Dīvān-i Muʻizzī by Muʻizzī, Amīr ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad, b. 1048 or 9 ديوان معزى and 5 other texts
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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...
Dīvān-i Muʻizzī by Muʻizzī, Amīr ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad, b. 1048 or 9 ديوان معزى
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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...
Dīvān-i As̲īr al-Dīn Ākhsīkatī by As̲īr al-Dīn Ākhsīkatī ديوان اثير الدين آخسيكتى
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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...
Divān-i Adīb Sābir by Tirmiẕī, Adīb Ṣābir 1078-1147 ديوان اديب صابر
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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...
Dīvān-i Qamar by Qamar Isfahānī, Niẓām al-Dīn Maḥmud, d. ca. 1210 ديوان قمر
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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...
Divān-i Shams Ṭabasī by Qāz̤ī Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm Ṭabasī ديوان شمس طبسى
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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...
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...
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...
