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11. Add MS 7735

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Title:
Manṭiq al-Ṭayr by ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, d. ca. 1230 منطق الطير
Scope & Content:
A Later Herat/Timurid copy of Manṭiq al-Ṭayr Decorations: Miniature: Folio 28v: The darvīsh kneeling before the princess he loved. Miniature: Folio 30v: The hoopoe and the peacock. Miniature: Folio 49r: Shaykh Ṣan'ān gazing at the Greek Christian maiden asleep on her balcony. Miniature: Folio 6...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
Late 15th century-Early 16th century
Extent:
208 folios

12. Add MS 7759

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Title:
Ḥāfiẓ, Dīvān
Scope & Content:
Collected poems of Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzī (d. 792/1389), copied by Sulayman al-Fushanji in Ramazan 855/October 1451. Although no place is mentioned in the colophon, the name of the scribe may be connected to Fushanj in the province of Herat, Afghanistan, possibly suggesting Herat as...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1451
Extent:

codex: ff. ii+141+ii

13. Add MS 7801

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Title:
Jarūnnāmah by Qadrī جرون نامه
Scope & Content:
A mas̲navī on the taking of Jarūn (Hormuz) from the Portuguese by Imām Qulī Khān containing 10 miniatures. Isfahan/Safavid style, 1697 Decorations: Miniature: Folio 11v: Imām Qulī Khān with Allah Virdī Khān (damaged). Miniature: Folio 15v: Shāh 'Abbās with Imām Qulī Khān. Miniature: Folio 43r: ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1109
Extent:
76 folios

14. Add MS 8994

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Title:
Miscellaneous Zoroastrian works
Scope & Content:
A collection of Zoroastrian works in Avestan (in Persian script) and Persian containing: ff. 1v-37. Orhrmazd yasht, Avestan in Persian scriptff. 37r-45v. Sawgand nāmah, on taking oaths, in Persianff. 46r-61r. Obligations and religious observances in Persianff. 61v-73v. Naṣīḥat nāmah-i Buzurjmihr...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
1857
Extent:

Codex; ff. 139+ii

15. Add MS 8995

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Title:
Selection of yashts
Scope & Content:
A collection of yashts in Avestan, followed by patēt, transcribed in Persian script. Imperfect at the beginning with the first folio numbered 40 in Persian. Contents comprise: Ohrmazd yasht, beginning with verse 5 (ff. 2r-10v) Ardibihisht yasht (ff. 10v-17r) Srōsh yasht hadōkht (ff. 17r-24v) ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan, Pahlavi, and Persian
Date Range:
1775
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+53+ii

16. Add MS 16561

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Title:
Shamākhī anthology
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1468
Extent:

ff. 89

17. Add MS 16561, ff. 2v-6r

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Title:
Kamāl Khujandī, Dīvān
Scope & Content:
Selections from the Dīvān of the 14th century poet Kamal Khujandi.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1468
Extent:
Ff. 2v-6r

18. Add MS 16561, ff. 6v-13r

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Title:
Ḥāfiẓ, Dīvān
Scope & Content:
Selections from the Dīvān of Ḥāfiẓ. Miniature: f. 8r: A tavern scene accompanying the poem which warns against drunkenness.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1468
Extent:
Ff. 6v-13r

19. Add MS 16561, ff. 13v-23r

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Title:
Kātibī Turshīzī, Dīvān
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1468
Extent:
Ff. 13v-23r

20. Add MS 16561, ff. 23v-41r

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Title:
Kātibī Turshīzī, Dīvān
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1468
Extent:
Ff. 23v-41r