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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 26319
Title:: [Five texts in Persian, English, Kurdish (Laki and Ardalani) and Chagatai]
Scope & Content:: A codex of three texts compiled separately: ff. 1v-4r : Laki Kurdish-Persian glossary ff. 5v-7r : Ardalani Kurdish-Persian glossary ff. 9r-10r : Kurdish-English glossary ff. 11v-16r : Chagatai-Persian glossary of unusual terms in the Vaqiat-i Baburi ff. 18v-30v : Jām-i Jahānnamāī in Persian.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chagatai, English, Kurdish, and Persian
Date Range:: 18th century - 19th century
Extent:: Codex; ff. 30

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 26319, ff. 1v-4r
Title:: [Persian-Laki Kurdish Glossary]
Scope & Content:: A glossary of common terms in Laki Kurdish with their equivalents in Persian. It appears from a short preamble, dated at Bushehr on 12 April 1811, that this glossary was compiled by Muhammad Husain Khan for Sr. John Malcolm.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Kurdish and Persian
Date Range:: 1811
Extent:: 1 item, ff. 4

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 26319, ff. 5v-7r
Title:: [Persian-Ardalani Kurdish Glossary]
Scope & Content:: A glossary of common terms in Ardalani Kurdish with their equivalents in Persian. It appears from a short preamble, dated at Bushehr on 12 April 1811, that this glossary was compiled by Muhammad Husain Khan for Sr. John Malcolm.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Kurdish and Persian
Date Range:: 1811
Extent:: 1 item, ff. 3

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 26319, ff. 11v-16r
Title:: [Chagatai-Persian Glossary of Unusual Terms in the Vaqiat-i Baburi]
Scope & Content:: A Glossary of Chagatai and other uncommon words in the Memoirs of Babur, giving the words in the order in which they occur in the text along with their Persian equivalents. The Chagatai words have been underlined in pencil, with occasional references to their appearance in an unknown copy of th...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chagatai and Persian
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 item, ff. 6

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 26319, ff. 18v-30v
Title:: Jām-i Jahānnamāī / جام جهان نمای
Scope & Content:: A metaphysical tract on the various degrees of existence or self-consciousness (مراتب وجود) with two circular diagrams. This author of this text is unknown. The copy is dated Rajab 1141 (1729 CE).
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Persian
Date Range:: 1141
Extent:: 1 item, ff. 13

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 26530
Title:: 1 copy of Ghazal az Muḥammad Salīm ba-takhlluṣ-i Miskīn by Miskīn, Muḥammad Salīm
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Persian
Date Range:: 1810-1820
Extent:: 50 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 27254
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

Reference (shelfmark):: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: 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

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