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Baillie, John Baillie, of Leys, 1835-1890 (donor of the Oriental Manuscripts Collection)

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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 167 Collections and/or Records:

مقامات الحریري Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī, undated copy (original text composed 11th-12th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 50
Scope and Contents

These are the ever popular stories of Abū Muḥammad al-Qāsim b. 'Alī al-Harīrī (d. 516 A.H., 1122 C.E.), who was the most famous prose-writer of his time.

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 11th-12th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

مقامات الحریري Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī, 1225 A.H., 1809 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 51
Scope and Contents

This is vol. 1 of Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī. These are the ever popular stories of Abū Muḥammad al-Qāsim b. 'Alī al-Harīrī (d. 516 A.H., 1122 C.E.), who was the most famous prose-writer of his time. This is a printed volume.

Dates: 1225 A.H.; 1809 C.E.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

منتخب اللغات شاهجهانی Muntakhb al-lughāt-i Shāhjahānī, undated copy (original text composed 17th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 141
Scope and Contents

A well-known dictionary of Arabic words explained in Persian. It was compiled, according to the chronogram muntkhab-i bī dil, 1046 A.H. (1636-1637 C.E.) and dedicated to the Mughal Emperor Shāhjahān, by 'Abd al-Rashīd b. 'Abd al-Ghafūr al-Ḥusaynī al-Madanī al-Tatawī (still alive, 1069 A.H., 1659 C.E.).

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 17th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

منهاج الطالبین Minhāj al-Ṭalibīn, 1146 A.H., 1735 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 96
Scope and Contents

A short treatise containing 145 selected pieces of advice in religious, moral, social, and political matters, by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī, known as Naṣīr-i Ṭūsī, who was born, 597 A.H. (1201 C.E.) and died, 672 A.H. (1274 C.E.). See Or Ms 95 for more of his work.

Dates: 1146 A.H.; 1735 C.E.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

موارد الکلم وسلک درر الحکم Mawārid al-kilam wa-silk durar al-ḥikam, undated copy (original text composed 16th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 30
Scope and Contents

A work on ethics by the celebrated Shaykh Abū al-Fayḍ, eldest son of Shaykh Mubārak Nāgūrī, and brother of the equally celebrated Abū al-Faḍl. He was born at Agra, 954 A.H. (1547 C.E.), and on account of his literary talents became a great favourite with the Mughal Emperor Akbar (1542-1605 C.E.).

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 16th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

نادر البیان في علم النحو Nādir al-bayān fī 'ilm al-naḥw, 1150 A.H., 1737 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 37
Scope and Contents

A treatise on grammar by Aḥmad b. al-Mas'ūd al-Ḥusaynī al-Harkāmī.

Dates: 1150 A.H.; 1737 C.E.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

نظام التّواریخ Niẓam al-tāwārīkh, undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 412
Scope and Contents This is a valuable short history of Persia from the earliest times to 674 A.H. (1275-1276 C.E.), by Naṣir al-Dīn 'Abd-allāh b. 'Umar al-Bayḍāwī who purportedly died at Tabriz in 1319 C.E., although his death date is disputed, and who is also celebrated for his commentary upon the Qur'ān. The current work was composed in 674 A.H. (1275 C.E.).The present copy has 57 folios, is written in good Nasta'līq, and is gold-lined round the columns with headings in red. It appears to be by...
Dates: undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

نفحة الیمن Nafḥat al-Yaman, 1226 A.H., 1811 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 55
Scope and Contents

An Arabic miscellany of compositions in prose and verse, selected or original, by Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Anṣarī al-Yamani al-Shirwānī, who compiled it in Calcutta at the desire of Matthew M. Lumsden, and died there, 1227 A.H. (1812 C.E.).

Dates: 1226 A.H.; 1811 C.E.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

نقل خطوط Naql-i khuṭūṭ, 1223-1229 A.H., 1808-1814 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 129
Scope and Contents This is a collection of transcriptions of 95 letters, of which 37 were sent to the Nawwāb Vazīr al-Mumālik Sa'adat 'Alī Khān of Oudh between July 28th, 1808 C.E., and June 18th, 1814 C.E., by the three Governors-General:Sir George Barlow (1). Lord Minto (26). Lord Moira (10).Further, there are copies of ten letters addressed to the Governors-General by the Bīgams of Oudh. The remaining 48 letters contain dispatches from the Nawwāb Vazīr to the Governors-General (44)...
Dates: 1223-1229 A.H.; 1808-1814 C.E.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

نقل خطوط Naql-i khuṭūṭ, 1229-1230 A.H., 1814-1815 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 135
Scope and Contents This is a collection of transcriptions of correspondence carried on between the 2nd Sh'abān, 1229 A.H. (20th July, 1814 C.E.), and the 15th Zulḥijjah, 1230 A.H. (18th November, 1815 C.E.), between the Governor-General and the Nawwāb Vazīr Ghazī al-Dīn Haydar Khān of Oudh. This Nawwāb became Nawwāb Vazīr after the death of his father, Nawwāb Vazīr al-Mumālik Sa'adat 'Alī Khān on the 22nd Rajab, 1229 A.H. (1st August, 1814 C.E.). Five years later, with the full consent of the British, he...
Dates: 1229-1230 A.H.; 1814-1815 C.E.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia