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- The first of fourteen large volumes of an illuminated Qu'ran with interlinear literal translations in Persian and Chagatai…
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- The ninth of fourteen large volumes of an illuminated Qu'ran with interlinear literal translations in Persian and Chagatay…
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- A Persian translation of the ʻAjā’ib al-Makhlūqāt va Gharāʼib al-Mawjūdāt (Wonders of Creation and Oddities of Existence),…
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- Persian illustrated copy of Qazwini's Wonders of Creation , an important Arabic cosmography.
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- A Persian translation of the ʻAjā’ib al-Makhlūqāt va Gharāʼib al-Mawjūdāt (Wonders of Creation and Oddities of Existence),…
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- A Safavid-era illustrated copy of the romance of Khusraw and Shirin , one of the five poems of Nizami's Khamsah (Quintet).…
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- Album of forty calligraphy specimens given by Colonel Antoine-Louis-Henri Polier (d. 1795) to Sir William Jones (d. 1794).
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- Abū al-Majd Majdūd ibn Ādam Sanāʼī al-Ghaznavī (d. ca. 1131) composed his epic poem Ḥadīqat al-Ḥaqīqah va Sharī‘at al-Ṭarīqah…
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- This composite text includes the Ḥadīqat al-Ḥaqīqah va Sharī‘at al-Ṭarīqah (Garden of Truth and Rules of the Way) along with a…
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- This copy of the Dīvān of Ḥāfiẓ (ca. 1315–1390) contains most of the ghazal lyric poems and quatrains typically found in other…
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- This unsigned and undated copy of the Mas̲navī-i Ma‘navī (Spiritual Couplets) by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1207–1273) opens with a…
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- Illustrated copy of Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ Kāshifī's Anvār-i Suhaylī , or the Lights of Canopus , a collection of animal fables of Indian…
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- A nearly complete illustrated copy of the romance of Yūsuf va Zulaykhā , which comprises the second of seven books in the…
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- A Safavid-era scribe named Muḥammad Amīn bin ‘Abd Allāh completed this manuscript of the romance of Yūsuf va Zulaykhā , which…
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- Illustrated copy of Muḥammad 'Aṣṣār Tabrīzī's poem Mihr va-Mushtarī (the Sun and Jupiter).
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- Illustrated copy of Laylā va Majnūn .
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- A nearly complete, illuminated and illustrated Safavid-era copy of the Subḥat al-Abrār (Rosary of the Pious), the third of…
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- Mūshnāmah (Book of the Mouse) or Mūsh va Gurbah (Mouse and Cat), a mock-epic attributed to ‘Ubayd Zākānī (d. ca. 1370). A…
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- Illustrated copy of the Gūy va Chawgān (Ball and Polo Stick) or Ḥālnāmah (Book of Ecstasy), a Sufi mystical text by ʻĀrifī…
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- This manuscript of the Dīvān of Ḥāfiẓ (ca. 1315–1390) contains variant ghazal lyric poems and quintains ( mukhammasāt ) but no…
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- Illustrated copy of Niẓāmī Ganjavī's Khamsah , a collection of five epic poems.
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- Illustrated copy of Nizami's Khamsa (five poems).
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- This Persian translation of the ʻAjā’ib al-Makhlūqāt va Gharāʼib al-Mawjūdāt (Wonders of Creation and Oddities of Existence),…
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- A very rare and richly illustrated copy of the Tuḥfat al-Fuqarā' (Gift of the Impoverished), also called the Majma‘ al-Fuqarā'…
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- Two copies of Qiṣṣah-'i Mūsh va Gurbah (Story of the Mouse and Cat) bound together, both apparently completed in Indian…
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- This illustrated New Persian metrical translation of the Pahlavi Middle Persian text Ardāvirāfnāmah (Book of Ardā Virāf) by…
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- Persian illustrated copy of the Dīvān-i Shāhī, a collection of poems by the Persian poet Amīr Shāhī Sabzavārī.
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- The Timurid court poet and renowned Sufi ‘Abd al-Raḥman Jāmī (1414–1492) originally composed the Bahāristān (Spring Garden) in…
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- The Salīm-Shāhnāmah (Book of Salīm Shāh), chronicles the reign of the Ottoman ruler Selim I (1470–1520; r. 1512–20) . The…
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- Famed calligrapher Khalīl Allāh (fl. ca. 1580–1625) completed this abridged Divān of select poems by Amīr Shāhī Sabzavārī (d.…
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- Illustrated copy of Amir Khusrau's masnavi Duval Rani u Khizr Khan , the tragic love story of Khizr Khan and Duval Rani.
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- This complete copy of the Dīvān of Ḥāfiẓ (ca. 1315–1390) contains most of the ghazal lyric poems and quatrains typically found…
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- An album of paintings and calligraphic specimens.
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- This brief, undated illustrated manuscript, probably completed in 18th-century India, contains two poetic works, one written in…
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- Khulāṣat al-ash‘ār (Abridgment of Poems), an anthology of lyric poetry quatrains culled from the works of roughly forty poets…
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- A complete unillustrated copy of the romance of Yūsuf va Zulaykhā , which comprises the second of seven books in the collection…
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- This manuscript of the Mas̲navī-i Ma‘navī (Spiritual Couplets) by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1207–1273) bears illuminated headers…
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- This illustrated copy of the Dabistān-i Maẕāhib (School of Doctrines) presents an encyclopedia of comparative religion…
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- This late 14th-century Kulliyāt (Collected Works) of Jalayirid-era panegyric poet Salmān Sāvajī (d. 1376) contains not only the…
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- A complete illustrated copy of the romance of Yūsuf va Zulaykhā , which comprises the second of seven books in the collection…
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- The first of two volumes of a Persian translation and commentary on the Qur‘ān entitled Mavāhib-i ʻAlīyah (Sublime Talents) or…
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- This composite manuscript contains two texts: a commentary on forty prophetic traditions and a hagiography of the calligrapher…
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- The Ḥadīqat al-Ḥaqīqah va Sharī‘at al-Ṭarīqah (Garden of Truth and Rules of the Way) by Abū al-Majd Majdūd ibn Ādam Sanāʼī…
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- This Dīvān compiles together poems ascribed to Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī (ca. 1253–1325), widely regarded as India's most famous…
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- A complete, unillustrated copy of the romance of Yūsuf va Zulaykhā , which comprises the fifth of seven books in the collection…
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- An unfinished volume of the Nafāʾis al-Funūn fī ʿArāʾis al-ʿUyūn (Troves of the Arts in the Eyes of the Brides) by the…
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- The second volume of the Rawz̤at al-Ṣafā (Garden of Purity), a general history from the creation of the world to the time of…
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- This nearly complete copy Dābistān-i Maẕāhib (School of Doctrines) presents an encyclopedia of comparative religion recounting…
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- The second of two volumes of a Persian translation and commentary on the Qur‘ān entitled Mavāhib-i ʻAlīyah (Sublime Talents) or…
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- A complete manuscript of the Silsilah-'i Ẕahab (Golden Chain), first of seven books from the Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) by…
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- The first of four volumes of the Kīmiyā-yi Saʻādat (Alchemy of Happiness), together with Persian MS 232 (Vol. 2) , 233 (Vol. 3)…
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- The second of four volumes of the Kīmiyā-yi Saʻādat (Alchemy of Happiness), together with Persian MS 231 (Vol. 1) , 233 (Vol.…
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- The third of four volumes of the Kīmiyā-yi Saʻādat (Alchemy of Happiness), together with Persian MS 231 (Vol. 1) , 232 (Vol. 2)…
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- The fourth of four volumes of the Kīmiyā-yi Saʻādat (Alchemy of Happiness), together with Persian MS 231 (Vol. 1) , 232 (Vol.…
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- This nearly complete, unsigned, and undated copy of the Mas̲navī-i Ma‘navī (Spiritual Couplets) by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī…
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- This undated abridgement of the Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīzī by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī contains roughly 600 ghazal lyric poems. While it…
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- An abridged selection of poems from the Dīvān by the influential Timurid-era poet Amīr Shāhī Sabzavārī (d. 1453). Probably…
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- This complete copy of the Dīvān of Ḥāfiẓ (ca. 1315–1390) contains variant ghazal lyric poems but no quatrains and compositions…
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- This complete copy of the Dīvān of Ḥāfiẓ (ca. 1315–1390) contains variant ghazal lyric poems but no quatrains and compositions…
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- A complete, unillustrated copy of the romance of Yūsuf va Zulaykhā , which comprises the fifth of seven books in the collection…
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- This very rare copy of the Masnavī-yi Miṣbāḥ (Couplets of the Light) also known as the Miṣbāḥ al-Rashīdī (Lamp of Rashīdī)…
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- This extremely rare, nearly complete volume entitled Lubāb al-Albāb (Kernels of the Intellects) by Sadīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ʻAwfī…
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- Muḥammad Ṭāhir Naṣrābādī (1618–?) originally completed his Taz̲kirat al-shuʻarā' (Chronicle of Poets), also known as the…
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- An undated Nigāristān (Picture Gallery) composed by Kemalpaşazade, (1468–1534) , also known as Ibn Kemāl , in 939 AH (1532–33…
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- This undated poetic anthology entitled Taz̲kirat al-Shuʻarā' (Chronicles of Poets) encompasses lines by 292 poets arranged…
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- An undated copy of the Nuzhat al-Arvāḥ (Excursion of Spirits), a popular work on Ṣūfī spiritual life composed by Ḥusayn ibn…
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- A nearly complete, illustrated copy of the Nuzhat al-Asfār (Promenade of Travels) by an enigmatic author named Muḥammad…
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- An unfinished, undated second copy of the Tarjumah-'i Nād Purān (Translation of the Nād Purān ) held in the Rylands (see also…
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- The first of three volumes of extracts of various Persian poems, together with Persian MS 361 and 362 , neatly copied by…
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- The second of three volumes of extracts of various Persian poems, together with Persian MS 360 and 362 , neatly copied by…
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- The last of three volumes of extracts of various Persian poems, together with Persian MS 360 and 361 , neatly copied by British…
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- The Rawz̤at al-shuhadā' (Garden of Martyrs) recounts various hardships and calamities endured by prophets, saints, and martyrs…
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- The undated sixth volume of a complete set of the Rawz̤at al-Ṣafā (Garden of Purity), a general history from the creation of…
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- The undated seventh volume of a complete set of the Rawz̤at al-Ṣafā (Garden of Purity), a general history from the creation of…
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- The undated eighth, concluding volume, of a complete set of the Rawz̤at al-Ṣafā (Garden of Purity), a general history from the…
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- This first of two volumes of the Hasht Bihisht (Eight Paradises) by Idrīs Bidlīsī (d. 1520), originally comprised a single…
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- The second of two volumes of Hasht Bihisht (Eight Paradises) by Idrīs Bidlīsī (d. 1520), originally comprised a single…
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- A complete copy of Nuzhat al-Qulūb (The Adornment of Hearts), a popular medieval cosmography of the world, which Ḥamd Allāh…
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- An incomplete copy of an anonymous work entitled Tārīkh-i Pādishāhān-i ‘Ajam (History of the Emperors of Iran), an abridged…
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- A copy of the Bahār-i Dānish (Spring of Wisdom) authored by ʻInāyat Allāh (d. ca. 1671) in 1061 AH (1651 CE) during the reign…
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- the Manāqib-i Murtaz̤avī (ٍExploits of Murtaz̤ā) a panegyric account of the life and sayings of the Imam ‘Alī ibn abī Ṭālib,…
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- This complete copy of the Tuḥfat al-Aḥrār (Gift of the Noble) composed by Timurid-era poet ‘Abd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 1492)…
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- An illuminated and illustrated Safavid-era copy of the Subḥat al-Abrār (Rosary of the Pious) composed by Timurid-era poet ‘Abd…
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- An illuminated Safavid-era copy of the Subḥat al-a\Abrār (Rosary of the Pious) the third of seven books in the collection…
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- The Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīzī (Dīvān of Shams of Tabriz, also known as the Dīvān-i Kabīr , of 'Large Dīvān') contains primarily…
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- The Kulliyāt-i Jalāl-i Asīr (Complete Works) by Safavid-era poet Jalāl al-Dīn ibn Mīrzā Muʼmin Shahristānī Iṣfahānī, pennamed…
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- The Tuḥfat al-Muʼminīn (Gift of the Believers), a medical anthology by Muḥammad Muʼmin Ḥusaynī (d. 1698) which he dedicated to…
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- The Pandnāmah (Book of Advice), or Karīmā (O Merciful!), a highly-popular book of ethical exhortations and sage advice that…
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- Zād al-Musāfirīn (Provisions for the Travellers) by medieval Sufi poet Amīr Ḥusayn ibn ‘Ālim ibn Ḥasan al-Ḥusaynī Haravī, known…
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- The Timurid court poet and renowned Sufi ‘Abd al-Raḥman Jāmī (1414–1492) originally composed the Bahāristān (Spring Garden) in…
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- Risālah dar Ṣaydīyah , (Treatise on Hunting) a zoological work by Muḥammad bin Abī Ṭalib Zāhidī Jīlānī , whom many identify as…
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- This brief, anonymous, and undated manuscript entitled Risālah-'i Tīrandāzī (Treatise on Archery) probably dates to late…
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- This brief text entitled Chashmah-'i Kaws̲ar (Fountain of Abundance) compiles together poems on various subjects by a…
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- This anonymously compiled anthology of verses by poets ancient and modern, appears arranged by author, form and theme. It opens…
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- This incomplete, undated anthology of rubāʿīyāt (quatrains) encompasses verses by the earliest Persian poets until the 18th…
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- An elegant oblong anthology, which the scribe, ʿĀlījāh Kashmīr Khān (fl. early 19th c.) , describes as a bayāz̤ in the…
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- An incomplete collection of quatrains ( rubāʿīyāt ), extracted from a larger anthology authored by a single, unnamed poet.…
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- This defective copy of the Laṭāyif-i Ashrāfī (Noble Pleasantries) by Niẓām al-Dīn Yamanī (fl. mid-15th cent.) elucidates the…
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- This work entitled ʻImād-i Subḥānīyah dar ‘Ilm-i Suluk (Pillar of Praise in the Science of the Seekers), appears to contain…
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- Astronomical tables here entitled Zīj-i Ūlūgh Bayg , also known as Zīj-i Sulṭānī-i Gūrkānī records observations made at the…