Century: 17th Century / Decoration: Yes / Collection: Persian Manuscripts

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1. Ms. 33 (Old Library, Trinity Hall, Cambridge)

Contents:: 11 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Islamic ethics, Persian poetry, Masnavis, and Religious poetry

2. Ms. 88 (Old Library, Trinity Hall, Cambridge)

Contents:: 1 copy of Yūsuf va Zulaykhā by Jāmī, 1414-1492

3. CODRINGTON/READE NO 4 (1). BOX 3. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

Contents:: 1 copy of al-Ṣahīfah al-Kāmilah by Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, d. 710?

4. Persian MS 2 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: Persian illustrated copy of Qazwini's Wonders of Creation , an important Arabic cosmography.

5. Persian MS 3 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: A Persian translation of the ʻAjā’ib al-Makhlūqāt va Gharāʼib al-Mawjūdāt (Wonders of Creation and Oddities of Existence),…

6. Persian MS 10 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: Album of 40 calligraphy specimens primarily by Lucknow calligrapher Muḥammad ‘Ali Mīrzā given by Antoine Polier to Sir William…

7. Persian MS 12 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: Abū al-Majd Majdūd ibn Ādam Sanāʼī al-Ghaznavī (d. ca. 1131) composed his epic poem Ḥadīqat al-Ḥaqīqah va Sharī‘at al-Ṭarīqah…

8. Persian MS 14 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: A Dīvān of Ḥāfiẓ (ca. 1315–1390) with a separately added introduction.

9. Persian MS 17 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This unsigned and undated copy of the Mas̲navī-i Ma‘navī (Spiritual Couplets) by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1207–1273) opens with a…

10. Persian MS 35 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: Illustrated copy of Niẓāmī Ganjavī's Khamsah , a collection of five epic poems.

11. Persian MS 127 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: A complete, unillustrated copy of the romance of Yūsuf va Zulaykhā , which comprises the fifth of seven books in the collection…

12. Persian MS 190 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This nearly complete copy Dābistān-i Maẕāhib (School of Doctrines) presents an encyclopedia of comparative religion recounting…

13. Persian MS 229 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: A complete manuscript of the Silsilah-'i Ẕahab (Golden Chain), first of seven books from the Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) by…

14. Persian MS 243 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This undated abridgement of the Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīzī by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī contains roughly 600 ghazal lyric poems. While it…

15. Persian MS 262 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This complete copy of the Dīvān of Ḥāfiẓ (ca. 1315–1390) contains variant ghazal lyric poems but no quatrains and compositions…

16. Persian MS 315 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: Muḥammad Ṭāhir Naṣrābādī (1618–?) originally completed his Taz̲kirat al-Shuʻarā' (Chronicle of Poets), also known as the…

17. Persian MS 376 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: The Rawz̤at al-shuhadā' (Garden of Martyrs) recounts various hardships and calamities endured by prophets, saints, and martyrs…

18. Persian MS 395 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This first of two volumes of the Hasht Bihisht (Eight Paradises) by Idrīs Bidlīsī (d. 1520), originally comprised a single…

19. Persian MS 396 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: The second of two volumes of Hasht Bihisht (Eight Paradises) by Idrīs Bidlīsī (d. 1520), originally comprised a single…

20. Persian MS 403 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: 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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