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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5490
Title:: [Mecmua]
Scope & Content:: This volume contains texts in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and Persian. The following 17 texts are in Ottoman Turkish, unless otherwise noted: (I) ff 4r-16v : Necatu'l-garik, a religious poem by Hüdai under the heading 'Haza risale fi'l-cem' ve'l-tefrik el-müsemma bi-Necatu'l-garik.' The author's n...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 21 texts, 374 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5494
Title:: Tuhfe-yi Şahidi - تحفۀ شاهدی
Scope & Content:: This volume contains the Tuhfe-yi Şahidi, a well-known versified Persian-Ottoman Turkish vocabulary composed in 920 AH (1514-15 CE) by Şahidi, who died in 957 AH (1550-51 CE). Mevlana Şahidi, or Şahidi Dede, whose given name was İbrahim, was born in Muğla in the province of Menteşe and entered...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1062
Extent:: 1 text, 49 ff

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

Reference (shelfmark):: 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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: 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

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

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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 521/2
Title:: Muthallath al-lughāt (niṣāb al-muthallath / niṣāb al-badrīʿī) (includes text in persian)
Scope & Content:: Subject: Arabic philology
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and Persian
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

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