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Or Ms 112: تحفهٔ بیلویه Tuḥfah-i Bailawiyyah, undated copy (original text composed between late 18th and early 19th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 112

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A selection from the poets, compiled by Tārī-Chand, at the request of, and named after, Colonel John Baillie. The author states in the introduction that this work is based on that of Sulṭan Muḥammad Shāh Ṣafavī (see OR MS 86), and, referring to his patron, he adds that Colonel Baillie composed poems under the nom de plume "John." The present copy is most probably is the original.

Dates: undated copy (original text composed between late 18th and early 19th cent. C.E.)

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Or Ms 114: تصویرات راگ مالا Taṣvīrāt-i Rāg-mālā, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 114

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Music: An album illuminated by thirty-four groups of figures in gouache painting in a variety of colours, attitudes, and surroundings, representing conventional symbols of Rāgs and Rāginīs (the well-known personifications of Indian pitches).

Dates: undated

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 115: دقائق الانشاء Daqā'iq al-inshā', 1204 A.H., 1789 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 115

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This important work, which deals with the subtilties of style in the composition of both prose and poetry, was compiled in 1145 A.H. (1732-1733 C.E.), by Ranjhūr-Dās (also called Ranchūr-Dās), son of Ranjīt-Rāi, a Kāyath of Jawnpūr.

Dates: 1204 A.H.; 1789 C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 116: جامع التمثیل Jāmi' al-tams̲īl, 1226 A.H., 1810 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 116

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A collection of proverbs arranged in alphabetical order according to the first letter of each proverb; thus there are as many chapters as there are letters in the alphabet. Their origin and use are also explained, and illustrated by means of short historical anecdotes.Texts from the Qur'ān and poet quotations are also introduced towards the end. This is one of the most celebrated works of the author, Muḥammad 'Alī Jabalwardī, sometimes called Jabalrūdī.

Dates: 1226 A.H.; 1810 C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 117: انوار سهیلی Anvār-i Suhaylī, 1244 A.H., 1828 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 117

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A fine complete copy of the rendition, in Persian, of Kalīlah and Dimnah, 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: 1244 A.H.; 1828 C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 118: الف لیله (قصّهٔ هزار و یک شب) Alf laylah (qiṣṣah-i Hizar u yik shab), undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 118

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The Alf laylah, on the flyleaf labelled Qiṣṣah-i hizār-u yik shab or the "One Thousand and One Nights" in Persian, translated from the original Arabic, with the omission of the verses by Abū al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad 'Alī Simnānī Sāsānī.

Dates: undated

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 119: جوامع الحکایات و لوامع الروایات Jawāmi' al-ḥikāyāt va lavāmi' al-rivāyāt, 842-843 A.H., 1439-1440 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 119

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A celebrated collection of historical tales and anecdotes, by Mawlānā Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad 'Aufī, also known as Sadr al-Dīn, or Jamāl al-Dīn 'Aufī, who also compiled one of the earliest biographies of poets, called Lubāb al-Albāb. The present work was composed in 625 A.H. (1227 C.E.).

Dates: 842-843 A.H.; 1439-1440 C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 120: قصّهٔ چهار درویش Qiṣṣah-i chahār darvīsh, undated copy (original text composed 14th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 120

Scope and Contents The story of King Āzād Bakhsh, his son Bakhtiyār, and the four dervishes. It is written in florid prose interspersed with verse. The work is commonly ascribed to the most celebrated Persian poet of India, Amīr Khusrow of Dehli (d. 725 A.H., 1324 C.E.). The present copy has at the end an extensive vocabulary of the difficult words occurring in the text. The tales of the four dervshes begin respectively on fols. 4b, 22b, 71a, and 835. The Urdū translation of this work is called the "Bāgh-u...

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 14th cent. C.E.)

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 121: بهار دانش (volume.1) Bahār-i dānish, undated copy (original text composed 17th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 121

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The work is a romance of Jahāndār-Sulṭan and Bahrawar-Bānū, told by means of a number of amusing tales. It was compiled by Shaykh 'Ināyat-allāh of Dehli (d. 1082 A.H., 1671 C.E.). The work is in two volumes, OR MS 121 and 122. Though the two volumes are not uniform in size, etc., the second is a continuation of the first and contains an index to it.

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 17th cent. C.E.)

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 122: بهار دانش Bahār-i dānish (volume.2), 1203 A.H., 1788 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 122

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The work is a romance of Jahāndār-Sulṭan and Bahrawar-Bānū, told by means of a number of amusing tales. It was compiled by Shaykh 'Ināyat-allāh of Dehli (d. 1082 A.H., 1671 C.E.). The work is in two volumes, OR MS 121 and 122. Though the two volumes are not uniform in size, etc., the second is a continuation of the first and contains an index to it.

Dates: 1203 A.H.; 1788 C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Or Ms 112: تحفهٔ بیلویه Tuḥfah-i Bailawiyyah, undated copy (original text composed between late 18th and early 19th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 114: تصویرات راگ مالا Taṣvīrāt-i Rāg-mālā, undated

Or Ms 115: دقائق الانشاء Daqā'iq al-inshā', 1204 A.H., 1789 C.E.

Or Ms 116: جامع التمثیل Jāmi' al-tams̲īl, 1226 A.H., 1810 C.E.

Or Ms 117: انوار سهیلی Anvār-i Suhaylī, 1244 A.H., 1828 C.E.

Or Ms 118: الف لیله (قصّهٔ هزار و یک شب) Alf laylah (qiṣṣah-i Hizar u yik shab), undated

Or Ms 119: جوامع الحکایات و لوامع الروایات Jawāmi' al-ḥikāyāt va lavāmi' al-rivāyāt, 842-843 A.H., 1439-1440 C.E.

Or Ms 120: قصّهٔ چهار درویش Qiṣṣah-i chahār darvīsh, undated copy (original text composed 14th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 121: بهار دانش (volume.1) Bahār-i dānish, undated copy (original text composed 17th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 122: بهار دانش Bahār-i dānish (volume.2), 1203 A.H., 1788 C.E.

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