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Found in 406 Collections and/or Records:

تأريخ بابا نصيب Taʼrīkh-i Bābā Naṣīb, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 245
Scope and Contents

This is a work on history by Bābā Naṣīb, who was a celebrated Sufi saint of Kashmīr (d.1047 A.H., 1637 C.E.). It is also known as the "Rīshī-nāmah" or the "Darvīsh-nāmah-yi Mullā Naṣīb".

Dates: undated

تأريخ تيموری Taʼrīkh-i Tīmūrī, 1004 A.H., 1596 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 408
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This is an anonymous abridgement of the Ẓafar-nāmah by Mawlānā Sharaf al-Dīn ‘Alī Yazdī (d. 858 A.H.,1454 C.E.). It is a biography of the great conqueror Tīmūr (Tamerlane) from his birth, 736 A.H., 1336 C.E., to his death, 807 A.H.,1405 C.E..


The section of the manuscript where the date (1004 A.H.) appears is injured, it is bearly legible.

Dates: 1004 A.H.; 1596 C.E.

تاريخ الخلفاء للسيوطى Tāʼrīkh al-khulafāʼ li-al-Suyūṭī, 1258 A.H., 1842 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 163
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This is a history of the caliphs by Jalāl al-Dīn Suyūṭī b. ‘Abd al-Raḥmān b. Abī Bakr, who was a most prolific writer of Egypt and died 911 A.H., 1505 C.E.

Dates: 1258 A.H.; 1842 C.E.

تاريخ فيروزشاهی Tārīkh-i Fīrūzshāhī, 1074 A.H., 1663 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 204
Scope and Contents

A history of the life and reign of Fīrūz-Shāh., Sulṭān of Dehlī (r. 752-790 A.H., 1351-1388 C.E.).

Dates: 1074 A.H.; 1663 C.E.

تذکرهٔ طاهر نصیر آبادی Taẕkirah-i Ṭāhir-i Naṣīrābādī, 1118 A.H., 1706 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 88
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Notices on the Persian poets, who flourished in the eleventh century A.H.. It was compiled in 1083 A.H. (1672 C.E.), and enlarged six years to nine years later by Muḥammad Ṭāhir Naṣīrābādī, who dedicated it to Shāh Sulaymān Ṣafavī of Persia.

Dates: 1118 A.H.; 1706 C.E.

تکملهٔ يافعی Takmilah-yi Yāfi‘ī, undated (original text compiled 14th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 242
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: undated (original text compiled 14th cent. C.E.)

تواريخ مير سيد شريف "راقم" ''Tawārīkh-i Mīr Sayyid Sharīf" Rāqim, 1145 A.H., 1732 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 246
Scope and Contents

A chronological account of some of the kings, learned and holy men who flourished, 736-1045 A.H. (1335-1635 C.E.), during the period of Mughal sovereignty in Central Asia, Persia, and India.

Dates: 1145 A.H.; 1732 C.E.

رشحات عين الحيات Rashaḥāt-i ‘ayn al-ḥayāt, undated (original text compiled 17th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 243
Scope and Contents

A well-known collection of biographies of spiritual guides of the Naqshbandī order and principally of Khwājah Naṣīr al-Dīn ‘Ubayd- Allāh, by his disciple Mawlānā Fakhr al-Dīn ‘Alī b. al-Ḥusayn al-Wā‘iz al-Kāshifī, better known as "Sāfī" (d. 939 A.H., 1532 C.E.).

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

روضة الاحباب Rawz̤at al-Aḥbāb, 1027 A.H., 1617 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 420
Scope and Contents A famous work, containing a full history of the Prophet Muḥammad, his birth, character, and actions, and also an account of his descendants, friends, disciples, and successors. It was completed in 900 A.H., 1494 C.E., by Amīr Sayyid ‘Aṭā-allāh (also known as Jamāl al-Husaynī) b. Muḥammad Faz̤l-Allāh of Shīrāz.The whole work was divided into three maqṣads (books), of which this manuscript contains only part of ...
Dates: 1027 A.H.; 1617 C.E.

طبقات الكبير Ṭabaqāt al-Kabīr, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 162
Scope and Contents The first juzʼ or volume of the larger history of the Prophet Muḥammad and the several classes of his companions, their successors, and traditionists by Abū Muḥammad b. Sa‘d, who was secretary to the celebrated Al-Wāqidī, and was himself one of the earliest and most eminent historians. He died at Baghdad, at the age of 62, 230 A.H. (844 C.E.), when the work was still unfinished, but it was continued and brought down to 238 A.H. (852 C.E.) by his disciple, Abū...
Dates: undated