West) AfricaTurkeyAfghanistanCentral Arab Lands (Near East)Central AsiaEgyptEnglandIndiaIranIraqPakistanGermanyFranceAustriaNetherlandsEthiopiaArmeniaFlandersGreeceMamlukMughalOttomanOttonianArmenianByzantineAbbasidQajarRajputChristianArabicAustrianDutchEgyptianFatimidGermanIndianIslamicPersianSafavidTimuridTurkishUmayyadEnglishFrenchFlemishEthiopianCarolingianCalligraphyChartsColophonHeadpieceIlluminationIllustrationMedallionMiniatureOrnamentPainting'Kufic'Early Abbasid scriptRaginiRomanesqueGothicWatermarkTreasure BindingGrotesquesHistoriated initialInhabited initialCarolingian MinusculeGothic Book handWhite-vine letteringEnglish secretaryTexturaBatardaHumanisticUncialAccordion bookAlbumBookCodexManuscriptHeraldrySaint's LifeDrawingGrisailleOriginal BindingBindingNew Abbasid stylecharter8th Century9th Century10th Century11th Century12th Century13th Century14th Century15th Century16th Century17th Century18th Century19th Century20th CenturyLiturgicalDevotionalScripturalTheologicalLegalHistoricalScientificScientific -- MedicalLiterary -- ProseLiterary -- PoetryPhilosophicalAstrologicalSufiEnglishBookCalligraphyCodexColophonHistoryIlluminationIllustrationIranIslamicManuscriptPersianSafavidWalters Art Museum