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Subject Persian poetry--747-1500 Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Digitised Manuscripts (unavailable)

1. Add MS 7735

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Add MS 7735
Title:
Manṭiq al-Ṭayr by ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, d. ca. 1230 منطق الطير
Scope & Content:
A Later Herat/Timurid copy of Manṭiq al-Ṭayr Decorations: Miniature: Folio 28v: The darvīsh kneeling before the princess he loved. Miniature: Folio 30v: The hoopoe and the peacock. Miniature: Folio 49r: Shaykh Ṣan'ān gazing at the Greek Christian maiden asleep on her balcony. Miniature: Folio 6...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
Late 15th century-Early 16th century
Extent:
208 folios

2. Add MS 18579

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Add MS 18579
Title:
Anvār-i Suhaylī by Kāshifī, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ, d. 1504 or 5 انوار سهیلی
Scope & Content:
Animal Fables Decorations: Miniature: Folio 6r: Anūshīrvān presented with the Book of Wisdom by Burzūyah Miniature: Folio 20r: A king visiting a sage in a cave Miniature: Folio 21r: The treasure hoard in the cave shown to the king. Inscription: Pādshāh Salīm. Artist: Muḥammad Riz̤ā Miniature: F...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1010
Extent:
426 folios

3. Add MS 27261, ff 3v-112r

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Add MS 27261, ff 3v-112r
Title:
Ilāhī'nāmah by ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, d. ca. 1230 الاهی نامه
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
From Jumāda I, 813 to Jumāda II, 814
Extent:
1 text

4. Add MS 27261, ff 111r-142v

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Add MS 27261, ff 111r-142v
Title:
Manṭiq al-Ṭayr by ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, d. ca. 1230 منطق الطير
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
From Jumāda I, 813 to Jumāda II, 814
Extent:
1 text

5. Add MS 27261, ff 142v-287r

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Add MS 27261, ff 142v-287r
Title:
An anthology
Scope & Content:
An anthology Containing select pieces of upwards of three hundred poets, from the fifth to the ninth century, classed according to their subjects or metrical forms
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
From Jumāda I, 813 to Jumāda II, 814
Extent:
1 text

6. Add MS 27261, ff 420v-504r

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Add MS 27261, ff 420v-504r
Title:
Jām-i Jam by Awḥadī, Rukn al-Dīn, 1271 or 1272-1337 or 1338 جام جم
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
From Jumāda I, 813 to Jumāda II, 814
Extent:
1 text

7. Grenville XLI

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Grenville XLI
Title:
Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ by Ḥāfiẓ, 14th cent. ديوان حافظ
Scope & Content:
A Mughal copy of the Dīvān-i Hāfiẓ Decorations: Unwan: ʿUnwānMarginal: Gold-ruled marginsMiniature: 19 miniatures, in the Indian style, and of a high degree of finish, but partly defaced Miniature: Folio 5r: Ḥāfiẓ walking in the desert.Miniature: Folio 14r: Sulaymān with his attendant jinn...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
258 folios

8. IO Islamic 132

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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

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

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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

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

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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