Illuminated manuscripts
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Or Ms 156: الجامع الصحيح al-Jāmi‘ al-ṣaḥīḥ, undated copy (original text composed 9th cent. C.E.)
A copy of the famous collection of ḥadīth (reports of teh sayings and deeds of Prophet Muḥammad) by Abū ‘Abd-Allāh Muḥammad b. Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī, (d. 256 A.H., 869 C.E.).
Four frontispieces illuminated with gold.
Or Ms 216: مآثر عالمگيری Maʼās̱ir-i ‘Ālamgīrī, 1145 A.H., 1732 C.E.
A history of the complete reign of Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr (r. 1067-1078 A.H., 1656-1668 C.E.). It was compiled in 1122 A.H., 1710 C.E., by Muḥammad Sāqī Musta‘idd-Khān (d. 1136 A.H., 1723 C.E.) who was secretary to ‘Ināyat-Allāh Khān.
Illuminated Frontispiece.
Or Ms 240: تاریخ عالم آرای عباسی Tarīkh-i ʻālam ārā-yi ʻAbbāsī, 1064 A.H., 1653 C.E.
Or Ms 242: تکملهٔ يافعی Takmilah-yi Yāfi‘ī, undated (original text compiled 14th cent. C.E.)
A Persian translation of the original Arabic titled Khulāṣat al-Mafākhir fī Manāqib al-Shaykh ‘Abd al-Qādir by Shaykh ‘Abd-Allāh Yāfi‘ī (d. 768 A.H., 1366 C.E.). It contains two hundred and sixteen stories which are primarily about the celebrated Sufi saint and eponymous founder of the Qādirī Ṭarīqah, Shaykh ‘Abd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (d. 561 A.H., 1166 C.E.).
Frontispiece illuminated with gold.
Or Ms 247: بهجته العالم Bahjat al-‘ālam, undated (original text compiled 18th cent. C.E.)
A copy of a work on general geography by Ḥakīm Mahārat-Khān Iṣfahānī, who completed it some time after 1124 A.H. (1712 C.E). The work is principally based upon the geographical and biographical encyclopaedia Haft-Iqlīm by Amīn Aḥmad Rāzī (compiled 16th cent. C.E.).
Frontispieces illuminated with gold.
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 274: ديوان خاقانی Dīvān-i Khāqānī, undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)
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.
Or Ms 282: مثنوی معنوی Masnavī-yi ma‘navī, undated (extant by 17th cent. C.E.)
The well-known spiritual poem composed by Mawlānā Jalāl al- Dīn Rūmī b. Muḥammad Bahāʼ al- Dīn b. al- Ḥusayn al- Khaṭībī, better known as Rūmī (d. 672 A.H.,1274 C.E.).
Illuminated frontispiece to each of the six Daftars.