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Compilation manuscripts

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Manuscript volumes comprising two or more works, whether referring to only the content combined or to the combination of physically separate leafs or gatherings that are sewn or tipped in to form one volume.

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Or Ms 174: السلام والدرود al-Salām w-al-durūd, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 174
Scope and Contents

A collection of fourteen different salutations and ninety-five blessings on the Prophet Muḥammad. Only the last word is altered, otherwise the wording of the various sentences remains unchanged.

Dates: undated

Or Ms 254: نصيحت نامهٔ حکماء Naṣiḥat-nāmah-yi ḥukamāʼ, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 254
Scope and Contents

A few rules for health in verse, taken from ancient physicians, and containing a few hints as to the treatment of ordinary ailments, also in verse.

Dates: undated

Or Ms 303: نان و حلوا Nān va-ḥalvā, undated copy (original text composed 17th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 303
Scope and Contents

A mas̲navī by the great Shī‘ī theologian Shaykh Bahā’ al-Dīn b. Shaykh Ḥusayn, poetically styled "Bahā’ī" (d. circa 1030 A.H., 1621 C.E.)

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

Or Ms 308: عصمت نامه Iṣmat-nāmah', 1066 A.H, 1655 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 308
Scope and Contents

The story, in the form of a mas̲navī, of the adventures of Dalīlah (here written دلالّه) Muḥtālah, adapted from the Arabian Nights. It was rendered into verse by Shaykh Ḥamīd.

Dates: 1066 A.H; 1655 C.E.

Or Ms 309: ديوانِ موسوی Dīvān-i Mūsavī, undated copy (original text composed 17th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 309
Scope and Contents

The lyrical poems (ghazals only) of Sayyid Mu‘izz al-Dīn Muḥammad "Mūsavī-Khān" (d. 1106 A.H., 1694 C.E.). This manuscript is bound with Or. Ms. 310 that bears the seal of an ‘Ibād-Allāh, dated 1188 A.H. (1774 C.E.), and Or. Ms. 312, whose scribe is given as Muḥammad Yūsuf. It may well be by the same hand.

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

Or Ms 310: ديوانِ شوکت Dīvān-i Shawkat, undated copy (extant by 18th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 310
Scope and Contents

This is part of the Dīvān (ghazals only) of Muḥammad Isḥāq or Ibrāhīm of Bukhārā, poetically named "Shawkat", who died at Isfahān in 1107 A.H., 1695 C.E.. It bears the seal of an ‘Ibād-Allāh, dated 1188 A.H. (1774 C.E.). This manuscript is bound with Or. Ms. 312, whose scribe is given as Muḥammad Yūsuf. It may well be by the same hand.

Dates: undated copy (extant by 18th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 312: ديوانِ ناصر علی وغيره .Dīvān-i Nāṣir ‘Alī, etc, 1185 A.H., 1771 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 312
Scope and Contents

The lyrical poems of Shaykh Nāṣir ‘Alī Sirhindī, who died at Dehli c. 1108 A.H., 1697 C.E. The colophon gives the scribe's name as Muḥammad Yūsuf.


This manuscript is bound with Or. Ms. 310 that bears the seal of an ‘Ibād-Allāh, dated 1188 A.H. (1774 C.E.).

Dates: 1185 A.H.; 1771 C.E.

Or Ms 314: محيط اعظم Muḥīṭ-i a‘ẓam, 1161 A.H., 1748 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 314
Scope and Contents

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


Frontispiece illuminated with gold.

Dates: 1161 A.H.; 1748 C.E.

Or Ms 315: محيط اعظم Muḥīṭ-i a‘ẓam, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 315
Scope and Contents

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


Frontispiece illuminated with gold.

Dates: undated

Or Ms 316: عشق نامه Ishq-nāmah‘, 1161 A.H., 1748 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 316
Scope and Contents

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


Frontispiece illuminated with gold.

Dates: 1161 A.H.; 1748 C.E.