Anderson, Adam, 1797-1853 (Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice)

Or Ms 259: رساله درعلمِ وفق Risālah dar ‘ilm-i vafq, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 259

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This is the fourth maqālah (chapter) from a longer work on the theory of numbers in five chapters (see A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library by Mohammad Hukk et al. (1925) for further details.

This manuscript includes many tables.

Dates: undated

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 260: رساله درعلمِ نجوم Risālah dar ‘ilm-i nujūm, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 260

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A treatise on astronomy; neither preface nor author's name is given. Numerous tables in red ink.

Dates: undated

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 261: ترجمهٔ تهذيب الاخلاق Tarjumah-yi Tahz̲īb al-akhlāq, 1081 A.H., 1670 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 261

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A treatise on ethics and practical philosophy.

The author's name is not given, but the title and chapter headings indicate that this is a Persian translation the Arabic work Tahz̲īb al-akhlāq, (also called Ṭahārat al-nafs) by Abū ‘Alī Aḥmad b. Muḥammad Miskawayh (d. 421 A.H., 1030 C.E.), known as Ibn Miskawayh.

Dates: 1081 A.H.; 1670 C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 262: اخلاق ناصری Akhlāq-i Nāṣirī, undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 262

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A famous treatise on ethics, 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.).

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

Or Ms 264: اظهار الحق Iẓhār al-ḥaqq, undated (extant by 17th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 264

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A Persian translation of some of the difficult lines in the qasīdahs written by 'Alī b. Abī Ṭalib (cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muḥammad, and First Imām of Shi'i Islam). It includes comments by Mīr Sayyid Walī, who compiled it at the desire of his father.

The main text is written in nasta'līq script with the Arabic quotations from the poetry written in naskh.

Dates: undated (extant by 17th cent. C.E.)

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 266: شاه نامه Shāh-nāmah, undated copy (original text composed 10th-11th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 266

Scope and Contents A superb copy of the Persian "Book of Kings" and epic poem, the verse written by Abū'l-Qāsim Firdawsī ca. 329-410 A.H. (940-1019 C.E.). The present copy is across two volumes OR MS 266 and 267; the verse appears to be complete but it does not include the preface.It is written in fine nast 'līq in four columns, framed by coloured lines, with headings in red or gold and has an illuminated frontispiece. The last few folios are slightly...

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 10th-11th cent. C.E.)

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 267: شاه نامه Shāh-nāmah, undated copy (original text composed 10th-11th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 267

Scope and Contents A superb copy of the Persian "Book of Kings" and epic poem, the verse written by Abū'l-Qāsim Firdawsī ca. 329-410 A.H. (940-1019 C.E.). The present copy is across two volumes OR MS 266 and 267; the verse appears to be complete but it does not include the preface.It is written in fine nast'līq in four columns, framed by coloured lines, with headings in red or gold and has an illuminated frontispiece.Despite being undated the other...

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 10th-11th cent. C.E.)

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

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Or Ms 271: گرشاسپ نامه Garshāsp-nāmah, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 271

Scope and Contents This poem celebrates the exploits of Garshāsp, prince of Sistan, and one of the ancestors of Rustam (the celebrated hero in Firdawsī's Shāh-nāmah). It is said to be one of the earliest attempts to imitate Firdawsī.It is usually ascribed to the poet Asadī Ṭusī, the master of Firdawsī, who flourished during the reigns of Sulṭān Maḥmūd and his son Mas'ūd of Ghaznī, and died in that of the latter (421-432 A.H., 1030-1040 C.E.). However, some of the...

Dates: undated

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 272: سام نامه Sām-nāmah, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 272

Scope and Contents An epic poem celebrating the exploits of Sām (son of Narīmān), who succeeded Garshāsp as Jahān-Pahlawān, and his romantic love with Princess Parīdukht, daughter of the Emperor of China. The author's name is not given, but as it is in close imitation of the celebrated mas̲navī of Khvājū-yi Kirmānī (d. c. 1349 C.E.) entitled Humā-yi Humāyūn, it is usually ascribed to the same author.The present copy is written in fine nast'līq in four columns,...

Dates: undated

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 274: ديوان خاقانی Dīvān-i Khāqānī, undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 274

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The collected poems of Imām Afz̤al al-Dīn "Khāqānī" of Shirvān (who died at Tabriz between 582 and 595 A.H. /1186 and 1199 C.E.), with a few pages missing at the end.

Fronticepiece illuminated with gold.

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

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Or Ms 259: رساله درعلمِ وفق Risālah dar ‘ilm-i vafq, undated

Or Ms 260: رساله درعلمِ نجوم Risālah dar ‘ilm-i nujūm, undated

Or Ms 261: ترجمهٔ تهذيب الاخلاق Tarjumah-yi Tahz̲īb al-akhlāq, 1081 A.H., 1670 C.E.

Or Ms 262: اخلاق ناصری Akhlāq-i Nāṣirī, undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 264: اظهار الحق Iẓhār al-ḥaqq, undated (extant by 17th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 266: شاه نامه Shāh-nāmah, undated copy (original text composed 10th-11th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 267: شاه نامه Shāh-nāmah, undated copy (original text composed 10th-11th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 271: گرشاسپ نامه Garshāsp-nāmah, undated

Or Ms 272: سام نامه Sām-nāmah, undated

Or Ms 274: ديوان خاقانی Dīvān-i Khāqānī, undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)

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