Walters Ms. W.652, Marvels of the worldGharāʾib al-dunyāغرائب الدنيا<note type="title" xml:id="n236.071951">Other manuscripts have the title ʿAjāʾib al-dunyā</note>Fakhr al-Dīn Ḥamzah ibn ʿAlī Āẕarīفخر الدين حمزة بن علي آذرىPrincipal 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 an abridged metrical paraphrase of the second maqālah of ʿAjāʾib al-makhlūqāt (The wonders of creation) by Zakariyāʾ al-Qazwīnī (d. 682 AH / 1283 CE) with additions from other sources by Fakhr al-Dīn Ḥamzah ibn ʿAlī Āẕarī (d. 866 AH / 1461-2 CE). The text was copied in Herat (in present-day Afghanistan) in 1022 AH / 1613 CE in the library of the governor of Khurasan Ḥusayn Khān Shāmlū-yi Bīklirbīkī (Beglerbegi). The manuscript is illustrated with fourteen paintings in an early Safavid style from the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE. The present binding is not original to the manuscript.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.652The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.fols. 1b - 214aGharāʾib al-dunyāغرائب الدنيا<note type="title" xml:id="n236.072000">Other manuscripts have the title ʿAjāʾib al-dunyā</note>ابتدا ميكنم به سم الله...dar Dār al-Ṣaltanah-’i Harāt dar Kitāb- /1/ Khānah-i Navāb-i mustaṭāb-i muʿallá-alqāb gardun- /2/ rikāb Ḥusayn Khān Shāmlū-yi Bīklirbīkī-yi /3/ vilāyat-i Khurāsān bi-tārīkh-i 22 /4/ shahr-i Rajab al-murajjab sanah-i 1022 /5/ ṣūrat-i taḥrīr /6/ yāft /7/Gives the date and place of copying

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Framing lines in blue, gold, red, and greenWritten in nastaʿlīq script in black with chapter headings in whiteFourteen illustrations; incipit page with illuminated headpiece (fol. 1b); illuminated chapter/section headings; framing lines in blue, gold, red, and greenIncipit page with illuminated headpieceIncipit; headpieceThis incipit page with illuminated headpiece has a purchase note in the right margin dated 1305 AH / 1887-8 CE.A prince entertained in a gardenIllustrationA foxhunting sceneIllustrationA man watching two copulating horsesIllustrationA group of people in a mountainous landscapeIllustrationA fishing sceneIllustrationMen with long ears (?)IllustrationA princely couple entertainedIllustrationMen watching a whaleIllustrationMen watching a black demonIllustrationA group of people looking at the wāqwāq treeIllustrationA mongoose being observed by a group of peopleIllustrationMen watching herons in flightIllustrationA prince entertainedIllustrationA rhinoceros stabbing an elephantIllustration

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22 Rajab 1022 AH / 1613 CEHerat (present-day Afghanistan)Purchase note: Acquired for Aṣghar ʿAlī by his father Ḥusayn for 310 tomans, dated 1305 AH / 1887-8 CE (fol. 1b)Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequestRelevant WorksStorey, C. A. Persian Literature: A Bio-Bibliographical Survey, Vol. 2. (London: Luzac, 1927- ), 126-127.Grube, Ernst J. and Maria Alberta Fabris. Muslim Miniature Paintings from the XIII to XIX Century from Collections in the United States and Canada: Catalogue of the Exhibition. (Venezia: N. Pozza, 1962), 122-3.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 -- PoetryPhilosophicalAstrologicalSufiEnglishBookCodexColophonCosmologyHistoryIlluminationIllustrationIslamicManuscriptPersianSafavidWalters Art MuseumAfghanistanLiterature -- Poetry