The Coronation of the Great Šišlam

COMMENTARY ON THE CORONATION OF THE GREAT ŠIŠLAM

THE COLOPHON

This is the Šarh of the Coronation of the Great Šišlam which I (who am) poor and least of all my brethren, have copied. I am Zihrun son of Yahia-Yuhana son of Hawa-Simat, and my grand-father (šiduiai) was Baktiar-Mhatam-Yuhana son of Yasmin. And my father (was) Karam son of Safar son of Mašad son of Našmia son of Karam son of Haiat of the Sabur family. I copied from a šahr belonging to his father (?) (walidh) and its latter part was newly written. He had no copies. Whatever was written on it (in it) I wrote down, I wrote whatsoever was written. Life is victorious over all Works! Thus was set in order and brought to a successful conclusion this Šarh d-Šišlam-Rba the Great’s Coronation, to (the glory of?) the name of Life and in the Sign of Manda (d-Hiia), and for the names of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš, blessed and lauded be their names in the Great Place, the House of Perfection. I sealed (finished) it on the fifth day of the week in the fifth month, Mid-Autumn, which is Kanun, Sagittarius in the year of (i.e. which began on) Wednesday, that it (in) Adar, Pisces, in the year 1289 according to Arab compu-tation—may the world founder upon them and may Manda-d-Hiia make their fury against the great Stem of Souls come to naught! (I copied it) in Muhammerah, by the waters of the Karun, in the house of Msalam son of ‘Ustad (Craftsman) Maqsud son of ‘Aziz son of Karam son of ‘Eidia son of Karam son of Arzadin known as Yuhana, in the jurisdiction (hukum) of Hajji Jabir of Šuštar and Dizful. And they say that Shah Zadah was ‘kitia (?) on the road (b’uhra, or “at last”?) —how, no-one rightly knows!  ) And the governor of Persia was Nasreddin Shah, son of Muham-mad Shah son of Abbas-Mirza son of Fath-‘Ali Shah. Verily Life existeth  ) (so?) rejoice eternally! Everything is fleeting and lacking but prayer and praise! Life is victorious over all works!  )

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