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121. Or 12989

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12989
Title:
[Tarjuma-’i Tazkirat al-awliyā] - [ترجمۀ تذکرت الاولیا]
Scope & Content:
A Chaghatay translation of Farīd al-Dīn ‘Aṭṭār’s Persian Tazkirat al-awliyā (تذكيرة الاوليا), on the virtues and sayings of Muslim saints. The original translation was completed by Shāh Darvīsh ibn ‘Alī Shāh in 929 AH (1522-3 CE). The name of the ruler for whom the translation was made has bee...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 text, 376 ff

122. Or 13061

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13061
Title:
Gharā’ib al-ṣighār - غرائب الصغار
Scope & Content:
The first Dīvān of Navoiy; with preface. Folio 1r contains an elaborate medallion in blue and red inks and gold leaf that includes the text (a fihrist of the contents): كتاب العربان كتاب فرديات اضاحه السعادة والسلام رباعيات مستزاد ترجیعات محمس مسدس لغت معمیات مقتعات It then procee...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai
Date Range:
1520
Extent:
1 text; 218 ff.

123. Or 13151

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13151
Title:
[Bilingual Turki-Chinese Laissez-Passer]
Scope & Content:
A laissez-passer granted to a Turkic man employed by Otani, a Japanese official undertaking a visit to Urumqi, possibly for an archaeological expedition. The Turkic man is named as Muhammad Ali Akhund, son of Ghiyas al-Din. The document asks that he be granted leave to travel to Urumqi with Otan...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai and Chinese
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 text, 1 f

124. Or 14253

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14253
Title:
Catalogus Codicum qui Turcice aut Jaghataice conscripti in Bibliotheca Richiana exstant 1849. Nos. 7830-7939.
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a descriptive catalogue in Latin of the Ottoman and Eastern Turki manuscripts collected by Claudius Rich (1787-1821) now found at British Library shelf marks Add MS 7830-7939. The manuscripts are described in numerical order, one per folio. In most cases, the verso is blan...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai, Latin, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 text, 118 ff

125. Or 14382

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14382
Title:
[Müntakhab-i Divan-i Nava’i] – [منتخب ديوان نوائي]
Scope & Content:
This is an illustrated manuscript containing selected poems from the Divan of Ali Shir Nava’i (844-906 AH/1441-1501 CE). As well as being a prominent statesman of considerable wealth, Nava’i (meaning ‘melody maker’) was a great poet and patron of the arts. He was a master of Chagatai and promote...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai
Date Range:
Probably 11th century
Extent:
1 text, 96 ff

126. Or 15398

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15398
Title:
[Dīvān-i Yūsuf] - [ديوان يوسف]
Scope & Content:
The rare collected lyric poems of Yūsuf Beg (10th century AH/16th century CE), thought to have been a Safavid courtier. The margins of the current copy are illuminated. This manuscript was copied in Iran in the 10th century AH (16th century CE).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 text, 35 ff

127. Or 15655

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15655
Title:
Majalis al-nafa’is - مجالس النفائس
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a tazkira, or collection of notices, of Chagatai poets along with brief examples of their work. The author, Ali Şir Nava’i (born 844 AH/1441 CE, died 906 AH/1501 CE), was a prominent statesman of considerable wealth, as well as a great poet and patron of the arts. He was a m...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai
Date Range:
900-950
Extent:
1 text, 126 ff

128. Or 16038

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16038
Title:
Tarjuma-’i Quduri - ترجمۀ قدوري
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a Chagatai translation of Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Quduri’s (died 428 AH/1037 CE) al-Mukhtasar, a treatise on Islamic jurisprudence according to the Hanafi school. No other manuscript of such a translation has been traced in published catalogues. The widespread popularity of al-...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
9th or early 10th century
Extent:
1 text, 120 ff

129. Or 16041

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16041
Title:
[Lisan al-tayr] – [لسان الطير]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the Lisan al-tayr (‘The speech of the birds’), a mystical masnavi by Ali Shir Nava’i (born 844 AH/1441 CE, died 906 AH/1501 CE). The work is based on Farid al-Din ‘Attar’s (died 586 AH/1190 CE [?]) renowned Persian mystical poem Mantiq al-tayr, which is an allegory of the Su...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai and Persian
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 text, 148 ff

130. Or 16044

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16044
Title:
[Religious treatise in Chagatai]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a didactic religious treatise in Chagatai, concerning aspects of Islamic doctrine and ethics. The author is not named. The text features interlinear Persian translations of selected words throughout. Among the other contents of this volume include a passage in Persian acros...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai and Persian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 text, 49 ff

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