HAFT AHBÁB, a treatise on alchemy; An alchemical tract ascribed to Ibn Siná, both in Persian. Tuhfat-ul-Mulúk, a treatise on physic, charms, etc. Hindustani. Paper, XVIIIth cent. Octavo. [Add. 17,966.]
Scope & Content:
Chemistry: Persian treatises: 17th-19th cent. Tuhfat-ul-Mulúk: : Hindust. Haft Ahbáb: : Pers.
A set of paradigms of Chagatai grammar explained in Persian. The text was compiled by Mīr Sayyid Ḥusayn for Muhammad Akbar, the son of Aurangzeb. . This manuscript was copied in India in the 12th or 13th century AH (18th or 19th century CE). 86 f. 20 x 13 cm.
SHÍRAZ NÁMÁH. The history of the city of Shiraz, its Kings, Governors, and illustrious men, its public buildings, etc. Paper; written A. H. 1068 (A.D. 1657). Octavo. [Add. 18,185.]
Firdawsī’s epic ‘Book of kings’ without preface. Copied by Ghiyās al-Dīn Bāyazīd Ṣarrāf. It is illustrated with 72 miniatures, Turkman/Timurid style. Dated 23 Jumadi II 891 (26 June 1486)
NAHJ-UL-BALÁGHAH, Discourses and Letters ascribed to 'Ali, in Arabic; with an interlinear Persian version. Paper; written A. H. 1093 (A.D. 1682). Quarto. [Add. 18,401.] Nahj-ul-Balaghah: : Arab. and Pers.
Volumes, from No. 18,401 to No. 18,423 inclusive, presented by the sons of the late Major Yule, E.I.C.S., and that form a portion of his collection previously given in 1847.
SIRR E AKBAR, fifty Upanishads, translated into Persian, by Prince Dárá Shikoh; Majma' ul-Bahrain, a tract, by the same; Discourses on mystical subjects, by the same. Persian. Paper; written A.D. 1754. Folio. [Add. 18,404.] Sirr e Akbar: : Pers. Majma' ul-Bahrain: : Pers.