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- The first of three volumes of the Ḥabīb al-Siyar (Beloved of Biographies), uniformly bound with Persian MS 810 and 811 .…
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- Although the spine of this volume bears an alternate title, Majlis al-Shu‘arā (Assembly of Poets), Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ ibn Muḥsin…
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- Narāyan Kaul , known as ʻAjīz , completed the Tārīkh-i Kashmīr , an abridged history of Kashmīr in 1122 AH (1710–1711 CE) on…
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- The Tajzīyat al-Amṣār va Tazjīyat al-Aʻṣār (The Progression of Cities and Procession of Ages) by ʻAbd Allāh ibn Faz̤l Allāh…
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- A complete manuscript of the Mīr'āt al-Quds (Holy Mirror) a life of Jesus Christ by Geronimo Xavier rendered into Persian with…
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- The Tuḥfat al-Ḥabīb (Gift of the Friend), an alphabetically arranged anthology of ghazal lyric poems from the 13th to early…
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- Qiṣṣah-ʼi Ḥātim Ṭāʼī (Tale of Ḥātim Ṭāʼī) a fairy tale concering seven journeys undertaken by him to discover the answer to…
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- A complete copy of the Mirʼāt-i Sikandarī (Alexander's Mirror) a history of the Muẓaffarid dynasty that ruled Gujarat until…
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- This sole surviving copy of the initial portion of the Vasā'il al-Rasā'il va Dalā'il al-Faz̤a'il (Pretenses of Letters and…
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- This first book of the Mas̲navī-i Ma‘navī (Spiritual Couplets) by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1207–1273) opens with a brief Arabic…
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- This anonymous, incomplete Persian translation of the Kitāb al-Luhūf ‘alà Qatlà al-Ṭufūf , (Sighs upon the Murder of the…
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- Album of 40 calligraphy specimens primarily by Lucknow calligrapher Muḥammad ‘Ali Mīrzā given by Antoine Polier to Sir William…
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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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- An early Mughal illustrated Shāhnāmah in two volumes.
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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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- Timurid court poet and renowned Sufi ‘Abd al-Raḥman Jāmī (1414–1492) originally composed the Bahāristān (Spring Garden) in 892…
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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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- 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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- 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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- Poet Bāqir ‘Alī Khān ibn Ghulām Ṣādiq ‘Alī Khān flourished during the reign of the Mughal ruler Muḥammad Shāh (b. 1702 r.…