Calligrapher's sample book. - Persian manuscript
Calligrapher's sample book. Manuscript. Persian. Title supplied by cataloger. Calligrapher's name at end of each leaf. Written in Afghanistan. Paper; thick light blue paper borders; with outer ruled border in g... More
Unidentified Persian work on hadith
Commentary on hadith. Manuscript. Persian. Title supplied by cataloger. Scribe not indicated. Written in India. Paper; slightly yellowed thin, commercial paper with no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrica... More
Durrat al-tāj - Persian manuscript
Shiite prayer book; consists of prayers to be said on the visitation of Caliph ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib's tomb. Manuscript. Persian and Arabic. Title from folio 1a. Fol. 6a: Ibn Rustam Khān Ṣafī Qulī. Probabl... More
Gulistān - Persian manuscript - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Fragmentary , highly decorated and illuminated copy of Saʻdī's Gulistān Manuscript. Persian Title from container. Scribe not identified. Probably written in Central Asia. Paper; heavy cream color laid paper l... More
Tuḥfat al-muʼminīn - Persian manuscript
Work on materia medica dedicated to the Safavid Shāh Sulaymān. Manuscript. Persian. Title from fol. 2a. Scribe not identified. Written in India. Paper; tan color laid paper with no visible chain lines or wate... More
Kitāb-i mazāmīr-i Ḥaz̤rat-i Dāvīd = Sefer Tehilim : tefilah le-Daṿid
Text of Sefer Tehillim [Book of Psalms] in Hebrew with interlinear Persian translation. Ms. In Persian and Hebrew. Produced in Tehran, Iran; edited by ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd Mʻaṣūmī Tihrānī; illumination by Mahdi... More
Pādishāhnāmah - Persian manuscript
Contains a biography of Shāhjahān from his birth through the first 10 years of his reign by Qazvīnī. This work is followed by the second and third parts of Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh's ʻAmāl-i Ṣāliḥ's h... More
Iʻtiqādnāmah - Persian manuscript
Statement of Shiite creed in Persian. Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Label on page 3 of cover: "Class 895 no. 202, Amherst College Library, 8706, presented by J.L. Merrick; withdrawn 11/21/27." Name of scr... More
Kitāb-i mazāmīr-i Ḥaz̤rat-i Dāvīd = Sefer Tehilim : tefilah le-Daṿid
Text of Sefer Tehillim [Book of Psalms] in Hebrew with interlinear Persian translation. Ms. In Persian and Hebrew. Produced in Tehran, Iran; edited by ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd Mʻaṣūmī Tihrānī; illumination by Mahdi... More
Unnamed Sufi treatise - Persian manuscript
Untitled Sufi text on meditation containing both poetry and prose. Manuscript. Persian; colophon in Arabic. Title supplied by cataloger. Written by ʻAlī al-Ḥusaynī (calligrapher)--Colophon. Probably written ... More
Collection of choicest poems - Persian manuscript
Incomplete collection of poems. Manuscript. Persian. Title from container. Name of scribe not indicated Written in Iran. Paper; dark cream-colored laid paper with no visible chain-lines or watermarks; text encl... More
Gulistān - Persian manuscript - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Fragmentary , highly decorated and illuminated copy of Saʻdī's Gulistān Manuscript. Persian Title from container. Scribe not identified. Probably written in Central Asia. Paper; heavy cream color laid paper l... More
Ḥikāyat-i Sayf al-Mulūk va Badīʻ al-Jamāl
Tale of Sayf al-Mulūk and Badiʼʻ al-Jamāl, also recorded in an Arabic version in the Arabian Nights. Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon. Written by Badīʻ al-Dīn valad-i Kamāl al-Dīn ibn Rukn al-Dīn... More
Essays on entertainment - Persian manuscript
Illustrated erotic work. Manuscript. Persian. Title from paper label on spine. Scribe not identified. Written in Hyderabad, India. Paper; beige, rather stiff, heavy paper; the script is in black and red and the... More
Pādishāhnāmah - Persian manuscript
Contains a biography of Shāhjahān from his birth through the first 10 years of his reign by Qazvīnī. This work is followed by the second and third parts of Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh's ʻAmāl-i Ṣāliḥ's h... More
Shāhnāmah - Persian manuscript - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Name of scribe or scribes not indicated. Purchase Written in Kashmir, India. Paper; light-cream paper; four colums per pate with triple-ruled frames of black, blue, and gold;... More
Khāvarānʹnāmah - Persian manuscript
Long poem on the Caliph ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib. Manuscript. Persian. [Source of title] [Statement of responsibility] Written in Iran or India. Paper; fine quality, cream-colored, thin, and polished; script is i... More
Kitāb-i mazāmīr-i Ḥaz̤rat-i Dāvīd = Sefer Tehilim : tefilah le-Daṿid
Text of Sefer Tehillim [Book of Psalms] in Hebrew with interlinear Persian translation. Ms. In Persian and Hebrew. Produced in Tehran, Iran; edited by ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd Mʻaṣūmī Tihrānī; illumination by Mahdi... More
Qaṣīdah - Persian manuscript - Public domain document scan
Elegies for the Shīʻah imāms. Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Possibly written in Iran. Paper; light cream color laid paper with faint vertical laid lines and no visible chain lines... More
Excerpts from classical Persian poetry
Selection of poems from classical Persian poets. Manuscript. Persian. Title from container. Scribe not identified. Written in Iran. Paper; very thin, polished white laid paper with no visible chain lines or wat... More
Tuḥfat al-muʼminīn - Persian manuscript
Work on materia medica dedicated to the Safavid Shāh Sulaymān. Manuscript. Persian. Title from fol. 2a. Scribe not identified. Written in India. Paper; tan color laid paper with no visible chain lines or wate... More
Gulistān - Persian manuscript - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Fragmentary , highly decorated and illuminated copy of Saʻdī's Gulistān Manuscript. Persian Title from container. Scribe not identified. Probably written in Central Asia. Paper; heavy cream color laid paper l... More
Iʻtiqādnāmah - Persian manuscript
Statement of Shiite creed in Persian. Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Label on page 3 of cover: "Class 895 no. 202, Amherst College Library, 8706, presented by J.L. Merrick; withdrawn 11/21/27." Name of scr... More
Unidentified Persian work on hadith
Commentary on hadith. Manuscript. Persian. Title supplied by cataloger. Scribe not indicated. Written in India. Paper; slightly yellowed thin, commercial paper with no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrica... More
Pādishāhnāmah - Persian manuscript
Contains a biography of Shāhjahān from his birth through the first 10 years of his reign by Qazvīnī. This work is followed by the second and third parts of Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh's ʻAmāl-i Ṣāliḥ's h... More
Collection of choicest poems - Persian manuscript
Incomplete collection of poems. Manuscript. Persian. Title from container. Name of scribe not indicated Written in Iran. Paper; dark cream-colored laid paper with no visible chain-lines or watermarks; text encl... More
Az̲ān-i ṣuḥb - Persian manuscript
Manuscript. Persian and Arabic. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Gift of A.A. Kachif, Nov. 20, 1930. Written in Iran. Paper; thick, polished light cream color paper with no watermarks; elaborate floral unw... More
Gulistān - Persian manuscript - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Fragmentary , highly decorated and illuminated copy of Saʻdī's Gulistān Manuscript. Persian Title from container. Scribe not identified. Probably written in Central Asia. Paper; heavy cream color laid paper l... More
Excerpts from classical Persian poetry
Selection of poems from classical Persian poets. Manuscript. Persian. Title from container. Scribe not identified. Written in Iran. Paper; very thin, polished white laid paper with no visible chain lines or wat... More
Gūlistān, taṣnīf-i Ḥaz̤rat Shaykh Saʻdī Shīrāzī
Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon. Name of scribe not indicated. Probably written in India. Paper: thick cream color Indian paper; no borders; black ink with rubrication; catchwords on rectos. Nastaʻliq;... More
Anvār-i Suhaylī - Persian manuscript
Persian translation of Kalīlah va Dimna Manuscript. Persian. No title; identified on the basis of other manuscripts of the same work. Name of scribe not indicated. "George Gore, Sept. 23d, 1806"--Flyleaf. Writ... More
Excerpts from classical Persian poetry
Selection of poems from classical Persian poets. Manuscript. Persian. Title from container. Scribe not identified. Written in Iran. Paper; very thin, polished white laid paper with no visible chain lines or wat... More
Unnamed Sufi treatise - Persian manuscript
Untitled Sufi text on meditation containing both poetry and prose. Manuscript. Persian; colophon in Arabic. Title supplied by cataloger. Written by ʻAlī al-Ḥusaynī (calligrapher)--Colophon. Probably written ... More
Essays on entertainment - Persian manuscript
Illustrated erotic work. Manuscript. Persian. Title from paper label on spine. Scribe not identified. Written in Hyderabad, India. Paper; beige, rather stiff, heavy paper; the script is in black and red and the... More
Excerpts from classical Persian poetry
Selection of poems from classical Persian poets. Manuscript. Persian. Title from container. Scribe not identified. Written in Iran. Paper; very thin, polished white laid paper with no visible chain lines or wat... More
Kitāb-i mazāmīr-i Ḥaz̤rat-i Dāvīd = Sefer Tehilim : tefilah le-Daṿid
Text of Sefer Tehillim [Book of Psalms] in Hebrew with interlinear Persian translation. Ms. In Persian and Hebrew. Produced in Tehran, Iran; edited by ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd Mʻaṣūmī Tihrānī; illumination by Mahdi... More
Majmuʻah, or, Collection - Persian manuscript
A scholar's collection of bits of text, mostly in Persian with some Arabic, accompanied by extensive comments. Manuscript. Persian and Arabic. Title supplied by cataloger. Scribe/owner not identified. Written i... More
Calligrapher's sample book. - Persian manuscript
Calligrapher's sample book. Manuscript. Persian. Title supplied by cataloger. Calligrapher's name at end of each leaf. Written in Afghanistan. Paper; thick light blue paper borders; with outer ruled border in g... More
Kitāb-i mazāmīr-i Ḥaz̤rat-i Dāvīd = Sefer Tehilim : tefilah le-Daṿid
Text of Sefer Tehillim [Book of Psalms] in Hebrew with interlinear Persian translation. Ms. In Persian and Hebrew. Produced in Tehran, Iran; edited by ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd Mʻaṣūmī Tihrānī; illumination by Mahdi... More
Excerpts from classical Persian poetry
Selection of poems from classical Persian poets. Manuscript. Persian. Title from container. Scribe not identified. Written in Iran. Paper; very thin, polished white laid paper with no visible chain lines or wat... More
Tuḥfat al-muʼminīn - Persian manuscript
Work on materia medica dedicated to the Safavid Shāh Sulaymān. Manuscript. Persian. Title from fol. 2a. Scribe not identified. Written in India. Paper; tan color laid paper with no visible chain lines or wate... More
Majmuʻah, or, Collection - Persian manuscript
A scholar's collection of bits of text, mostly in Persian with some Arabic, accompanied by extensive comments. Manuscript. Persian and Arabic. Title supplied by cataloger. Scribe/owner not identified. Written i... More
Gulistān - Persian manuscript - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Fragmentary , highly decorated and illuminated copy of Saʻdī's Gulistān Manuscript. Persian Title from container. Scribe not identified. Probably written in Central Asia. Paper; heavy cream color laid paper l... More
Gulistān - Persian manuscript - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Fragmentary , highly decorated and illuminated copy of Saʻdī's Gulistān Manuscript. Persian Title from container. Scribe not identified. Probably written in Central Asia. Paper; heavy cream color laid paper l... More
Excerpts from classical Persian poetry
Selection of poems from classical Persian poets. Manuscript. Persian. Title from container. Scribe not identified. Written in Iran. Paper; very thin, polished white laid paper with no visible chain lines or wat... More
Ṭūṭīʹnāmah - Persian manuscript
Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon. Name of scribe not indicated. Probably written in India. Paper; cream-color laid paper of varying thickness, with no visible chain-lines or watermarks; black ink with r... More
Faqrʹnāmah, Islamic manuscript, Sufism
On Sufism, probably written in Afghanistan between 1772-1793 during the reign of Tīmūr Shāh Durrānī, 1742 or 1743-1793. Manuscript. "Risālah-ʼi qalamī-i Shaykh Abū al-Ḥasan Kharqānī"--Cover. In Persian.
Kitāb-i mazāmīr-i Ḥaz̤rat-i Dāvīd = Sefer Tehilim : tefilah le-Daṿid
Text of Sefer Tehillim [Book of Psalms] in Hebrew with interlinear Persian translation. Ms. In Persian and Hebrew. Produced in Tehran, Iran; edited by ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd Mʻaṣūmī Tihrānī; illumination by Mahdi... More
Collection of choicest poems - Persian manuscript
Incomplete collection of poems. Manuscript. Persian. Title from container. Name of scribe not indicated Written in Iran. Paper; dark cream-colored laid paper with no visible chain-lines or watermarks; text encl... More
Pādishāhnāmah - Persian manuscript
Contains a biography of Shāhjahān from his birth through the first 10 years of his reign by Qazvīnī. This work is followed by the second and third parts of Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh's ʻAmāl-i Ṣāliḥ's h... More
Pādishāhnāmah - Persian manuscript
Contains a biography of Shāhjahān from his birth through the first 10 years of his reign by Qazvīnī. This work is followed by the second and third parts of Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh's ʻAmāl-i Ṣāliḥ's h... More
Iʻtiqādnāmah - Persian manuscript
Statement of Shiite creed in Persian. Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Label on page 3 of cover: "Class 895 no. 202, Amherst College Library, 8706, presented by J.L. Merrick; withdrawn 11/21/27." Name of scr... More
Majmuʻah, or, Collection - Persian manuscript
A scholar's collection of bits of text, mostly in Persian with some Arabic, accompanied by extensive comments. Manuscript. Persian and Arabic. Title supplied by cataloger. Scribe/owner not identified. Written i... More
Collection of miscellaneous texts in Persian and Arabic inluding praye...
Collection of texts in Persian and Arabic, mostly unidentified, two works with titles are Bayaẓ-i Adʻiyah in praise of the Mogul hero Muḥammad Bahādūr Sirāj al-Dīn; and the other, al-Majlisī's Ḥulyat al... More
Majmuʻah, or, Collection - Persian manuscript
A scholar's collection of bits of text, mostly in Persian with some Arabic, accompanied by extensive comments. Manuscript. Persian and Arabic. Title supplied by cataloger. Scribe/owner not identified. Written i... More
Gulistān - Persian manuscript - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Manuscript. Persian; first 67 leaves have Turkish translation and there is a brief poem in Ottoman Turkish at end. Title based on comparison with printed editions of Saʻdī's Gulistān. Name of scribe not indic... More
Majmuʻah, or, Collection - Persian manuscript
A scholar's collection of bits of text, mostly in Persian with some Arabic, accompanied by extensive comments. Manuscript. Persian and Arabic. Title supplied by cataloger. Scribe/owner not identified. Written i... More
Waqiat-i-Nadiri (History of Nadir Shah)
Historical study of Iran and Afghanistan during the reign of Nādir Shāh, 1688-1747. Manuscript. Persian. Title from frontispiece. "The manuscript WAQA-I-NADIRI contains memoirs of Nadir Shah compiled by Moham... More
Calligrapher's sample book. - Persian manuscript
Calligrapher's sample book. Manuscript. Persian. Title supplied by cataloger. Calligrapher's name at end of each leaf. Written in Afghanistan. Paper; thick light blue paper borders; with outer ruled border in g... More
Unidentified Qajar-era poetry anthology
Fragmentary collection of poems and selections from poems. Manuscript. Persian. Title devised by cataloger. Scribe not identified. Written in Iran. Paper; Nastaʻliq and shikastah. [Collation] Library of Congres... More
Kitāb-i Saḥr-i hilāl - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Manuscript. Persian. Scribe not indicated. Written in Iran. Paper; fine, beige paper; manuscript opens with a pair of gorgeous illuminated opening pages, separated by tissue; black ink; extremely fine black scr... More
Pādishāhnāmah - Persian manuscript
Contains a biography of Shāhjahān from his birth through the first 10 years of his reign by Qazvīnī. This work is followed by the second and third parts of Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh's ʻAmāl-i Ṣāliḥ's h... More
Pādishāhnāmah - Persian manuscript
Contains a biography of Shāhjahān from his birth through the first 10 years of his reign by Qazvīnī. This work is followed by the second and third parts of Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh's ʻAmāl-i Ṣāliḥ's h... More
Pādishāhnāmah - Persian manuscript
Contains a biography of Shāhjahān from his birth through the first 10 years of his reign by Qazvīnī. This work is followed by the second and third parts of Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh's ʻAmāl-i Ṣāliḥ's h... More
Collection of Arabic religious and ascetic sayings and adages with Per...
Collection of Arabic religious and Sufi adages with Persian explanations following each adage. Manuscript. Persian and Arabic. Title devised by cataloger. Scribe not identified. Probably written in Iran. Paper;... More
Az̲ān-i ṣuḥb - Persian manuscript
Manuscript. Persian and Arabic. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Gift of A.A. Kachif, Nov. 20, 1930. Written in Iran. Paper; thick, polished light cream color paper with no watermarks; elaborate floral unw... More
Essays on entertainment - Persian manuscript
Illustrated erotic work. Manuscript. Persian. Title from paper label on spine. Scribe not identified. Written in Hyderabad, India. Paper; beige, rather stiff, heavy paper; the script is in black and red and the... More
Pādishāhnāmah - Persian manuscript
Contains a biography of Shāhjahān from his birth through the first 10 years of his reign by Qazvīnī. This work is followed by the second and third parts of Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh's ʻAmāl-i Ṣāliḥ's h... More
Shāhnāmah - Persian manuscript - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Name of scribe or scribes not indicated. Purchase Written in Kashmir, India. Paper; light-cream paper; four colums per pate with triple-ruled frames of black, blue, and gold;... More
Poems of Ḥāfiẓ - Persian manuscript
The poetical works of Ḥāfiẓ. Manuscript. Persian. Title supplied by cataloger. Text is incomplete and breaks off at fol. 160b. Name of scribe/scribes not indicated. Probably written in Central Asia. Paper; t... More
Pādishāhnāmah - Persian manuscript
Contains a biography of Shāhjahān from his birth through the first 10 years of his reign by Qazvīnī. This work is followed by the second and third parts of Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh's ʻAmāl-i Ṣāliḥ's h... More
Bāb al-dīn
In Persian. Preface signed: M. Youness. Label pasted on back cover: "Khayr Allāh Afandī kih az Masīḥīyat va baʻd az ʻAbd al-Bahāʼ murtadd shud". Probably written in Iran.
Iʻtiqādnāmah - Persian manuscript
Statement of Shiite creed in Persian. Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Label on page 3 of cover: "Class 895 no. 202, Amherst College Library, 8706, presented by J.L. Merrick; withdrawn 11/21/27." Name of scr... More
Shāhnāmah - Persian manuscript - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Name of scribe or scribes not indicated. Purchase Written in Kashmir, India. Paper; light-cream paper; four colums per pate with triple-ruled frames of black, blue, and gold;... More
Essays on entertainment - Persian manuscript
Illustrated erotic work. Manuscript. Persian. Title from paper label on spine. Scribe not identified. Written in Hyderabad, India. Paper; beige, rather stiff, heavy paper; the script is in black and red and the... More
Gulistān - Persian manuscript - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Manuscript. Persian; first 67 leaves have Turkish translation and there is a brief poem in Ottoman Turkish at end. Title based on comparison with printed editions of Saʻdī's Gulistān. Name of scribe not indic... More
Kitāb Rawḍat al-jannah - Persian manuscript
Biographies of both Sunni and Shiʻah Muslims. Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Name of scribe not indicated. Probably written in Iran. Former owner's signature, J. L. Merrick, A.B.C.F.M., on fol. 1a Paper; p... More
Dīvān-i Khvājah - Persian manuscript
Poems of Ḥāfiẓ. Manuscript. Persian. Title from label on spine. Written by Muḥammad Riz̤ā ibn-i ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz. Written in Iran. Paper: white, polished, Termeh laid paper; no visible chain-lines; text in b... More
Gulistān - Persian manuscript - Public domain document scan
Manuscript. Persian. Title determined by comparison with editions of Saʻdī's Gulistān. Written by ʻAbd al-Bārī Muḥammad Maḥmūd Lārī. Probably written in Iran. Date from colophon written in pencil in a ... More
Munājāt - Persian manuscript - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Munājāt (Supplication) of ʻAli ibn Abī Ṭālib. Manuscript. Arabic and Persian. Caption title. Paper; moderately heavy cream colored paper; elaborately illuminated; text in gold (folio 1b and 2a) 2b to end b... More
Pandnāmah. - Persian manuscript
Manuscript. Persian. Title based on comparison with printed edtions. Name of scribe not indicated. Probably written in Turkey. Papaer; light cream color lightly polished laid paper with horizontal chain lines a... More
Kitāb-i akhlāq al-muḥsinī
Text on fundamentals of Islamic ethics. Manuscript. Persian. Title and date from colophon. Scribe's name in colophon: Muḥammad Gaws̲. Bookplate of former owner, Thomas Munro, page 2 of cover. Probably written ... More
Gulshan-i tawḥīd - Public domain document scan
Versified criticism and interpretation of the classical Mas̲navī of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Manuscript. Probably written in Afghanistan. Paper... More
Daftar-i avval-i Ṭibb-i akbarī - Public domain document scan
Based on the Arabic treatise Sharḥ al-asbāb by Nafīs ibn ʻIwaḍ (-approximately 1449); covers the symptoms and treatment of diseases specific to particular parts and general diseases. Manuscript. Persian. Ca... More
Kitāb-i tashrīḥ al-aqvām
Description based on Rosenwald bibliography entry. Eleven lines per leaf. Persian manuscript written in India in large nastaliq, illustrated wtih 120 miniatures, including portraits. Library of Congress. Lessin... More
Kitāb Rawḍat al-jannah - Persian manuscript
Biographies of both Sunni and Shiʻah Muslims. Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Name of scribe not indicated. Probably written in Iran. Former owner's signature, J. L. Merrick, A.B.C.F.M., on fol. 1a Paper; p... More
Collection of unidentified poems compiled into a notebook
Collection of various poems. Manuscript. Persian. Title devised by cataloger. Name of scrib/compiler not indicated. Written in Iran. Single poem on scrap of paper laid in between fol. 56b and 57a. Paper; 19th c... More
Dīvān-i Shāhī - Persian manuscript
Collected poems of Amīr Shāhī Sabzavarī. Manuscript. Persian. Title from folio 1b. Probably written in Iran. Paper: Middle-Eastern laid paper in various colors (including shades of cream, orange, tan, laven... More
Selections from Ḥāfiẓ by the calligrapher ʻAbd al-Rashīd al-Daylamī
Manuscript. Persian. Title supplied by cataloger. Colophon: ʻAbd al-Rashīd al-Daylamī. Written in India. Paper; thick, cream color oriental paper; black ink; decorated unwan on fol. 1b in blue and gold; six l... More
Durrat al-tāj - Persian manuscript
Shiite prayer book; consists of prayers to be said on the visitation of Caliph ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib's tomb. Manuscript. Persian and Arabic. Title from folio 1a. Fol. 6a: Ibn Rustam Khān Ṣafī Qulī. Probabl... More
Dīvān-i Rūḥī - Persian manuscript
Dīvān of a certain Rūhī, perhaps the divan poet Bağdatlı Ruhî (died 1605). Manuscript. Persian. Title from fol. 1a. Written by "al-Jūrī". Probably written in Turkey. Paper; richly illustrated. Nastaʻliq... More
Munājāt - Persian manuscript - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Munājāt (Supplication) of ʻAli ibn Abī Ṭālib. Manuscript. Arabic and Persian. Caption title. Paper; moderately heavy cream colored paper; elaborately illuminated; text in gold (folio 1b and 2a) 2b to end b... More
Inshaʼ-i Kamāl al-Dīn - Public domain document scan
Treatise on the forms of letters on various subjects in all styles. Manuscript. Persian. Title from fol. 1a in a different hand. Copied by Muhammad Fāḍil. Probably written in India. Paper; heavy cream-color l... More
Faqrʹnāmah, Islamic manuscript, Sufism
On Sufism, probably written in Afghanistan between 1772-1793 during the reign of Tīmūr Shāh Durrānī, 1742 or 1743-1793. Manuscript. "Risālah-ʼi qalamī-i Shaykh Abū al-Ḥasan Kharqānī"--Cover. In Persian.
Nizami Ganjavi - Skander-Namah - Persian manuscript
Legend of Alexander the Great in verse. Manuscript. Persian. Pasted label on cover: Bhajan Lal Mss Dealer & Bookseller: title: Skandar-Nameh ... ; where from obtained: Amritsar; when written: 1217 Hijri. Name o... More
Īn mujallad-i suvvum ast az Kitāb-i ḥayāt al-qulūb tālīf khādim-i akhb...
Biographies of Pre-Islamic prophets, Qurʼanic prophets and Shiite Imams. Manuscript. Persian Title from 1b. Scribe's name in colophon: Safar Najmī[?]. Place of writing not recorded Former owner's name, J. L. M... More
Anthology of 3 Persian texts, primarily on the Mughal Empire.
Manuscript. Persian. Title supplied by cataloger. Scribes not identified. Written in India. Paper; coarse, cream color laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; black ink with rubrication on some te... More
Kitāb-i mazāmīr-i Ḥaz̤rat-i Dāvīd = Sefer Tehilim : tefilah le-Daṿid
Text of Sefer Tehillim [Book of Psalms] in Hebrew with interlinear Persian translation. Ms. In Persian and Hebrew. Produced in Tehran, Iran; edited by ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd Mʻaṣūmī Tihrānī; illumination by Mahdi... More
Unidentified religious treatise (risālah) - Persian manuscript
The incomplete fragment of a manuscript without a binding is a religious treatise with many Arabic excerpts and the commentary and text in Persian.. Manuscript. Persian and Arabic. Title devised by cataloger. S... More
Unnamed Sufi treatise - Persian manuscript
Untitled Sufi text on meditation containing both poetry and prose. Manuscript. Persian; colophon in Arabic. Title supplied by cataloger. Written by ʻAlī al-Ḥusaynī (calligrapher)--Colophon. Probably written ... More