拍品 285
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FARID AL-DIN 'ATTAR (D. CIRCA 1221 AD): MANTIQ AL-TAYR
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FARID AL-DIN 'ATTAR (D. CIRCA 1221 AD): MANTIQ AL-TAYR

SAFAVID IRAN, DATED BEGINNING OF RABI' II AH 941/OCTOBER 1534 AD

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FARID AL-DIN 'ATTAR (D. CIRCA 1221 AD): MANTIQ AL-TAYR
SAFAVID IRAN, DATED BEGINNING OF RABI' II AH 941/OCTOBER 1534 AD
The famous allegorical poem of 'Attar, Persian manuscript on paper, 155ff. plus five fly-leaves, each folio with 17ll. of black nasta'liq script arranged in two columns, titles in red nasta'liq script, with occasional marginal notes, catchwords, colophon dated, with old German stamp "Pers. Zeitung Kaveh", ex libris of D.S.Robertson and various older owner's notes, in fine black stamped morocco binding with flap
Folio 8.1/8 x 4¾in. (20.7 x 12.3cm.)
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Mantiq al-Tayr is the greatest work of one of the earliest Persian mystic poets, 'Attar. It is a parable describing the spiritual journey of birds, all of which have human traits and failings. Under the leadership of a Hoopoe they journey to find the legendary Simurgh. The birds represent Sufi pilgrims and the Simurgh God, the 'truth'. Each time the birds seek to excuse themselves from their quest, the Hoopoe confronts them with further allegorical stories to encourage their perseverance. Eventually the thirty birds that stay find that the Simurgh is within themselves - si murgh in fact translates as 'thirty birds'.