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1. Add MS 16659, ff 5v-7v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 16659, ff 5v-7v
Title:
al-Risālah fī aḥwālih الرسالة في أحواله Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:
Autobiography of Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037) completed after his death by his student Abū ʻUbayd ʻAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Muḥammad al-Jūzjānī (أبو عبيد عبد الواحد بن محمد الجوزجاني).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1182
Extent:

Ff. 5v-7v

2. Add MS 23403, ff 4v-8v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 23403, ff 4v-8v
Title:
Tadhkirah li-Ibn Sīnā تذكرة لابن سينا Jūzjānī, ʻAbd al-Wāḥid جوزجاني، عبد الواحد
Scope & Content:
Biography of Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037), with a list of his works (ff. 6r-7v). The text is a paraphrased version of the widely-circulated autobiography by Ibn Sīnā, completed by his pupil ʻAbd al-...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1019
Extent:
Ff. 4v-8v

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/1
Title:
Who's Who in Persia (Volume I) Khorasan, Sistan & the Kainat
Scope & Content:
The first edition of Who's Who in Persia (Volume I) Khorasan, Sistan & the Kainat, compiled by General Staff, India, comprises a biographical dictionary of individuals connected with those regions in 1923. It also includes two genealogical trees outlining the pedigree of the Chiefs of Tun a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:
1 volume (34 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/2
Title:
Corrections and Additions to Who's Who in Persia, Vol. I
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of corrections and additions to the biographical dictionary of individuals given in Who's Who in Persia (Volume I) Khorasan, Sistan & the Kainat, compiled by the General Staff, India, from 1923. Published by the Government of India Press, Simla, 1924.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 volume (11 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/3
Title:
Who's Who in Persia (Volume II)
Scope & Content:
The first edition of Who's Who in Persia (Volume II), compiled by the General Staff, India, comprises a biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes connected with Persia in 1923. At the front of the volume (ff 4-7) it includes lists of: foreign representatives in Tehran; Persia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:
1 volume (223 folios)

6. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/4
Title:
Corrections and Additions to Who's Who in Persia Vol. II
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of corrections and additions to the biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes given in Who's Who in Persia (Volume II), compiled by the General Staff, India, from 1923. Published by the Manager, Government of India Press, Simla, 1924.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 volume (12 folios)

7. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/5
Title:
Who's Who in Persia (Volume III) Arabistan, Luristan, Isfahan & Bakhtiari
Scope & Content:
The first edition of Who's Who in Persia (Volume III) Arabistan, Luristan, Isfahan & Bakhtiari, compiled by the General Staff, India, comprises a biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes connected with those regions in 1922. It also includes a genealogical tree for the B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:
1 volume (27 folios)

8. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/6
Title:
Corrections and Additions to Who's Who in Persia, Vol. III
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of corrections and additions to the biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes given in Who's Who in Persia (Volume III) Arabistan, Luristan, Isfahan & Bakhtiari, compiled by the General Staff, India, from 1923. Published by the Manager, Government of I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 volume (4 folios)

9. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/7
Title:
Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV) Persian Baluchistan, Kerman, Bandar Abbas, Fars, Yezd and Laristan
Scope & Content:
The first edition of Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV) Persian Baluchistan, Kerman, Bandar Abbas, Fars, Yezd and Laristan , compiled by the General Staff, India, comprises a biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes connected with those regions in 1923. It also includes genealo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:
1 volume (87 folios)

10. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/8
Title:
Additions and Corrections to Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV)
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of additions and corrections to the biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes given in Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV) Persian Baluchistan, Kerman, Bandar Abbas, Fars, Yezd and Laristan, compiled by the General Staff, India, from 1923. It also includes gen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 volume (152 folios)