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- This manuscript of an anonymous Persian translation of the ʻAjā’ib al-Makhlūqāt va Gharāʼib al-Mawjūdāt (Wonders of Creation…
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- A Safavid-era illustrated copy of the romance of Khusraw and Shirin , one of the five poems of Khamsah (Quintet) by medieval…
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- This early manuscript of Mihr va Mushtarī (Sun and Jupiter), the tale of Mihr, son of Shāhpūr, and his vizier's son Mushtarī by…
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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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- The Timurid court poet and renowned Sufi ‘Abd al-Raḥman Jāmī (1414–1492) originally composed the Bahāristān (Spring Garden) in…
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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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- An album of paintings and calligraphic specimens.
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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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- The second of four volumes of the Siyar al-Mutaʼakhkhirīn (Review of Modern Times), with Persian MS 150 , an unrelated volume…
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- The third of four volumes of the Siyar al-Mutaʼakhkhirīn (Review of Modern Times), with Persian MS 150 , an unrelated volume…
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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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- 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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- The Sāqīʻnāmah (Book of the Cupbearer) by Ṭughrā-yi Mashhadī (fl. 17th c.) praises the consumption of wine, a theme long…
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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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- 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 text entitled Chashmah-'i Kaws̲ar (Fountain of Abundance) compiles poems on various subjects by a little-known…
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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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- Album of 40 calligraphy specimens primarily by Lucknow calligrapher Muḥammad ‘Ali Mīrzā given by Antoine Polier to Sir William…
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- Collection of poetical Divans including poems by Muʻizzī, As̲īr al-Dīn Ākhsīkatī, Adīb Sābir, Qamar, Shams Ṭabasī and…