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1. Add MS 23403, ff 4v-8v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 23403, ff 4v-8v
Title:
Tadhkirah li-Ibn Sīnā تذكرة لابن سينا Jūzjānī, ʻAbd al-Wāḥid جوزجاني، عبد الواحد
Scope & Content:
Biography of Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037), with a list of his works (ff. 6r-7v). The text is a paraphrased version of the widely-circulated autobiography by Ibn Sīnā, completed by his pupil ʻAbd al-...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1019
Extent:
Ff. 4v-8v

2. IOR/R/15/1/186

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/186
Title:
25 File 624 Biographical histories of noteworthy persons; information collected from officials at Muscat, Makran Coast, Gwadar
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a collection of biographies of 'noteworthy persons' within the political jurisdiction of the Residency in the Persian Gulf. There is some limited correspondence related to the collection of this information, which includes applications made by Edward Charles Ross, Political R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
Sep 1852-May 1884
Extent:
1 volume (430 folios)