The Free Man's Companion to the Niceties of Poems
Appearance
The Free Man's Companion to the Niceties of Poems (Persian: Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar, often shortened to Mu'nis al-ahrar) is an anthology of poems written in 1340/41 by the Persian poet and anthologist from Isfahan, Jajarmi.[2][3][2] The 1341 manuscript was probably made in Isfahan.[4]
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Horseriders in Mongol attire. Mu'nis al-ahrar, right frontispiece (fragment), 1341.[5]
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Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar; dated 741 AH/1340–41.[6]
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Mu'nis al-ahrar colophon with 1341 date.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Carboni 1994, p. 12.
- ^ a b Beelaert 2008, pp. 397–398.
- ^ "Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- ^ a b Carboni 1994.
- ^ Carboni 1994, p. 13.
- ^ "Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi | Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
Sources
[edit]- Beelaert, Anna Livia (2008). "Jājarmi". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume XIV/4: Jade III–Jamalzadeh, Mohammad-Ali II. Work. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 397–398. ISBN 978-1-934283-04-2.
- Carboni, Stefano (1994). Illustrated Poetry and Epic Images. Persian paintings of the 1330s and 1340s (PDF). New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.