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Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 137
Title:: Sharaf al-Dīn Yazdī, Ẓafarnāmah
Scope & Content:: The Ẓafarnāmah, also called the Tārīkh-i jahāngushāʼī-yi Taymūr, a biography of Timur by Sharaf al-Dīn Yazdī completed ca. 1424. Illustrated with 30 miniatures, 16th century Shiraz style. Includes a detailed list of contents (ff. vi verso - vii verso). Colophon dated 5 Ramazan 939 (31 March 1533...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Persian
Date Range:: 1533
Extent:: 474 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 138
Title:: Jamālī, Khamsah
Scope & Content:: Five masnavis composed by the poet Jamālī who may have lived at Tabriz at the beginning of the 15th century, and illustrated with six miniatures (ff. 14r, 24r, 75r, 101v, 125v, 205r). Copied at Baghdad. Colophons dated 8 Ramazan 869 (4 May 1465, f. 86r) and Muharram 870 (August/September 1465, f...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Persian
Date Range:: 1465
Extent:: 229 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 843
Title:: Preface by Sa‘dī and 15 other texts
Scope & Content:: Kullīyāt of Sa‘dī کلّیات سعدی Decorations: Miniature: Folios 1v - 2r: Double-page court scene within a splendid illuminated border and decorated margins. On 1v is Shah 'Abbas enthroned with courtiers and musicians; on 2r are courtiers and ladies, together with Turkish, Indian and European ambas...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Persian
Date Range:: 1034
Extent:: 414 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 843, ff 2v-3v
Title:: Preface by Sa‘dī
Scope & Content:: Decorations: Miniature: Folios 1v - 2r: Double-page court scene within a splendid illuminated border and decorated margins. On 1v is Shah 'Abbas enthroned with courtiers and musicians; on 2r are courtiers and ladies, together with Turkish, Indian and European ambassadors, all on a terrace with a...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Persian
Date Range:: 1034
Extent:: 1 text

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 843, ff 4r-34r
Title:: Rasā’il by Sa‘dī رسائل
Scope & Content:: Decorations: Miniature: Folio 20v: Hanging of Barṣīṣa, a Jewish physician, before the King. Dimensions [written]: 14x11cm.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Persian
Date Range:: 1034
Extent:: 1 text

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 843, ff 34v-92r
Title:: Gulistān by Sa‘dī گلستان
Scope & Content:: Decorations: Miniature: Folio 42v: The King in his ship watches his Persian slave being pulled on board. the ship is based on a European ship of the period, with three masts and cannon at the port-holes. The King bears a certain resemblance to 'Abbas I. Dimensions [written]: 23x16.5cm. Miniature...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Persian
Date Range:: 1034
Extent:: 1 text

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 843, ff 92v-175r
Title:: Būstān by Sa‘dī بوستان
Scope & Content:: Decorations: Miniature: Folio 94r: Mi'rāj: the Prophet, veiled, approaching Leo, led by Gabriel with a green banner and Israfīl with the 7-fold trumpet: stars and fine clouds. Dimensions [written]: 14x11cm. Miniature: Folio 117v: The generous man visiting the debtor in prison. Dimensions [writte...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Persian
Date Range:: 1034
Extent:: 1 text

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 843, ff 223v-372r
Title:: Ghazalīyāt by Sa‘dī غزلیات
Scope & Content:: Decorations: Miniature: Folio 232r: Illustration to a ghazal. Prince and page on a balcony: admiring dervishes below. Dimensions [written]: 13x11cm. Miniature: Folio 246r: Convivial party in a wine shop. Illustration to a ghazal. Dimensions [written]: 15.5x11cm. Miniature: Folio 291r: Young prin...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Persian
Date Range:: 1034
Extent:: 1 text

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