Walter Koelz manuscripts, temp. nos. 1-3
"3 Islamic mss. apparently brought over to RBR from Mus. of Anthro in late 1970's (Persian)"
1. Muhammad Akbar.
Mizan al-tibb : manuscript, [1822].
1 v. ; 28 cm.
Contents: Medical text, in Persian.
Date in colophon: Safar 1238 [October-November 1822].
Physical description: Text rubricated, miscellaneous inscriptions on flyleaves and inside covers; binding much deteriorated.
Accompanying materals:
a. Piece of ruled paper with notes in pencil: Persian/dated 1238 A.H./c. 1900/MIZAN AL-TIB – /medical book.
b. Card with typed notes and additions in
pen: K239/17300 [in pencil:] museum
acc. nbr./Indian Mogul (?) manuscript volume, paper cover, linen
back./Persian script/Amritsar.
c. Photocopy of card with typed notes: 17300/865 Amritsor, India/1 Persian manuscript book/Original no. -- K239. Medical book./Univ. of Mich., Div. of Fine Arts/Walter Koelz, 1932-33/March 19, 1934.
d. Length of white cotton cord with label attached: 17300/K239√
2,1. Hafiz Barkhvurdar Ranjha, 18th cent.
Jangnamah : manuscript, [1843].
Contents: Long poem about the martyrdom of Imam Husayn, grandson of the Prophet, in Persian.
Date in colophon: Dhu al-Hijjah 1259.
2,2. Religious text : manuscript, [1807 or 8].
Contents: About the prophets of Islam, in Persian.
Date in colophon: Rajab 1222.
1 v. ; 26 cm.
Physical description: Text rubricated; leather binding covered with paper.
Accompanying materials:
a. Piece of ruled paper with notes in pencil: First part/"Jenghis-name"/Dated "1259 which corresponds to 1888" in Aminpur/Second part/Completed 1888 in same place./Title not mentioned in colophon, Religious history/[in pen:]Persian script.
b. Card with typed notes and additions in
pen: K240/17301/Indian Mogul (?)
manuscript book, leather binding with paper faces./Amritsar./Persian script.
c. Photocopy of card with typed notes: 17301/865 Amritsor, India/1 Indian manuscript book/Original no. -- K240. Leather binding; date -- 1888./Univ. of Mich., Div. of Fine Arts/Walter Koelz, 1932-33/March 19, 1934.
d. Length of white cotton cord with label attached: 17301/K240√
3. Nizami Ganjavi, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3.
Iskandarnamah : manuscript, 1896.
1 v. ; 28 cm.
Contents: Epic poem about Alexander the Great, in Persian.
Date in colophon.
Text (not this copy) published.
Physical description: text rubricated, many marginal corrections. Binding: leather, slipcovered in blue cloth (faded to green).
Accompanying materials:
a. Piece of ruled paper with notes in pencil: Persian Poetry/Date 1896/Aminpur (place)/copy of Nizami's Iskandarname.
b. Card with typed notes and additions in
pen: K241/17302/Indian Mogul (?)
manuscript book, green cloth slip cover/Persian script/Amritsar.
c. Photocopy of card with typed notes: 17302/865 Amritsor, India/1 Indian manuscript book/Original no. -- K241. Persian Poetry; 1896; green cloth slip cover./Univ. of Mich., Div. of Fine Arts/Walter Koelz, 1932-33/March 19, 1934.
d. Short piece of white cotton cord with label attached: 17302/K241
F. E. Nuttall manuscripts, temp. nos. 4-51[1]
4. Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Fuduli, d. ca. 1562
Hadiqat al-su`ada' : manuscript, [1592].
1 v. (312 f.) ; 23 cm.
Contents: Commentary in Turkish on an Arabic work (phrases in red in body of text) on Islamic philosophy (?)
Date in colophon: Wednesday, 24 Sha`ban 1000 [i.e. 5 June 1592].
Physical description: Wrapped in white paper tied with red ribbon. Interesting binding incorporating panels of printed and cut velvet. Text rubricated; margins ruled in gold.
INSCRIBED: Rare Book Room/Gift/Source unknown/12-11-54
5. Muhammad Emin Effendi.
Insha' : manuscript, [before 1771].
1 v. (38 f.) ; 24 cm.
Author note: Died near end of 1184 H [i.e. before March 1771].
Contents: In Ottoman Turkish. A collection of stylistic pieces compiled by Mehmed Emin from documents while he was secretary to Durri Mehmed Efendi (acc. to Elazar Birnbaum, who examined the text 17 June 1964)
Date based on death date of author.
Physical description: Simple illuminated `unwan; text not rubricated; enclosed in red borders. Inside front cover, paper attached with description in French of text contents. Inside back cover: round paper label with a picture of the Tower of Babel and legend: MAISONNEUVE ET Cie EDITEURS/A LA TOUR DE BABEL. Brown leather binding with stamped gold borders. On front cover: paper label in Arabic script.
6. Kissa-i Ebü'l Mihcan ve sa'ir-i mu`cizat : manuscript, [1727 or 8].
1 v. (76 f.) ; 21 cm.
Contents: "The story of Abu al-Mihjan and other marvels." The events of the early years of Islam in Ottoman Turkish folk poetry couplets, style possibly 15th-16th cent. (acc. to E. Birnbaum, June 1964).
Date in colophon.
Physical description: Text not rubricated; in margins passim: waqf; on title page, faint notes in ink in French. Brown leather binding; stamped in gold on spine: K¨ISSA ¨I EBU L-MIHDJEN/MS. 1140.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper with pencil notes giving title and date, also: "So Nuttall's list. Nothing found about this anywhere."
b. Slip of paper with pencil notes signed E. Birnbaum giving title, date, and contents.
7. Kitab-i lughat : manuscript, [16--?].
1 v. (130 f.) ; 21 cm.
Contents: A brief dictionary Persian-Persian from the letter ra'. It is very sketchy. At the end, part of a Persian technical treatise on prosody (incomplete). (Acc. to E. Birnbaum, June 1964)
Date acc. to Birnbaum. Date in ownership note on flyleaf: 1292 H [i.e. 1875].
Physical description: Text rubricated; many marginal clarifications in hand of copyist. Soft, worn, black leather binding; vol. has edge title.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper with pencil notes giving title, date, and contents, signed E. Birnbaum.
8. Vahib-i Ummi. (Also called Vahibi)
Diwan : manuscript, [before 1793].
1 v. (335 p.) ; 23 cm.
Contents: Religious poetical works in Ottoman Turkish.
Author note: The author is not well known. His name is wrongly written VAHHAB-I UMMI in a later hand on the flyleaf [and also on p. 2] (acc. to E. Birnbaum, June 1964).
Date: The writing seems 16-17th cent. (acc. to Birnbaum). Waqf note on flyleaf dated 15 Dhu al-Hijjah 1207 [i.e. 24 July 1793], not 1107 as in Birnbaum's note.
Physical description: Text vocalized; enclosed in red borders. Stamped brown leather binding.
9. Rawdat al-safa : manuscript, [17th-19th cent.].
8 v. ; pagination and size varies
v. 1: 283 f., 31 cm.; spine stamped ROOZUT OL SUFA I; text rubricated; table of contents supplied.
v. 2: 580 f., 23 cm.; spine stamped ROOZUT OL SUFA 2; text rubricated.
v. 3: 182 f., 31 cm.; spine stamped ROOZUT OL SUFA 3; text rubricated and enclosed in red borders; table of contents supplied.
v. 4: 268 f., 29 cm., dated in colophon Rajab 1070 [i.e. 1660]; text rubricated; inscribed on flyleaf: "Given in exchange for another MSS to …[?]… by order of the Council of the Asiatic Society …[?]… 19 Sep. 89"; inscribed on front flyleaf and stamped (in Arabic and Hindi scripts) on front and back flyleaves: "College of Fort William 1825."
v. 5: 215 f., 31 cm.; spine stamped ROOZUT OL SUFA 5; text rubricated.
v. 6: 517 f., 28 cm.; has illuminated `unwan; spine stamped ROOZUT OL SUFA 6; text rubricated and enclosed in red and blue borders; inscribed on flyleaf: "Apparently was once the property of the celebrated Khan Khanan, Commander in chief of Mohammad Shah. [signature unidentified]." Spine stamped ROOZUT OL SUFA 6.
v. 7: 81 f., 24 cm., dated in colophon 1250 [i.e. 1834 or 5]; text rubricated and enclosed in red borders; spine stamped ROOZUT OL SUFA 7.
v. 8: 138 f., 29 cm., dated in colophon 12 Jumada al-awwal 1089 [i.e. 2 July 1678]; copy in two different hands; spine stamped ROOZUT OL SUFA 8
Contents: Historical work on the lives of the prophets and rulers of Islam, in Persian.
Author note: Identified as Sayyid Madhi Qutr(?) on slip of paper in handwriting of G. M. Meredith-Owens, Brit. Mus. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts. I cannot confirm this identification.
Dates as noted above.
Physical description: Brown leather binding; brown (or black) and green spine stamped in gold.
Accompanying materials:
All vols. have two slips of paper reading, respectively:
"Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes"
"Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report"
Additionally, vol. 1 has:
Slip of paper: initials M. O. 8. with notes on title, author, and dating.
vol. 2 has:
Slip of paper: "12-29-65/Mr. Partington just brought in these 2 v. of MSS/D"
10. Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi, 1207-1273.
Masnavi : manuscript, [1897 to 9].
6 v. in 1 ; 27 cm.
Contents: The celebrated Masnavi of Rumi, an epic poetical work in Persian, 6 "volumes" bound in one.
Dates in colophons:
vol. 1: 14 Sha`ban 1314 [i.e. 18 January 1897].
vol. 2: Rajab 1315 [i.e. November-December 1897].
vol. 3: 25 Ramadan 1315 [i.e. 17 February 1898].
vol. 4: Jumada al-ula 1316 [i.e. September-October 1898].
vol. 5: 19 Sha`ban 1316 [i.e. 2 January 1899].
vol. 6: Shawwal 1316 [i.e. February-March 1899].
Text (not this copy) published.
Physical description: each "volume" (mujallad) opens with `unwan; text rubricated and enclosed in borders of blue, gold, and red; difficult words glossed in margins; chapter headings in red or blue ink in larger script, boxed off from text. Black leather binding with brass snap closure.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes."
b. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
c. Slip of paper: initials MO. 5. "Masnavi of Rumi copied by `Ata'ullah al-Husaini al-Hamadani in 1316."
INSCRIBED: Rare Book Room/Gift/Source unknown/12-11-54
11. Jamal al-Din Husayn Inju ibn Fakhr al-Din Husayn.
Farhang-i Jahangiri : manuscript, [1635].
1 v. (448 f.) ; 29 cm.
Contents: A Persian lexicon, containing all the words of Persian origin, with copious poetical quotations.
Date in colophon: Dhu al-Qa`dah 1044 [i.e. April-May 1635].
Text (not this copy) published in lithograph, Lucknow 1876 or 7.
Physical description: illuminated `unwan; text rubricated and enclosed in gold, blue and orange borders. Leather and marble paper binding; spine stamped FARHANG E DJAHANGIRI/MS A.H. 1044.
Accompanying materials:
Slip of paper with notes in handwriting of E. M. Husselman giving author name (I have been unable to verify), title of work, publication information, and contents.
12. al-Hariri, 1054-1122.
Maqamat Hariri : manuscript, [1459].
1 v. (237 f.) ; 27 cm.
Contents: The 50 maqamat (compositions in rhymed prose) of al-Hariri on Arabic language.
Date in colophon: 1 Sha`ban 863 [i.e. 3 June 1459].
Text (not this copy) published.
Physical description: Text rubricated and enclosed in red borders; vol. has edge title. Brown leather binding. Inside front cover: slip of paper attached with notes in French: (in ink) "Les Makamat de Hariri/Manuscrit copié en 863 par un nommé Amin ed Din el Molla Samarkadi, probablement en Perse"; (in pencil) "Rare tres belle calligraph"
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper with notes in handwriting of E. M. Hussleman giving author name, date.
b. Slip of ledger paper with notes in French in ink with notes on date, title, and author; also notes that style of calligraphy is Persian.
c. Card: "Early ms. worth investigating"
d. Slip: "#7"
e. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) Husselman notes"
f. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report"
13. Abu al-Majd Majdud ibn Adam al-Sana'i al-Ghaznavi, d. ca. 1150.
Divan : manuscript, [18--?].
1 v. (84 f.) ; 24 cm.
Contents: Collection of poems in Persian.
Date: 19th cent. (according to Meredith-Owens).
Text (not this copy) published.
Physical description: Text not rubricated, in two different hands; marginal commentaries; modern plain paper bound in to replace missing pages. Binding paper and brown leather; spine stamped: PERSIAN MSS.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper with notes in handwriting of Meredith-Owens: "MO 3. Persian/Divan of Sana'i in two different hands (perhaps from two incomplete copies of the same work). Undated. XIXth century."
b. Slip of paper: "binding by Menzies, London, 1914."
c. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) Husselman notes"
d. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report"
14. Manazil al-hajj : manuscript, [1804].
1 v. (58 p.) ; 19 cm.
Contents: Apparently a devotional work; begins in Arabic, most of text is Persian.
Date in colophon: Jumada al-awwal 1219 [i.e. August-September 1804].
Physical description: Text rubricated; marginal commentary in hand of copyist; inside front cover, inscription in ink: "F. E. Nuttall/Bought of Luzac's, Summer 1913. Rebound by Menzies, Oct. 1914. Three sections of 8 leaves and one of 6, besides flyleaves./The inner and outer leaves of the covers were soaked off the books, pasted together, and bound in. The boards, which were found to consist of fragments of written paper, have been preserved separately. All has been bound up as before, except that eight leaves of writing paper have by mistake been bound in between p. [59] and the flyleaf." Paper and brown leather binding; spine stamped: MS./MANAZILU L-HADJDJ
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper with notes in handwriting of Meredith-Owens on title and date, initialed: "MO 13."
b. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) Husselman notes"
c. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report"
SOURCE: F. E. Nuttall
15,1. Abu al-Nasr Farahi.
Nisab al-sibyan : manuscript, [1807].
Contents: A rhymed Arabic-Persian vocabulary.
Date in colophon: Jumada I 1222 [i.e. July-August 1807].
Text (not this copy) published.
15,2. Verse anthology : manuscript, [18--?].
Contents: Anthology of verses in Persian, including the Diwan of Mirza Muhammad Isma`il of Shiraz.
Date: prob. 19th cent. (acc. to Meredith-Owens).
1 v. ; 16 cm.
Physical description: Text rubricated, with marginal and interlinear corrections and additions in hand of copyist. Brown leather binding; inside back cover, paper label: Probsthain & Co., Oriental Booksellers, 14, Bury St., British Museum, London, W.C.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper with notes in handwriting of Meredith-Owens: "MO 11" describing contents and giving date.
b. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes."
c. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
16. Sa`di.
Kulliyat : manuscript, [n.d.].
1 v. (380 f.) ; 23 cm.
Contents: The collected poems of Sa`di (Persian).
Text (not this copy) published.
Physical description: The item in hand is a defective copy: pages of more recent age are bound in with pages from an older, finer copy of the work. The older pages are rubricated, with rules in gold and some illuminated chapter headings. The newer pages are treated more simply and may be in more than one hand. Brown leather binding with medallions on front and back; spine stamped: KULLIYAT E SA`DI/–/MS.
Accompanying material:
a. Slip in handwriting of Husselman with notes on author and title, "U of M has one fine MSS (1716 A.D.) of the collected works (Kulliyat) and several of both the Bustan and Gulistan."
b. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Husselman notes."
c. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
17. Abu al-Fazl Tahir ibn Muhammad Zahir Faryabi, d. 1201 or 2.
Divan : manuscript, [n.d.].
1 v. (116 f.) ; 22 cm.
Contents: Persian poems, mostly in praise of various rulers; copy defective.
Text (not this copy) published.
Physical description: Text rubricated, marginal and interlinear commentaries. Plain paper has been bound in for missing pp. Evidence of much careful repair. Binding leather and cloth, spine stamped: ZAHIR AD-DIN FARYABI/MS.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip in handwriting of Husselman with notes on author and title.
b. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Husselman notes."
c. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
18. Mushfiqi.
Divan : manuscript, [1565 or 6].
1 v. (191 f.) ; 22 cm.
Contents: Persian poems.
Date: Acc. to inscribed note in ink on flyleaf (I have not been able to verify).
Physical description: Illuminated `unwan, rules in gold; text not rubricated. On front flyleaf, inscribed note in ink: "a beautiful copy." On back flyleaf, owner's stamp: J O'KINEALY. Binding: green leather and green cloth, spine and binding stamped in gold; on spine: DIWAN/I/MUSHFIKI/I/BUKHARI.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip in handwriting of Husselman: notes on author, title, pagination.
b. Slip of paper: #10
a. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Husselman notes."
b. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
19. Hari-Karana, son of Mathuradasa Multani.
Insha : manuscript, [before 1758].
1 v. (165 p.) ; 21 cm.
Contents: A work on epistolary style in Persian.
Date: Based on owner's inscription on front and back flyleaves: Seindy[?] 1750 – Robert Sumption his Book of Herkeronis Letters or Precedents of writings & addresses.
Physical description: Text rubricated, marginal commentaries. On front and back flyleaves, text in Hindi script. Binding: brown leather and marble paper, spine stamped in gold: HER/KERN.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip in handwriting of Husselman re title, author; with notes in hand of Meredith-Owens re content.
b. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Husselman notes."
c. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
20. Shaykh Vafa.
Ruznamah-i hadirat-i shaykh Vafa : manuscript, [1655 to 6].
1 v. (15 p.) ; 22 cm.
Contents: For the year 1066 A.H., an analysis of the correspondence of days and months in the Islamic and solar calendars.
Date: based on year specified on p. [1].
Physical description: Text rubricated; contains calendrical diagrams and tables. Binding: brown leather and cloth; spine stamped: RUZNAME-I-HAZRET-I-SHEYKH VEFA.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper: #11.
21. Hafiz, 14th cent.
Divan : manuscript, [n.d.].
1 v. (167 f.) ; 24 cm.
Contents: Collection of poems in Persian.
Text (not this copy) published.
U of M has 6 MSS of this Diwan.
Physical description: Text not rubricated; margins flecked in blue, body of text flecked in silver; rules and borders (first few pp. of text only) in red and gold; edges gilded. Binding: brown leather with delicate stamped designs picked out in gold; spine stamped: DIVAN/E/HAFIZ/–/MS.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper in hand of Husselman with notes re author, title, other UM copies.
b. Card in hand of Emilie Savage-Smith: "Speckled paper/fine binding/Some borders near front complete, others not–shows something about how books made."
c. Slip with notes re author, title, place: Lucknow [India].
d. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Husselman notes."
e. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
22. Kamal al-Din Isma`il, d. 1237.
Divan : manuscript, [1603].
1 v. (577 p.) ; 25 cm.
Contents: Poems in Persian: pp. 0-319, Qasa'id (description of Prophet, praise of rulers); pp. 320-497, Muqatta`at (praise of rulers); pp. 498-577, Ruba`iyat – short quatrains.
Date: 18 Muharram 1012 [i.e. 28 June 1603] (acc. to inserted slip–have not been able to verify).
Physical description: At beginning of each section, illuminated `unwan; text rubricated, rules in gold, orange, and turquoise. Binding: Dark brown leather and red cloth; spine stamped: DIWAN-I/ISMAIL. Inside back cover, stamped owner's name: J. O'KINEALY.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip with notes by Husselman re author, title, pagination; "See no. 291 in Mich. Isl. MSS."
b. Slip with notes in ink re author, title, date.
c. Slip of paper: #8
d. Slip of paper: notes in German on what?
a. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Husselman notes."
b. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
23. Mahmud Tahir Ghazzali.
Risalah-i ma`rifat al-madhahib : manuscript, [n.d.].
1 v. (18 p.) ; 16 cm.
Contents: A religious work in Persian on the various Sufi sects.
Physical description: Text rubricated and enclosed in red borders. Binding: brown leather and green cloth; on front cover, paper label with title. Inside front cover: attached paper with Koranic verse in Arabic with English translation; back flyleaf, inscription in ink in German giving title and author. Has table of contents.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip with notes by i.Researchers:Meredith-Owens, G. M. (Keeper of Persian Books, British Museum):Nuttall manuscripts examined by, August 1967 Meredith-Owens re author, title, contents, initialed "MO 9"
b. Card: "Indian MS. & binding/blue paper is typical of Indian book production/per Emilie Savage-Smith."
c. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes."
d. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
24. Risalah-i matlub al-fuqara wa-muntakhab-i irshad al-vasilin : manuscript, [18--?].
1 v. (15 f.) ; 17 cm.
Contents: A Sufi tract, in Persian.
Date: 19th cent.? (acc to i.Researchers:Meredith-Owens, G. M. (Keeper of Persian Books, British Museum):Nuttall manuscripts examined by, August 1967 Meredith-Owens).
Physical description: Text rubricated and enclosed in red borders. Text has table of contents. Binding: brown and green paper, paper label on cover with title.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip with notes by Meredith-Owens re author, title, contents, date, initialed "MO 7"
b. Card with E. Savage-Smith notes: "Sufi writing."
c. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
25,1. Shajarat al-amani : manuscript, [n.d.].
Contents: Rules of Persian grammar.
25,2. Zubdat al-qawa`id : manuscript, [n.d.].
Contents: Rules of Persian grammar.
1 v. ([46] p.) ; 23 cm.
Physical description: Text rubricated, marginal corrections and commentary in hand of copyist. Binding: Brown leather and paper; spine stamped: SHADJARATU L-AMANI VA ZUBDATU L-QAWA`ID.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip with notes on both titles by Meredith-Owens, initialed "MO II"
b. Card with E. Savage-Smith notes (?): "Binding by Menzies, London, 1914."
c. Slip: #9
d. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes"
e. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
26. Treatise on the pillars of Islam : manuscript, [n.d.].
1 v. (82 f.) ; 23 cm.
Contents: A work in Persian on the five pillars of Islam (pilgrimage, almsgiving, prayer, etc.) based on the practice (sunnah) of the Prophet as laid down by the prophetic tradition. Copy defective (beginning of text missing).
Physical description: Text rubricated and enclosed in gold borders, marginal corrections in hand of copyist. Binding: dark brown leather stamped with medallions.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper with notes in handwriting of Meredith-Owens on contents, initialed "MO 17."
b. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes"
c. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report"
27. `Afif ibn Nur Kashani.
Matali` al-anwar : manuscript, [1690 or 1].
1 v. (142 f.) ; 23 cm.
Contents: Biography of the prophet Muhammad, in Persian.
Date: acc. to Meredith-Owens (I have not verified)
Physical description: Text not rubricated; marginal corrections in hand of copyist. Binding: brown leather and marble paper.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper with notes in handwriting of Meredith-Owens on contents, author, title, and date, initialed "MO 19."
b. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes"
c. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report"
28. Conversations in Persian and Turkish : manuscript, [1879].
1 v. (93 p.) ; 19 cm.
Contents: A ms. containing conversational phrases in Persian [right-hand column] and Turkish [left-hand column] in parallel columns.
Date and provenance in colophon: Tehran, Rabi` al-thani 1296 [i.e. March-April 1879].
Physical description: Text not rubricated; most pages bear seal of Iranian royal house in relief; inside front cover, ink inscription in hand of Nuttall: "Fly-leaves inserted, Oct. 1914." Binding: light brown leather.
Accompanying materials:
a. Part of page from Luzac catalog, 1911, with information about this mss's contents, date, and calligraphic style.
b. Slip of paper with notes in handwriting of Meredith-Owens on contents, provenance, and date, initialed "MO 14"
c. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes;" note in hand of Emilie Savage-Smith: "19thc."
d. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report"
29. Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Tabib.
Risalah-i `ilaj al-amrad : manuscript, [18--].
1 v. (66 f.) ; 22 cm.
Author note: Author of the "well-known" Tibb-i Yusufi (acc. to Meredith-Owens).
Contents: Medical prescriptions, in Persian.
Date: 19th cent. (acc. to Meredith-Owens).
Physical description: Text rubricated. Binding: red leather with black border.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper with notes in handwriting of Meredith-Owens on author, contents, and date, initialed "MO. 1"
b. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes"
c. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
30. Zayn al-`Abidin al-Shirvani, 1780-1837 or 8.
Hada'iq al-siyahah : manuscript, [1857].
1 v. (288 f.) ; 36 cm.
Contents: Geographical dictionary in Persian. Is this text the same as that of the author's Riyas al-siyahah?
Dates of composition and copying in colophon: 1242 [i.e. 1826 or 7] and 3 Jumada al-awwal 1274 [i.e. 20 December 1857].
Physical description: Text rubricated; marginal commentaries have mostly been cut away; on front flyleaf, inscription in ink in French: "Hadiket elsiahat/Dictionnaire géographique de Il Dj^ani ibn Iskender zein ol abidin el shirvani - 1242 H/copié sur le manuscrit original à Teheran en 1274 H–1857 A.D." Binding: light brown leather stamped with medallions.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper with title in ink: Hadiqat as-Siyahat
b. Card with notes in handwriting of Emilie Savage-Smith: "Geog. dict./colophon gives date/rubrication becomes more & more purple the more recent the MS."
c. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes"
d. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
31. Qissah-i Abu Muslim : manuscript, [n.d.].
1 v. (261 f.) ; 32 cm.
Contents: The story of Abu Muslim `Abd al-Rahman ibn Muslim al-Khurasani (8th cent.), ruler of Khurasan. In Persian.
Physical description: Text rubricated; front flyleaf bears poem in Persian. Binding: light brown leather and marble paper; spine stamped: KUSEYE ABOO MOSLEM.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes"
b. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
32. Muhammad Taqi ibn Ahmad al-Burujandi.
`Ayn al-buka' : manuscript, [1826 or 7].
1 v. (203 f.) ; 30 cm.
Contents: A work on the tragedy of Imam Husayn, in Persian, composed in 1199 [i.e. 1784 or 5], copied in Tabriz.
Dates of composition and provenance: in colophon, acc. to Luzac catalog.
Physical description: Text rubricated. Binding: black and red leather.
Accompanying materials:
a. Page from 1913 catalog of Luzac & Co., 46, Great Russell Street, London, "Persian and Hindustani MSS.," describing this item.
b. Card with handwriting of Emilie Savage-Smith: "19th c./Persian."
c. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owensnotes"
d. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
33. Bayaz : manuscript, [before 1718 or 9].
1 v. ; 28 cm.
Contents: Described on note in ink attached to inside front cover: "A Persian Bayaz in prose and verse big thick volume. The list of contents enumerates about 111 names some of which items are very famous & rare. clear nastalik [script], red & black ink binding broken. No date early 18th century./This Bayaz belonged to a nawab Yakub Khan who has made an entry of his illness under the date 1131 A.H. [i.e. 1718 or 9]. Some of the contents are (1) Risala sihat wa mardh (2) Mathnavi Haji Muhammed Rasai (3) Poems of Ali Razai Tajalli Shirazi (4) complete Rubaiyyat Omar Khayyam (5) Sozogudaz Noi (6) Mahmud ayaz Anis Shamlu (7) Mir Walihi an Aka Beg (8) Rubaiyyat Wahib (9) Poems of Mirza Badia (10) Anji's poems (10) rubaiyyats of Adham (11) of Yahya (12) of Dirki Kummi (13) of Sufi (14) Poems of Abu Turab"
Date: based on inscription described above; I have not been able to verify.
Physical description: Text rubricated; has table of contents; script runs diagonally across each page. Many miscellaneous notes and owners' inscriptions on flyleaves. Binding: brown leather.
Accompanying materials:
a. Card in handwriting of Emilie Savage-Smith: "no. 16? generating figures at end <–– note on this made by E. Savage-Smith."
c. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes"
34. Bahar-i `ajam : manuscript, [1827 or 8].
1 v. ; 32 cm.
Contents: Dictionary, Persian to Persian.
Date: in colophon (acc. to Luzac catalog; I have been unable to verify)
Physical description: Illuminated `unwan; text rubricated and enclosed in gold, red, and blue borders. Binding: Red leather; spine stamped: BUHARE/UJUM
Accompanying materials:
a. Part of Luzac catalog page with description of this item.
b. Card with handwriting of Emilie Savage-Smith: "`unwan or illum. frontispiece or heading."
c. Slip of paper with inscription in ink: "Bahar i `Ajam."
c. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes"
d. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
35. Nizami Ganjavi, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3.
Maqalat-i shaykh-i Nizami : manuscript, [1697].
1 v. (296 f.) ; 30 cm.
Contents: Complete poetic works, in Persian: 1. Makhzan al-asrar, 2. Khusraw va Shirin, 3. Layla va Majnun, 4. Haft paykar, 5. Iskandarnamah, 6. Iqbalnamah.
Date: acc. to inscription on slip attached to inside front cover (I have been unable to verify).
Texts (not this copy) published.
Physical description: Illuminated `unwans at beginning of each section; text not rubricated; chapter headings in gold, red, and blue inks; text enclosed by gold, red, and blue borders; elegant illumination passim; on recto of first page of text is illuminated medallion with author's name and the names of the works included in the vol, also inscription in ink in French: "Vincent avocat/ile de France." Some signatures toward end of vol. bound in upside down. Inside front cover: attached slip with inscription in ink in French: "Oeuvres completes de Nizami poëte indien de la fin du XVIe Siècle manuscrit copié en 1697"; on flyleaf, inscription in pencil: "Schapoor 23d May 1804/Bought of a Musulman from Boorhandwar[?] for 25 …[?]"
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper with inscription in ink: "Nizami MS of Khamsa 1697"
b. Card with handwriting of Emilie Savage-Smith: "Medallion–found at beginning or end, usually contain title–do not use term `unwan/Persian poetry–Indian poet, but not Indian ms./some signatures at end bd. in upside down/17th c."
c. Slip of paper: "Persian Manuscripts (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes"
36. Abu al-Khayr ibn Sa`d al-Ansari.
Fathnamah fi `ilm al-lughat : manuscript, [1701 or 2?].
1 v. (321 f.) ; 30 cm.
Author note: Describes himself in introduction as student of `Arif Rabbani Ilyas ibn Isra'il al-Husayni.
Contents: Arabic-Persian dictionary.
Date: on f. 321; unclear if this is date of copying or of later ownership.
Physical description: Text rubricated. Binding: Blue cloth and marble paper.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper with inscription in ink: "Fath-nama fi `ilm al-lughat/Not found in any cat of mss. or in any list of dicts."
b. Card with handwriting of Emilie Savage-Smith: "grammar/dictionary/one lang. is Persian"
c. Slip of paper: "Persian Manuscripts (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes"
d. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
37. Khwajah Amir walad Khwajah Padishah Khan.
Mazhar al-`aja'ib : manuscript, [1816?].
1 v. (241 f.) ; 25 cm.
Contents: Dictionary of names and epithets found in the Persian poets, in Persian.
Date: in colophon, acc. to Luzac catalog (I have been unable to verify).
Physical description: Text rubricated; margins have been repaired. Owners' stamps on colophon page; back flyleaf, owner's stamp: J. O'KINEALY. Binding; blue leather.
Accompanying materials:
a. Page from Luzac & Co. catalog, 1908, "Books on Modern Persian Literature," describes item in hand.
b. Slip of paper: "Persian Manuscripts (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes"
c. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
38. Jami` al-hikayat va ba`zi az qissah-i ahwalat : manuscript, [16--?].
1 v. (342 f.) ; 26 cm.
Contents: Anonymous collection of Persian stories.
Date: Probably 17th cent, acc. to Luzac catalog.
Physical description: Text rubricated; illuminated `unwan introducing each story; on back flyleaf, owner's stamp: J. O'KINEALY. Binding: red leather with designs stamped in gold.
Accompanying materials:
a. Page from Luzac & Co. catalog, 1908, "Books on Modern Persian Literature," describes item in hand.
b. Slip of blue ledger paper with notes in ink in handwriting of Nuttall(?) re journals on psychology published between 1878 and 1883; on back, in pencil, conjugations in Persian.
c. Card with handwriting of Emilie Savage-Smith: "lithographed? 19th c.?"
d. Slip of paper: "Persian Manuscripts (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes"
e. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
39. Muhammad Sadiq Khan.
Hadiqat al-irshad : manuscript, [1811].
1 v. (288 p.) ; 23 cm.
Contents: A treatise on the art of composition, in Persian.
Date: Acc. to enclosed slip and Luzac catalog (I have been unable to verify).
Physical description: Text rubricated. On back flyleaf, owner's stamp: J. O'KINEALY. Binding: Brown leather and red paper. Stamped on spine: HADIQAT/UL/IRSHAD.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper with inscription in ink re author, title, and date.
b. Page from Luzac & Co. catalog, 1908, "Books on Modern Persian Literature," describes item in hand.
c. Slip of paper: "#3"
d. Slip of paper with notes initialed "MO 20" re author, title, and contents.
e. Slip of paper with notes in handwriting of E. M. Husselman re author and title.
f. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Husselman and Meredith-Owens notes"
g. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
40. `Abd al-Fattah Gujarati.
Durr-i maknun : manuscript, [1824 or 5].
1 v. (118 f.) ; 21 cm.
Contents: Commentary by the author on the famous Masnavi of Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273). In Persian.
Date: In colophon.
Physical description: Text rubricated and enclosed in red borders. Inscription in ink on back flyleaf: "Ootacamund. India. – July 1882./This little Persian M.S. consists of selections from the great Persian work, the 'Musnavie ul Shurref' of Molannah Jallal ul Deen Roomie, with commentaries by Moulvie Abdool Fatteh Goojratie, who terms it the 'Door i Muknoon' i.e. the secret pearl./This copy was transcribed by an unnamed writer in A.H. 1240 corresponding to A.D. 1824./The calligraphy is very good and neat. The work is philosophical & goes in for being deep & learned./Geo. G. Pearse Major Genll/Royal Artillery." Bound into volume at back, letter: "[to] Major General G. G. Pearse/C. B. R. H. A./Ootacamund/My Dear Sir,/I have the pleasure to inform you that I am doing well by the grace of God, and hoping you and your respectable family are the same, another circumstance I wish to inform you that I received your kind letter and have understood the contents I have sent a Persian Mystical Book Named Duraz Muknas and hoping that your honor might accept it, and another Persian book which you have forwarded me I have already given it to the old-book binder and I shall sent it as soon as possible, please reply me as soon as receive this letter and make me happy by hearing it, we are all well and pray in behalf of your honor and your respectable family,/please to represent my and my sons salutation in the presence of Mrs. Pearse and your respectable family/[signed, not identified]/your faithfully/Peerzady Syed Shah Mohamed/[?] Shuttary Jagirdan/of [?] residing in the siddicutta Bangalore/19th September/9/81/Bangalore." Inside back cover, bookplate: George Godfrey Pearse. Spine stamped in gold: PERSIAN/M.S.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of ruled paper with inscription in ink: "Durr/e/maknun/–/MS./1204 DURR/E/MAKNUN/–/MS./1204 / Title on label./Mended & furbished/Label removed & thrown away."
b. Slip of paper in handwriting of Meredith-Owens, initialed "MO 16", re title, author, contents, date.
c. Small paper label with inscription in ink: Durr i Maknun/A.H. 1204/Not in B.M. or India Office.
d. Slip of paper in hand of E. M. Husselman with notes re title, author, date, contents.
e. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Husselman and Meredith-Owens notes"
f. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
41,1. Collection of masnavis and ruba`is : manuscript, [17--].
Contents: Anonymous collection of poems in Persian.
Date: acc. to enclosed slip inscribed in ink.
41,2. Katibi.
Majma` al-bahrayn : manuscript, [1725].
Contents: Persian Sufi poem, "the confluent of the two seas," treating of the loves of Nazir and Manzur.
Date in colophon: 19 Rajab 1137 [i.e. 3 April 1725].
1 v. (100 f.) ; 17 cm.
Physical description: Text rubricated and enclosed in borders of red, black, and bright yellow. Binding: Brown leather and red paper; spine stamped in gold: MAJMA/UL/BAHRAEIN.
Accompanying materials:
a. Page from 1908 catalog of Luzac & Co., "Books on Modern Persian Literature," describing item in hand.
b. Two slips of paper with inscriptions in ink, giving titles, dates, and contents of works in this vol.
c. Slip of paper initialed "MO 10" with briefly describing both works.
d. Two slips of paper in handwriting of E. M. Husselman, describing both works.
e. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heywood-Dunne?) with Husselman and Meredith-Owens notes"
f. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
42. Aurangzeb, Emperor of Hindustan, 1618-1707.
Kalimat-i Tayyibat : manuscript, [18--?].
1 v. (151 f.) ; 19 cm.
Contents: A collection of letters written by Aurangzeb in the latter part of his reign, in Persian, edited by `Inayat Allah. Copy defective at end.
Date: Acc. to Meredith-Owens note.
Text (not this copy) published under title Ruq`at-i `Alamgiri.
Physical description: Illuminated `unwan at beg., text rubricated and enclosed in borders of gold and gray; plain paper bound in for missing pages. Binding: brown leather, spine stamped in gold: KALIMAT/E/TAYYIBAT/–/MS.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper initialed "MO 12. `Iyar-i danish, a collection of stories by `Inayatullah Kan[?]. Imperfect at the end. XIXth century?"
b. Slip of paper in handwriting of E. M. Husselman, re contents, publication, title, author.
c. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Husselman and Meredith-Owens notes"
d. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
43. Jami, 1414-1492.
Baharistan : manuscript, [1662 or 3].
1 v. (89 f.) ; 21 cm.
Contents: Literary work, in Persian.
Date: in colophon.
Text (not this copy) published.
Physical description: Text rubricated; marginal corrections and additions in hand of copyist. Inside front cover: inscription in ink: "F. E. Nuttall/Rebound by Menzies, Oct. 1914./Ff. 1-88. A leaf has been inserted between the end-paper and f. 1. F. 88 was pasted on the end-paper when the book was bought. The sections were made up of leaves as follows: – 10, 12, 12, 10, 10, 10, 10, 12, 2." Binding: green leather (faded to light brown) and gray marble paper; spine stamped in gold: BEHARI-/STAN/E/DJAMI.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper initialed "MO 18." with title, author, and date.
b. Slip of paper in handwriting of E. M. Husselman with notes re author, title.
c. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Husselman and Meredith-Owens notes"
d. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
44. Sa`di.
Gulistan : manuscript, [between 1771 and 1773].
1 v. (294 p.) ; 22 cm.
Contents: Literary work, in Persian.
Date: in colophon, later date in red written over date in black ink.
Text (not this copy) published.
Other Mich. copies:
Physical description: Illuminated `unwan; text rubricated; pages carefully reinforced with paper. Binding: light brown leather and cloth; spine stamped in gold: SA`DI/GULISTAN/MS./A.H. 1185.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of ruled paper with inscription in ink: "Chambers. See Ethé, Bodleian cat., col. 260."
b. Slip of paper initialed "MO 15," with title, author, provenance (Chinapatan) and copyist name.
c. Slip of paper in hand of E. M. Husselman re author, title, date.
d. Slip of paper: "#2"
e. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Husselman and Meredith-Owens notes"
f. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
45. Moroccan historical text : manuscript, [n.d.].
1 v. (41 f.) ; 22 cm.
Contents: An account of the provinces in the kingdom of Salim ibn Mahmud ibn `Abd Allah ibn Isma`il (Maghrib).
Physical description: Text entirely in pencil. Apparently transcription from original Maghribi document. Transcribed pages have been cut out from another volume and pasted into this one so that there are blank pages in between, on which commentaries, translations into English, and notes have been written in pencil. Inside front cover: inscription in ink giving contents note; inside back cover: paper label, "George Gregory, Book Merchant and Library Buyer, 5, Argyle Street, BATH." Binding: brown cloth and marble paper.
Accompanying materials:
a. Card with handwriting of Emilie Savage-Smith: "Maghribi script – N. African script (not incl. Egypt)/same writer as that of the pencilled ms./apparently transcribed from anr. ms. (on right) & his notes on how to puzzle it out (on left)"
b. Slip of paper: "Persian Arabic MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or
Meredith-Owens notes"
c. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
46,1. Persian grammar with dialogues : manuscript, [n.d.].
Contents: Alphabet, conjugations, and examples of the Persian language.
46,2. Ziya' al-Din Nakhshabi, d. 1350.
Tutinamah : manuscript, [n.d.].
Contents: "Tales of a parrot," from Persian folklore.
1 v. (77 f.) ; 24 cm.
Physical description: Text not rubricated. On front flyleaf, inscription in pencil in French listing contents: "1. Syllabaire, conjugations et dialogues persans, 2. Touty-nameh recueil de contes en persan."
On back flyleaf, inscription in pencil listing contents: "Persian Ms./containing/I Persian Grammar and Dialogues./II Tuti Nameh or Tales of a Parrot." Biding: Red and black leather.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper from catalog of law books in French.
b. Slip of paper: "Persian Manuscripts (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes"
c. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
47. Treatise on history : manuscript, [n.d.].
1 v. (27 f.) ; 26 cm.
Contents: Chapters dealing with the end of the Byzantine empire and the beginning of the Ottoman empire, describing the reigns of Constantine [VII, Porphyrogenitus?], Bayazid, Selim, and Sulayman ibn Selim. In Arabic.
Physical description: Entirely written in pencil; chapter headings in larger, bolder script; inside front cover, paper label: GEORGE GREGORY, Book Merchant and Library Buyer, 5, Argyle Street, BATH. Binding: brown cloth.
Accompanying materials:
a. Card with writing in hand of Emilie Savage-Smith: "Not native hand, European? or very old writer/Arabic, in pencil/probably transcribing a text."
b. Slip of paper: "Persian Arabic Manuscripts (Heyworth-Dunne?) No
Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes"
c. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
48. Afzal al-Din Shirvani Khaqani, ca. 1126-1198 or 9.
Tuhfat al-`iraqayn : manuscript, [18--?].
1 v. (108 f.) ; 23 cm.
Contents: Masnavi (poem) in Persian, defective at end.
Date: Acc. to ES-S.
Text (not this copy) published.
Physical description: Text rubricated and with many marginal commentaries. Binding: Red leather and red and blue paper.
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper with inscription in ink: Khaqani : Tuhfat al-`iraqain.
b. Card with notes in hand of Emilie Savage-Smith: "poetry/Persian/many marginal annotation/19thc. binding."
c. Slip of paper: "Persian Manuscripts (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes"
d. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
49. Muhyi-i Lari.
Futuh al-haramayn : manuscript, [17th or 18th cents.].
1 v. (74 f.) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Contents: Description in verse of Mecca and Medina and the observances during the pilgrimage, in Persian.
Date: Acc. to Meredith-Owen.
Physical description: Illuminated `unwan, text rubricated and enclosed in polychrome borders. Contains contemporary illustrations showing the plan and appearance of various holy places. Binding: Red leather stamped in gold; on front cover, paper label with inscription in ink: "History of Mecca & Madena with maps It is 300 hundred years old."
Accompanying materials:
a. Slip of paper with inscription in ink: "Muhyi, Lari: Futuh al-Haramayn."
b. Slip of paper with note in pencil: "lacks number X-1"
c. Card with notes in hand of Emilie Savage-Smith: "Diagrams/illus : Mecca & different mosques/Sufi?"
d. Slip of paper with notes in hand of Meredith-Owen: "Unnumbered," giving title, author, contents, and date.
b. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes"
c. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
50. Tragedy of Husayn : manuscript, [17--].
1 v. (230 f.) ; 23 cm.
Contents: The story of the martyrdom of Husayn, the Prophet's grandson, in Persian. Copy defective, beginning missing.
Date: 18th cent. (according to Luzac catalog).
Physical description: Text rubricated, on blue paper. Binding: brown leather, much repaired.
Accompanying materials:
a. Part of page from 1913 catalog, Luzac & Co., describing item in hand.
b. Slip of paper: "E[lias] J[ohn] W[ilkinson] Gibb [1857-1901] Memorial" form letter, on verso of which are notes in pencil, repeating information provided above.
c. Slip of paper: "Persian Manuscripts [in pencil: "or lithograph?"] (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Hussulman or Meredith-Owens notes."
d. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
51. Wassaf.
Tarikh : tajribat al-amsar : lithograph, [1897].
1 v. (303 p.) ; 24 cm.
Contents: Vol. I of a history by Wassaf, called Tajribat al-amsar, in Persian.
Date in colophon: yawm al-arbu`a' tasi` shahr Dhi al-Hijjah [i.e. 11 May 1897].
Physical description: Lithographed text with many marginal and interlinear commentaries. Binding: black leather.
Accompanying materials:
a. Page from Otto Harrassowitz catalog, 1912, "Neupersische Literature," describing item in hand.
b. Card with notes in pencil in hand of Emilie Savage-Smith: "Lithograph not MS./(most lithographed texts are Indian/per Emile Savage-Smith)"
c. Slip of paper: "Persian Manuscripts [in pencil:] lithographed text
(Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes."
d. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report."
Stephen Spaulding ms., temp. no. 52
52. Waqif Nur al-`Ayn Waqif, d. 1200.
Divan : manuscript, [1845].
1 v. (259 f.) ; 25 cm.
Author note: 18th-cent. Persian poet, son of Amanat Allah, who was Kaza of Patryalah; pupil of Khan Arzu (1689-1756).
Contents: Collected poems of Waqif, never published, in Persian.
Date in colophon: Sha`ban 1261 [i.e. August-September 1845].
Physical description: Illuminated `unwan (in illuminated first opening); text rubricated and enclosed in borders of gold, red, blue, and black; on back flyleaf, bookplate bearing arms and name: Frederick S. Peck.; on verso of flyleaf, inscription in ink: The servant,/Wakif.; slip of paper from catalog attached, giving title, author, and contents of item in hand; inscription in pencil: MS & Papyri Rm/Stephen Spaulding Mem coll/Levinson/10-16-45/SS2015/Levinson cat 22:230/37.50.; other misc. notes in pencil; on inside back cover, bookplate: In Memory of/Stephen Spaulding/1907-1925/Class of 1927/University of Michigan. Binding: binder's slipcase in red leather and cloth,