A collection of poetry by 12 different authors of the 14th and 15th century. It was copied in 1468 in the capital city Shirvan in present day Azerbayjan by Sharaf al-Dīn Ḥusayn, a royal scribe, possibly at the court of the Shirvānshāh Farrukh Yasar (1462-1501). The manuscript contains one double...
Selections from the Dīvān of the 15th century author Mawlānā Kātibī, who for a time was court poet to the ruler of Shirvan, Mīrzā Shaykh Ibrāhīm. Miniature: f. 36v: Playing chess.
Selections from the Dīvān of the 15th century author Mawlānā Kātibī, who for a time was court poet to the ruler of Shirvan, Mīrzā Shaykh Ibrāhīm. Miniature: f. 36v: Playing chess.
Selections from the Dīvān of Mawlānā Ashraf who may possibly be identified with Darvīsh Ashraf who lived in the time of Sulṭān Muḥammad b. Bāysunghur (d. 1451) Blank space for painting on f. 49v
Selections from the Dīvān of Mawlānā Bisāṭī of Samarqand (d.c. 1405). The text is incomplete with leaves missing after f. 67v. Miniature: f. 65r: The poet tears his robe, overcome by jealousy of his rival.
Selections from the Dīvān of the 15th century poet Khayālī of Bukhara. The beginning is missing, the text starts with the letter ب. Miniature: f. 79v: Four men watching a handsome youth.