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11. Add MS 24413, ff 77v-84r

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 24413, ff 77v-84r
Title:
On the names of the Zoroastrian days, months and festivals
Scope & Content:
A work on the Zoroastrian day and month names and on the festivals of Noruz, Mihragan and Tirgan, compiled for Major Malcolm from Pahlavi and Pazand sources by Dastur Edalji Darabji Sanjana. Annotations by Malcolm.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:

Ff. 77v-84r

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. IO Islamic 1619

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1619
Title:
Parsi marriage ceremony
Scope & Content:
Nikāḥ bastan bi-ravish-i mubidān-i Hindūstān ( نکاح بستن بروش مبدان هندوستان), the Parsi marriage ceremony in Persian, copied by the brother of Dastūr Kāʼus (f. 6v) and given by Dastūr Kāʼus to Jonathan Duncan (1756-1811) who was Governor of Bombay from 1795 until his death in 1811. Dastūr Kā’us...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
late 18th or early 19th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+10

16. IO Islamic 2506

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 2506
Title:
Two Zoroastrian texts
Scope & Content:
A volume containing two separate Zoroastrian works bound together Contents: (1) Kitāb-i shāyist va nāshāyist (کتاب شایست و ناشایست), a prose work divided into 100 sections here called Ṣad dar nas̱r (صد در نثر) (ff. 1v-46v);
 (2) Ardā vīrāf nāmah (اردا ویراف نامه), a poetical version in Persian ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. iv+78+iii+loose binding fragments. There are five blank leaves numbered ff. 46a-e between ff. 45 and 46

17. IO Islamic 2506, ff 1v-46v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 2506, ff 1v-46v
Title:
Kitāb-i shāyist va nāshāyist کتاب شایست و ناشایست
Scope & Content:
A prose work divided into 100 sections here called Ṣad dar nas̱r
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. 1v-46v

18. IO Islamic 2506, ff 47v-78r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 2506, ff 47v-78r
Title:
Ardā vīrāf nāmah اردا ویراف نامه
Scope & Content:
Ardā vīrāf nāmah (اردا ویراف نامه), a poetical version in Persian by Zartusht Bahrām Pazhdū 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. 47v-78r

19. IO Islamic 2718

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 2718
Title:
Dasātīr-i āsmānī دساتیر آسمانی
Scope & Content:
The Dasātīr-i āsmānī (دساتیر آسمانی) by the philosopher priest Aẕar Kayvān (آذر کیوان) (1533-1618), a collection of invocations to 16 pre-Islamic prophets, including Zoroaster, beginning with Mahabad and concluding with the fifth Sasan who supposedly lived at the time of the Sasanian ruler Khusr...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. iv+111+v

20. IO Islamic 2769

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 2769
Title:
Menoy i khrad in Persian
Scope & Content:
A Parsi-Persian version (ie in Persian but including passages in Middle-Persian language in Persian script) described as Kitāb-i Mīnū khirad (کئاب مینوخرد) of the Mēnōy ī khrad (‘Spirit of Wisdom’) originally composed in Pahlavi probably during the sixth century CE (f. 1v-75v)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
late 18th or early 19th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+79

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