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A Persian letter written in exceptionally cursive Nastaᵓliq addressed to a Mr. Henry Kerry (?). The letter complains of the false information provided by a third individual to Mr. Kerry regarding the attitude of the writer to the addressee. The body of the correspondence makes mentions of severa...
Ardā vīrāf nāmah, by Zartusht Bahrām اردا ویراف نامه
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A poetical version 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. This copy has been transcribed in both Persian and Avestan scripts, reflecting a tradi...
A copy of the Khordah Avesta (‘little Avesta’), described as Kitāb zand avastā, a collection of prayers in Avestan, lacking the first folio. A Persian colophon (f. 67r) gives the date as Aneran (30th day), Ardibihisht (2nd month,) 1042 AY (1673), and the scribe’s name as Herbad Hormazyar Faramu...
The Ṣad dar (صد در) attributed to Īrānshāh ibn Malikshāh. A popular version of the 100 Zoroastrian rules composed in Persian verse in Kerman in 1494 (14 Muharram 900 AH) at the request of Shahriyār ibn Ardashīr ibn Bahrāmshāh. Copied in Surat for the English Agent (modī Angrezī) Kanūrjī Nāhānah...
The Ṣad dar (صد در), here called Ṣad dar naẓm, attributed to Īrānshāh ibn Malikshāh, a popular version of the 100 Zoroastrian rules composed in Persian verse in Kerman in 1494 (14 Muharram 900 AH) at the request of Shahriyār ibn Ardashīr ibn Bahrāmshāh. Copy dated 20 Muharram 1050 (12 May 1640)...
Royal Society Persian and Arabic manuscripts transferred to the India Office in July 1876, comprising the collection of Sir William Jones, presented to the Royal Society in 1792 (RSPA 1-118), and the collection of Mr Burjurjee Sorabjee Ashburner (RSPA 119-265), presented between 1864 and 1866. No...
