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61. MSS Urdu 11

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Urdu 11
Title:
برو لامع Barq i lāmi'
Scope & Content:
A controversial Shi'a poem in Masnawi verse in reply to an anonymous Sunni Masnawi entitled Saif i qati. By Mirza Ja'far, Fasih. Begins: پس از حمد جی و قیوم پس از نعت رسول پاک و معصوم زبان خامہ ھوتی ھی کہربار رقم کرتا ھون مدح آل اطہار The author gives the text of the Saif i qati a few line...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Persian, and Urdu
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
53 folios

62. MSS Urdu 12a

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Urdu 12a
Title:
اتالیق الصبیان Atālīq al-ṣibyān
Scope & Content:
A manual of instruction on Islamic religious observances. By Saiyid Salik Muhammad. Begins: الحمد اللہ رب العالمین و الصلوتہ و السلام علی رسولہ سید المرسلین و شفیع المذنبین و آلہ الطاھرین و خالفا الراشدین و اصحابہ اجمعین جان تو کہ نیک بخت کرے تجکو خدا تعالی بیچ دونو جہا ن کے The work is div...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Persian, and Urdu
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
105 folios

63. MSS Urdu 13b

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Urdu 13b
Title:
نصیحت المسلمین Naṣīḥat al-Muslimīn
Scope & Content:
A treatise against polytheism and infidelity by Maulavi Kurram 'Ali, Bilhauri. Begins: سجان اللہ کیا شان ھی تیری کہ بغیر مڈ دوسرے کی اتنے بڑے آسمان اور زمین کو کس خوب صورتی کے ساتھ پیدا کیا اور کسی نبی ولی کو اپنے کار خانے مین کچھ اختیار نہین دیا This work was written in A.H. 1238 (A.D. 1822...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Persian, and Urdu
Date Range:
1239
Extent:
32 folios

64. MSS Urdu 14

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Urdu 14
Title:
فضل بہار Faẓl i bahār
Scope & Content:
A treatise in verse on the principles of the Islamic faith and religious observances. By Saiyid Fazl 'Ali. Begins: پہل حمد ھی پاک خلاق کی کہ جن اپنی قدرت سے مخلوق کی وو صاحب فضل اور صاحب کرم نہین لکھ سکے وصف اوسکا قلم عجب اوسکا دریا ھی توحید کا کہ غواص کا وھان نہ پاوے پتا Fazl 'Ali belo...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Persian, and Urdu
Date Range:
1267
Extent:
60 folios

65. MSS Urdu 15

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Urdu 15
Title:
مایتہ المسائل Mi'at al-masā'il
Scope & Content:
Answers to 100 questions relating to the principles and observances of the Sunni creed given by Maulana Shaikh Muhammad Ishaq ibn Shaikh Muhammad Afzal Faruqi. Translated by Ahmad Allah ibn Dalil Allah, Siddiqi, in the year A.H. 1245 (A.D. 1829-30).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Persian, and Urdu
Date Range:
1273
Extent:
82 folios

66. Photo 174(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(1)
Title:
Picture of the Tents of the Turks. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows the tents of the Ottoman Turkish troops at their camp at Medina. Despite the apparently secular nature of the subject, and the fact that the camp does not depict a stopping-off point on the hadj, the laudatory poetry and prose makes clear the relevance of t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:

1 b/w photographic print laid down on a blue card window mount

67. Photo 174(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(2)
Title:
Picture of the Sanctuary of Medina the Radiant. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows the Haram (Sanctuary) of the Masjid al-Nabawi or Mosque of the Prophet at Medina from an elevated position northwest of the oldest portion of the building which contains the tombs of Mohammed, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab. The dome erected over them,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:

1 b/w photograph laid down on a blue card window mount

68. Photo 174(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(3)
Title:
Picture of the City of Mecca the Great. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows the Caaba and Sanctuary at Mecca from an elevated position due East of the Masjid al-Haram, or Grand Mosque. Parts of the northwest of the city of Mecca are visible in the background. Due to the relatively slow shutter speed used by the photographer, the m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:

1 b/w photograph held within a blue card window mount

69. Photo 174(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(4)
Title:
Picture of the Sanctuary of Medina the Radiant. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows the Haram (Sanctuary) of the Masjid al-Nabawi or Mosque of the Prophet at Medina from an elevated position northeast of the oldest portion of the building, which contains the tombs of Mohammed, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab. The dome erected over them...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:

1 b/w photographic print laid down on a blue card window mount

70. Photo 174(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(5)
Title:
Picture of the Sanctuary of Mecca the Great. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows the Caaba and Sanctuary at Mecca from a position within the Masjid al-Haram west-southwest of the Caaba. Pilgrims surround the Caaba; all are facing it while some are performing the tawaf – the ritual of circumambulation of the Caaba seven times in a counte...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:

1 b/w photographic print laid down on a blue card window mount