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Language Avestan Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

11. EAP888/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP888/1/2
Title:
خرده اوستا Khordeh Avesta (Little Avesta) خرده اوستا Khordeh Avesta (Little Avesta)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains several prayers. The script is Persian and the languages are Avestan, Pazand and Persian. The residue of smoke and other traces indicate that this book was used at ritual ceremonies; however, compared to other manuscripts of this kind, both the size of the paper and the s...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
324 TIFF images, 5.50 GB

12. EAP888/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP888/2
Title:
Pedram Soroushpour Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains two volumes. One of the volumes has a colophon providing the name of the scribe and the date of composition of the manuscript. Both manuscripts were probably composed in Kerman. Both of these manuscripts are Khordeh Avesta (Little Avesta), which contain several prayers for...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
1900-1915
Extent:
338 Tiff images

13. EAP888/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP888/2/1
Title:
خرده اوستا Khordeh Avesta (Little Avesta) خرده اوستا Khordeh Avesta (Little Avesta)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the following prayers: motevaled šodan-i peyqambar Zartošt-i Esfantemān anušah rawān (the birth of prophet Zoroaster, son of Esfanteman, the one with immortal soul); asāmi-e Zartošt va karde Išān (Zoroaster's names and their deeds); Vanan Yašt, Aštād Yašt Bon; Rām Yašt Bo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Avestan, and Persian
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
206 TIFF images, 3.49 GB

14. EAP888/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP888/2/2
Title:
خرده اوستا Khordeh Avesta (Little Avesta) خرده اوستا Khordeh Avesta (Little Avesta)
Scope & Content:
This book was read during ritual ceremonies. The volume includes two different chapters written down by two different scribes. The first chapter consists of the “Madad Vāj Yašt-i Gāhanbār”. The language is Avestan with some Persian notes for readers. The script is Persian. The second chapter is ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Avestan, and Persian
Date Range:
1904-1905
Extent:
132 TIFF images, 2.24 GB

15. EAP888/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP888/3
Title:
Katayoun Mazdapour Collection
Scope & Content:
There is only one Persian manuscript of the Avesta in this collection. This voluminous book has 26 prayers.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
1915-1925
Extent:
368 Tiff images

16. EAP888/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP888/3/1
Title:
خرده اوستا Khordeh Avesta (Little Avesta) خرده اوستا Khordeh Avesta (Little Avesta)
Scope & Content:
The manuscript has no cover; only the trace of a leather spine is left. An unknown number of folios are missing. The first existing folio has been entirely nibbled. The next thirty folios too have been nibbled so part of the text is gone, particularly the lower part. Moreover, there are signs of ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Avestan, and Persian
Date Range:
1920
Extent:

368 TIFF images, 6.24 GB

17. EAP888/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP888/4
Title:
Vahid Zolfaqari Collection
Scope & Content:
There is only one Persian manuscript of the Avesta in this collection. This book has 17 prayers
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
1876
Extent:
210 Tiff images

18. EAP888/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP888/4/1
Title:
خرده اوستا Khordeh Avesta (Little Avesta) خرده اوستا Khordeh Avesta (Little Avesta)
Scope & Content:
This book was read during ritual ceremonies. It contains several prayers including: Xoršid Niāyeš (prayer for the Sun); Mihr Niyāyeš (prayer for Mihr); Gāh-i Hāvan (the time of Hāvan (from dawn until noontime)); Nām Setāyeš (prayer for name); Gāh-i Rafetvan (the time of Rafetvan (noontime)); Gāh-...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
1876
Extent:
210 TIFF images, 3.53 GB

19. EAP1014/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1014/1
Title:
Arbab Mehraban Poulad’s Archive
Scope & Content:
The archival material includes 11 Avestan manuscripts (five Videvdāds, four Yasnās, one Vajyašt Gahanbār with Doruns and one Xorde Avesta), with a total of more than 8000 pages and more than 15,000 of dated historical, economic, and legal documents regarding the religious minority of Zoroastrian...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Avestan, Pahlavi, and Persian
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
4627 TIFF images

20. EAP1014/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1014/1/1
Title:
Yasnā
Scope & Content:
On the first page of the manuscript, it is mentioned that this book is an Avestā-ye Yašt. The manuscript has no colophon. The Nērangs of the new part of the manuscript are written in Persian, whereas the Nērangs of the older part of the manuscript are in Pahlavi. The older part is probably from ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Avestan
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
331 TIFF images