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81. Or 12956

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12956
Title:
Risāla-’i Ma‘ārif-i Shaybānī - رسالۀ معارف شیبانی
Scope & Content:
A compendium of basic Islamic religious knowledge in Eastern Turki under the title of Risāla-’i Ma‘ārif-i Shaybānī. The original text was written in 913 AH (1508 CE) by Abū'l-Fatḥ Muḥammad Shaybānī Khān (reigned 906-915 AH/1500-10 CE) for his son Muḥammad Taymūr. The text contains a fine illum...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai
Date Range:
916
Extent:
1 text, 47 ff

82. 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

83. 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

84. 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

85. 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

86. 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

87. 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

88. 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

89. Or 16045 (1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16045 (1)
Title:
Nuskha-’i sharif va mukhtasar-i latif - نسخۀ شريف ومختصر لطيف
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a religious didactic work in Chagatai. The above title is taken from the colophon, and the correct title, if indeed there is one, has not been identified. Unusually, the anonymous author proceeds directly from the doxology to the exposition of his didactic message. The text ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai and Persian
Date Range:
1174
Extent:
1 text, 114 ff

90. Or 16045 (2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16045 (2)
Title:
Selection of ghazals and quatrains by Mir Ali Shir Nava’i
Scope & Content:
This section of a two-part miscellany contains a selection of ghazals and quatrains in Chagatai by the language''s most renowned poet, Mir Ali Shir Nava’i (844–906 AH/1441–1501 CE). The verses are written in good nasta‘liq in diagonal lines. The work can be dated to the late twelfth century AH...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai
Date Range:
late 12th century
Extent:
1 text, 5 ff

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