Or 1362 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
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1 copy of Nafaḥāt al-uns by 2 authors
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Physical Description
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Nastaʿlīq
Decoration
17 miniatures
1 illumination
f. 29r Fish rising to the surface of the stream as Ibrāhīm Sa'd walked by watched by Abū'l-Hāriṣ al-Ūlāsī.
f. 39v Abū 'Abdullah Maḥdī Bāvardī made an apprentice by Abu Ḥafṣ (the blacksmith) burnt his hand when distracted by a blind man. Mirānand.
f. 69r The elephant which spared the life of Abū 'Abdullah al-Ḳulānas because he had taken no part in the slaughter of her calf.
f. 121v Abū Bakr Ḳaṣrī on the bazaar roof where men were playing nard and chess. Narsingh.
f. 135v Abū'l-Adyān sitting on a mat over a fire watched by Zoroastrians. Daulat.
f. 142r A vision of future married bliss for Abū Bakr Duḳḳī as foreseen by Abu'l Ḥusain Ḳarāfī. 'Ādil?.
f. 150r 'Abd al-Raḥim Iṣṭakhrī praying whilst out hunting, watched by a young man. 'Ādil?.
f. 156v Abu Ṭālib ibn Khazraj overcome by the thought of his sins.
f. 182r Abū'l-'Abbās al-Ḳaṣsāb al-Āmulī who cured a lame camel in the bazaar at Āmul by praying for it.
f. 226r Shaikh al-Islām Aḥmad al-Nāmiḳī al-Jāmī who attempted to fetch wine with an ass but it refused to move until he swore to give up wine. Bālchand (damaged).
f. 232r Abū 'Ali Farmadī at the public baths at Nishapur.
f. 263r Najm al-Dīn al-Ḳubrā who had power over animals giving a sparrow strenght to defeat a hawk. Mādhū.
f. 271v Raẓi al-Dīn 'Ali Lālā al-Ghaznavī dreaming about the ladder leading to heaven and the man on it, Najm al-Dīn al-Ḳubrā.
f. 287r Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī visiting 'Aṭṭār at Nishapur, when 'Aṭṭār presented him with a copy of the Asrārnāmeh.
f. 315r Muḥyī al-Dīn 'Abd al-Ḳādir Jīlī (i.e. al-Jīlānī) spared by the thieves who looted the caravan because he gave them his money. Khem Karan.
f. 354v Abū'l-Ghaiṣ Jamīl al-Yamanī making the lion carry the wood after it had killed his ass.
f. 392v Sarī al-Saḳatī watching his chiled being lulled out of the millstream by its mother.
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Bound in painted covers
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