A richly illuminated copy of the Qur'an, probably Hausa. Probably from Nigeria. The writing style is not consistent, changing slightly in size and style throughout. There are some additions and crossings out in a later hand as well as pre-BL repairs, suggesting the book was passed down to several...
A fine version of the Bhagavad Gita from the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra with the full Sanskrit text and twenty-two miniatures depicting scenes from the Mahabharata and avatars of Vishnu. A note dated Novemeber 1877 by the former owner Sir M. Monier Williams is attached to the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1824
Extent:
1 item (bound volume 11.5 x 18.5 cm, covers lined in red velvet)
Patent of Qianlong 16 (1752) [Abkai wehiyehe-i juwan ningguci aniya omšon biyai orin sunja de. Abkai hesei g'aoming] [ᠠᠪᡣᠠᡞ ᠸᡝᡥᡞᠶᡝᡥᡝ ᡞ ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠨᡞᡢᡤᡠᠴᡞ ᠠᠨᡞᠶᠠ ᠣᠮᡧᠣᠨ ᠪᡞᠶᠠᡞ ᠣᠷᠢᠨ ᠰᡠᠨᠵᠠ ᡩᡝ᠃ ᠠᠪᡣᠠᡞ ᡥᡝᠰᡝᡞ ᡬᠠᠣᠮᡞᡢ] [Qianlong shi liu nian feng tian gao ming] [乾隆十六年奉天誥命]
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Bilingual Manchu-Chinese patent of Qianlong 16 (1752) conferring honours upon the parents of Io Ci Šeng (ᠢᠣ ᠴᠢ ᡧᡝᡢ) / You Qisheng (尤起盛), who holds the position of Uju jergi hiya [...] nonggiha (ᡠᠵᡠ ᠵᡝᠷᡤᡞ ᡥᡞᠶᠠ [...] ᠨᠣᡢᡤᡞᡥᠠ) / Tou deng hu wei jia yi ji (頭等護衛加一級) [Officer of the Imperial Guard of ...
Tadhkirat al-Fuqahā’ تذكرة الفقهاء Ibn al-Muṭahhar al-Ḥillī, al-Ḥasan ibn Yūsuf ابن المطهر الحلي، الحسن بن يوسف
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A portion of a compendium of formal legal opinions and decisions on legal cases according to the Shī’ah school of Islamic law by Jamal al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn Yūsuf (جمال الدين الحسن بن يوسف), called Ibn al-Muṭahhar al-Ḥillī (ابن المطهر الحلي). Two parts are bound in one volume: Part 7 (folios 2v-...
Legend of a famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited heaven and hell. The illustrations represent celestial beings (devata), and the tortures of the damned in hell Illustrations: Five paired illustrations