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Giridhar Dās, Rāmāyan of Giridhar Dās

[Preliminary Entry] Giridhar Dās composed a versified Persian Rāmāyan during Jahangir’s reign (1605-1627). Giridhar Dās dedicated his work to Jahangir, although whether the emperor received it is unknown. The work has been little studied but appears to cast the epic as a hero’s tale.

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i) Place of copying; ii) Period of copying; iii) Copyist; iv) Commissioner;
v) Information on colophon; vi) Description of miniatures/illustrations; vii) Other remarks; viii) Information on catalogue(s)
Manuscripts: 

London, British Library, Or. 1251

, i) Benares, ii)

1 Jumada, 1804 (AD)

, viii)

Rieu, vol. 1, p. 56

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London, British Library, IO Islamic 803

, ii)

15 Ṣafar 1136/1723

, viii)

Ethe, Vol. 1, no. 1965

.

London, British Library, IO Islamic 1694

, viii)

Ethe, vol. 1, no. 1966

.

Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, Supplement persan 18

, ii)

1132/1719-20

, viii)

Blochet, vol. 1, pp. 181-182, no. 221

.

Lahore, Lal Chand Library, 384 pages

, ii)

1836

, vii)

described by Sharma 1993

.


Bibliography:

Sharma, Sri Ram, 1933, “A Little Known Persian Version of the Ramayan,” Islamic Culture, 7, pp. 673–678.

Rieu, Charles, 1879-1883, Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 3 vols, London, British Museum.

Ethe, Hermann, 1903, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, vol. 1, Oxford, India Office.

Blochet, E., 1905-1934, Catalogue des Manuscrits Persans de la Bibliotheque Nationale, 4 vols, Paris, Imprimerie nationale.


 
Work in verses
Main Persian Title: Rāmāyan of Giridhar Dās
Translator: Giridhar Dās
Original Sources:
Alternative Title(s):
Rām-nāma
Mathnavī-i Rāmāyan
Year / Period of Composition: 1033/1623-1624
Incipit:

ثنا و شکر آن بخشنده جانرا / پدید آورد کوهر دو حهانرا

Dedicatee: Jahangir