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31. Add MS 18579

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Title:
Anvār-i Suhaylī by Kāshifī, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ, d. 1504 or 5 انوار سهیلی
Scope & Content:
Animal Fables Decorations: Miniature: Folio 6r: Anūshīrvān presented with the Book of Wisdom by Burzūyah Miniature: Folio 20r: A king visiting a sage in a cave Miniature: Folio 21r: The treasure hoard in the cave shown to the king. Inscription: Pādshāh Salīm. Artist: Muḥammad Riz̤ā Miniature: F...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1010
Extent:
426 folios

32. Add MS 25900

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Add MS 25900
Title:
Niẓāmī Ganjavī, Khamsah
Scope & Content:
The five poems making up the Khamsah by Niẓāmī Ganjavī (1140 or 41-1202 or 3), containing 19 whole-page miniatures, one (f. 41r) contemporary; 14 in the Herat later-Timurid style; and four (ff 234v, 245v, 250v and 271v) in the Tabriz/Safavid style of c. 1535-40. Three paintings ( ff. 121v, 161r ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1442-1443
Extent:

319 folios

33. Add MS 27254

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Title:
James Skinner, Tazkirat al-umarā
Scope & Content:
Biographies of the princely families of Rajputana and Punjab, written by Colonel James Skinner (1778-1841) before 1830. Contains a list of contents (ff. 1v-2v) and an introductory poem of five verses (f. 3v) to Sir John Malcolm (1769-1833) to whom the volume was presented. It is illustrated with...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1830
Extent:

289 folios

34. Add MS 27261

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Add MS 27261
Title:
Khamsah-'i Niẓāmī by Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3 خمسۀ نظامى and 22 other texts
Scope & Content:
A miscellany written for Jalāl al-Dīn Iskandar ibn ʻUmar Shaykh Decorations: Miniature: Folio 6r: The ascent of the Prophet over the Ka'bah guided by Jibrā'īl and escorted by angels. Miniature: Folio 38r: Shīrīn looking at Khusraw's portrait watched by Shāpūr. Miniature: Folio 47v: Khusraw and ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
From Jumāda I, 813 to Jumāda II, 814
Extent:
546 folios

35. Add MS 27261, ff 3v-112r

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Title:
Ilāhī'nāmah by ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, d. ca. 1230 الاهی نامه
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
From Jumāda I, 813 to Jumāda II, 814
Extent:
1 text

36. Add MS 27261, ff 3v-294r

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Add MS 27261, ff 3v-294r
Title:
Khamsah-'i Niẓāmī by Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3 خمسۀ نظامى
Scope & Content:
Decorations: Miniature: Folio 6r: The ascent of the Prophet over the Ka'bah guided by Jibrā'īl and escorted by angels. Miniature: Folio 38r: Shīrīn looking at Khusraw's portrait watched by Shāpūr. Miniature: Folio 47v: Khusraw and Shīrīn in a garden. Miniature: Folio 61r: Farhād carrying Shīrīn ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
From Jumāda I, 813 to Jumāda II, 814
Extent:
1 text

37. Add MS 27261, ff 111r-142v

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Add MS 27261, ff 111r-142v
Title:
Manṭiq al-Ṭayr by ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, d. ca. 1230 منطق الطير
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
From Jumāda I, 813 to Jumāda II, 814
Extent:
1 text

38. Add MS 27261, ff 142v-287r

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Add MS 27261, ff 142v-287r
Title:
An anthology
Scope & Content:
An anthology Containing select pieces of upwards of three hundred poets, from the fifth to the ninth century, classed according to their subjects or metrical forms
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
From Jumāda I, 813 to Jumāda II, 814
Extent:
1 text

39. Add MS 27261, ff 294v-301r

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Title:
Three episodes from the Shāhnāmah of Firdawsī by Firdawsī
Scope & Content:
Three episodes from the Shāhnāmah of Firdawsī Decorations: Miniature: Folio 295v: The fire ordeal of Siyāvash. Miniature: Folio 298v: Rustam rescuing Bīzhan from the pit at night watched by Manīzhah. Miniature: Folio 300r: Humāy killing the demon sorcerer.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
From Jumāda I, 813 to Jumāda II, 814
Extent:
1 text

40. Add MS 27261, ff 294v-302r

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Add MS 27261, ff 294v-302r
Title:
An abridgment of the Niẓām al-Tavārīkh
Scope & Content:
The original work was brought down to the reign of Abū Saʻīd, Ilkhān of the Mongols, fl. 1316-1335, son of Uljāytū Khudābandah, Ilkhan of Iran, ca. 1280-1316 and written by Bayz̤āwī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻUmar, d. 1286?
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
From Jumāda I, 813 to Jumāda II, 814
Extent:
1 text