Four Treasures Reference Database
Record No. 29519
Book of Precious Stones
Jawāhir-nāmah جواهرنامه
Manuscript
al-Nīshābūrī, F.a.-D.M.i.A.a.-B.a.-J. (1196) Book of Precious Stones. [Jawāhir-nāmah جواهرنامه]
Sinkankas/Born No.: NIS/NIB | Language: in Persian | not seen
gems, Arabic lore, history, Arabic mineralogy,
The earliest work listed by Storey in his section on mineralogy. Storey records it as a Jawāhir-nāmah composed in 592 AH/1196 but gives no manuscript and provides no description of its contents.