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4 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Sufi poetry and Persian poetry

1.
Author: ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 عاملى، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين
Title: Nān va ḥalvā
Title: نان وحلوا

With illuminated title page

Incipit: ايها اللاهي عن العهد القديم ايها الساهي عن النهج القويم
Language(s): Persian
2.
Author: Anonymous
Title: Majmū‘ah-’i ashʻār
Title: مجموعۀ اشعار

An anthology of Persian poetry

Incipit: With illuminated 'unwan
Language(s): Persian
3.
Author: Shabistarī, Maḥmūd ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm, d. ca. 1320 شبستری، محمود بن عبد الكريم
Title: Gulshan-i Rāz
Title: گلشن راز

With illuminated title page

Incipit: تمنا و تبركا بذكره و والصلواة على حسبه و بنسبه و رسوله محمد
Explicit: في شهر رجب سنه 1234
Language(s): Persian
4.
Author: ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, d. ca. 1230 عطار، فريد الدين محمد بن ابراهيم نيشابورى
Title: Bīsar′nāmah
Title: بيسرنامه
Incipit: من بغیر تو نبینم در جهان قادرا پروردگارا جاودان
Explicit: تمام شد بتاريخ هژدهم شهر رمضان المبارک سنه 1238
Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
3b-11a f. 12b-176b f. 177b-217a f. 217b-222a f.
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Mostly in shikastah script

History

Origin: 1234 AH; 1819 CE 1238 AH; 1823 CE

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