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Or Ms 143: هفت قلزوم Haft qulzum (volume 2), 1237 A.H., 1822 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 143

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A dictionary and grammar of the Persian language, by His Majesty Ghazī al-Dīn Haydar Khān Bahādūr, the first King of Oudh, (d. 1243 A.H., 1827 C.E.). See OR MS 135 and 136 for his correspondance. The present work is across two volumes OR MS 142-143.

Dates: 1237 A.H.; 1822 C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 144: رسالهٔ زراعت Risālah-i zirā'at, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 144

Scope and Contents A short treatise on agriculture. In the introduction the author, who does not wish to disclose his name, states that he undertook the work at the desire of some person unnamed, and at the time of writing he was reduced to extreme poverty, so much so that he could not afford to obtain proper paper to write upon. Further, he laments the state of misgovernment into which his country has fallen, and attributes it to the appointment of princes to various provinces, who, entrusting their duties to...

Dates: undated

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 145: دستور جهان گشائی Dastūr-i jahān gushā'ī, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 145

Scope and Contents The author is Khayr-allāh, whose father, as is stated in the book, served as Sipahsālār (commander) in Shāhjahān's army. The subject dealt with is the art of war, divided into twelve kilīds (parts). Character sketch of the Jahāndār and Sipahsālār. Expression of humility and submission to the Supreme Will, with prayer to the Almighty for help. ...

Dates: undated

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 146: بیاض" خود بدولت" Bayāz̤-i khud-badawlat, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 146

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A MS. containing miscellaneous selections made for Colonel John Baillie from numerous Arabic and Persian books, the latter predominating. For a complete list of contents see: Hukk et al. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library (Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd., 1925) 125-128.

Dates: undated

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 176: انجيل مقدّسس Injīl-i muqaddas, 854 A.H., 1450 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 176

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This is an old manuscript of the Persian translation of the four Gospels of Matthew, fol.16; Mark, fol.536; Luke, fol.886; and John, fol.1466. It is stated on the flyleaf in English that this translation differs from that inserted in Walton's Polyglot, but that it is very similar to the one published by Whelock, 1657 C.E. Contains some Armenian inscriptions on the end papers.

Dates: 854 A.H.; 1450 C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 177: انجيل مقدّسس Injīl-i muqaddas, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 177

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A Persian translation of the New Testament.

Dates: undated

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 178: عجائب التجويد Ajā’ib al-tajwīd‘, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 178

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A short treatise on the correct reading, reciting, etc., of the Qur’ān. The subject is treated in nineteen chapters, and these are enumerated on fols. 3a-4a. The author is ‘Ibād-allāh.

Dates: undated

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 179: ترجمة الشریعه Tarjumat al-sharī'ah, 1084 A.H., 1673 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 179

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A translation in Persian of a short treatise in Arabic on a few religious ceremonies (14 folios), called A'māl ḥasanah-u sunan Sunniyyah. It is stated that this translation was made at the desire of the Safavid Shāh 'Abbās II (r. 1052 -1077 A.H., 1642-1666 C.E.) by his tutor, Mullā Muḥsin b. Murtaz̤a.

Dates: 1084 A.H.; 1673 C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 180: فتاوی عالم گيری (کتاب جنايات) Fatāwī-i ʻālamgīrī (Kitāb-i janāyāt), undated (original text compiled 17th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 180

Scope and Contents This is a detached part of the Fatāwī-i ʻĀlamgīrī. It is incomplete both at the beginning and end, and contains numerous notes scribbled in English on the margins. The Fatāwī-i ʻĀlamgīrī, it is to be noted, is an extensive and highly esteemed work of legal decisions by doctors of the Ḥanafī school. It was originally compiled in Arabic by the order of the Mughal Emperor ʻĀlamgīr, and was begun, 1067 A.H. (1656 C.E.), by...

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

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 181: هدايهٔ فارسی (جلد دوم) Hidāyah-yi Fārsī (vol. ii), 1201 A.H., 1786 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 181

Scope and Contents A copy of the second volume of the Hidāya, a celebrated treatise on Islamic Jurisprudence according to the doctrine of Imām Abū Ḥanīfah (d. 150 A.H., 767 C.E.) and his disciples Abū Yūsuf and Imām Muḥammad, the original work being in Arabic.It is a commentary on the Badāyat al-Mubtadā' by Shaykh Burhān al-Dīn 'Alī b. Abū Bakr al-Marghīnānī, who was born in Transoxania, and died at the age of 64, 593 A.H., 1197...

Dates: 1201 A.H.; 1786 C.E.

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Or Ms 143: هفت قلزوم Haft qulzum (volume 2), 1237 A.H., 1822 C.E.

Or Ms 144: رسالهٔ زراعت Risālah-i zirā'at, undated

Or Ms 145: دستور جهان گشائی Dastūr-i jahān gushā'ī, undated

Or Ms 146: بیاض" خود بدولت" Bayāz̤-i khud-badawlat, undated

Or Ms 176: انجيل مقدّسس Injīl-i muqaddas, 854 A.H., 1450 C.E.

Or Ms 177: انجيل مقدّسس Injīl-i muqaddas, undated

Or Ms 178: عجائب التجويد Ajā’ib al-tajwīd‘, undated

Or Ms 179: ترجمة الشریعه Tarjumat al-sharī'ah, 1084 A.H., 1673 C.E.

Or Ms 180: فتاوی عالم گيری (کتاب جنايات) Fatāwī-i ʻālamgīrī (Kitāb-i janāyāt), undated (original text compiled 17th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 181: هدايهٔ فارسی (جلد دوم) Hidāyah-yi Fārsī (vol. ii), 1201 A.H., 1786 C.E.

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