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1. Delhi Persian 965

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 965
Title:
Ilhamat-i Qudsi
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1600-1857
Extent:
79 ff.

2. IO Islamic 132

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 132
Title:
Dīvān-i Muʻizzī by Muʻizzī, Amīr ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad, b. 1048 or 9 ديوان معزى and 5 other texts
Scope & Content:
Collection of poetical Divans including poems by Muʻizzī, As̲īr al-Dīn Ākhsīkatī, Adīb Sābir, Qamar, Shams Ṭabasī and Nāṣir Khusraw Decorations: Miniature: Folio 1v: Sulṭān Sanjar, attended by the poet Mu'izzi and four courtiers of Mongol appearance, viewing the moon over a rocky hi...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
713-714
Extent:
112 folios

3. IO Islamic 132, ff 1r-18v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 132, ff 1r-18v
Title:
Dīvān-i Muʻizzī by Muʻizzī, Amīr ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad, b. 1048 or 9 ديوان معزى
Scope & Content:
Contains only a select number of Muʻizzī's poems, chiefly qaṣīdas, with a few qiṭʻas and rubāʻīs at the end A short biographical notice at the top of folio 1v Anthology of dīvāns dating from between Feb/Mar 1314 and Feb 1315 containing 53 miniatures in a simplified Mongol style. The manuscri...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
713-714
Extent:
1 text

4. IO Islamic 132, ff 19r-47v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 132, ff 19r-47v
Title:
Dīvān-i As̲īr al-Dīn Ākhsīkatī by As̲īr al-Dīn Ākhsīkatī ديوان اثير الدين آخسيكتى
Scope & Content:
Lyrical poems by As̲īr al-Dīn of Ākhsīkat (Ahsiket) Decorations: Miniature: Folio 19v: A discussion between six turbaned poets, one of whom holds an open book. The white paint of the turbans has oxidized in places. Dimensions [written]: 9x17.5cm. Miniature: Folio 20v: Same subject and figur...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
713-714
Extent:
1 text

5. IO Islamic 132, ff 48r-75r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 132, ff 48r-75r
Title:
Divān-i Adīb Sābir by Tirmiẕī, Adīb Ṣābir 1078-1147 ديوان اديب صابر
Scope & Content:
Lyrical poems of Adīb Sābir, who was the the panegyrist of Sanjar, Sultan of the Seljuks, 1084 or 6-1157 This diwan contains qaṣīdas. qiṭʻas, and rubāʻīs This work is dated end of Muḥarram, 714 Decorations: Miniature: Folio 49r: Same subject and figures as folio 3v. Dimensions [written]: 8...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
713-714
Extent:
1 text

6. IO Islamic 132, ff 76r-87v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 132, ff 76r-87v
Title:
Dīvān-i Qamar by Qamar Isfahānī, Niẓām al-Dīn Maḥmud, d. ca. 1210 ديوان قمر
Scope & Content:
Lyrical poems by Qamar, who was a panegyrist of the governors and qāz̤īs of Iṣfahān (Iran) Decorations: Miniature: Folio 76v: Discussion between six poets in turbans, one holding an open book, and a young man in a Mongol hat. Dimensions [written]: 7.5x26cm. Miniature: Folio 78r: Same subjec...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
713-714
Extent:
1 text

7. IO Islamic 132, ff 88r-96v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 132, ff 88r-96v
Title:
Divān-i Shams Ṭabasī by Qāz̤ī Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm Ṭabasī ديوان شمس طبسى
Scope & Content:
Lyrical poems, chiefly qaṣīdas, by Shams Ṭabasī Decorations: Miniature: Folio 88v: Turbaned poet, perhaps intended for Qāz̤ī Shams al-Dīn Ṭabasī, presenting a scroll to a turbaned prince attended by five courtiers in Mongol hats. Long hair has been added to the two on the right. Dimensio...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
713-714
Extent:
1 text

8. IO Islamic 132, ff 97r-112v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 132, ff 97r-112v
Title:
Dīvān-i Nāṣir Khusraw by Nāṣir-i Khusraw, 1004-ca 1088 ديوان ناصرخسرو
Scope & Content:
This work is dated Dhū al-Qa'dah, 714
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
713-714
Extent:
1 text

9. IO Islamic 137

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

10. IO Islamic 138

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