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The Ilkhanid Book of Precious Things

The Ilkhanid Book of Precious Things

Tangsūq-nāmah-i Īl-Khānī [تنسوق‌نامه ایلخانی
Book
Niẓāmī (attributed, 13th–14th century) The Ilkhanid Book of Precious Things. [Tangsūq-nāmah-i Īl-Khānī [تنسوق‌نامه ایلخانی]
Sinkankas/Born No.: NIS/NIB  |  Language: in Persian  |  not seen
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gems, Arabic lore, history, Arabic mineralogy,
Storey treats this as another recension, or possibly a similar independent work, of the Tansūq-nāmah-i Īl-khānī. The author is not normally named, although one manuscript inserts the name Niẓāmī. Its four sections cover 41–43 precious stones and other mineral substances; ten other precious products; eight perfumes; and ten or eleven fusible substances.