Studying the Codicology and Bibliographic Content of Manuscripts with Bayaz Structure in the Qajar Period (Case study: Nlai Library)

Document Type : Original Article

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Master's degree in Iranology, specialization in manuscripts. Iranology Foundation. Shahid Beheshti University. Tehran. Iran.

Abstract
Objectives: Our goal in this research is to examine the Codicology and bibliographic elements of Qajar Bayaz, as well as to examine the most frequent content-related elements in the structure of the Qajar Bayaz under study.
Research Method: The method of this research is a descriptive-survey method with qualitative content analysis.
Achievements of the article: Among the 39 manuscripts with Bayaz structure and with the date of writing of the Qajar period, most of them are without an author and all of them are without a date of writing. And the subject of supplication has the most frequency among other subjects. Most of these Bayazes have no scribe and place of writing and their covers are often leather with tīmāj and without decoration. Also, in these Bayazes, the broken Nastaliq script is the most frequent compared to other scripts. And most of the time, their paper type is foreign. Most of the Bayaz are in the form of various materials collected from several sources or simply writings, and they were mainly in the form of booklets that accompanied the person on a journey, part of which was left without writing, to complete it during the journeys, and their content was diverse and varied. Because the Bayaz were mainly in the form of booklets that accompanied the person on a journey, and the use of Timaj covers was more widely used than other leather covers due to its flexibility, abundance, cheapness, and availability, they were not decorated. The use of Farangi paper was more widely used due to the prevalence of this type of paper in this period and its availability. The use of the Nastaliq script in these Bayaz was more widespread due to the position of this type of script in the Qajar period.

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