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

A complete commentary on the Wiqāyat al-Hidāyah of ‘Ubayd-Allāh b. Maḥmūd b. Maḥmūd al-Maḥbūbī, also known as "Ṣadr al-Sharī‘ah", who lived in the seventh century of the ḥijrah. The author of the commentary is Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Khurāsānī Quhistānī, (d. circa 950 A.H., 1543 C.E.).

An abridged official manual of the Indian Empire. The original was possibly drawn up in Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr's (r. 1658 to 1707 C.E.) time. It contains an account of the allowances of the officials of various grades, names of Faṣlī months, revenues and area of the Empire, distance from Shāhjahānābād (Dehlī) to various places, and the divisions and revenues of a number of ṣūbahs (see more in Hukk et al catalogue).

A treatise on the science of physiognomy. The author's name is not given.

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

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.

A collection of letters written by Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr (r. 1658 to 1707 C.E.) to Amīr-Khān and others.

These were collected, as stated in the introduction, after the death of Amīr-Khān (circa 1131 A.H., 1719 C.E.), by his son Sayyid Ashraf-Khān (Mīr Muḥammad Husaynī), from the remnants left by his father.

A record of the movements and encampments of the Emperor ‘Ālamgīr (r. 1658 to 1707 C.E.), from the third Rabī‘ II, 1066 A.H. (1665 C.E.), to the fourth of Jumādá II, 1099 A.H. (1687 C.E.), the thirty-fourth year of his reign. Besides the places of encampment, the length of stay and the time taken to pass from one place to another are also recorded.

A compendium of medicine in verse, compiled, 990 A.H. (1582 C.E.) by Shihāb al-Dīn b. ‘Abd al- Karīm.

A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library by Mohammad Hukk et al. (1925) says of the dating: "about 1133 A.H. (1720 C.E.)" and that the scribe is "Chanpā, son of Aithippā'. See Or Ms 257 for further discussion of this scribe.

A letter from Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr (r. 1658 to 1707 C.E.) to his son Muḥammad A‘ẓam-Shāh (d. 1119 A.H., 1707 C.E.) during a siege, possibly of Gulkundah in 1107 A.H., 1695 C.E.

A collection of royal letters and notes of Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr (r. 1658 to 1707 C.E.). The letters are addressed to his son Muḥammad A‘ẓam-Shāh (d. 1119 A.H., 1707 C.E.).