Specimens of calligraphy

Author(s):

• Aḥmad Shāh Durrānī, Amir of Afghanistan, ca. 1723-1772
• Anonymous
• Ḥāfiẓ, fl. 14th century
• Muhammad Shāh, Emperor of Delhi, 1702-1748
• Mīr Muḥammad Bāqir Dāmād
• Mīr ʻAlī Tabrīzī
• Various authors
• Various calligraphers
• ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib,‏ Caliph,‏ ca. 600-661
• ʻUrfī Shīrāzī, Muḥammad, 1555 or 6-1590 or 1

Contributor(s):

• Ahmad Ibrahimi al-Husayni, Qumi, i.e. Qāḍī Aḥmad
• Ḥāfiẓ, fl. 14th century — Contributor
• Jāmī, 1414-1492
• Muḥammad Ḥusayn al-Kātib — Dubious author
• Muḥammad ‘Alī — Autographer; Calligrapher; Compiler; Contributor
• Polier, Antoine-Louis Henri, colonel de, 1741-1795 — Honoree
• ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib,‏ Caliph,‏ ca. 600-661 — Attributed name
• ʻĀlamgīr II, Emperor of Hindustan, 1754-1759

Manuscripts:

• Eton Pote 397 (Eton College Library, Eton College) — 16th Century
• Indian Drawings 6 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester) — 18th Century; Calcutta (Kolkata)
• MS 263-1949 (Manuscript Collections, The Fitzwilliam Museum) — 16th Century – 19th Century
• MS. Fraser 268 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
• MS McClean 200* (Manuscript Collections, The Fitzwilliam Museum)
• Or 6882 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library) — 18th Century
• Or 11838 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library) — 17th Century – 19th Century
• Or 11839 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library) — 16th Century – 17th Century
• Or 11840 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library) — 16th Century
• Or 11910 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library) — 19th Century
• Or 11911 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library) — 18th Century
• Or 11912 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library) — 18th Century
• Or 11913 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library) — 18th Century
• Or 11914 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library) — 17th Century – 19th Century
• Or 13141 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library) — 20th Century; Cyprus (?)
• Persian MS 10 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester) — Composite manuscript
• Persian MS 51 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester) — Composite manuscript
• Persian MS 770 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester) — Composite manuscript
• ms. 35342 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
• ms. 347896 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)

The above references reflect only the current coverage of the online catalogue and may not be comprehensive.