Baillie, John Baillie, of Leys, 1835-1890 (donor of the Oriental Manuscripts Collection)
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Biography
John B. Baillie of Leys bequeathed 165 Arabic and Persian manuscripts - the collection of John Baillie, his grandfather - to the University Library in 1876.
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Or Ms 99: کلّیات خاقانی Kulliyyāt-i Khāqānī, undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)
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Identifier: Or Ms 99
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The poetical compositions of the celebrated Imām Afẓal al-Dīn Badil Ibrāhīm b. 'Alī Najjār "Khāqānī" of Shirvan, who originally wrote poetry under the name of Haqā'iqī d. 582 A.H.(1186 C.E.).
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undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)
Or Ms 100: قصائد خاقانی Qaṣā'id-i Khāqānī, undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)
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Identifier: Or Ms 100
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A collection of eighty-eight qaṣīdahs by the celebrated Imām Afẓal al-Dīn Badil Ibrāhīm b. 'Alī Najjār "Khāqānī" of Shirvan, who originally wrote poetry under the name of Haqā'iqī d. 582 A.H.(1186 C.E.).
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undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)
Or Ms 101: اسکندر نامهٔ برّی Iskandar-nāmah-i barrī, undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)
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Identifier: Or Ms 101
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A complete manuscript, in good preservation, of the first part of a much celebrated romance. It contains an account of the exploits of Alexander the Great as a conqueror, and was written in admirable verse by the famous Shaykh Jamal al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyas b. Mu'ayyad Niẓām al-Dīn, "Niẓāmī" of Ganjah, who was born at Qum (Iran), 535 A.H. (1140 C.E.), and probably died 599 A.H. (1203 C.E.), though the dates of his death are variously described, 576-607 A.H. (1180-1210 C.E.). ...
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undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)
Or Ms 102: مخزن الاسرار Makhzan al-Asrār, undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)
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Identifier: Or Ms 102
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An allegorical Sufī mas̲navī by the famous Shaykh Jamal al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyas b. Mu'ayyad Niẓām al-Dīn, "Niẓāmī" of Ganjah, who was born at Qum, 535 A.H. (1140 C.E.), and probably died 599 A.H. (1203 C.E.), though the dates of his death are variously described, 576-607 A.H. (1180-1210 C.E.). It is divided into twenty maqalahs (chapters), and illustrated by means of short instructive anecdotes. Various manuscripts of this poem bear different...
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undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)
Or Ms 103: خسرو و شیرین Khusraw va Shīrīn, undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)
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Identifier: Or Ms 103
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A celebrated poem on the love of Khusraw and Shīrīn, by the famous Shaykh Jamal al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyas b. Mu'ayyad Niẓām al-Dīn, "Niẓāmī" of Ganjah, who was born at Qum, 535 A.H. (1140 C.E.), and probably died 599 A.H. (1203 C.E.), though the dates of his death are variously described, 576-607 A.H. (1180-1210 C.E.). This work contains eulogies to Sulṭan Sa'īd Tughrul b. Arslān, who ascended the throne in 573 A.H. (1177-1178 C.E.), Atābak Abū Ja'far Muḥammad, and his brother and successor...
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undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)
Or Ms 104: کلّیات سعدی Kulliyyāt-i Sa'dī, 964 A.H., 1556 C.E.
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Identifier: Or Ms 104
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A magnificent copy of the complete collected works of pre-eminently the most popular of Persian poets Sa'dī of Shiraz.
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964 A.H.; 1556 C.E.
Or Ms 106: دیوان حافظ Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ, undated copy (original text composed 14th cent. C.E.)
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Identifier: Or Ms 106
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A collection of poems by the celebrated Persian lyric poet Shams-al-Dīn Muḥammad "Ḥāfiẓ" of Shiraz (ca. 715-792 A.H. /1315-1390 C.E.). This volume, probably copied in the 11th century A.H. (broadly, 17th cent. CE), is richly illuminated and includes twelve highly finished miniatures in Indian style.
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undated copy (original text composed 14th cent. C.E.)
Or Ms 107: کلّیات عرفی Kulliyyāt-i 'Urfī, 1065 A.H., 1655 C.E.
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Identifier: Or Ms 107
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The collected works of the celebrated poet Sayyid Muḥammad Jamāl al-Dīn " 'Urfī " Shīrāzī, who came to India, 994 A.H. (1586 C.E.), first proceeded to the Deccan, where he soon entered into the service of Ḥakīm Masīḥ al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ Jīlānī, but subsequently, on the death of his patron, 997 A.H. (1589 C.E.), he went to seek his fortune at Agra. Here he soon rose in the favour of the Khān-i Khānān, Mīrzā 'Abd al-Raḥīm (the son of Bayram Khān, who had been Akbar's regent), who had translated...
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1065 A.H.; 1655 C.E.
Or Ms 108: شرح قصائد عرفی Sharḥ-i Qaṣā'id-i 'Urfī, undated
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Identifier: Or Ms 108
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An anonymous commentary upon the difficult lines in the qaṣā'id (poems) of the celebrated poet Sayyid Muḥammad Jamāl al-Dīn " 'Urfī " Shīrāzī. 'Urfī came to India, 994 A.H. (1586 C.E.), first proceeded to the Deccan, where he soon entered into the service of Ḥakīm Masīḥ al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ Jīlānī, but subsequently, on the death of his patron, 997 A.H. (1589 C.E.), he went to seek his fortune at Agra. Here he soon rose in the favour of the Khān-i...
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undated
Or Ms 109: مثنوی نعمت خان عالی Mas̲navī Ni'mat Khān-i 'Alī, undated copy (original text composed 17th-18th cent. C.E.)
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Identifier: Or Ms 109
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A collection of short stories of a mystical and didactic character, written in verse in the mas̲navī form by the same Ni'mat Khān-i 'Alī. Also known as Mīrzā Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad, the poet was descended from a Persian family of physicians in Dehli. He was Comptroller of the Royal Kitchen, and received the title of Ni'mat Khān from the same Emperor 'Alamgīr and near the end of the reign, on account of his constant attendance upon that monarch, he received the...
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undated copy (original text composed 17th-18th cent. C.E.)