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101. Or 2780

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2780
Title:
A collection of epic poems including the Garshāsbnāmah by Asadī Ṭūsī.and 3 other poems
Scope & Content:
One volume
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
Ṣafar 800
Extent:
243 folios

102. Or 2780, ff 1v-40v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2780, ff 1v-40v
Title:
Garshāsbnāmah by Asadī Ṭūsī, Abū Manṣūr Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 11th cent.
Scope & Content:
The history of Garshāsp, the hero of Sistan (Iran and Afghanistan), written in imitations of the Shāhnāmah ( شاهنامه ) of Firdawsī Decorations: Miniature: Folio 14v: Garshāsp visiting the Brahmans on the mountain of Sarandib. Miniature: Folio 18r: Garshāsp looking at demons on the Island of Kad...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
Ṣafar 800
Extent:
1 text

103. Or 2780, ff 41v-132v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2780, ff 41v-132v
Title:
Shāhanshāhnāmah by Aḥmad Tabrīzī
Scope & Content:
A rhymed history of Chinggis Khān, 1162-1227 and his successors down to 738 The copy is dated 14th Rajab 800 Decorations: Miniature: Folio 44v: The Mongols leaving the valley of Irgene Kun where they had taken refuge for 400 years from the Tatars. Miniature: Folio 49v: Chinggis Khān, 1162-1227...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
Ṣafar 800
Extent:
1 text

104. Or 2780, ff 134v-187v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2780, ff 134v-187v
Title:
Bahmannāmah
Scope & Content:
The poem is ascribed in the endorsement to Ḥakīm Āz̲arī, but this is apparently a confusion with a later work of the same title. This work is also attributed to Īrānshāh ibn Abī al-Khayr. A poem treating the wars of Bahman with the heroes of Sīstān, and especially with Āz̲arbarzīn, son of ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
Ṣafar 800
Extent:
1 text

105. Or 2780, ff 188v-243v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2780, ff 188v-243v
Title:
Kūshnāmah
Scope & Content:
The author is the same than that of the Bahmannāmah in this manuscript Decorations: Miniature: Folio 202v: Ṭayhūr riding in procession through the streets of Hamdān (?Samdān in the Yemen). Miniature: Folio 213v: A warrior on Mt. Damavand.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
Ṣafar 800
Extent:
1 text

106. Or 2839

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2839
Title:
Nawʻī Khabūshānī, Sūz va Gudāz
Scope & Content:
Sūz va Gudāz ‘Burning and melting’, a poem by Muḥammad Riz̤ā Nawʻī Khabūshānī (d. 1609 or 1610‏), commissioned for the Mughal Prince Danyāl (1581-1614). Contains three miniatures, Mughal dating from the 17th century.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
early 17th century
Extent:
24 folios

107. Or 2933

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2933
Title:
Khusraw u Shīrīn by Niẓāmī خسرو و شیرین
Scope & Content:
An abridgement of Niẓāmī Decorations: Miniature: Folio 5v: Hurmuzd enthroned. Miniature: Folio 6r: Birth of Khusraw Parvīz. Miniature: Folio 6v: Khusraw being taught by Buzurjumīd. Miniature: Folio 7r: Khusraw hunting blackbuck. Miniature: Folio 7v: Khusraw listening to Bārbad playing the lute....
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1139
Extent:
99 folios

108. Or 3714

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 3714
Title:
Mīrzā ʻAbd al-Raḥīm Khān, Vāqiʻāt-i Bāburī
Scope & Content:
The Memoirs of the Mughal Emperor Babur (r.1526-30), originally written in Chaghatai Turkish and translated into Persian at his grandson Akbar’s request by Mīrzā ʻAbd al-Raḥīm Khān in 1589. This imperial copy, containing 143 illustrations mostly by attributed artists, was completed c.1590-93. De...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1590-1593
Extent:
528 folios in 4 volumes

109. Or 4110

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4110
Title:
An anonymous anthology of Persian poets (inluding Indian poets) assembled in the reign of the Sharqi Sultan Mubarak Shah of Jaunpur (1399-1402)
Scope & Content:
Anthology of Persian poetry
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
445 folios

110. Or 4615

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4615
Title:
Dārābnāmah by Abū Ṭāhir Ṭarsūsī, Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan داراب نامه
Scope & Content:
Imperial copy of Dārābnāmah Decorations: Miniature: Folio 1v: Zāl with Rustam and his other two sons.Miniature: Folio 2r: (above). Rustam standing at the edge of the pit of spears shooting Shaghād. (below). Rūdābah watching as Zāl sends his army under Farāmurz against Bahman at Kabul. Miniature...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
129 folios