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Or Ms 92: رسالهٔ ارثماطیقی (یعنی خواص اعداد) Risālah-i irs̲māṭīqī (ya'nī khavāṣ-i a'dād), undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 92

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This is only the third fann, or part, of apparently a large work on arithmetic. The author's name is not given. In its present form it treats with that branch of the Theory of Numbers which is called Zawju al-Zawj), it is illustrated by numerous tables.

Dates: undated

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Or Ms 93: معراج التوحید Mi'rāj al-Tawḥīd, 1222 A.H., 1807 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 93

Scope and Contents A treatise in verse on the knowledge of the stars with a commentary upon the same in prose, by Mīrzā Abū Ṭalib Khān b. Ḥājjī Muḥammad Beg Khān Hindī Isfahānī (d. 1220 or 1221 A.H., 1805-1806 C.E.) The author in the introduction states that he was requested on his return from Europe by a friend to write his latest observations in the science of astronomy; the present treatise was accordingly compiled after a labour of two months in 1219 A.H. (1804 C.E.), and dedicated to Abū al-Fatḥ Sulṭān...

Dates: 1222 A.H.; 1807 C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 94: تحفة الملوک Tuḥfat al-Mulūk, undated copy (original text composed 11th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 94

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The work is a short treatise intended for the instruction of princes and rulers, and consists of forty chapters, each containing four different pieces of advice. The author, whose name in this instance is not mentioned, was 'Abd-allāh Muḥammad al-Anṣarī of Herat (d. 481 A.H., 1088 C.E.). From the preface it would appear that the work is a compilation of the wise sayings of old philosophers and statesmen.

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

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 95: اخلاق ناصری Akhlāq-i Nāṣirī, 1146 A.H., 1735 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 95

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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: 1146 A.H.; 1735 C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 96: منهاج الطالبین Minhāj al-Ṭalibīn, 1146 A.H., 1735 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 96

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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

Or Ms 97: اخلاق محسنی Akhlāq-i Muḥsinī, 1216 A.H., 1801 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 97

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This is a well-known work on ethics, by Kamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ Kāshifī, born ca. 840 A.H. (1436-37 C.E.) died. 910 A.H. (1504-5 C.E.).

Dates: 1216 A.H.; 1801 C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 98: شاهمانه Shāh-nāmah, 1226 A.H., 1811 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 98

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The Persian "Book of Kings" and national epic, the rendition in verse by Abū'l-Qāsim Firdowsī ca. 329-410 A.H. (940-1019 C.E.).

Dates: 1226 A.H.; 1811 C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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.).

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

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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.).

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

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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

Scope and Contents 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.). ...

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Or Ms 92: رسالهٔ ارثماطیقی (یعنی خواص اعداد) Risālah-i irs̲māṭīqī (ya'nī khavāṣ-i a'dād), undated

Or Ms 93: معراج التوحید Mi'rāj al-Tawḥīd, 1222 A.H., 1807 C.E.

Or Ms 94: تحفة الملوک Tuḥfat al-Mulūk, undated copy (original text composed 11th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 95: اخلاق ناصری Akhlāq-i Nāṣirī, 1146 A.H., 1735 C.E.

Or Ms 96: منهاج الطالبین Minhāj al-Ṭalibīn, 1146 A.H., 1735 C.E.

Or Ms 97: اخلاق محسنی Akhlāq-i Muḥsinī, 1216 A.H., 1801 C.E.

Or Ms 98: شاهمانه Shāh-nāmah, 1226 A.H., 1811 C.E.

Or Ms 99: کلّیات خاقانی Kulliyyāt-i Khāqānī, 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.)

Or Ms 101: اسکندر نامهٔ برّی Iskandar-nāmah-i barrī, undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)

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