A hitherto unknown Persian manuscript of Hosayn Va¯ 'ez Ka¯šefi¯'s (d. 910/1504-05) Treatise on Ethics Ahla¯q-e mohseni¯ in the Dominican Priory in Vienna

Dennis Halft

doi:10.1163/187846412X631054

A hitherto unknown Persian manuscript of Hosayn Va¯ 'ez Ka¯šefi¯'s (d. 910/1504-05) Treatise on Ethics Ahla¯q-e mohseni¯ in the Dominican Priory in Vienna

Dennis Halft

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The previously unidentified manuscript, MS Cod. 366/262a, which is preserved in the private library of the Dominican Priory in Vienna, is a defective copy of Kama¯l al-Di¯n Hosayn Va¯'ez Ka¯šefi¯'s (d. 910/1504-05) Ahla¯q-e mohseni¯. Transcribed before 978/1570, this copy belongs among the early extant manuscripts of Ka¯šefi¯'s treatise on ethics and governance, originally composed at the Timurid court in Herat. The textual variations that appear in this manuscript when collated with one of the earliest existing copies, MS Diez A quart. 77 (dated 908/1503) held by the Berlin Staatsbibliothek, suggest that the text underwent several revisions which should be taken into account for any future edition that may be envisaged.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	103-115
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Islamic Manuscripts
Volume	3
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/187846412X631054
State	Published - 1 Jan 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Advice or edification literature
Ahla¯q
Ahla¯q-e mohseni¯
Ethics
Kama¯l al-Di¯n Hosayn Va¯'ez Ka¯šefi¯
Morals
Solta¯n Hosayn Bayqara¯
Timurids

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A hitherto unknown Persian manuscript of Hosayn Va¯ 'ez Ka¯šefi¯'s (d. 910/1504-05) Treatise on Ethics Ahla¯q-e mohseni¯ in the Dominican Priory in Vienna

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