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Persian poetry

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مجمع الشعراء Majma‘ al-shu‘arāʼ, 1146 A.H., 1732 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 306
Scope and Contents

A selection of poetry, including from the poetry of Ḥāfiẓ of Shīrāz, Ṣāʼib and Waḥshī. It was made at the desire of Mirzā Āqā Riz̤ā Beg.


Illuminated frontispiece.

Dates: 1146 A.H.; 1732 C.E.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

محمود واياز Maḥmūd va Ayāz, 1023 A.H., 1614 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 296
Scope and Contents

The story, in the form of a mas̲navī, of Sultan Maḥmūd of Ghaznī (d. 421 A.H., 1030 C.E.) and his favourite companion and treasurer, Ayāz. It was composed by the celebrated poet Mawlānā Sayfī of Bukhārā (d. 909 A.H., 1503 C.E.).

Dates: 1023 A.H.; 1614 C.E.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

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

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

مخزن الاخلاق Makhzan al-akhlāq, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 375
Scope and Contents A collection of miscellaneous writings in prose and verse by different authors. This manuscript in its details is exactly the same as that described in Charles Rieu's Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum, ii, London, 1895, p.796.For a complete list of its contents see the entry for this manuscript in: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library...
Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

مخزن الاسرار Makhzan al-Asrār, undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 102
Scope and Contents An allegorical Sufī mas̲navī by the famous Shaykh Jamal al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyas b. Mu'ayyad Niẓām al-Dīn, "Niẓāmī" of Ganjah, who was born at Qum, 535 A.H. (1140 C.E.), and probably died 599 A.H. (1203 C.E.), though the dates of his death are variously described, 576-607 A.H. (1180-1210 C.E.). It is divided into twenty maqalahs (chapters), and illustrated by means of short instructive anecdotes. Various manuscripts of this poem bear different...
Dates: undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

مکاشفات رضوی Mukāshafāt-i Rizwī, undated copy (original text composed 17th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 283
Scope and Contents

A complete commentary upon the six sections of the celebrated Masnavī of 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.). It was compiled by a Muḥammad Riz̤ā in 1084 A.H. (1673 C.E.).

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 17th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

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.)
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
Scope and Contents

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

یوسف و زلیخا Yūsuf-u Zulaykhā, undated (original text compiled 15th Cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 424
Scope and Contents

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

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