A FIRMAN OF SHAH ISMA`IL I SAFAVI KHATA`I (D. 1524)

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A FIRMAN OF SHAH ISMA'IL I SAFAVI KHATA'I (D. 1524)

SAFAVID TABRIZ, IRAN, DATED 25 SAFAR AH 914 / 4 JULY 1508 AD

A decree issued by Shah Isma'il I Safavi Khata'i transferring ownership of the Bagh-i Khan Ahmad garden in Tabriz to his brother Sayyid Sulayman Mirza, Persian manuscript on paper with 12ll., black shikasteh, key words picked out in gold, with seal impression dated AH 908 / 1502-3 AD, the reverse with annotations, mounted, framed and glazed

19 x 9in. (48.3 x 23cm)





Provenance

Adrian David Hugh Bivar, Professor of Iranian Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, by 1965,

From whom acquired by the present owner, 1983



Literature

B.G. Martin, "Seven Safavid Documents from Azarbaijan" in S. M. Stern (ed.) Documents from Islamic Chanceries, Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1965, pp. 171-180, pl. LIII

T. M. Musavi, Orta asr Azarbaijan tarikhina dair farsdilli sanadlar (XVI-XVIII), Baku: Elm, 1977, pp. 190-191.



Inscribed

[1] He is God, extol Him!
[2] In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful!
[3] O 'Ali!
[4] Judgement is God's alone!
[5] Abu'l-Muzaffar Isma'il Bahadur, Our Order (sozumuz)!
[6] At this time we have decreed that the garden of Khan Amhad, situated in the capital (dar al-saltane) of Tabriz,
[7] and the gardens which have been in the possession of the excellent sayyid-like person, auspicious and beloved brother (janab-i-siyadat ma'ab, sa'adat-qibab-i ukhuwwat-habab),
[8] Glory of Sayyids and Religion, Sayyid Sulayman Mirza, should belong to him, according to the former precedent (dastur), and should pass into the possession of his representatives (wukala).
[9] No other person should enter there. The darughe, kalantars, and mutasaddis of the affairs of the diwan of the aforesaid capital should consider it an established matter, according to what is written here.
[10] [In this repsect, as long as the exalted and dignified ('ali-janab-i imarat-ma'ab) Jumlat al-Mulk, Kamal al-Dawla wa'l-Iqbal, Husayn Beg Lala has not taken possession.]
[11] No person should interfere; nor should they make any alteration in what has been decreed; they should consider it their obligation. Written on -
[12] It should pass into their possession at this time. Searches must not be undertaken. No further remarks (bida)]
[13] the 25th of the month of Safar 914/25 June 1508
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