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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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- This nearly complete copy Dābistān-i Maẕāhib (School of Doctrines) presents an encyclopedia of comparative religion recounting…
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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.
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- The third and final volume of the Akbarnāmah va Ā’īn-i Akbarī (Book of Akbar and Akbar's Administration" by Abū al-Faz̤l ibn…
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- Muṣṭafà Şem‘ī (d. ca. 1602.) composed this Ottoman Turkish commentary on the Persian Pandnāmah (Book of Advice), spuriously…
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- An unsigned and undated copy of the Mas̲navī-i Ma‘navī (Spiritual Couplets) by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1207–1273) , likely completed…
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- Majmū‘ah-i ‘Uṣūl-i Fiqh (Compendium on the Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence), a composite volume of four texts.
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- A large and square volume of the Qurʾan, written in large Naskhi characters. With illuminated headings and ornamental…
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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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- This copy of the Mas̲navī-i Ma‘navī (Spiritual Couplets) by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1207–1273) opens with a brief Arabic preface and…
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- The author of this unillustrated Persian translation of Kalīlah va Dimnah (Fables of Bidpai), Abū al-Maʻālī Naṣr Allāh ibn…
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- This manuscript of the Mas̲navī-i Ma‘navī (Spiritual Couplets) by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1207–1273) bears illuminated headers…