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محيط اعظم Muḥīṭ-i a‘ẓam, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 315
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A mas̲navī by Mirzā ‘Abd al-Qādir Astarābādī, poetically styled "Bīdil" (d. 1133 A.H., 1720 C.E.).


Frontispiece illuminated with gold.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

مختصر کتاب الحصن الحصين Mukhtaṣar Kitāb al-ḥiṣn al-ḥaṣīn, undated (original text compiled 14th-15th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 172
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A work on Muslim devotion, according to the tenets of the Sunnīs. It is an abridgment of the Kitāb al-Ḥiṣn al-Ḥaṣīn of the celebrated theologian Shams al-Dīn Abū al-Khayr Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. al-Jazarī, who was born in 751 A.H., 1350 C.E. at Damascus, resided at Brusa and afterwards at Cairo, and died at Shiraz at the age of 82 in 833 A.H., 1429 C.E. He was a follower of the school of al-Imām al-Shāfi‘ī.


Illuminated frontispiece.

Dates: undated (original text compiled 14th-15th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

مخروطاط ابلونیوس Makhrūṭāṭ Iblawniyūs, early 12th cent. A.H. at latest, early 18th cent. C.E. at latest

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Identifier: Or Ms 28
Scope and Contents The treatise on conic sections by Apollonius of Perga, who was born in the reign of Ptolemy Euergetes, and died during that of Ptolemy Philopater, who ruled 222-205 B.C. It is stated on fol. 52b that Apollonius dedicated the first three books of his conic sections to Eudemus. The treatise was originally in eight books, of which only the first four were known in Europe. About the middle of the seventeenth century the next three books were translated from an Arabic MS. dated 1250 C.E. The...
Dates: early 12th cent. A.H. at latest; early 18th cent. C.E. at latest
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

مرآة الجنان و عبرة اليقظان في معرفة حوادث الزمان Mirʼāt al-janān wa-ʻibrat al-yaqẓān fī maʻrifat ḥawādith al-zamān, undated copy (original text composed 14th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 391
Scope and Contents Annals of Islam from years 1 to 750 A.H. (622-1349 C.E.) by ʻAbd Allāh ibn Asʻad Yāfiʻī, d.1367. The first year of the Hijrah begins on fol. 2a, the 750th on fol. 421 b. On the back of the binding it is called Ta'rīkh Yāfiʻī.Fols. 428, illuminated frontispiece; each page bordered by a small gilt stripe; headings in red; slightly injured in some places; various readings, glosses, and additions on the margin and occasional corrections in the text....
Dates: undated copy (original text composed 14th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

معارج النبوة Ma'ārij al-nubuwwah, undated copy (original text compiled 15th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 190
Scope and Contents

A detailed history of the Prophet Muḥammad, compiled by "Mu'īn al-Miskīn", Mu'īn al-Dīn b. Ḥājī Muḥammad Sharaf al-Dīn mal-Farāhī al-Harawī (d. c. 907 A.H., 1501 C.E.).

Dates: undated copy (original text compiled 15th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

موارد الکلم وسلک درر الحکم Mawārid al-kilam wa-silk durar al-ḥikam, undated copy (original text composed 16th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 30
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A work on ethics by the celebrated Shaykh Abū al-Fayḍ, eldest son of Shaykh Mubārak Nāgūrī, and brother of the equally celebrated Abū al-Faḍl. He was born at Agra, 954 A.H. (1547 C.E.), and on account of his literary talents became a great favourite with the Mughal Emperor Akbar (1542-1605 C.E.).

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 16th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

نفائس الفنون فی عرائس العيون Nafāʼis al-funūn fī ‘arāʼis al-‘uyūn, 1011 A.H., 1602 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 330
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An encyclopaedia of one hundred and sixty different sciences known to Muslims, compiled by Shī‘ī scholar Muḥammad b. Maḥmūd al- ‘Āmulī (d. 753 A.H., 1352 C.E.). Illuminated frontispiece.

Dates: 1011 A.H.; 1602 C.E.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

نهج البلاغة Nahj al-balāghah, undated copy (original text composed 10th or 11th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 6
Scope and Contents

A collection of the speeches, mandates, educational works, wise sayings, and sermons of 'Alī b. Abī Ṭalib, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muḥammad, and First Imām of Shi'i Islam. It was compiled by al-Sharīf al-Raḍī Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn b. Mūsá (d.406 A.H., 1015 C.E.).

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 10th or 11th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

وفیات الاعیان Wafayāt al-a'yān, undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 21
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These are the famous biographies commenced in Cairo, 654 A.H. (1256 C.E.) and completed there, 672 A.H. (1274 C.E.) by the celebrated scholar, poet, and historian, Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ibrahīm b. Abī Bakr b. Khallikān (d. 681A.H., 1282 C.E.).

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

يوسف وزليخا Yūsuf va Zalīkhā, undated copy (original text composed 15th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 294
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A popular poem on the love of Yūsuf and Zalīkhā by the celebrated Persian poet Jāmī (d. 898 A.H.,1492 C.E.).

Frontispiece illuminated with gold.

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 15th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia