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Language Chagatai Place Central Asia, Asia Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Add MS 7851

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Add MS 7851
Title:
Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyā / قصص الانبياء
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the history of the Abrahamic prophets by Qāẓī Nāṣir, son of Burhān, of Ribāṭ Oghūz. In the frequent pieces of verse inserted throughout the text, the author refers to himself simply as Nāṣir Rabghūzī (see ff 68v, 77v, 288v, as well as in the last verse of the epilogue). His ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

1 text, ff. 249

2. Add MS 11725

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Add MS 11725
Title:
[Three texts relating to Chingis Khan]
Scope & Content:
A codex of three texts relating to the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan: 1v-70r : Qiṣṣa-’i Chingnīz Khān (sic), a legendary account of the history of Genghis Khan. This version of the text presents significant divergences with the text that was published in Kazan in 1819, particularly with respect to...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

3 texts, 134 ff

3. IO Islamic 4861

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IO Islamic 4861
Title:
Dīvān-i Navā’ī - ديوان نوائى
Scope & Content:
The collected poetical works of Alisher Navoiy. This manuscript was copied in Central Asia in the 12th century AH (18th century CE).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 text, 247 ff

4. Or 4765

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Or 4765
Title:
Divan bedai ul-vasat li-Nava'i - ديوان بدايع الوسط لنوائى
Scope & Content:
One of the Divans of Mir Alisher Navoiy beginning with ghazal. The ghazals end on f 159v and are followed by other poems beginning with a muhammes and ending with Rubaiyat and other ghazals. The manuscript is undated but probably 17th century and possibly copied in Central Asia.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 174 ff

5. Or 8161

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Or 8161
Title:
Tazkira-’i Bughrā Khān - تذكرۀ بغرا خان
Scope & Content:
Biographies of Uvaysī Sufis as dictated to Mollā Tokhta in 1219 AH (1804-5 CE) and composed for Amīr Shujā‘. In a long preface, the author mentions their efforts to obtain leave from the Order for this work to be written. These were at first in unsuccessful, but later permission was granted for...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 text, 430 ff

6. Or 8163

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Or 8163
Title:
Shahr-i gulshan - شهر گلشن
Scope & Content:
A popular work in 20 abvāb concerning differences between Jewish, Christian and Muslim beliefs as compiled from various Arabic works. The author of the text is unknown and the current copy lacks the beginning and end. The manuscript was copied Central Asia in the late 12th or early 13th centuri...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 text, 164 ff

7. Or 8164

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Or 8164
Title:
[Iskandarnāma] - [اسكندرنامه]
Scope & Content:
An incomplete prose version of the legendary epic of Alexander of Macedonia translated into Chagatai. This work lacks both a title and the name of the author. This manuscript was copied in Central Asia, likely in the 12th century AH (18th century CE).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 text, 67 ff

8. Or 8767

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Or 8767
Title:
[Mecmua]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following two texts: (I) ff 1v-49r : Saatname, a treatise on the hours of the night and their religious significance, originally composed by Hibatullah İbn-i İbrahim (ff 3r, 5r). The contents of the text are largely taken from the Nivān-i lavāmiᶜ (نوان لوامع) and the Te...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
2 texts, 135 ff

9. Or 8769

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Or 8769
Title:
Majmua
Scope & Content:
A collection of nine texts: (1) ff 1v-32r : Bāb 5 of an unidentified work, beginning with a commentary upon Qur’ān 9:72 completed in 860 AH (1455-46 CE); with the following notes on ff 32v-34r ; (2) f 32v : An account of how Adam was instructed by Gabriel to perform ghusl (major ablution) ; ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:

Codex, ff 81

10. Or 9664

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9664
Title:
Taẕkira-i Ḥaẓrat Imām Jaᶜfar-i Ṭayyār - تذكرۀ حضرت امام حعفر طیار
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a biography of Imām Jaᶜfar, cousin of the Prophet Muhammad صلعم, by an unidentified author. The volume is labelled as "Tazkira of Imam Ja'far Tairan 23.9.06". The manuscript was likely copied in the 19th century CE.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 text, 59 ff