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1. Delhi Arabic 994 vol 1, ff 1-264

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Delhi Arabic 994 vol 1, ff 1-264
Title:
Kashshāf iṣṭilāḥāt al-funūn كشاف اصطلاحات الفنون Tahānawī, Muḥammad Aʿlá ibn ʻAlī تهانوي، محمد أعلى بن علي
Scope & Content:
Volume one of an encyclopaedia of technical terminology for self-teaching by the Mughal scholar Muḥammad Aʻlá ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Qāḍī Muḥammad Ḥāmid ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṣābir al-Fārūqī al-Tahānawī (محمد أعلى بن علي بن القاضي محمد حامد بن محمد بن صابر الفاروقي التهانوي, d. after 1745). The text begins...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. ix+264+iii

2. Delhi Arabic 994 vol 2, ff 265-568

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 994 vol 2, ff 265-568
Title:
Kashshāf iṣṭilāḥāt al-funūn كشاف اصطلاحات الفنون Tahānawī, Muḥammad Aʿlá ibn ʻAlī تهانوي، محمد أعلى بن علي
Scope & Content:
Volume two of an encyclopaedia of technical terminology for self-teaching by the Mughal scholar Muḥammad Aʻlá ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Qāḍī Muḥammad Ḥāmid ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṣābir al-Fārūqī al-Tahānawī (محمد أعلى بن علي بن القاضي محمد حامد بن محمد بن صابر الفاروقي التهانوي, d. after 1745). The foliation i...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. xi+304+iii

3. Delhi Arabic 1937B, ff 23r-44v

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Delhi Arabic 1937B, ff 23r-44v
Title:
Tarjamah-’i Sab‘ shidād ترجمه سبع شداد
Scope & Content:
Anonymous commentary on the al-Sabʿ al-shidād fī ‘ilm al-hayʾah (السبع الشداد في علم الهيئة) by Ḥusayn ibn Kamāl al-Dīn al-Ṭabāṭabāʾī. The text contains numerous diagrams. 　 Begins (f. 23, lines 2-4): الحمد لله حمد الشاكرين والصلوة والسلام على خير الخلقة محمد وآله وأصحابه أجمعين أما بعد اين ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Farsi and Persian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Ff. 23r-44v

4. IO Islamic 132, ff 1r-18v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 132, ff 1r-18v
Title:
Dīvān-i Muʻizzī by Muʻizzī, Amīr ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad, b. 1048 or 9 ديوان معزى
Scope & Content:
Contains only a select number of Muʻizzī's poems, chiefly qaṣīdas, with a few qiṭʻas and rubāʻīs at the end A short biographical notice at the top of folio 1v Anthology of dīvāns dating from between Feb/Mar 1314 and Feb 1315 containing 53 miniatures in a simplified Mongol style. The manuscri...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
713-714
Extent:
1 text

5. IO Islamic 132, ff 19r-47v

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IO Islamic 132, ff 19r-47v
Title:
Dīvān-i As̲īr al-Dīn Ākhsīkatī by As̲īr al-Dīn Ākhsīkatī ديوان اثير الدين آخسيكتى
Scope & Content:
Lyrical poems by As̲īr al-Dīn of Ākhsīkat (Ahsiket) Decorations: Miniature: Folio 19v: A discussion between six turbaned poets, one of whom holds an open book. The white paint of the turbans has oxidized in places. Dimensions [written]: 9x17.5cm. Miniature: Folio 20v: Same subject and figur...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
713-714
Extent:
1 text

6. IO Islamic 132, ff 48r-75r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 132, ff 48r-75r
Title:
Divān-i Adīb Sābir by Tirmiẕī, Adīb Ṣābir 1078-1147 ديوان اديب صابر
Scope & Content:
Lyrical poems of Adīb Sābir, who was the the panegyrist of Sanjar, Sultan of the Seljuks, 1084 or 6-1157 This diwan contains qaṣīdas. qiṭʻas, and rubāʻīs This work is dated end of Muḥarram, 714 Decorations: Miniature: Folio 49r: Same subject and figures as folio 3v. Dimensions [written]: 8...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
713-714
Extent:
1 text

7. IO Islamic 132, ff 76r-87v

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IO Islamic 132, ff 76r-87v
Title:
Dīvān-i Qamar by Qamar Isfahānī, Niẓām al-Dīn Maḥmud, d. ca. 1210 ديوان قمر
Scope & Content:
Lyrical poems by Qamar, who was a panegyrist of the governors and qāz̤īs of Iṣfahān (Iran) Decorations: Miniature: Folio 76v: Discussion between six poets in turbans, one holding an open book, and a young man in a Mongol hat. Dimensions [written]: 7.5x26cm. Miniature: Folio 78r: Same subjec...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
713-714
Extent:
1 text

8. IO Islamic 132, ff 88r-96v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 132, ff 88r-96v
Title:
Divān-i Shams Ṭabasī by Qāz̤ī Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm Ṭabasī ديوان شمس طبسى
Scope & Content:
Lyrical poems, chiefly qaṣīdas, by Shams Ṭabasī Decorations: Miniature: Folio 88v: Turbaned poet, perhaps intended for Qāz̤ī Shams al-Dīn Ṭabasī, presenting a scroll to a turbaned prince attended by five courtiers in Mongol hats. Long hair has been added to the two on the right. Dimensio...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
713-714
Extent:
1 text

9. IO Islamic 132, ff 97r-112v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 132, ff 97r-112v
Title:
Dīvān-i Nāṣir Khusraw by Nāṣir-i Khusraw, 1004-ca 1088 ديوان ناصرخسرو
Scope & Content:
This work is dated Dhū al-Qa'dah, 714
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
713-714
Extent:
1 text

10. IO Islamic 221/13

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 221/13
Title:
Sharḥ sullam al-ʿulum (includes text in Persian)
Scope & Content:
Author: Birādār, Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn Subject: Islamic philosophy
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Persian
Date Range:
1150
Extent:
1 item