Illuminated manuscripts
Subject
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دیوان حافظ Divan-i Hafiz, early 19th century C.E.
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 595
Scope and Contents
The collected works of Hafiz. Consists largely of ghazals: short poems made up of couplets with the same rhyme ending. They were intended to be sung, or at least spoken with heavy intonation, and were popular in Mughal court entertainments. Flower-painted lacquered covers.
Dates:
early 19th century C.E.
روضة الصفاء Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ, 1057 A.H., 1647 C.E.
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 71
Scope and Contents
An excellent copy (seven volumes bound in one) in good preservation of the famous work on general history, composed around the turn of the 16th century C.E., by Muḥammad b. Khāvandshāh b. Maḥmūd, “Mīrkhānd”.
Dates:
1057 A.H.; 1647 C.E.
روضته الصفاء Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ, 1006 A.H., 1598 C.E.
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 186
Scope and Contents
A well-known general history in seven volumes, from the earliest times to the time of the author, Sayyid Muḥammad b. Burhān al-Dīn Khawand-Shāh (d. 903 A.H., 1498 C.E.). Most of the work was written by the author himself, but was completed by his grandson Ghiyās̱ al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Ḥāmid al-Dīn Khwand-Amīr (d. 942 A.H., 1535 C.E.). This manuscript includes volumes 1-3 of the work, each with an illuminated frontispiece.At the beginning of the manuscript there is a contents page in...
Dates:
1006 A.H.; 1598 C.E.
روضته الصفاء Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ, 999 A.H., 1591 C.E.
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 187
Scope and Contents
A well-known general history in seven volumes, from the earliest times to the time of the author, Sayyid Muḥammad b. Burhān al-Dīn Khawand-Shāh (d. 903 A.H., 1498 C.E.). Most of the work was written by the author himself, but was completed by his grandson Ghiyās̱ al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Ḥāmid al-Dīn Khwand-Amīr (d. 942 A.H., 1535 C.E.). This manuscript includes volumes 4-5 of the work, each with an illuminated frontispiece. They feature in reverse order.For volumes 1-3 of this work,...
Dates:
999 A.H.; 1591 C.E.
روضته الصفاء Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ, 999 A.H., 1591 C.E.
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 188
Scope and Contents
A well-known general history in seven volumes, from the earliest times to the time of the author, Sayyid Muḥammad b. Burhān al-Dīn Khawand-Shāh (d. 903 A.H., 1498 C.E.). Most of the work was written by the author himself, but was completed by his grandson Ghiyās̱ al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Ḥāmid al-Dīn Khwand-Amīr (d. 942 A.H., 1535 C.E.). This manuscript includes volumes 6-7 of the work, each with an illuminated frontispiece.For volumes 1-3 of this work, from the collection of the same...
Dates:
999 A.H.; 1591 C.E.
سرگذشت راجهای اعظم گڙه Sarguẕasht-i rājahā-yi A‘ẓamgaṛh, 1289 A.H., 1872 C.E.
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 377
Scope and Contents
This is an Urdu version of the original Persian work, which is a brief account of the rulers of A‘ẓamgaṛh by Sayyid Amīr ‘Alī Raz̤vī, who mentions several nobles of Niẓāmābād, all of whom had attained long ages, as the authority for this work. The history begins from the adventures of Abhman-Singh, son of Chandar-Sen-Rāi, of the tribe of Gūtam, who received the title of Nādir-Dawlat-Khān from the Mughal Emperor Akbar (1542-1605 C.E.), and ends with the transfer of the district to the British...
Dates:
1289 A.H.; 1872 C.E.
سرورافزا Surūrafzā, 1216 A.H., 1801 C.E.
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 324
Scope and Contents
A poem in praise of London, composed during his travels in Europe, by Mirzā Abū Ṭālib Khān Hindī Isfahānī (d 1220 or 1221 A.H., 1805-1806 C.E.).
It contains a portrait of the author "Engraved by Ridley from an original picture painted by Russel," for the European Magazine. The present manuscript was copied for the owner, James Anderson, by George Swinton.
Dates:
1216 A.H.; 1801 C.E.
شاه نامه Shāh-nāmah, undated copy (original text composed 10th-11th cent. C.E.)
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 265
Scope and Contents
A superb copy of the Persian "Book of Kings" and epic poem, the verse written by Abū'l-Qāsim Firdawsī ca. 329-410 A.H. (940-1019 C.E.).The present copy begins with a short preface containing a list of the ancient kings of Persia in genealogical order. This is followed by the four daftars of the poem in the form of two books.It is comprised of 606 folios and is written in excellent nasta'līq, in four gold-ruled columns, with headings in red. The first two leaves are...
Dates:
undated copy (original text composed 10th-11th cent. C.E.)
شاه نامه Shāh-nāmah, undated copy (original text composed 10th-11th cent. C.E.)
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 266
Scope and Contents
A superb copy of the Persian "Book of Kings" and epic poem, the verse written by Abū'l-Qāsim Firdawsī ca. 329-410 A.H. (940-1019 C.E.). The present copy is across two volumes OR MS 266 and 267; the verse appears to be complete but it does not include the preface.It is written in fine nast 'līq in four columns, framed by coloured lines, with headings in red or gold and has an illuminated frontispiece. The last few folios are slightly...
Dates:
undated copy (original text composed 10th-11th cent. C.E.)
شاه نامه Shāh-nāmah, undated copy (original text composed 10th-11th cent. C.E.)
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 267
Scope and Contents
A superb copy of the Persian "Book of Kings" and epic poem, the verse written by Abū'l-Qāsim Firdawsī ca. 329-410 A.H. (940-1019 C.E.). The present copy is across two volumes OR MS 266 and 267; the verse appears to be complete but it does not include the preface.It is written in fine nast'līq in four columns, framed by coloured lines, with headings in red or gold and has an illuminated frontispiece.Despite being undated the other...
Dates:
undated copy (original text composed 10th-11th cent. C.E.)