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11. Or 14185B

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14185B
Title:
Notes and summary on an Armenian treatise on magic
Scope & Content:
An Armenian manuscriptcontaining containing notes on the contents of Or 14185A. Alongside the summaries of the initial manuscript, it includes some sketches in pen and pencil of the illustrations and diagrams in the original work. The notes were likely made during the 19th century CE.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, and Persian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 text, 54 ff

12. Or 16620 (2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16620 (2)
Title:
[Risāla-i Sipahsālār] – [رسالهٔ سپهسالار]
Scope & Content:
This section (38v-138r) contains the earliest, and one of the most detailed, hagiographies of Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (died 672 AH/1273 CE). It was authored by Farīdūn ibn Aḥmad Sipahsālār, who was Rūmī’s disciple for up to forty years and wrote the work in the decades after his passing. Writt...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1032
Extent:
100 ff (38v-138r)

13. Or 17004A

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17004A
Title:
[Persian Letter]
Scope & Content:
A Persian letter written in exceptionally cursive Nastaᵓliq addressed to a Mr. Henry Kerry (?). The letter complains of the false information provided by a third individual to Mr. Kerry regarding the attitude of the writer to the addressee. The body of the correspondence makes mentions of severa...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1065
Extent:
1 text, 1 f