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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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- 1 copy of Dārābnāmah by Abū Ṭāhir Ṭarsūsī, Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan
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- An early Mughal illustrated Shāhnāmah in two volumes.
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- A treatise on the game of chess by the Sufi writer and poet Ibn Abī Ḥajalah (d. 1375) entitled Unmūdhaj al-qitāl fī naql…
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- Collection of poetical Divans including poems by Muʻizzī, As̲īr al-Dīn Ākhsīkatī, Adīb Sābir, Qamar, Shams Ṭabasī and…
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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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- This manuscript contains selections from the first volume of the Siyar al-Mutaʼakhkhirīn (Review of Modern Times), pertaining…
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- The fourth of four volumes of the Siyar al-Mutaʼakhkhirīn (Review of Modern Times), with Persian MS 150 , an unrelated volume…
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- An incomplete, paraphrased Persian translation of the Kitāb al-Īmān (Book of Faith), excerpted from Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (or al-Jāmiʿ…
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- The author of this valuable holograph copy of this Dīvān , Mīrzā Zayn al-Dīn Khān (fl. mid-17th century), pen-named 'ʿIshq',…
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- An abridged selection of biographical notices of various nobles and statesmen culled from the Khizānah-ʼi ʻĀmirah (Royal…
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- The Zubdat al-Tavārīkh (Cream of Histories), a general history of India during the Islamic period, spanning the Tughluq rulers…
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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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- Compilation of three Lucknow manuscript library catalogues, compiled by I‘jāz Ḥusayn Kintūrī (1825–1870) after 1858.