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1. Delhi Arabic 994

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 994
Title:
Kashshāf iṣṭilāḥāt al-funūn كشاف اصطلاحات الفنون Tahānawī, Muḥammad Aʿlá ibn ʻAlī تهانوي، محمد أعلى بن علي
Scope & Content:
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). After a long introduction (vol. 1...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Two codices; ff. ix+264+iii and xi+304+iii

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

Reference (shelfmark):
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

3. 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

4. Delhi Arabic 1919

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1919
Title:
Folios from four manuscripts on scientific subjects
Scope & Content:
Collection of unbound folios comprising four codicological units. Contents: (1) Abū al-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (أبو البركات البغدادي), Risālah fī sabab ẓuhūr al-kawākib laylan wa-khafā’ihā nahāran (رسالة في سبب ظهور الكواكب ليلًا وخفائها نهارًا; ff. 1v-3v); (2) al-Ṭūsī (الطوسي), Treatise on heat ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
17th-19th century
Extent:

Codex [without binding]; ff. 10+ii

5. Delhi Arabic 1937B

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1937B
Title:
Four texts on astronomy
Scope & Content:
Contents: (1) al-Lāhūrī (اللاهوري), al-Taṣrīḥ fī sharḥ al-tashrīḥ (التصريح في شرح التشريح; ff. 1r-16r); (2) al-Landanī (اللندني), al-Ijābah ʿalá taʿlīq al-Jawnbūrī (الإجابة على تعليق الجونبوري; ff. 16v-22r); (3) Anonymous, Tarjamah-’i Sab‘ shidād (ترجمه سبع الشداد; ff. 23r-44v); (4) al-Ṭūsī (...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+62+ii

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

Reference (shelfmark):
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

7. IO Islamic 824

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 824
Title:
Scientific and Philosophical Compendium of Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān Ghūjārātī (أحمد بن سليمان غوجاراتي)
Scope & Content:
Compendium of short texts, extracts and notes on scientific and philosophical subjects, compiled by Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān Ghūjārātī (أحمد بن سليمان غوجاراتي; d. 1681), and completed in Dhū al-ḥijjah 1134/September-October 1722 (see note on f. 5r). The manuscript was later owned by the compiler''s ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
Dhū al-ḥijjah 1134
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+250+i

8. IO Islamic 830

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 830
Title:
Two Zoroastrian texts
Scope & Content:
A volume containing two Zoroastrian works: (1) Ardā vīrāf nāmah (اردا ویراف نامه), a prose version in Persian of the book of Ardā Vīrāf, based on a Pahlavi original of the 9th/10th century, which describes his journey through heaven and hell and his return home afterwards (ff. 1v-51r); 
 (2) Ṣad...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+156

9. IO Islamic 830, ff 1v-51r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 830, ff 1v-51r
Title:
Ardā vīrāf nāmah اردا ویراف نامه
Scope & Content:
Ardā vīrāf nāmah (اردا ویراف نامه), a prose version in Persian of the book of Ardā Vīrāf, based on a Pahlavi original of the 9th/10th century, which describes his journey through heaven and hell and his return home afterwards
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. 1v-51r

10. IO Islamic 830, ff 51v-155r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 830, ff 51v-155r
Title:
Ṣad dar صد در
Scope & Content:
Ṣad dar (صد در) a prose work consisting of 100 compulsory Zoroastrian rules
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. 51v-155r