Archive for the 'Abdul Hamid Collection' Category

[Arbaʻīn-i Jāmī ,17th century?].[أربعين جامي,القرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 430 Title: [Arbaʻīn-i Jāmī ,17th century?].[أربعين جامي,القرن 17م؟]. Author: Jāmī,1414-1492جامي Place/Date of Production: [16--?]. Size: 8 leaves :paper ;230 x 154 mm. Summary: Fine copy of Jāmī's verse paraphrase of forty ḥadīth. Other Title(s): Tarjamah-ʼi manẓūm-i chihil ḥadīs̲ترجمۀ منظوم چهل حديث Subject(s): Hadith--Texts--Early works to 1800.Hadith--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Early works to 1800.Hadith--Poetry--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Arabic--Michigan--Ann Arbor.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)17th century. Language: Arabic and Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title supplied by [...]

[Calligraphic Specimen,early 19th century?].[مرقع حسن الخط,اوائل القرن 19م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 276 Title: [Calligraphic Specimen,early 19th century?].[مرقع حسن الخط,اوائل القرن 19م؟]. Place/Date of Production: [Istanbul?,1800-1843?]. Size: 12 panels :paper ;343 x 215 (200 x 113) mm. Summary: Exquisite calligraphic specimen employing Jāmī's qaṣīdah on the basmalah for mürekkebât meșki exercises, executed by one of the students of Arabzade Mehmet Sadullah Efendi (d.1843). Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Calligraphy, Persian--Specimens.Calligraphy, [...]

[Calligraphic specimen,ca. 1282, i.e. 1865 or 1866].[مرقع حسن الخط,ح 1282ه, 1865 او 1866م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 241 Title: [Calligraphic specimen,ca. 1282, i.e. 1865 or 1866].[مرقع حسن الخط,ح 1282ه, 1865 او 1866م]. Place/Date of Production: [Istanbul?,ca. 1865 or 1866]. Size: 4 panels :paper ;217 x 260 (92 x 157) mm. Summary: Exquisite album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ / murakka) of four kıtalar employing ḥadīth of the Prophet executed by the renowned Ottoman calligrapher Kazasker (Kadıasker) Mustafa İzzet Efendi [...]

[Calligraphic specimen,1206, i.e. 1791 or 1792].[مرقع حسن الخط,1206ه, 1791 او 1792م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 229 Title: [Calligraphic specimen,1206, i.e. 1791 or 1792].[مرقع حسن الخط,1206ه, 1791 او 1792م]. Place/Date of Production: [Istanbul?,1791 or 1792]. Size: 5 panels :paper ;180 x 253 (119 x 192) mm. Summary: Exquisite album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ / murakkâ) employing ḥadīth of the Prophet executed by the celebrated Ottoman calligrapher Mahmut Celaleddin Efendi (d.1829) in imitation of a model executed by [...]

[Tabakat-i müluk-i Osmaniye,after 1251, i.e. 1835].[طبقات ملوك عثمانيه,بعد 1251ه، 1835م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 391 Title: [Tabakat-i müluk-i Osmaniye,after 1251, i.e. 1835].[طبقات ملوك عثمانيه,بعد 1251ه، 1835م]. Place/Date of Production: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Size: 1 roll ;2750 x 150 mm. Summary: "Genealogy of the Osmanli Sultans, down to [1251/1835]" – from catalog card Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Manuscripts, Turkish--Michigan--Ann Arbor.Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--Kings and rulers--Early works to 1800. Language: Ottoman [...]

[Amulet with metal case,17th century?].[حرز مع غلاف معدني,القرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 220 Title: [Amulet with metal case,17th century?].[حرز مع غلاف معدني,القرن 17م؟]. Place/Date of Production: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Size: 1 roll ;+ 1 metal case (112 x 35 mm). Summary: "Amulet in metal case, oiled cloth wrapping. Prayers for protection, etc." - from catalog card. Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Amulets (Islam)Manuscripts, Arabic--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Language: Arabic. Notes: Ms. [...]

[Calligraphic specimen,early to mid 18th century].[مرقع حسن الخط,اوائل الى اواسط القرن 18م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 243 Title: [Calligraphic specimen,early to mid 18th century].[مرقع حسن الخط,اوائل الى اواسط القرن 18م]. Place/Date of Production: [Istanbul?,1705-1756]. Size: 6 panels :paper ;147 x 215 (79 x 149) mm. Summary: Exquisite album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ or murakkâ) comprising kıtalar employing ḥadīth of the Prophet executed by the celebrated Ottoman calligrapher Eğrikapılı Mehmet Râsim Efendi (d.1756), renowned student of Seyyid Abdullah [...]

[Calligraphic specimen,1195, i.e. 1780 or 1781].[مرقع حسن الخط,1195ه، 1780 او 1781م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 240 Title: [Calligraphic specimen,1195, i.e. 1780 or 1781].[مرقع حسن الخط,1195ه، 1780 او 1781م]. Place/Date of Production: [Istanbul?,1780 or 1781]. Size: 11 panels :paper ;170 x 245 (110 x 183) mm. Summary: Fine album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ / murakka) in this case a meșk murakka employing alphabetic exercises (müfredat). Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Calligraphy, Arabic--Specimens.Writing, Arabic--Specimens.Islamic calligraphy--Specimens.Manuscripts, Arabic--Michigan--Ann [...]

[Hilye-yi şerif,1099, i.e. 1687 or 1688].[حليه شريف,1099ه، 1687 او 1688].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 238 Title: [Hilye-yi şerif,1099, i.e. 1687 or 1688].[حليه شريف,1099ه، 1687 او 1688]. Place/Date of Production: [Istanbul?,1687 or 1688]. Size: 3 panels :paper ;147 x 285 mm. opening vertically to 438 x 287 mm. Summary: Exquisite hilye (written depiction of the Prophet) executed by the master who developed this graphic form of the hilye, Hafız Osman Efendi (d.1698). Other Title(s): Hilye-i şerif Subject(s): Calligraphy, Ottoman--Specimens.Calligraphy, [...]

[Hüsn-ü hat risalesi,late 18th or early 19th century].[حسن خط رساله سى,اواخر القرن 18 او اوائل القرن 19م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 401 Title: [Hüsn-ü hat risalesi,late 18th or early 19th century].[حسن خط رساله سى,اواخر القرن 18 او اوائل القرن 19م]. Author: Mehmet bin Tacettin,d. 1587.محمد بن تاج الدين. Place/Date of Production: [Istanbul?,1767-1831]. Size: 28 leaves :paper ;222 x 158 mm. Summary: Exquisite copy of a treatise on calligraphy attributed to Tacbeyzade [Taçbeyzade, Tacizade, Taczade] Mehmet bin Tacettin [Mehmed b.Taceddin] (d.1587) executed by the [...]

[Arbaʻīn-i Jāmī ,18th century?].[أربعين جامي,قرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 431 Title: [Arbaʻīn-i Jāmī ,18th century?].[أربعين جامي,قرن 18م؟]. Author: Jāmī,1414-1492جامي Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 8 leaves :paper ;188 x 126 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of Jāmī's verse paraphrase of forty ḥadīth. Other Title(s): Tarjamah-ʼi manẓūm-i chihil ḥadīs̲ترجمۀ منظوم چهل حديث Subject(s): Hadith--Texts--Early works to 1800. Hadith--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Early works to 1800. Hadith--Poetry--Early works to 1800. Manuscripts, Arabic--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)18th century. Language: Arabic and Persian. Notes: Ms. codex. Title supplied by [...]

Munājāt-i Ḥaz̤rat-i ʻAlī,[18th century?].مناجات حضرت علي,[القرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 442 Title: Munājāt-i Ḥaz̤rat-i ʻAlī,[18th century?].مناجات حضرت علي,[القرن 18م؟]. Author: ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib,Caliph,ca. 600-661علي بن ابي طالب,خليفة. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 8 leaves :paper ;227 x 152 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the qaṣīdah in ʻayn, Munājāt ʻAlī, from the dīwān attributed to ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (ca. 600-661), accompanied by elucidation in Persian. Other Title(s): Poems.Selectionsديوان.مختاراتقصيدة عينية Subject(s): Arabic poetry--622-750.Islam--Prayers and devotions--Early works [...]

Divan-ı Ragıp Paşa,[late 18th century?].ديوان راغب پاشا,[اواخر القرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 422 Title: Divan-ı Ragıp Paşa,[late 18th century?].ديوان راغب پاشا,[اواخر القرن 18م؟]. Author: Rāghib, Muḥammad,1698 or 9-1762 or 3.راغب، محمد. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;207 x 128 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Dīvān of the Ottoman Grand Vizier and littérateur, Koca Mehmet Ragıp Paşa (d.1763). Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Turkish poetry--Early works to 1800.Turkish prose [...]

[Mecmua-yi eşar,late 17th or early 18th century?].[مجموعه اشعار,اواخر القرن 17 او اوائل القرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 416 Title: [Mecmua-yi eşar,late 17th or early 18th century?].[مجموعه اشعار,اواخر القرن 17 او اوائل القرن 18م؟]. Place/Date of Production: [1680-1730?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;70 x 178 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of an anthology of Turkish poetry, mainly of Baki Efendi (d.1600), Sami (d.1733), etc. Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Turkish poetry--17th century.Turkish poetry--18th century.Manuscripts, Turkish--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Language: Ottoman Turkish. Notes: Ms. [...]

Şerhü’t-Tâiye min Divan-ı Saib,[1178?, i.e. 1765?].شرح التائيه من ديوان صايب,[1178ه؟, 1765م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 408 Title: Şerhü't-Tâiye min Divan-ı Saib,[1178?, i.e. 1765?].شرح التائيه من ديوان صايب,[1178ه؟, 1765م؟]. Author: Nusret,d. 1795.نصرت. Place/Date of Production: [1765?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;220 x 160 mm. Summary: Elegant, apparently autograph copy of the elucidation (or loose translation, ترجمه ) in Turkish by Ebu Bekir Nusret (d.1795), of al-Tāʼīyah, selected poems in tāʼ from the Dīvān of Ṣāʼib (d. between 1080/1669-70 [...]

[Dīvān,1240?, i.e. 1825?].[ديوان1240ه؟, 1825م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 366 Title: [Dīvān,1240?, i.e. 1825?].[ديوان1240ه؟, 1825م؟]. Author: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī,ca. 1253-1325.امير خسرو دهلوى. Place/Date of Production: [1825?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;140 x 94 mm. Summary: Worn, acephalous copy of a selection of poetry, possibly from the Dīvān of Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī (see note supplied by G. Meredith-Owens on catalogue card, "A dīvān, probably that of Amīr Khusraw, perhaps 19th century"). Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can [...]

[Māhʻmunīr va Khūbʻchihrah,18th century?].[ماه منير و خوب چهره,قرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 360 Title: [Māhʻmunīr va Khūbʻchihrah,18th century?].[ماه منير و خوب چهره,قرن 18م؟]. Author: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [Kashmīr?,1750-1799?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;190 x 125 mm. Summary: Elegant though incomplete copy of what Pasha Mohamad Khan has identified as "Story of the love of Māh-i Munīr son of ‘Arab-Shāh for Khūb-chihrah, merchant’s daughter (cf. Punjab University [...]

[Rūznāmachah-i muḥāṣarah-i Qalʻah-i Dār al-Jihād ...etc.,1200?, i.e. 1785 or 1786?].[روزنامچه محاصره قلعه دار الجهاد ...الخ,1200ه؟, 1785 او 1786م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 354 Title: [Rūznāmachah-i muḥāṣarah-i Qalʻah-i Dār al-Jihād ...etc.,1200?, i.e. 1785 or 1786?].[روزنامچه محاصره قلعه دار الجهاد ...الخ,1200ه؟, 1785 او 1786م؟]. Place/Date of Production: [1785 or1786?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;245 x 172 mm. Summary: Splendid copy of a collection of works (majmūʻah) opening with Rūznāmachah-i muḥāṣarah-i Qalʻah-i Dār al-Jihād or Vaqāʼiʻ-i Ḥaydarābād, the journal of the seige of Ḥaydarābād by [...]

Kullīyāt-i Mullā Jāmī,[early 16th century?].كليات ملا جامى,[آغاز قرن 16م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 324 Title: Kullīyāt-i Mullā Jāmī,[early 16th century?].كليات ملا جامى,[آغاز قرن 16م؟]. Author: Jāmī,1414-1492جامى. Place/Date of Production: [15--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;220 x 160 mm. Summary: Splendid copy of the Dīvān of Mawlānā Nūr al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d.1492). Other Title(s): PoemsديوانTitle from exquisite double-page illumination at opening:قصايد و غزليات افصح فضلا و افضل فصحى جامع فنون كلامي مولانا عبد الرحمن جامىQaṣāʼid va ghazalīyāt-i [...]

[Calligraphic specimen,1281?, i.e. 1864 or 1865].[مرقع حسن الخط,1281ه؟، 1864 او 1865م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 279 Title: [Calligraphic specimen,1281?, i.e. 1864 or 1865].[مرقع حسن الخط,1281ه؟، 1864 او 1865م؟]. Place/Date of Production: [1864 or 1865?]. Size: 7 panels :paper ;282 x 227 (215 x 174) mm. Summary: Superb album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ or murakkâ) employing verses of Anvari, etc. with interspersed figurative illustrations of lions, dragons, stags, bulls, etc. as well as vegetal motifs, all embossed [...]

Dīvān-i Khvājah-i Salmān,[823, i.e. 1420].دويان خواجه سلمان,[823ه, 1420م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 407 Title: Dīvān-i Khvājah-i Salmān,[823, i.e. 1420].دويان خواجه سلمان,[823ه, 1420م]. Author: Salmān Sāvajī,d. 1376.سلمان ساوجى. Place/Date of Production: [1420]. Size: 292 leaves :paper ;256 x 170 mm. Summary: Elegant early copy of the Dīvān or collected poems of Jamāl al-Dīn Salmān Sāvājī (d.1376), the renowned panegyrist of the Jalāyirids, with excerpts from the Dīvān of Ḥāfiẓ (see margin at opening on p.2, [...]

[Divan-ı Necâtî Bey,989, i.e. 1581].[ديوان نجاتى بك,989ه, 1581م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 403 Title: [Divan-ı Necâtî Bey,989, i.e. 1581].[ديوان نجاتى بك,989ه, 1581م]. Author: Necâtî Bey,d. 1509.نجاتى بك. Place/Date of Production: [1581]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;267 x 187 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Necâtî Bey (İsa) Edirnevî (d.1509). Other Title(s): DivanديوانTitle from colophon on p.427:ديوان نجاتيNecati Bey divanı Subject(s): Turkish poetry--15th century.Manuscripts, Turkish--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)16th century. Language: Ottoman Turkish. Notes: Ms. codex.Title supplied by cataloguer. Incipit: "بسم الله الرحمن [...]

Shamsah va Qahqahah,[1237, i.e. 1822].شمسه و قهقهه[1237ه، 1822م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 351 Title: Shamsah va Qahqahah,[1237, i.e. 1822].شمسه و قهقهه[1237ه، 1822م]. Author: Farāhī, Barkhvurdār ibn Maḥmūd,16th cent.فراهى, برخوردار ابن محمود. Place/Date of Production: [1822]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;275 x 190 mm. Summary: Exquisite copy of excerpts from the collection of stories by Mīrzā Barkhvurdār ibn Maḥmūd Turkmān [Turkamān], Mumtāz Farāhī. Other Title(s): Maḥbūb al-qulūbمحبوب القلوب Subject(s): Didactic fiction, Persian--Early works to 1800.Conduct of life in literature--Early [...]

Dīvān-i Muḥtasham,[1203, i.e. 1789].ديوان محتشم,[1203ه, 1789م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 337 Title: Dīvān-i Muḥtasham,[1203, i.e. 1789].ديوان محتشم,[1203ه, 1789م]. Author: Muḥtasham, ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad,1499 or 500-1587 or 8.محتشام, على ابن احمد. Place/Date of Production: [1789]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;307 x 205 mm. Summary: Splendid copy of the Dīvān of Muḥtasham-i Kāshānī (d.1587 or 9) executed by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Taqī Sāravī for Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qājār (1769-1834, r.1797-1834) before his accession to [...]

Hāẕā Kitāb-i Khvājah Ḥāfiẓ-i Shīrāzī,[1280, i.e. 1863 or 1864].هذا كتاب خواجه حافظ شيرازى,[1280ه, 1863 يا 1864م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 321 Title: Hāẕā Kitāb-i Khvājah Ḥāfiẓ-i Shīrāzī,[1280, i.e. 1863 or 1864].هذا كتاب خواجه حافظ شيرازى,[1280ه, 1863 يا 1864م]. Author: Ḥāfiẓ,14th cent.حافظ. Place/Date of Production: [1863 or 1864]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;240 x 155 mm. Summary: Richly elegant copy of the Dīvān of the masterful poet Ḥāfiẓ (Khvājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, d.1390?). Other Title(s): Dīvānديوان Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)19th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title from [...]

Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ,[920, i.e. 1514 or 1515].ديوان حافظ,[920ه, 1514 يا 1515م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 316 Title: Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ,[920, i.e. 1514 or 1515].ديوان حافظ,[920ه, 1514 يا 1515م]. Author: Ḥāfiẓ,14th cent.حافظ. Place/Date of Production: [1514 or 1515]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;244 x 156 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Dīvān of the masterful poet Ḥāfiẓ (Khvājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, d.1390?). Other Title(s): DīvānديوانTitle from colophon on p.314:لسان الغيبLisān al-ghayb Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)16th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title from inscription [...]

[Būstān,942, i.e. 1536].[بوستان,942ه, 1536م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 301 Title: [Būstān,942, i.e. 1536].[بوستان,942ه, 1536م]. Author: Saʻdī.سعدى. Place/Date of Production: [1536]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;232 x 145 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Būstān, the celebrated mas̲navī of Saʻdī (d.1292), renowned Persian poet and prose writer. Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Masnavis, Persian--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)16th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title supplied by cataloguer. Incipit: "بنام [...]

[Dīvān-i ʻĀshiq,1232, i.e. 1817].[ديوان عاشق,1232ه, 1817م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 285 Title: [Dīvān-i ʻĀshiq,1232, i.e. 1817].[ديوان عاشق,1232ه, 1817م]. Author: ʻĀshiq Iṣfahānī, Muḥammad,d. 1768 or 9.عاشق اصفهاني, ,محمد. Place/Date of Production: [Iṣfahān,1817]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;246 x 155 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Āqā Muḥammad ʻĀshiq Iṣfahānī (d.1768 or 9) opening with the ghazals. Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Persian poetry--1500-1796.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)19th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title [...]

Kitāb-i Shāhnāmah,[late 16th or early 17th century?].كتاب شاهنامه,[پایان قرن 16 او آغاز قرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 280 Title: Kitāb-i Shāhnāmah,[late 16th or early 17th century?].كتاب شاهنامه,[پایان قرن 16 او آغاز قرن 17م؟]. Author: Firdawsī.فردوسي. Place/Date of Production: [India?,1575-1625?]. Size: 615 leaves :paper, ill. ;333 x 205 mm. Summary: Splendid copy of the renowned epic by Firdawsī (d.1020), illustrated with 14 miniatures. Detailed description of the manuscript and miniatures by Firuza I. Abdullaeva ("An unknown Shāhnāma from Ann Arbor," [...]

[Maslak al-iʻtidāl ilá fahm āyat khalq al-aʻmāl maʻa Sharḥ Naẓm al-durar fī muwāfaqāt ʻUmar,16th and 17th century?].[مسلك الاعتدال إلى فهم آية خلق الاعمال مع شرح نظم الدرر في موافقات عمر,القرن 16 والقرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 250 Title: [Maslak al-iʻtidāl ilá fahm āyat khalq al-aʻmāl maʻa Sharḥ Naẓm al-durar fī muwāfaqāt ʻUmar,16th and 17th century?].[مسلك الاعتدال إلى فهم آية خلق الاعمال مع شرح نظم الدرر في موافقات عمر,القرن 16 والقرن 17م؟]. Author: Kūrānī, Ibrāhīm ibn Ḥasan,1616 or 17-ca. 1690.كوراني، ابراهيم بن حسن. Place/Date of Production: [ca.1525 and ca.1665?]. Size: 38 leaves :paper ;215 x 157 (155 [...]

[al-Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ khayr al-barīyah,,16th century?].[الكواكب الدرية في مدح خير البرية,القرن 16م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 448 Title: [al-Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ khayr al-barīyah,,16th century?].[الكواكب الدرية في مدح خير البرية,القرن 16م؟]. Author: Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd,1213?-1296?بوصيري، شرف الدين محمد بن سعيد. Place/Date of Production: [15--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;217 x 148 mm. Summary: Fine copy of al-Būṣīrī's poem in praise of the Prophet accompanied by elucidation in Persian and Turkish. Other Title(s): BurdahبردةTitle from inscription on front [...]

Dīvān-i ʻUrfī,[16th century?].ديوان عرفى,[القرن 16م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 338 Title: Dīvān-i ʻUrfī,[16th century?].ديوان عرفى,[القرن 16م؟]. Author: ʻUrfī Shīrāzī, Muḥammad,1555 or 6-1590 or 91.عرفى شيرازى, محمد. Place/Date of Production: [15--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;235 x 135 mm. Summary: Exquisite (though damaged) copy of the Dīvān of ʻUrfī Shīrāzī (d.1590 or 91). Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Persian poetry--1500-1796.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)16th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title from inscription on 'title [...]

[Kullīyāt-i Vaḥshī,17th century?].[كليات وحشى,القرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 335 Title: [Kullīyāt-i Vaḥshī,17th century?].[كليات وحشى,القرن 17م؟]. Author: Vaḥshī Bāfqī,d. 1583.وحشی بافقی. Place/Date of Production: [16--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;220 x 134 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the collected poetic works (dīvān) of Vaḥshī Bāfqī (d.1583), opening with his mas̲navī Farhād va Shīrīn. Other Title(s): Poems Subject(s): Persian poetry--1500-1796.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)17th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title supplied by cataloguer. Incipit: "الهى سينۀ ده آتش افروز در [...]

[Haft awrang,17th century?].[هفت اورنگ,القرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 333 Title: [Haft awrang,17th century?].[هفت اورنگ,القرن 17م؟]. Author: Jāmī,1414-1492جامى. Place/Date of Production: [16--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;242 x 190 mm. Summary: Fine though incomplete copy of the seven mas̲navīs of Jāmī (d.1492) collected under the title Haft awrang, opening with Yūsuf va Zulaykhā and concluding with Silsilat al-ẕahab (arrangement differs from that outlined in Jāmī's preface). Appears to lack Salāmā va [...]

Kitāb-i Gulshan-i rāz,[19th century?].كتاب گلشن راز[القرن 19م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 311 Title: Kitāb-i Gulshan-i rāz,[19th century?].كتاب گلشن راز[القرن 19م؟]. Author: Shabistarī, Maḥmūd ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm,d. ca. 1320.شبسترى, محمود بن عبد الكريم. Place/Date of Production: [18--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;160 x 102 mm. Summary: Fine copy of the Gulshān-i Rāz, the well-known Ṣūfī mas̲navī of Maḥmūd ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Yaḥyā al-Shabistarī (d. ca. 1320). Other Title(s): Gulshan-i Rāzگلشن رازكلشن راز Subject(s): Sufi poetry, Persian--Early works [...]

[Wasāʼil al-sāʼil maʻa Risālah fī inshāʼ al-shaykh Shams al-Dīn al-Nawājī,1132, i.e. 1719].[وسائل السائل مع رسالة في انشاء الشيخ شمس الدين النواجي،1132ه, 1719م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 256 Title: [Wasāʼil al-sāʼil maʻa Risālah fī inshāʼ al-shaykh Shams al-Dīn al-Nawājī,1132, i.e. 1719].[وسائل السائل مع رسالة في انشاء الشيخ شمس الدين النواجي،1132ه, 1719م]. Author: Badr al-Dīn al-Dhahabī.بدر الدين الذهبي. Place/Date of Production: [1719]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;200 x 150 mm. Summary: Fine copy of Wasāʼil al-sāʼil a collection of poems and prose attributed to Badr al-Dīn al-Dhahabī [?], compiled on [...]

Ahsenü’l-hadîs,[17th century?].احسن الحديث,[القرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 369 Title: Ahsenü'l-hadîs,[17th century?].احسن الحديث,[القرن 17م؟]. Author: Okçuzade Mehmet Şahî,d. 1629.اوقجى زاده محمد شاهى. Place/Date of Production: [16--?]. Size: 1 v.paper ;205 x 118 mm. Summary: Fine copy of the elegant versification with prose commentary of forty ḥadīth by Okçuzade Mehmet Şahî Bey (d.1629). Other Title(s): Title from inscription on front flyleaf verso:حديث اربعينHadis-i erbainAhsen ül-hadis Subject(s): Hadith--Texts--Early works to 1800.Hadith--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, [...]

Cild-i evvel-i Mekkî ez Tercüme-yi Maaricü’n-nübüvve fî’s-siyer,[19th century?].جلد اول مكى از ترجمۀ معارج النبوة في السير,[القرن 19م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 374 Title: Cild-i evvel-i Mekkî ez Tercüme-yi Maaricü'n-nübüvve fî's-siyer,[19th century?].جلد اول مكى از ترجمۀ معارج النبوة في السير,[القرن 19م؟]. Author: Muʻīn al-Dīn Farāhī,d. 1501 or 2.معين الدين فراهى. Place/Date of Production: [18--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;233 x 165 mm. Summary: Elegant first volume (addressing Mecca, roughly the muqaddimah through rukn 3) of the translation by Muṣṭafá ibn Jalāl, i.e. Mustafa Çelebi [...]

Cild-i sani-yi Medenî ez Tercüme-yi Maaricü’n-nübüvve fî’s-siyer,[19th century?].جلد ثانى مدنى از ترجمۀ معارج النبوة في السير,[القرن 19م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 375 Title: Cild-i sani-yi Medenî ez Tercüme-yi Maaricü'n-nübüvve fî's-siyer,[19th century?].جلد ثانى مدنى از ترجمۀ معارج النبوة في السير,[القرن 19م؟]. Author: Muʻīn al-Dīn Farāhī,d. 1501 or 2.معين الدين فراهى. Place/Date of Production: [18--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper :233 x 165 mm. Summary: Elegant second volume (addressing Medina, roughly rukn 4 and the tatimmah / khātimah) of the translation by Muṣṭafá ibn Jalāl, i.e. [...]

Hâzâ Şerh-i Vaṣṣāf,[17th century?].هذا شرح وصاف,[القرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 384 Title: Hâzâ Şerh-i Vaṣṣāf,[17th century?].هذا شرح وصاف,[القرن 17م؟]. Author: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [16--?]. Size: 369 leaves [738 pp.] :paper ;232 x 140 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the first volume of a commentary of uncertain authorship on Vaṣṣāf’s Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tajziyat al-aʻṣār or Tārīkh-i Vaṣṣāf, a history of the Īlkhāns intended as a [...]

Mir’âtü’s-safâ,[1262, i.e. 1846].مرآت الصفا,[1262ه، 1846م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 385 Title: Mir'âtü's-safâ,[1262, i.e. 1846].مرآت الصفا,[1262ه، 1846م]. Author: Karaçelebizade Abdülaziz,1591-1658.قره چلبي زاده عبد العزيز. Place/Date of Production: [1846]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;240 x 140 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the work on the sīrah of the Prophet by Karaçelebizade Abdülaziz Efendi (d.1658). Other Title(s): Mir'âtü's-safâMirât üs-safâمرآة الصفاء Subject(s): Manuscripts, Turkish--Michigan--Ann Arbor.Muḥammad,--Prophet,--d. 632--Early works to 1800. Language: Ottoman Turkish. Notes: Ms. codex.Title from opening on p.3 and close on p.143. Incipit: [...]

Hadikatü’s-süadâ,[16th century].حديقة السعداء,[القرن 16م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 387 Title: Hadikatü's-süadâ,[16th century].حديقة السعداء,[القرن 16م]. Author: Fuzulî,1495?-1556فضولي. Place/Date of Production: [15--]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;229 x 152 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of Fuzulî's rendering of the suffering of the prophets, particularly Imām Ḥusayn in the tragedy at Karbalāʼ, drawn from Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ Kāshifī's Rawz̤at al-shuhadāʼ, a Persian martyrology of ʻAlī and his family. Other Title(s): Ḥadīqat al-suʻadāحديقة السعداءHadikatüssuadaHadikat üs-süadâ Subject(s): Suffering--Religious aspects--Islam--Early works to [...]

Nefehat-i üns-i Lâmiî,[1264, i.e. 1848].نفحات انس لامعى,[1264ه، 1848م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 388 Title: Nefehat-i üns-i Lâmiî,[1264, i.e. 1848].نفحات انس لامعى,[1264ه، 1848م]. Author: Jāmī,1414-1492جامي. Place/Date of Production: [1848]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;247 x 140 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of Lâmiî Çelebi's Turkish translation of Jāmī's celebrated collection of Ṣūfī biographies with the addition of more than thirty Anatolian saints and poets. Table of contents at opening (pp.4-37). Other Title(s): Nafaḥāt al-uns min ḥaḍarāt al-quds.Turkishنفحات الانس [...]

[Münşeat,19th century].[منشآت,القرن 19م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 427 Title: [Münşeat,19th century].[منشآت,القرن 19م]. Place/Date of Production: [Istanbul?,18--]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;220 x 125 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of a collection of correspondence in Ottoman Turkish. Identification and detailed description of contents provided by András Riedlmayer via the "Collaboration in cataloging: Islamic manuscripts at Michigan" project. "This appears to be a collection of models of correspondence, written in [...]

Kitab-ı Husrev Şirin,[892, i.e. 1487].كتاب خسروشيرين,[892ه, 1487م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 410 Title: Kitab-ı Husrev Şirin,[892, i.e. 1487].كتاب خسروشيرين,[892ه, 1487م]. Author: Şeyhı̂,ca. 1373-ca. 1422شيخي. Place/Date of Production: [1487]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;210 x 155 mm. Summary: Fine early copy of Şeyhî's celebrated Turkish version of the Persian allegorical romance, Khusraw va Shīrīn. Other Title(s): Husrev ü Şirinخسرو وشيرينTitle from inscription on upper board lining:خسرو وشيرين لمولانا شيخىHusrev ŞirinHusrev ve Şirinكتاب اوليا خسروشرين Subject(s): Turkish poetry--Early works [...]

ʻUlālat al-majālis majmūʻat al-nafāʼis,[1120, i.e. 1708].علالة المجالس مجموعة النفائس,[1120ه، 1708م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 409 Title: ʻUlālat al-majālis majmūʻat al-nafāʼis,[1120, i.e. 1708].علالة المجالس مجموعة النفائس,[1120ه، 1708م]. Author: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [1708]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;220 x 135 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of a collection (mecmua / majmūʻah) of poetic extracts in Persian and Ottoman Turkish, apparently compiled and copied by the Ottoman historian Mustafa Naima (d.1716), opening [...]

Mahasinü’l-edeb,[1258?, i.e. 1842 or 1843?].محاسن الادب,[1258ه؟, 1842 او 1843م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 396 Title: Mahasinü'l-edeb,[1258?, i.e. 1842 or 1843?].محاسن الادب,[1258ه؟, 1842 او 1843م؟]. Author: Âli, Mustafa bin Ahmet,1541-1599.عالى, مصطفى بن احمد. Place/Date of Production: [Istanbul?,1842 or 1843]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;188 x 112 mm. Summary: Fine copy of an extract of the work of "mirrors for princes" literature by the outstanding Ottoman intellectual and bureaucrat, Gelibolulu Âli Efendi Mustafa b. Ahmet b. Abdülmevlâ [...]

[Mecmua,1024, i.e. 1615 or 1616].[مجموعه,1024ه، 1615 او 1616م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 398 Title: [Mecmua,1024, i.e. 1615 or 1616].[مجموعه,1024ه، 1615 او 1616م]. Author: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [Bakhchysaraǐ,1615 or 1616]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;256 x 160 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of a selection of short treatises, mainly on date calculations, calendar tables, etc. including explication (see p.9) and selections (see p.24 on) from the calendar or [...]

[Majmūʻah-i ghazalīyāt,16th century].[مجموعه غزليات,قرن 16م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 365 Title: [Majmūʻah-i ghazalīyāt,16th century].[مجموعه غزليات,قرن 16م؟]. Place/Date of Production: [1517-1572]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;94 x 240 mm. Summary: Fine collection (majmūʻah) of poetry and exquisite calligraphic specimen, according to inscription on flyleaf executed by the renowned 16th century Ṣafavid calligrapher Shāh Maḥmūd Nīshāpūrī, employing ghazals of ʻĀrifī, Bisṭāmī, Jāmī, Ḥāfiẓ, etc. Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please [...]

Mizanü’l-hak fî ihtiyari’l-ahak,[1174, i.e. 1761?].ميزان الحق فى اختيار الاحق,[1174ه، 1761م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 371 Title: Mizanü'l-hak fî ihtiyari'l-ahak,[1174, i.e. 1761?].ميزان الحق فى اختيار الاحق,[1174ه، 1761م؟]. Author: Kâtip Çelebi,1609-1657.كاتب جلبي. Place/Date of Production: [1761?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;190 x 110 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of Kâtip Çelebi's final work (composed in 1067/1656), addressing controversial questions of doctrine or practice with proposed solutions, and closing with an autobiographical account of his life and works (khātimah / [...]

[Dīvān-i Ṣāʼib,18th century?].[ديوان صائب,القرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 364 Title: [Dīvān-i Ṣāʼib,18th century?].[ديوان صائب,القرن 18م؟]. Author: Ṣāʼib Tabrīzī, Muḥammad ʻAlī,d. ca. 1670.صائب تبريزى، محمد على. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;216 x 142 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of a selection from the collected poems of Mīrzā Muḥammad ʻAlī Ṣāʼib Tabrīzī (d. between 1080/1669-70 and 1088/1677-8). Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Persian poetry--1500-1796.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout [...]

[Subḥat al-abrār,16th century?].[سبحة الابرار,القرن 16م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 359 Title: [Subḥat al-abrār,16th century?].[سبحة الابرار,القرن 16م؟]. Author: Jāmī,1414-1492جامی. Place/Date of Production: [15--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;215 x 125 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of Subḥat al-abrār, the fourth of the seven seven mas̲navīs of Jāmī (d.1492) collected under the title Haft awrang. Other Title(s): Haft awrang.Subḥat al-abrārهفت اورنگ.سبحة الابرارCépa Tul Ebrare Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Masnavis, Persian--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)16th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title supplied [...]

Shāhid-i Ṣādiq,[1297, i.e. 1880].شاهد صادق,[1297ه, 1880م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 352 Title: Shāhid-i Ṣādiq,[1297, i.e. 1880].شاهد صادق,[1297ه, 1880م]. Author: Ṣādiq Iṣfahānī, Muḥammad Ṣādiq ibn Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ,1609 or 10-1650 or 51.صادق اصفهانى, محمد صادق ابن محمد صالح. Place/Date of Production: [1880]. Size: 1 . :paper ;226 x 145 mm. Summary: Fine, though acephalous, copy of extracts, anecdotes and miscellaneous notices by Muḥammad Ṣādiq ibn Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-Iṣfahānī al-Āzādānī (d.1650 or 51). Author's contents [...]

Mecmua-yı gazeliyat-i nefis,[18th century?].مجموعۀ غزليات نفيس,[قرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 348 Title: Mecmua-yı gazeliyat-i nefis,[18th century?].مجموعۀ غزليات نفيس,[قرن 18م؟]. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;210 x 120 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of an anthology of Persian verse, with poets usually identified. Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Persian poetry.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)18th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title from inscription on upper board lining. Incipit: "ستایش کریم سلا كه [...]

Dīvān-Fattāḥī,[868, i.e. 1463].ديوان فتاحى,[868ه, 1463م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 344 Title: Dīvān-Fattāḥī,[868, i.e. 1463].ديوان فتاحى,[868ه, 1463م]. Author: Fattāḥī,d. ca. 1448.فتاحى. Place/Date of Production: [1463]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;160 x 115 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Muḥammad Yaḥyá ibn Sībak (d. 1448 or 9), known mainly as Fattāḥī, as wellas Tuffāḥī, Asrārī or Khumārī. Other Title(s): Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1):ديوان خمارىTitle from inscription on 'title page' (p.1):ديوان [...]

[Dīvān-i Kamāl,905, i.e. 1499 or 1500].[ديوان كمال905ه، 1499 يا 1500م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 343 Title: [Dīvān-i Kamāl,905, i.e. 1499 or 1500].[ديوان كمال905ه، 1499 يا 1500م]. Author: Kamāl Khujandī,d. ca. 1400.كمال خجندى. Place/Date of Production: [Qazvīn,1499 or 1500]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;220 x 138 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of a selection of the collected poems of Kamāl Khujandī (d.1400 or 1). Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)15th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. [...]

[Dīvān-i Ṣāʼib,1104, i.e. 1693].[ديوان صائب,1104ه, 1693م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 342 Title: [Dīvān-i Ṣāʼib,1104, i.e. 1693].[ديوان صائب,1104ه, 1693م]. Author: Ṣāʼib Tabrīzī, Muḥammad ʻAlī,d. ca. 1670صائب تبريزى، محمد على. Place/Date of Production: [1693]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;175 x 105 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the collected poems (mainly qaṣīdahs and ghazals) of Mīrzā Muḥammad ʻAlī Ṣāʼib (d. between 1080/1669-70 and 1088/1677-8). Other Title(s): Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2:قصايد صايب Subject(s): Persian poetry--1500-1796.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann [...]

[Dīvān-i Ṣāʼīb,17th century?].[ديوان صائب,القرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 341 Title: [Dīvān-i Ṣāʼīb,17th century?].[ديوان صائب,القرن 17م؟]. Author: Ṣāʼib Tabrīzī, Muḥammad ʻAlī,d. ca. 1670صائب تبريزى، محمد على. Place/Date of Production: [16--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;255 x 160 mm. Summary: Fine copy of the voluminous collected poems of Mīrzā Muḥammad ʻAlī Ṣāʼib (d. between 1080/1669-70 and 1088/1677-8). Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Persian poetry--1500-1796.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)17th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title [...]

Farhād va Shīrīn,[18th century?].فرهاد و شيرين,[لقرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 336 Title: Farhād va Shīrīn,[18th century?].فرهاد و شيرين,[لقرن 18م؟]. Author: Vaḥshī Bāfqī,d. 1583.وحشی بافقی. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;208 x 130 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of Farhād va Shīrīn, one of the mas̲navīs of Vaḥshī Bāfqī (d.1583). Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Persian poetry--1500-1796.Masnavis, Persian--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)18th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title from inscription [...]

[Yūsuf va Zulaykhā,949, i.e. 1542 or 1543].[يوسف و زليخا,949ه, 1542 يا 1543م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 332 Title: [Yūsuf va Zulaykhā,949, i.e. 1542 or 1543].[يوسف و زليخا,949ه, 1542 يا 1543م]. Author: Jāmī,1414-1492جامى. Place/Date of Production: [1542 or 1543]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;205 x 135 mm. Summary: Exquisite copy of Yūsuf va Zulaykhā, the fifth of the seven mas̲navīs of Jāmī (d.1492) collected under the title Haft awrang. Other Title(s): Yūsuf va Zulaykhāيوسف و زليخا Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Masnavis, Persian--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, [...]

[Subḥat al-Abrār,981, i.e. 1573].[سبحة الابرار,981ه, 1573م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 330 Title: [Subḥat al-Abrār,981, i.e. 1573].[سبحة الابرار,981ه, 1573م]. Author: Jāmī,1414-1492جامی. Place/Date of Production: [1573]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;438 x 170 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of Subḥat al-abrār, the fourth of the seven seven mas̲navīs of Jāmī (d.1492) collected under the title Haft awrang. Other Title(s): Haft awrang.Subḥat al-Abrārهفت اورنگ.سبحة الابرار Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Masnavis, Persian--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)16th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title supplied by [...]

Haft awrang,[955, i.e. 1548].هفت اورنك,[955ه, 1548م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 325 Title: Haft awrang,[955, i.e. 1548].هفت اورنك,[955ه, 1548م]. Author: Jāmī,1414-1492جامى. Place/Date of Production: [1548]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;197 x 130 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the seven mas̲navīs of Jāmī (d.1492) collected under the title Haft awrang. Other Title(s): Haft awrangهفت اورنگ Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Masnavis, Persian--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)16th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title from inscription on added leaf at opening. Incipit: "حمد الرب [...]

Dīvān-i Mawlānā Shāhī,[916, i.e. 1510].ديوان مولانا شاهى,[916ه, 1510م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 323 Title: Dīvān-i Mawlānā Shāhī,[916, i.e. 1510].ديوان مولانا شاهى,[916ه, 1510م]. Author: Amīr Shāhī Sabzavārī,d. 1453.امير شاهى سبزوارى. Place/Date of Production: [1510]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;155 x 87 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Amīr Shāhī, Aq Malik ibn Amīr Jamāl al-Dīn Sabzavārī (d.1453). Other Title(s): Poemsديوان Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)16th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2. Incipit: [...]

Dīvān-i Khvājah Ḥāfiẓ-i Shīrāzī,[late 16th or early 17th century?].ديوان خواجه حافظ شيرازى,[پایان قرن 16 يا آغاز قرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 319 Title: Dīvān-i Khvājah Ḥāfiẓ-i Shīrāzī,[late 16th or early 17th century?].ديوان خواجه حافظ شيرازى,[پایان قرن 16 يا آغاز قرن 17م؟]. Author: Ḥāfiẓ,14th cent.حافظ. Place/Date of Production: [1570-1620?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;228 x 140 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Dīvān of the masterful poet Ḥāfiẓ (Khvājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, d.1390?). Other Title(s): DīvānديوانTitle from inscription on 'title page' (p.1):ديوان خواجه حافظDīvān-i Khvājah [...]

Dīvān-i Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī,[894, i.e. 1488].ديوان امير خسرو دهلوى,[894ه, 1488م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 313 Title: Dīvān-i Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī,[894, i.e. 1488].ديوان امير خسرو دهلوى,[894ه, 1488م]. Author: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī,ca. 1253-1325.امير خسرو دهلوى. Place/Date of Production: [1488]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;250 x 170 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī (d.1325) with fine Tīmūrid style binding. Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)15th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title [...]

Kitāb-i Qirān-i saʻdayn,[984, i.e. 1576].كتاب قران سعدين,[984ه, 1576م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 312 Title: Kitāb-i Qirān-i saʻdayn,[984, i.e. 1576].كتاب قران سعدين,[984ه, 1576م]. Author: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī,ca. 1253-1325.امير خسرو دهلوى. Place/Date of Production: [1576]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;225 x 168 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the mas̲navī on the meeting of Sulṭān Muʻizz al-Dīn Kayqubād and his father Nāṣir al-Dīn Bughrā Khān by Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī (d.1325). Other Title(s): Qirān al-saʻdaynقران السعدين. Subject(s): Masnavis, Persian--Early works to 1800.Persian [...]

Kitāb-i Gulistān,[16th century?].كتاب كلستان,[القرن 16م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 308 Title: Kitāb-i Gulistān,[16th century?].كتاب كلستان,[القرن 16م؟]. Author: Saʻdīسعدى. Place/Date of Production: [15--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;205 x 140 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Gulistān, celebrated collection of moralizing anecdotes in rhymed prose interspersed with verse (maqāmah form), composed in 1258 by the renowned Persian poet and prose writer, Saʻdī (d.1292). Extensively glossed and followed by a further ḥikāyat and [...]

Dīvān-i sulṭān al-ʻārifīn Jalāl al-Dīn Mawlānā al-Rūmī,[16th century?].ديوان سلطان العارفين جلال الدين مولانا الرومي,[القرن 16م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 296 Title: Dīvān-i sulṭān al-ʻārifīn Jalāl al-Dīn Mawlānā al-Rūmī,[16th century?].ديوان سلطان العارفين جلال الدين مولانا الرومي,[القرن 16م؟]. Author: Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī,Maulana,1207-1273جلال الدين رومى,مولانا. Place/Date of Production: [15--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;226 x 153 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, commonly called Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīz given the poet's taking the name of his spiritual guide and mystic [...]

Kitāb-i Gulistān,[971, i.e. 1563 or 1564].كتاب كلستان,[971ه, 1563 يا 1564].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 306 Title: Kitāb-i Gulistān,[971, i.e. 1563 or 1564].كتاب كلستان,[971ه, 1563 يا 1564]. Author: Saʻdīسعدى. Place/Date of Production: [1563 or 1564]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;195 x 135 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Gulistān, celebrated collection of moralizing anecdotes in rhymed prose interspersed with verse (maqāmah form), composed in 1258 by the renowned Persian poet and prose writer, Saʻdī (d.1292). Other Title(s): Gulistānگلستان Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Sufi [...]

Kitāb-i Gulistān,[17th century?].كتاب كلستان,[القرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 304 Title: Kitāb-i Gulistān,[17th century?].كتاب كلستان,[القرن 17م؟]. Author: Saʻdīسعدى. Place/Date of Production: [16--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;200 x 105 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Gulistān, celebrated collection of moralizing anecdotes in rhymed prose interspersed with verse (maqāmah form), composed in 1258 by the renowned Persian poet and prose writer, Saʻdī (d.1292). Other Title(s): Gulistānگلستان Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Sufi poetry, Persian--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces [...]

Kullīyāt-i Shaykh Saʻdī,[1129?, i.e. 1717?].كليات شيخ سعدى,[1129ه؟، 1717م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 297 Title: Kullīyāt-i Shaykh Saʻdī,[1129?, i.e. 1717?].كليات شيخ سعدى,[1129ه؟، 1717م؟]. Author: Saʻdīسعدى. Place/Date of Production: [1717?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;227 x 140 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the collected works of Saʻdī. Other Title(s): Worksكليات Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)18th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title from colophon on p.690. Incipit: "سپاس بيغايت و ستاش بينهايت آفريدگارى جل جلاله ..." Explicit: "طبل فرد مي ماند تمت هزليات [...]

[Mas̲navī-i maʻnavī :mujallad-i chahārum va panjum va shishum,early 16th century?].[مثنوى معنوى :مجلد چهارم و پنجم و ششم,آغاز قرن 16م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 293 Title: [Mas̲navī-i maʻnavī :mujallad-i chahārum va panjum va shishum,early 16th century?].[مثنوى معنوى :مجلد چهارم و پنجم و ششم,آغاز قرن 16م؟]. Author: Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī,Maulana,1207-1273جلال الدين رومى,مولانا, Place/Date of Production: [15--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;208 x 168 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the fourth through sixth books (daftar / mujallad) of Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī’s didactic poetical work in double verses. [...]

Khulāṣah-i Khamsah,[954, i.e. 1547 or 1548].خلاصه خمسه,[954ه, 1547 يا 1548م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 288 Title: Khulāṣah-i Khamsah,[954, i.e. 1547 or 1548].خلاصه خمسه,[954ه, 1547 يا 1548م]. Author: Niẓāmī Ganjavī,1140 or 41-1202 or 3نظامي گنجوي, Place/Date of Production: [Shīrāz?,1547 or 1548]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;159 x 102 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of a selection of excerpts from Niẓāmī's Khamsah, divided into 37 chapters (باب) each addressing a subject relating to piety, ethics, or etiquette (see pp.5-8 [...]

Dīvān-i Amīr Muʻizzī,[1253, i.e. 1836].ديوان امير معزى,[1253ه، 1836م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 282 Title: Dīvān-i Amīr Muʻizzī,[1253, i.e. 1836].ديوان امير معزى,[1253ه، 1836م]. Author: Muʻizzī, Amīr ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad,b. 1048 or 9.معزى, امير عبد الله محمد, Place/Date of Production: [1836]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;210 x 140 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Muʻizzī (Amīr Muʻizzī), Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik (d. between 1125-7). Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Laudatory poetry, Persian--Early [...]

Jamʻ-i mukhtaṣar,[late 15th century?].جمع مختصر,[پایان قرن 15؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 275 Title: Jamʻ-i mukhtaṣar,[late 15th century?].جمع مختصر,[پایان قرن 15؟]. Author: Vahid Tabrīzī,fl. 1417.وحيد تبريزي. Place/Date of Production: [1475-1499?]. Size: 40 leaves :paper ;156 x 101 (110 x 55) mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the brief treatise on Persian prosody by Vaḥīd al-Dīn Tabrīzī (fl. 1417). Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Persian language--Versification--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)15th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. [...]

Kitāb Nuzhat al-qulūb,[1051. i.e. 1641].كتاب نزهة القلوب,[1051ه, 1641م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 274 Title: Kitāb Nuzhat al-qulūb,[1051. i.e. 1641].كتاب نزهة القلوب,[1051ه, 1641م]. Author: Ḥamd Allāh Mustawfī Qazvīnī,fl. 1330-1340حمد الله مستوفى قزوينى. Place/Date of Production: [1641]. Size: 1v. ( [538] p.) ;253 x 187 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the important cosmographical and geographical work by Ḥamd Allāh Mustawfī Qazvīnī (d. after 1340), particularly significant for the human geography of the last period of the [...]

[Sharḥ-i Lamaʻāt ... etc.,901, i.e. 1495 or 1496].[شرح لمعات ... الخ,901ه، 1495 يا 1496].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 263 Title: [Sharḥ-i Lamaʻāt ... etc.,901, i.e. 1495 or 1496].[شرح لمعات ... الخ,901ه، 1495 يا 1496]. Author: Jāmī,1414-1492.جامي. Place/Date of Production: [1495 or 1496]. Size: 164 :paper ;167 x 108 (115 x 65) mm. Summary: Fine collection (majmūʻah) of several works including Jāmī's commentary on the Lamaʻāt of Fakhr al-Dīn Ibrāhīm al-ʻIrāqī (d.1289), glosses on the Mas̲navī of Rūmī, and other excerpts. Other [...]

Ḥayrat al-fuqahā khajlat al-fuḍalā,[880, i.e. 1475].حيرة الفقها خجلة الفضلا,[880ه, 1475م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 264 Title: Ḥayrat al-fuqahā khajlat al-fuḍalā,[880, i.e. 1475].حيرة الفقها خجلة الفضلا,[880ه, 1475م]. Author: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [1475]. Size: 153 leaves :paper ;240 x 165 (177 x 109) mm. Summary: Elegant copy of a collection of legal decisions ; further details on the composition, works consulted, etc. appear on pp.8-10. Other Title(s): حیرة الفقها خجله الفضلاحيرة الفقها [...]

Risālah-ʼi Ḥaqqīyah,[late 18th century?].رسالۀ حقية,[اواخر القرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 262 Title: Risālah-ʼi Ḥaqqīyah,[late 18th century?].رسالۀ حقية,[اواخر القرن 18م؟]. Author: Nidāyī Kāshgharī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad,1688-1760 or 61.ندايى كاشغرى، عبد الله بن محمد. Place/Date of Production: [Istanbul?,17--?]. Size: 58 leaves :paper ;145 x 90 (87 x 49) mm. Summary: Fine copy of the Naqshbandī treatise by ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Nidāʼī al-Kāshgharī (Abdullah Nidâî-yi Kâşğarî). Other Title(s): Risālah-i Ḥaqqīyahرساله حقيهRisâle-yi Hakkîye Subject(s): Sufism--Early works to 1800.Naqshabandīyah--Early [...]

Shajarah-i ilāhīyah,[1066, i.e. 1655 or 1656].شجره آلهيه,[1066ه, 1655 أو 1656م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 261 Title: Shajarah-i ilāhīyah,[1066, i.e. 1655 or 1656].شجره آلهيه,[1066ه, 1655 أو 1656م]. Author: Rafīʻā, Muḥammad ibn Ḥaydar,1588 or 9-1670?رفيعا, محمد بن حيدر. Place/Date of Production: [1655 or 1656]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;240 x 140 mm. Summary: Superb copy of the treatise on Shīʻī theology by Rafīʻ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥaydar al-Ḥusaynī al-Ṭabāṭabāʼī al-Nāʼinī (d.1670 or 73?), in an introduction (in two [...]

Hadis-i erbain,[17th century?].حديث اربعين,[القرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 429 Title: Hadis-i erbain,[17th century?].حديث اربعين,[القرن 17م؟]. Author: Jāmī,1414-1492.جامي Place/Date of Production: [16--?]. Size: 9 leaves :paper ;150 x 104 mm. Summary: Fine copy of Jāmī's verse paraphrase of forty ḥadīth. Other Title(s): Arbaʻīn-i Jāmīاربعين جاميTarjamah-ʼi manẓūm-i chihil ḥadīs̲ترجمۀ منظوم چهل حديث Subject(s): Hadith--Texts--Early works to 1800.Hadith--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Early works to 1800.Hadith--Poetry--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Arabic--Michigan--Ann Arbor.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)17th century. Language: Arabic and Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title from [...]

Hikem münderice fî şerh-i Münferice,[1090, i.e. 1679].حكم مندرجه في شرح منفرجه,[1090ه, 1679م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 428 Title: Hikem münderice fî şerh-i Münferice,[1090, i.e. 1679].حكم مندرجه في شرح منفرجه,[1090ه, 1679م]. Author: İsmail Ankaravî,d. 1631 or 2.اسماعيل انقروى. Place/Date of Production: [1679]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;135 x 98 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Turkish commentary by İsmail Ankaravî Rasühî Dede (d.1632) on al-Qaṣīdah al-Munfarijah, an invocational poem by Ibn al-Naḥwī (d.1119). Other Title(s): Kaside-yi Münferice şerhiقصيدۀ منفرجه شرحىTitle from [...]

[Tercüme-yi Kitâbü'l-Harâc,1188, i.e. 1774].[ترجمۀ كتاب الخراج,1188ه, 1774م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 425 Title: [Tercüme-yi Kitâbü'l-Harâc,1188, i.e. 1774].[ترجمۀ كتاب الخراج,1188ه, 1774م]. Author: Rodosîzade Mehmet bin Mehmet,d. 1701.ردوسى زاده محمد بن محمد. Place/Date of Production: [1774]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;206 x 130 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Turkish rendering by Rodosîzade Mehmet bin Mehmet (d.1701) of Abū Yūsuf's (d.798) treatise on the kharāj, or land tax, written for Hārūn al-Rashīd (ca. 763-809). Other Title(s): Terceme-i [...]

Merahü’l-maali fî şerhi’l-Emali,[1216, i.e. 1801].مرح المعالي في شرح الامالي,[1216ه, 1801م]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 424 Title: Merahü'l-maali fî şerhi'l-Emali,[1216, i.e. 1801].مرح المعالي في شرح الامالي,[1216ه, 1801م] Author: Ahmet Asım,1755-1819 or 20.احمد عاصم. Place/Date of Production: [1801]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;240 x 140 mm. Summary: Elegant autograph copy of the commentary by the celebrated Ottoman offical historiographer (vak’anüvîs / vakanüvîs) Ahmet Asım Efendi, also known as Mütercim Asım (d.1820) on al-Ūshī's (fl. 12 cent.) renowned theological [...]

[Mecmua,18th century?].[مجموعه,القرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 421 Title: [Mecmua,18th century?].[مجموعه,القرن 18م؟]. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;283 x 180 mm. Summary: Carefuly copy of a collection (mecmua / majmūʻah ) of excerpts and brief works on astronomy, tafsīr, grammar, Ṣūfī thought, etc. along with a great assortment of poetic excerpts, mainly in Turkish but also in Arabic and Persian. Additional excerpts appear in [...]

[Münşeat-i Atıf Efendi ... etc.,18th century].[منشآت عاطف افندى ... الخ,القرن 18م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 420 Title: [Münşeat-i Atıf Efendi ... etc.,18th century].[منشآت عاطف افندى ... الخ,القرن 18م]. Author: Atıf Mehmet Emin Efendi,d. 1771?عاطف محمد امين افندى. Place/Date of Production: [1740-1770]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;220 x 122 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of what appears to be a collection of letters compiled by Atıf Mehmet Emin Efendi (d.1771) mainly while he served as secretary (mektupçu / مكتوبجى) [...]

[Rahatü'l-eşbah fi beyanü'l-ervah ... etc.,1098, i.e. 1686 or 1687].[راحة الاشباح فى بيان الارواح ... الخ,1098ه، 1686 او 1687م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 419 Title: [Rahatü'l-eşbah fi beyanü'l-ervah ... etc.,1098, i.e. 1686 or 1687].[راحة الاشباح فى بيان الارواح ... الخ,1098ه، 1686 او 1687م]. Author: Ahmet Vecdi Efendi,d. 1633.احمد وجدى افندى. Place/Date of Production: [1686 or 1687]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;230 x 135 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of a collection (majmūʻah / mecmua) of several brief treatises in Ottoman Turkish on spirits, sleep, dreams, the [...]

Kitab-i Şah u geda,[18th century?].كتاب شاه وكدا,[القرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 413 Title: Kitab-i Şah u geda,[18th century?].كتاب شاه وكدا,[القرن 18م؟]. Author: Yahyâ Bey,d. 1582.يحيى بيك. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;164 x 100 mm. Summary: Careful copy of Şah u geda or "The King and the beggar," most popular of the five mesnevis of the Hamse of Dukâginzâde (Dukakinzade) Yahyâ Bey Taşlıcalı (d.1578), an important 16th century Ottoman poet [...]

Wasīlat al-najāt fī mawlid Ashraf al-mawjūdāt,[15th century].وسلية النجات في مولد اشرف الموجودات,[القرن 15م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 412 Title: Wasīlat al-najāt fī mawlid Ashraf al-mawjūdāt,[15th century].وسلية النجات في مولد اشرف الموجودات,[القرن 15م]. Author: Süleyman Çelebi,d. 1422?سليمان چلبي. Place/Date of Production: [14--]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;230 x 156 mm. Summary: Fine (though damaged) early copy of the famous poem in praise of the Prophet by Süleyman Çelebi of Bursa (d.1422?) with preface in Arabic, followed by further verses supplied [...]

Şemail-i şerif,[early 18th century?].شمائل شريف,[اوائل القرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 411 Title: Şemail-i şerif,[early 18th century?].شمائل شريف,[اوائل القرن 18م؟]. Author: Ayn-ı Ekber Mehmet Efendi,d. 1722?عين اكبر محمد افندى. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;195 x 120 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of Ayn-ı Ekber Mehmet Efendi's (d.1722) versified Turkish work on the characteristics of the Prophet. Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Hadith--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Turkish--Michigan--Ann [...]

Mevlûd-u şerif,[18th century?].مولود شريف,[القرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 406 Title: Mevlûd-u şerif,[18th century?].مولود شريف,[القرن 18م؟]. Author: Süleyman Çelebi,d. 1422?سليمان چلبي. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 9 leaves :paper ;185 x 120 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the famous poem in praise of the Prophet by Süleyman Çelebi of Bursa (d.1422?). Other Title(s): Vesîletüʼn-necatوسيله النجاتMevlût-u şerifMevlid-i şerifMevlitمولد شريف Subject(s): Mawlid al-Nabī in literature.Turkish poetry--15th century.Masnavis, Turkish--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Turkish--Michigan--Ann Arbor.Muḥammad,--Prophet,--d. 632--Poetry. Language: Ottoman Turkish. Notes: Ms. codex.Title from [...]

Divan-ı Celâlî,[16th century?].ديوان جلالي,[القرن 16م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 405 Title: Divan-ı Celâlî,[16th century?].ديوان جلالي,[القرن 16م؟]. Author: Celâlî.جلالي. Place/Date of Production: [15--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;262 x 160 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Dīvān (collected poems) of Hüseyin Yusuf Celâlî ( حسين يوسف جلالى ), i.e. Celâl Bey Celâlî (1517-1571), see Türk dili ve edebiyatı ansiklopedisi (1977), ii 2, p.26. Other Title(s): Title from inscription on front flyleaf (p.1):جلالى ديوانىCelâlî divanıTitle [...]

[Tuhfe-yi Şâhidî ... etc.,1135, i.e. 1723].[تحفۀ شاهدى ... الخ,1135ه, 1723م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 400 Title: [Tuhfe-yi Şâhidî ... etc.,1135, i.e. 1723].[تحفۀ شاهدى ... الخ,1135ه, 1723م]. Author: Şahidî İbrahim Dede,1470-1550.شاهدي ابراهيم دده. Place/Date of Production: [1723]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;215 x 146 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the well-known versified Persian-Turkish vocabulary of Şâhidî İbrahim Dede of Muğla (d.1550) with extensive glosses, preceded by an index of the vocabulary arranged by letter. Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help [...]

Tuhfetü’l-Haremeyn,[18th century?].تحفة الحرمين,[القرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 395 Title: Tuhfetü'l-Haremeyn,[18th century?].تحفة الحرمين,[القرن 18م؟]. Author: Nabi,1641 or 2-1712.نابي. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;195 x 120 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Nabi's account of his pilgrimage (ḥajj) to Mecca and Medina. Other Title(s): Title from closing matter:تحفۀ حرمينTuhfe-yi HaremeynTuhfet ül-HaremeynTuhfetü’l-Haremeyni’l-Muhteremeyn Subject(s): Mecca (Saudi Arabia)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.Medina (Saudi Arabia)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Turkish--Michigan--Ann Arbor.Nabi,--1641 or 2-1712--Journeys--Saudi [...]

Tezkire-yi rumat,[18th century?].تذكرۀ رمات,[القرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 394 Title: Tezkire-yi rumat,[18th century?].تذكرۀ رمات,[القرن 18م؟]. Author: Abdullah el-Kâtip.عبد الله الكاتب. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;215 x 160 mm. Summary: Fine copy of the work on archery by Abdullah el-Kâtip (of the Valide Sultan Camii) with descriptions of archery grounds in Istanbul, Edirne, Bursa, etc. as well as biographical notices for distinguished archers. Other Title(s): Tezkiretü'r-ramatTezkire-yi ramat Subject(s): Archers--Turkey--Biography--Early works to [...]

Menakıb-ı Hazret-i Üveys el-Karani,[1168, i.e. 1754 or 1755].مناقب حضرت أويس القرنى,[1168ه، 1754 أو 1755م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 390 Title: Menakıb-ı Hazret-i Üveys el-Karani,[1168, i.e. 1754 or 1755].مناقب حضرت أويس القرنى,[1168ه، 1754 أو 1755م]. Author: Sabâyî Hayrettin Çelebi.صبايى خير الدين چلبی. Place/Date of Production: [1754 or 1755]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;208 x 125 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the hagiographical work in verse relating the legend of the life and merits of Uways al-Qaranī [Üveys el-Karani] (d.657) by Sabâyî [...]

Nesayihü’l-ebrar,[late 16th century?].نصايح الابرار,[اواخر القرن 16م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 389 Title: Nesayihü'l-ebrar,[late 16th century?].نصايح الابرار,[اواخر القرن 16م؟]. Author: Abdülkerim b. Mehmet,fl. 1574?عبد الكريم بن محمد. Place/Date of Production: [15--?]. Size: 14 leaves :paper ;195 x 121 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of a collection of maxims and wise sayings from an assortment of philosophers. Other Title(s): نصائح الابرارNaṣā’iḥ al-abrār Subject(s): Islamic philosophy--Early works to 1800.Aphorisms and apothegms--Early works to 1800.Muslims--Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.Islamic ethics--Early [...]

Ravzatü’l-guzza,[17th century].روضة الغزا,[القرن 17م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 383 Title: Ravzatü'l-guzza,[17th century].روضة الغزا,[القرن 17م]. Author: Katip Mustafa Zühtü,fl. 1663.كاتب مصطفى زهدى. Place/Date of Production: [1663-1699?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;250 x 160 mm. Summary: Elegant, apparently draft copy (müsvedde / مسوده ), of a brief history by Katip Mustafa Zühtü ( Kātib Muṣṭafá Zuhdī ) addressing Ottoman military campaigns against the Habsburg Empire, namely the campaigns of Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed [...]

[Nebzet min Zeyl-i Nâbî an Feth-i Mekketi'l-Mükerreme ... etc.,ca. 1163, i.e. 1749].[نبذة ذيل نابي عن فتح مكة المكرمة ... الخ,حوالى 1163ه، 1749م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 378 Title: [Nebzet min Zeyl-i Nâbî an Feth-i Mekketi'l-Mükerreme ... etc.,ca. 1163, i.e. 1749].[نبذة ذيل نابي عن فتح مكة المكرمة ... الخ,حوالى 1163ه، 1749م]. Author: Nabi,1642-1712.نابى. Place/Date of Production: [ca. 1749]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;212 x 124 mm. Summary: Fine copy of a collection (mecmua / majmuʻah) of works on the Prophet and faith, including Nabi's works on the Prophet and [...]

Hamse-yi Nevai,[ca. 890, i.e. 1495].خمسۀ نواى,[ح. 890ه، 1495م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 450 Title: Hamse-yi Nevai,[ca. 890, i.e. 1495].خمسۀ نواى,[ح. 890ه، 1495م]. Author: Alisher Navoiĭ,1441-1501مير على شير نوائ. Place/Date of Production: [Herat,1485] Size: 1 v. :paper ;240 x 180 mm. Summary: Elegant early copy of the five mesnevis of Mir Ali Şîr Nevâî (d.1501), including Ḣaĭratul-abror (حيرت الابرار / Ḥayrat al-abrār), Farhād va Shīrīn (فرهاد و شيرين, entitled Khusraw va Shīrīn in headpiece, see [...]

Siyer-i Veysî ma Zeyl-i Nabi,[18th century?].سير ويسى مع ذيل نبى,[القرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 377 Title: Siyer-i Veysî ma Zeyl-i Nabi,[18th century?].سير ويسى مع ذيل نبى,[القرن 18م؟]. Author: Veysî,1561-1628.ويسى. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;240 x 140 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of Veysî's (d.1628) work on the sīrah of the Prophet through the battle of Badr, followed by the continuation (dhayl / zeyl) composed by Nâbî (d.1712). Table of contents on added leaves [...]

[al-Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ khayr al-barīyah,1109, i.e. 1697 or 1698].[الكواكب الدرية في مدح خير البرية,1109ه, 1697 او 1698م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 230 Title: [al-Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ khayr al-barīyah,1109, i.e. 1697 or 1698].[الكواكب الدرية في مدح خير البرية,1109ه, 1697 او 1698م]. Author: Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd,1213?-1296?بوصيري، شرف الدين محمد بن سعيد. Place/Date of Production: [1697 or 1698]. Size: 20 leaves :paper ;250 x 180 (154 x 96) mm. Summary: Exquisite copy of al-Būṣīrī's poem in praise of the Prophet executed by [...]

[Kitāb yashtamilu ʻalá al-Abuqṭī wa-ṭuruqih...etc.,1387, i.e. 1671].[كتاب يشتمل على الابقطي و طرقه ... الخ,1387للشهداء، 1671م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 219 Title: [Kitāb yashtamilu ʻalá al-Abuqṭī wa-ṭuruqih...etc.,1387, i.e. 1671].[كتاب يشتمل على الابقطي و طرقه ... الخ,1387للشهداء، 1671م]. Author: Ibn al-ʻAssāl, al-Asʻad Abū al-Faraj Hibat Allāh,d. ca. 1260.ابن العسال, الأسعد أبو الفرج هبة الله. Place/Date of Production: [Cairo,1671]. Size: 4, 95, 4 leaves :paper ;299 x 205 (215 x 129) mm. bound to 305 x 225 mm. Summary: Clear copy of a work [...]

[Defter,ca. 1026, i.e. 1617].[دفتر,ح. 1026ه، 1617م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 214 Title: [Defter,ca. 1026, i.e. 1617].[دفتر,ح. 1026ه، 1617م]. Place/Date of Production: [Istanbul?,1617?]. Size: 7 leaves :paper ;322 x 142 (255 x 68) mm. Summary: Elegant copy of what appears to be a record book of the Niqābat al-Ashrāf (office of nakibüleşraf or nakıbü'l-eşraflık) with each entry after the first (which is for al-Shaykh al-Sayyid Maḥmūd Afandī al-Uskudārī / Şeyh Mahmut [...]

Mā lā budda minhu lil-adīb min al-mashhūr wa-al-gharīb ʻalá Tārīkh Waṣṣāf,[18th century?].ما لا بد منه للاديب من المشهور والغريب على تاريخ وصاف,[القرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 449 Title: Mā lā budda minhu lil-adīb min al-mashhūr wa-al-gharīb ʻalá Tārīkh Waṣṣāf,[18th century?].ما لا بد منه للاديب من المشهور والغريب على تاريخ وصاف,[القرن 18م؟]. Author: Nâilî Ahmet Efendi,d. 1748نائلى احمد افندى. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;298 x 165 mm. Summary: Fine copy of the alphabetically arranged encyclopedic glossary on Vaṣṣāf’s renowned history, Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tajziyat al-aʻṣār, by [...]

Neylül-reshad fî emri’l-cihad,[18th century?].نيل الرشاد في أمر الجهاد,[القرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 373 Title: Neylül-reshad fî emri'l-cihad,[18th century?].نيل الرشاد في أمر الجهاد,[القرن 18م؟]. Author: Mehmet Emin Salim,1688-1743.محمد امين سالم. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 1 v.paper ;218 x 140 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the work on jihād by Mehmet Salim Mirzazade (d.1743) ; contents listing at opening of codex (p.6). Other Title(s): Title from inscription on front flyleaf (p.1):نيل الرشاد فى امر الجهادNayl al-rashād fī [...]

[Tasavvuf risalesi,1021, i.e. 1612 or 1613].[تصوف رساله سى,[1021ه، 1612 او 1613م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 372 Title: [Tasavvuf risalesi,1021, i.e. 1612 or 1613].[تصوف رساله سى,[1021ه، 1612 او 1613م]. Author: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [1612 or 1613]. Size: 30 leaves :paper ;277 x 175 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of a brief treatise on Ṣufism. Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Sufism--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Turkish--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Language: Ottoman Turkish. Notes: Ms. codex.Title supplied by [...]

Dīvān-i Kalīm,[18th century?].ديوان كليم,[القرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 339 Title: Dīvān-i Kalīm,[18th century?].ديوان كليم,[القرن 18م؟]. Author: Kalīm, Abū Ṭālib,d. 1651?كليم, ابو طالب. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;262 x 162 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Kalīm Abū Ṭālib (d. 1651). Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Persian poetry--1500-1796.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)18th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.8. Incipit: "شوق [...]

Mihr va Mushtarī,[933, i.e. 1526 or 1527].مهر و مشترى,[933ه, 1526 يا 1527م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 322 Title: Mihr va Mushtarī,[933, i.e. 1526 or 1527].مهر و مشترى,[933ه, 1526 يا 1527م]. Author: ʻAṣṣār Tabrīzī, Muḥammad,d. 1382 or 3.عصار تبريزى, محمد. Place/Date of Production: [Shīrāz?,1526 or 1527]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;194 x 115 mm. Summary: Splendid copy of the story of pure love between Mihr and Mushtarī, a mas̲navī by Mawlānā Muḥammad ʻAṣṣār of Tabrīz. Illustrated with four miniatures [...]

Maṭlaʻ al-anvār,[16th century?].مطلع الانوار,[القرن 16م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 314 Title: Maṭlaʻ al-anvār,[16th century?].مطلع الانوار,[القرن 16م؟]. Author: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī,ca. 1253-1325.امير خسرو دهلوى. Place/Date of Production: [15--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;240 x 160 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of Maṭlaʻ al-anvār, a moral and religious poem opening the Khamsah of Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī (d.1325), written in imitation of the opening mas̲navī of Niẓāmī's Khamsah, Makhzan al-asrār. Other Title(s): Khamsah.Maṭlaʻ al-anvārخمسه.مطلع الانوار Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Masnavis, Persian--Early [...]

Sharḥ-i Divān-i ʻAlī,16th century?].شرح ديوان على,[القرن 16م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 260 Title: Sharḥ-i Divān-i ʻAlī,16th century?].شرح ديوان على,[القرن 16م؟]. Author: Qāḍī Mīr, Ḥusayn ibn Muʻīn al-Dīn,d. 1504 or 5.قاضى مير، حسين بن معين الدين. Place/Date of Production: [15--?]. Size: 1 v. ;paper ;250 x 175 mm. Summary: Fine copy of the commentary by Qāḍī Mīr Ḥusayn ibn Muʻīn al-Dīn al-Maybūdī (d.1504 or 5) on the collection of Arabic poetry attributed to ʻAlī [...]

[Majmūʻat rasāʼil,17th century?].[مجموعة رسائل,القرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 255 Title: [Majmūʻat rasāʼil,17th century?].[مجموعة رسائل,القرن 17م؟]. Place/Date of Production: [16--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;208 x 128 mm. Summary: Fine copy of a collection of treatises on legal matters. Contents listed in detail on 'title page' (p.3). Other Title(s): طبقات فقهاء الحنفيةترجمة القاسم بن قطلوبغا في مختصر طبقات الشيخ شمس الدين محمد علي بن طولونطبقات العلماء. Subject(s): Islamic law--Interpretation and construction--Early works to [...]

[Risālah fī al-tasmiyah wa-al-taḥmīd wa-al-taṣliyah ... etc.,1174, i.e. 1760 or 61 and 1182, i.e. 1768 or 9].[رسالة في التسمية والتحميد والتصلية ... الخ,1174ه، 1760 أو 1761م و 1182ه، 1768 أو 1769م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 254 Title: [Risālah fī al-tasmiyah wa-al-taḥmīd wa-al-taṣliyah ... etc.,1174, i.e. 1760 or 61 and 1182, i.e. 1768 or 9].[رسالة في التسمية والتحميد والتصلية ... الخ,1174ه، 1760 أو 1761م و 1182ه، 1768 أو 1769م]. Place/Date of Production: [1760-1769]. Size: 40 leaves :paper ;238 x 147 mm. Summary: Fine copy of three brief treatises, first a treatise on the tasmiyah, taḥmīd and [...]

[Majmūʻat rasāʼil,1093 to 1095, i.e. 1682 to 1684].[مجموعة رسائل,1093ه الى 1095ه، 1682م الى 1684م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 253 Title: [Majmūʻat rasāʼil,1093 to 1095, i.e. 1682 to 1684].[مجموعة رسائل,1093ه الى 1095ه، 1682م الى 1684م]. Place/Date of Production: [1682-1684]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;195 x 113 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of a collection of treatises on assorted topics. Contents listed on added leaf at opening of codex (p.1). Other Title(s): جغميني في الهيئةكتاب الچغمينيتهذيب الكلامتهذيب المنطقغاية تهذيب الكلام في تحرير المنطق [...]

[Majmūʻat rasāʼil,1083, i.e. 1672 or 1673 and 1098, i.e. 1687].[مجموعة رسائل,1083ه، 1672 أو 1673م و 1098ه، 1687م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 252 Title: [Majmūʻat rasāʼil,1083, i.e. 1672 or 1673 and 1098, i.e. 1687].[مجموعة رسائل,1083ه، 1672 أو 1673م و 1098ه، 1687م]. Place/Date of Production: [Ṭihrān, etc.,1672-1687] Size: 1 v. :paper ;184 x 120 mm. Summary: Fine composite collection of several works of Ṣūfism, ḥadīth, tafsīr, and philosophy, including works by Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī (d.1274), Badr al-Dīn al-Shāshī [?], Kamāl al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Razzāq [...]

[Sharḥ al-ʻAqāʼid al-Nasafīyah ... etc.,873, i.e. 1469 and early 16th century].[شرح العقائد النسفية ... الخ,873ه, 1469م و اوائل القرن 16م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 251 Title: [Sharḥ al-ʻAqāʼid al-Nasafīyah ... etc.,873, i.e. 1469 and early 16th century].[شرح العقائد النسفية ... الخ,873ه, 1469م و اوائل القرن 16م]. Author: Taftāzānī, Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar,1322-1389?تفتازاني, مسعود بن عمر. Place/Date of Production: [Merzifon, etc.,1469-1520]. Size: 146 leaves :paper ;203 x 126 (133-156 x 66-81) mm. Summary: Fine copy of al-Taftāzānī's commentary on the popular creed, al-ʻAqāʼid al-Nasafīyah of Abū Ḥafs ʻUmar [...]

[Calligraphic specimen,18th century].[مرقع حسن الخط,القرن 18م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 237 Title: [Calligraphic specimen,18th century].[مرقع حسن الخط,القرن 18م]. Place/Date of Production: [Istanbul?,1700-1787]. Size: 10 panels :paper ;265 x 175 (190 x 103) mm. Summary: Fine album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ or murakkâ) employing mainly alphabetic exercises, invocations, and a portion of the text of al-Buṣīrī's Qaṣīdat al-Burdah, executed by İbrahim Rodosi (d.1201/1787?). Other Title(s): Kaside-yi Bürde Subject(s): Calligraphy, Arabic--Specimens. Writing, Arabic--Specimens. Islamic calligraphy--Specimens. Manuscripts, Arabic--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Muḥammad,--Prophet,--d. 632--Poetry--Early works [...]

[Aṣḥāb Badr ...etc.,1200, i.e. 1785 or 1786].[اصحاب بدر ...الخ,1200ه، 1785 او 1786ه].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 233 Title: [Aṣḥāb Badr ...etc.,1200, i.e. 1785 or 1786].[اصحاب بدر ...الخ,1200ه، 1785 او 1786ه]. Place/Date of Production: [1785 or 1786]. Size: 46 leaves :paper ;200 x 140 (132 x 84) mm. Summary: Exquisite calligraphic specimen in the hand of Hakkakzade Hafız Feyzullah, employing a listing of the ṣaḥābah or Companions of the Prophet who took part in the battle of [...]

[Majmūʻat suwar min al-Qurʼān,late 15th or early 16th century].[مجموعة سور من القرآن,اواخر القرن 15م او اوائل القرن 16م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 231 Title: [Majmūʻat suwar min al-Qurʼān,late 15th or early 16th century].[مجموعة سور من القرآن,اواخر القرن 15م او اوائل القرن 16م]. Uniform Title: Koran.Selectionsقرآن.مختارات Calligrapher: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [Herat?,1475-1525?]. Size: 24 leaves :paper ;233 x 163 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of a selection of sūrahs (suwar) from the Qurʼān, namely Sūrat Yāsīn (36), Sūrat al-Fatḥ (48), Sūrat [...]

Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ,[15th century?].تلخيص المفتاح,[القرن 15م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 227 Title: Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ,[15th century?].تلخيص المفتاح,[القرن 15م؟]. Author: Qazwīnī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān,1267 or 8-1338.قزويني، جلال الدين محمد بن عبد الرحمن. Place/Date of Production: [14--?]. Size: 82 leaves :paper ;202 x 125 (125 x 53) mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the abdrigment by al-Qazwīnī, Khaṭīb Dimashq, (d.1338) of the third part of Miftāḥ al-ʻulūm by Yūsuf ibn Abī Bakr al-Sakkākī [...]

Ḥall asrār al-akhyār ʻalá iʻrāb Iẓhār al-asrār,[1197, i.e. 1783].حل اسرار الاخيار على اعراب اظهار الاسرار,[1197ه, 1783م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 226 Title: Ḥall asrār al-akhyār ʻalá iʻrāb Iẓhār al-asrār,[1197, i.e. 1783].حل اسرار الاخيار على اعراب اظهار الاسرار,[1197ه, 1783م]. Author: Zaynīʹzādah, Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad,d. 1754 or 5.زينى زاده، حسين بن احمد. Place/Date of Production: [1783]. Size: 212 leaves :paper ;200 x 125 (134 x 60) mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the commentary by Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad Zaynīʻzade on Iẓhār al-asrār, the work of [...]

al-Wāfiyah fī sharḥ al-Kāfiyah,[970, i.e.1562 or 1563].الوافية في شرح الكافية,[970ه, 1562 او 1563م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 225 Title: al-Wāfiyah fī sharḥ al-Kāfiyah,[970, i.e.1562 or 1563].الوافية في شرح الكافية,[970ه, 1562 او 1563م]. Author: Ibn Sharaf Shāh, Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad,1247 or 8-1315 or 16.استراباذي، الحسن بن محمد. Place/Date of Production: [1562 or 1563]. Size: 94 leaves :paper ;171 x 125 (115-161 x 63-105) mm. Summary: Careful copy of the commentary by Rukn al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Sharaf Shāh al-Astarābādhī [...]

Kitāb al-Ashbāh wa-al-naẓāʼir al-naḥwīyah,[before 943, i.e. 1536].كتاب الاشباه والنظائر النحوية,[قبل 943ه، 1536م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 224 Title: Kitāb al-Ashbāh wa-al-naẓāʼir al-naḥwīyah,[before 943, i.e. 1536].كتاب الاشباه والنظائر النحوية,[قبل 943ه، 1536م]. Author: Suyūṭī,1445-1505.سيوطي. Place/Date of Production: [1480?-1536]. Size: 290 leaves :paper ;233 x 155 (163 x 75) mm. Summary: Fine copy of one of al-Suyūṭī's works on the Arabic language, following the method of the religious sciences (fiqh), with both parts (halves) of the text here appearing in a [...]

[al-Kāfiyah maʻa al-Shāfiyah,17th century].[الكافية مع الشافية,القرن 17م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 223 Title: [al-Kāfiyah maʻa al-Shāfiyah,17th century].[الكافية مع الشافية,القرن 17م]. Author: Ibn al-Ḥājib, ʻUthmān ibn ʻUmar,1175-1249.ابن الحاجب، عثمان بن عمر. Place/Date of Production: [1600-1650]. Size: 120 leaves :paper ;226 x 155 (143 x 65) mm. bound to 227 x 160 mm. Summary: Fine copy of Ibn al-Ḥājib's (d.1249) two concise grammatical treatises, al-Kāfiyah, on naḥw (syntax), and al-Shāfiyah on ṣarf (morphology). Other Title(s): Edge title [...]

[al-Kāfiyah,1050, i.e. 1640 or 1641].[الكافية,1050ه، 1640 أو 1641م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 222 Title: [al-Kāfiyah,1050, i.e. 1640 or 1641].[الكافية,1050ه، 1640 أو 1641م]. Author: Ibn al-Ḥājib, ʻUthmān ibn ʻUmar,1175-1249.ابن الحاجب، عثمان بن عمر. Place/Date of Production: [1640 or 1641]. Size: 50 leaves :paper ;181 x 95 (129 x 45) mm. Summary: Fine copy of Ibn al-Ḥājib's grammatical treatise on naḥw (syntax). Added table of contents precedes work (pp.5-6). Other Title(s): كافيه Subject(s): Arabic language--Syntax--Early works to 1800.Arabic language--Grammar--Early works [...]

al-ʻIqd al-munaẓẓam fī iftirāḍ ṭāʻat al-khalīfah al-aʻẓam,[1301, i.e. 1884].العقد المنظم في افتراض طاعة الخليفة الأعظم,[1301ه, 1884م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 218 Title: al-ʻIqd al-munaẓẓam fī iftirāḍ ṭāʻat al-khalīfah al-aʻẓam,[1301, i.e. 1884].العقد المنظم في افتراض طاعة الخليفة الأعظم,[1301ه, 1884م]. Author: Nābulusī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Khammāsh,fl. 1884.نابلسي، احمد بن محمد الخماش. Place/Date of Production: [Istanbul,1884]. Size: 36 leaves :paper ;192 x 131 (117 x 65) mm. 'bound' to 203 x 133 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of a collection of Qurʼānic verses and traditions (aḥādīth) [...]

Sharḥ al-Miftāḥ,[985, i.e. 1577 or 1578].شرح المفتاح,[985ه, 1577 أو 1578م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 216 Title: Sharḥ al-Miftāḥ,[985, i.e. 1577 or 1578].شرح المفتاح,[985ه, 1577 أو 1578م]. Author: Taftāzānī, Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar,1322-1389?.تفتازاني، مسعود بن عمر Place/Date of Production: [1577 or 1578]. Size: 219 leaves :paper ;225 x 144 (141 x 69) mm. Summary: Fine copy of al-Taftāzānī's commentary on the third part of Miftāḥ al-ʻulūm of al-Sakkākī on ʻIlm al-maʻānī wa-al-bayān, apparently copied by Ḥabīb Allāh Mīrzā [...]

[Kitāb fīhi mawlid al-Nabī ṣallá Allāh ʻalayhi wa-sallam wa-wafātuh,15th century?].[كتاب فيه مولد النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ووفاته,القرن 15م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 212 Title: [Kitāb fīhi mawlid al-Nabī ṣallá Allāh ʻalayhi wa-sallam wa-wafātuh,15th century?].[كتاب فيه مولد النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ووفاته,القرن 15م؟]. Author: Aḥmad ibn al-Maghribī.احمد بن المغربي. Place/Date of Production: [14--?]. Size: 24 leaves :paper ;177 x 132 (137 x 95) mm. Summary: Fine copy of a work on the birth and death of the Prophet, perhaps compiled by Aḥmad ibn al-Maghribī. [...]

[Kitāb al-Shamāʼil,16th century?].[كتاب الشمائل,القرن 16م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 211 Title: [Kitāb al-Shamāʼil,16th century?].[كتاب الشمائل,القرن 16م؟]. Author: Tirmidhī, Muḥammad ibn ʻĪsá,d. 892ترمذي، محمد بن عيسى. Place/Date of Production: [15--?]. Size: 79 leaves :paper ;193 x 122 (121 x 65) mm. Summary: Fine copy of al-Tirmidhī's collection of traditions comprising the Prophet's characteristics as transmitted eventually to Abū al-Thanāʼ Ḥammad ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Ḥammād ibn Fuḍayl al-Fayḍalī al-Ḥarrānī, whose name appears [...]

Kitāb Tārīkh al-Waṣṣāf al-musammá bi-Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-Aʻṣār,[922. i.e 1516].كتاب تاريخ الوصاف المسمى بتجزية الامصار وتجزية الاعصار,[922ه, 1516م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 265 Title: Kitāb Tārīkh al-Waṣṣāf al-musammá bi-Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-Aʻṣār,[922. i.e 1516].كتاب تاريخ الوصاف المسمى بتجزية الامصار وتجزية الاعصار,[922ه, 1516م]. Author: Vaṣṣāf al-Ḥaz̤rat, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Faz̤l Allāh,1264 or 5-1329?.وصاف الحضرة، عبد الله بن فضل الله Place/Date of Production: [1516]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;250 x 177 mm. Summary: Fine copy of Vaṣṣāf's Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tajziyat al-aʻṣār, a history of the Īlkhāns [...]

[al-Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ khayr al-barīyah maʻa al-Asmāʼ al-ḥusná,828, i.e. 1424 or 1425].[الكواكب الدرية في مدح خير البرية,828ه, 1424 أو 1425م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 248 Title: [al-Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ khayr al-barīyah maʻa al-Asmāʼ al-ḥusná,828, i.e. 1424 or 1425].[الكواكب الدرية في مدح خير البرية,828ه, 1424 أو 1425م]. Author: Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd,1213?-1296?بوصيري, شرف الدين محمد بن سعيد. Place/Date of Production: [Egypt,1424 or 1425]. Size: 33 leaves :paper ;255 x 170 (185 x 115) mm. bound to 260 x 173 mm. Summary: Fine copy of [...]

Majmaʻ al-amthāl,[1152, i.e. 1739].مجمع الامثال,[1152ه, 1739م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 245 Title: Majmaʻ al-amthāl,[1152, i.e. 1739].مجمع الامثال,[1152ه, 1739م]. Author: Maydānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad,d. 1124.ميداني، احمد بن محمد. Place/Date of Production: [1739]. Size: 223 leaves :paper ;286 x 177 (235 x 108) mm. Summary: Careful copy of the renowned collection of classical Arabic proverbs compiled by Abū al-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Maydānī (d.1124). Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Proverbs, Arabic--Early works [...]

[Calligraphic specimen,18th or 19th century?].[مرقع حسن الخط,القرن 18 او 19م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 278 Title: [Calligraphic specimen,18th or 19th century?].[مرقع حسن الخط,القرن 18 او 19م؟]. Place/Date of Production: [17-- or 18--?]. Size: 3 panels :paper ;255 x 180 (192 x 121) mm. Summary: Fine album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ / murakka), namely pieces from a meșk murakka carrying alphabetic exercises (müfredat) through the letter sīn. Final piece incomplete with further excercises (mashq) on the [...]

[Mecmua-yi eşar,19th century].[مجموعه اشعار,القرن 19م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 423 Title: [Mecmua-yi eşar,19th century].[مجموعه اشعار,القرن 19م]. Place/Date of Production: [18--]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;232 x 134 mm. Summary: Elegant collection of poetic excerpts in Persian and Turkish organized according to arrangment in tables at opening (see pp.6-20), compiled by the Ottoman grand vizier and littérateur, Koca Mehmet Ragıp Paşa (d.1763). Other Title(s): Mecmua-yi Ragıp Subject(s): Turkish poetry--Early works to 1800.Persian poetry--Early works [...]

Takvimü’t-tevarih,[ca. 1080, i.e. 1669 or 1670 and 1267, i.e. 1850 or 1851].تقويم التوارخ,[ح. 1080ه، 1669 او 1670م و 1267ه ، 1850 او 1851م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 393 Title: Takvimü't-tevarih,[ca. 1080, i.e. 1669 or 1670 and 1267, i.e. 1850 or 1851].تقويم التوارخ,[ح. 1080ه، 1669 او 1670م و 1267ه ، 1850 او 1851م]. Author: Kâtip Çelebi,1609-1657.كاتب جلبي. Place/Date of Production: [ca. 1669 or 70 and 1850 or 51]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;300 x 210 mm. Summary: Elegant composite copy of Kâtip Çelebi's collection of chronological tables (through 1059 [1649]) [...]

[Tarih-i İzzi,1181, i.e. 1768].[ تاريخ عزي,1181ه, 1768م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 382 Title: [Tarih-i İzzi,1181, i.e. 1768].[ تاريخ عزي,1181ه, 1768م]. Author: İzzî, Süleyman,d. 1755.عزي، سليمان. Place/Date of Production: [1768]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;290 x 175 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the official Ottoman history covering the years 1157-1165 (1744-1752) composed by official historiographer (vak'anüvîs / vakanüvîs), Süleymân İzzî (d.1755). Other Title(s): Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1):تاريخ عثمانى Subject(s): Manuscripts, Turkish--Michigan--Ann Arbor.Turkey--History--Mahmud I, 1730-1754--Sources. Genre: Headpieces (layout [...]

el-Fevayihü’n-nebeviye fi’s-siyeri’l-Mustafaviye,[1264, i.e. 1848].الفوائح النبويه في السير المصطفويه,[1264ه، 1848م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 376 Title: el-Fevayihü'n-nebeviye fi's-siyeri'l-Mustafaviye,[1264, i.e. 1848].الفوائح النبويه في السير المصطفويه,[1264ه، 1848م]. Author: Karaçelebizade Abdülaziz,1591-1658.قره چلبي زاده عبد العزيز. Place/Date of Production: [1848]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;275 x 158 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the work on the Prophet attributed to Karaçelebizade Abdülaziz Efendi (d.1658). Other Title(s): Fawāʼiḥ al-nabawīyah fī al-siyar al-MuṣṭafawīyahFevayih ün-nebeviye fi es-siyer il-Mustafaviye Subject(s): Islam--History--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Turkish--Michigan--Ann Arbor.Muḥammad,--Prophet,--d. 632--Early works to [...]

[Tuhfe-yi Şâhidî,1123, i.e. 1711 or 1712].[تحفۀ شاهدى,1123ه, 1711 أو 1712م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 399 Title: [Tuhfe-yi Şâhidî,1123, i.e. 1711 or 1712].[تحفۀ شاهدى,1123ه, 1711 أو 1712م]. Author: Şahidî İbrahim Dede,1470-1550.شاهدي ابراهيم دده. Place/Date of Production: [1711 or 1712]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;270 x 165 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the well-known versified Persian-Turkish vocabulary of Şâhidî İbrahim Dede of Muğla (d.1550) with extensive marginal glosses in exquisite shapes. Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please [...]

[Leylâ ve Mecnun,late 16th century?].[ليلى ومجنون,اواخر القرن 16م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 417 Title: [Leylâ ve Mecnun,late 16th century?].[ليلى ومجنون,اواخر القرن 16م؟]. Author: Fuzulî,1495?-1556فضولي. Place/Date of Production: [15--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;220 x 136 mm. Summary: Elegant (though incomplete, with end lacking) copy of Fuzulî's renowned Turkish rendering of the romance of Laylá and Majnūn. Illustrated with four miniatures (see p.27, p.60, p.80 and p.111). Other Title(s): Leylâ ile Mecnunليلى ايله مجنونليلى ومجنونLeylâ ü MecnûnLeylâ [...]

al-Asmāʼ al-ḥusná mustakhrajah min al-Qurʼān al-ʻaẓīm wa-Kitāb al-Ṭibb al-nabawī,[15th century?].الاسماء الحسنى مستخرجة من القرآن العظيم وكتاب الطب النبوي,[القرن 15م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 247 Title: al-Asmāʼ al-ḥusná mustakhrajah min al-Qurʼān al-ʻaẓīm wa-Kitāb al-Ṭibb al-nabawī,[15th century?].الاسماء الحسنى مستخرجة من القرآن العظيم وكتاب الطب النبوي,[القرن 15م؟]. Author: Maqdisī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Wāḥid,1174 or 5-1245.مقدسي, محمد بن عبد الواحد. Place/Date of Production: [14--?]. Size: 80 leaves :paper ;20 cm. Summary: A work on prophetic medicine by al-Maqdisī (d.1245) preceded by a short treatise of uncertain authorship on the [...]

Hutut-ı mütenevvia-yi İslamiye albümü,[1186 to 1259, i.e. 1772 to 1843].خطوط متنوعۀ اسلاميه البومى,[1186ه إلى 1259ه, 1772م إلى 1843م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 440 Title: Hutut-ı mütenevvia-yi İslamiye albümü,[1186 to 1259, i.e. 1772 to 1843].خطوط متنوعۀ اسلاميه البومى,[1186ه إلى 1259ه, 1772م إلى 1843م]. Calligrapher: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [1772-1843]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;422 x 327 mm. Summary: Exquisite album of assorted calligraphic specimens (roughly 40), likely assembled and bound for Sultan Abdülhamit II (r.1876-1909). Contents addressed by [...]

[Calligraphic specimen,late 15th or early 16th century].[مرقع حسن الخط,اواخر القرن 15 او اوائل القرن 16م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 244 Title: [Calligraphic specimen,late 15th or early 16th century].[مرقع حسن الخط,اواخر القرن 15 او اوائل القرن 16م]. Place/Date of Production: [Istanbul,1485-1520]. Size: 12 panels :paper ;238 x 175 (129 x 95) mm. Summary: Superb album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ or murakkâ) employing mainly hadīth pertaining to sentiments of Kisrá Anūshirvān (Khosrow or Khusraw I, d.579), executed by the celebrated Ottoman calligrapher [...]

[Calligraphic specimen,1304, i.e. 1886 or 1887].[مرقع حسن الخط,1304ه, 1886 أو 1887م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 242 Title: [Calligraphic specimen,1304, i.e. 1886 or 1887].[مرقع حسن الخط,1304ه, 1886 أو 1887م]. Place/Date of Production: [Istanbul,1886 or 1887]. Size: 6 leaves :paper ;258 x 329 (137 x 198) mm. Summary: Exquisite album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ or murakkâ) employing assorted ḥadīth, executed by the renowned Ottoman calligrapher Hasan Rıza Efendi (d.1920), a master of naskh and thuluth. Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help [...]

[Calligraphic specimen,late 15th or early 16th century and 18th century].[مرقع حسن الخط,اواخر القرن 15 او اوائل القرن 16م والقرن 18م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 236 Title: [Calligraphic specimen,late 15th or early 16th century and 18th century].[مرقع حسن الخط,اواخر القرن 15 او اوائل القرن 16م والقرن 18م]. Place/Date of Production: [Istanbul?,1485-1520 and 17--]. Size: 6 panels :paper ;260 x 180 (177 x 88) mm. Summary: Exquisite album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ or murakkâ) employing a prayer text (duʻāʼ), likely executed by the master Ottoman calligrapher, Şeyh [...]

[Calligraphic specimen,17th or 18th century?].[مرقع حسن الخط,القرن 17 او 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 235 Title: [Calligraphic specimen,17th or 18th century?].[مرقع حسن الخط,القرن 17 او 18م؟]. Place/Date of Production: [16-- or 17--?]. Size: 10 panels :paper ;252 x 168 (172 x 93) mm. Summary: Fine album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ or murakkâ) employing the text of assorted ḥadīth, executed by one Hamdî. Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Hadith--Texts--Early works to 1800. Calligraphy, Arabic--Specimens. Writing, Arabic--Specimens. Islamic [...]

Tarjamah-ʼi chihil ḥadīs̲ ,[16th century?].ترجمۀ چهل حديث,[القرن 16م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 447 Title: Tarjamah-ʼi chihil ḥadīs̲ ,[16th century?].ترجمۀ چهل حديث,[القرن 16م؟]. Author: Alisher Navoiĭ,1441-1501مير على شير نوائى. Place/Date of Production: [15--?]. Size: 8 leaves :paper ;242 x 150 mm. Summary: Fine copy of Mir Ali Şîr Nevâî's [Navāʼī] Chagatai Turkish verse paraphrase of Jāmī's rendering of forty ḥadīth, with Persian preface, Arabic ḥadīth text, and Chagatai elucidation. Other Title(s): Qirq ḣadis sharḣi Subject(s): Hadith--Texts--Early works to 1800.Hadith--Criticism, [...]

Mecmua-yi Münîf,[18th century].مجموعۀ منيف،[القرن 18م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 444 Title: Mecmua-yi Münîf,[18th century].مجموعۀ منيف،[القرن 18م]. Author: Antakyalı Münīf,1717-1743 or 4.انطاكيالى منيف. Place/Date of Production: [17--]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;253 x 145 mm. Summary: Stunning copy of a collection of works by Münîf of Antakya (d.1743 or 4), opening with a collection of thirty-nine ḥadīth accompanied by his Turkish paraphrase and followed by a biographical sketch for him, a collection [...]

Qiṭʻāt-i Mīrzā Sanglākh,[1286, i.e. 1869].قطعات میرزا سنگلاخ,[1286ه، 1869م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 346 Title: Qiṭʻāt-i Mīrzā Sanglākh,[1286, i.e. 1869].قطعات میرزا سنگلاخ,[1286ه، 1869م]. Author: Mīrzā Sanglākh,d. 1877.میرزا سنگلاخ. Place/Date of Production: [Tabrīz,1869]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;255 x 170 mm. Summary: Exquisite album of calligraphy reproducing several calligraphy specimens (qiṭʻāt) executed by Mīrzā Sanglākh, Muḥammad ʻAlī Khurasānī (d.1877) for Muḥammad ʻAlī Pāshā, his son Ibrāhīm Pāshā, etc. including a selection of his own poetry in [...]

[Naṣāʼiḥ va ashʻār-i Khvājah ʻAbd Allāh Anṣārī,late 15th or early 16th century?].[نصايح و اشعار خواجه عبد الله انصارى,پايان قرن 15م يا آغاز فرن 16م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 273 Title: [Naṣāʼiḥ va ashʻār-i Khvājah ʻAbd Allāh Anṣārī,late 15th or early 16th century?].[نصايح و اشعار خواجه عبد الله انصارى,پايان قرن 15م يا آغاز فرن 16م؟]. Author: Anṣārī al-Harawī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad,1006-1089.انصاري الهروي, عبد الله محمد. Place/Date of Production: [1490-1520]. Size: 16 leaves :paper ;232 x 143 (129 x 69) mm. bound to 237 x 143 mm. Summary: Sublime copy of [...]

Majālis al-ʻushshāq,[1006, i.e. 1597 or 1598].مجالس العشاق,[1006ه, 1597 او 1598م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 270 Title: Majālis al-ʻushshāq,[1006, i.e. 1597 or 1598].مجالس العشاق,[1006ه, 1597 او 1598م]. Author: Gāzurgāhī, Ḥusayn ibn Ismāʻīl,15th cent.گازرگاهى, حسين بن اساعيل. Place/Date of Production: [1597 or 1598]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;350 x 240 mm. Summary: Elegant and extensively illustrated copy of Majālis al-ʻushshāq, a Ṣūfī work on the ecstasy of mystic and material love, compiled at the court of Sulṭān Ḥusayn [...]

[Calligraphic specimen,late 17th or early 18th century].[مرقع حسن الخط,اواخر القرن 17 أو اوائل القرن 18م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 234 Title: [Calligraphic specimen,late 17th or early 18th century].[مرقع حسن الخط,اواخر القرن 17 أو اوائل القرن 18م]. Place/Date of Production: [1690-1731]. Size: 6 leaves :paper ;167 x 239 (121 x 198) mm. Summary: Fine album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ or murakkâ) employing the text of assorted ḥadīth, executed by the renowned Ottoman calligrapher Seyyid Abdullah of Yedikule (d.1731), favorite pupil of [...]

Hutut-ı mütenevvia-yi İslamiye albümü,[1205 to 1323, i.e. 1790 to 1906].خطوط متنوعۀ اسلاميه البومى,[1205ه إلى 1323, 1790م إلى 1906م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 441 Title: Hutut-ı mütenevvia-yi İslamiye albümü,[1205 to 1323, i.e. 1790 to 1906].خطوط متنوعۀ اسلاميه البومى,[1205ه إلى 1323, 1790م إلى 1906م]. Calligrapher: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [1790-1906]. Size: 1 v.paper ;420 x 327 mm. Summary: Exquisite album of assorted calligraphic specimens (roughly 40), likely assembled and bound for Sultan Abdülhamit II (r.1876-1909). Contents addressed by Muhittin [...]

[Calligraphic specimen,18th or 19th century?].[نموذج من فن الخط العربي,القرن 19م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 239 Title: [Calligraphic specimen,18th or 19th century?].[نموذج من فن الخط العربي,القرن 19م؟]. Calligrapher: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [17-- or 18--?]. Size: 9 leaves :paper ;175 x 248 (93 x 164) mm. Summary: Album of mounted alphabetic exercises. Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Calligraphy, Arabic--Specimens.Writing, Arabic--Specimens.Islamic calligraphy--Specimens.Manuscripts, Arabic--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Language: Arabic. Notes: Ms. codex.Title supplied by cataloguer. Incipit: [...]

al-Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ khayr al-barīyah,[783, i.e. 1381].الكواكب الدرية في مدح خير البرية,[783ه, 1381م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 228 Title: al-Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ khayr al-barīyah,[783, i.e. 1381].الكواكب الدرية في مدح خير البرية,[783ه, 1381م]. Author: Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd,1213?-1296?بوصيري, شرف الدين محمد بن سعيد. Place/Date of Production: [1381]. Size: 28 leaves :paper ;349 x 265 (309 x 212) mm. bound to 355 x 270 mm. Summary: An elegant copy of al-Būṣīrī's poem in praise of the Prophet with [...]

[Calligraphic specimen,1205?, i.e. 1790 or 1791?].[مرقع حسن الخط,1205ه؟, 1790 او 1791م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 402 Title: [Calligraphic specimen,1205?, i.e. 1790 or 1791?].[مرقع حسن الخط,1205ه؟, 1790 او 1791م؟]. Place/Date of Production: [1790 or 1791?]. Size: 8 leaves :paper ;175 x 468 (98 x 395) mm. Summary: Exquisite album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ or murakkâ) with design for a monumental inscription to appear on an archery stone (menzil taşı) of Bilâl Ağa (d.1807?), possibly executed by Yesari [...]

[Majmūʻah shiʻrīyah,16th century?].[مجموعة شعرية,القرن 16م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 426 Title: [Majmūʻah shiʻrīyah,16th century?].[مجموعة شعرية,القرن 16م؟]. Author: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [15--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;165 x 119 mm. Summary: Elegant selection of poetry, mainly from the Dīvān of Ibn al-Fāriḍ (d. 1235). Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Sufi poetry, Arabic--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Arabic--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpiece (layout features)16th century. Language: Arabic. Notes: Ms. codex.Title supplied [...]

Nazm-ı Dilârâ,[1231, i.e. 1815 or 1816].نظم دلارا,[1231ه, 1815 او 1816].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 414 Title: Nazm-ı Dilârâ,[1231, i.e. 1815 or 1816].نظم دلارا,[1231ه, 1815 او 1816]. Author: Osman Şakir,d. 1818?عثمان شاكر. Place/Date of Production: [Istanbul,1815 or 1816]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;175 x 115 mm. Summary: Elegant autograph copy of the versified Persian-Turkish glossary of the müderris Osman Şakir (whose name appears in Īḍāḥ al-maknūn as ʻUthmān Shukrī). Other Title(s): Naẓm-i Dilārā Subject(s): Persian language--Dictionaries--Turkish.Manuscripts, Turkish--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpiece (layout features)19th century. Language: Ottoman [...]

[Tezkire-yi sufera,19th century?].[تذكره سفرا,القرن 19م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 392 Title: [Tezkire-yi sufera,19th century?].[تذكره سفرا,القرن 19م؟]. Author: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Size: 1v. ;280 x 250 mm. Summary: "Notices of Turkish ambassadors" – from catalog card Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Ambassadors--Turkey--Biography.Diplomats--Turkey--Biography.Manuscripts, Turkish--Michigan--Ann Arbor.Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--Sources. Language: Ottoman Turkish. Notes: Ms. codex.Title supplied by cataloguer. Incipit: Can you help transcribe [...]

[al-Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ khayr al-barīyah,16th century?].[الكواكب الدرية في مدح خير البرية,القرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 446 Title: [al-Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ khayr al-barīyah,16th century?].[الكواكب الدرية في مدح خير البرية,القرن 17م؟]. Author: Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd,1213?-1296?بوصيري، شرف الدين محمد بن سعيد. Place/Date of Production: [15--?]. Size: 18 leaves :paper ;251 x 170 (131-180 x 77-120) mm. Summary: Fine copy of al-Būṣīrī's poem in praise of the Prophet accompanied by elucidation in Turkish ; opens with preface. Other [...]

Subhatuʻl-uşşâk,[17th century?].سبحة العشاق,[القرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 445 Title: Subhatuʻl-uşşâk,[17th century?].سبحة العشاق,[القرن 17م؟]. Author: Latifî,1491-1582لطيفي. Place/Date of Production: [16--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;195 x 120 mm. Summary: Fine copy of the collection of one hundred ḥadīth accompanied by paraphrase in Turkish verse by Latîfî (Abdüllatif Çelebî Kastamonulu, d.1582). Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Hadith--Commentaries--Early works to 1800.Hadith--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Poetry.Manuscripts, Arabic--Michigan--Ann Arbor.Manuscripts, Turkish--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)17th century. Language: Arabic [...]

Sıhhat-ı âbâd,[early 18th century].صحت آباد,[اوائل القرن 18م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 443 Title: Sıhhat-ı âbâd,[early 18th century].صحت آباد,[اوائل القرن 18م]. Author: Osmanzade Taip, Ahmet,1660?-1724.عثمان زاده احمد تائب بن عثمان. Place/Date of Production: [1700 to 1750]. Size: 24 leaves :paper ;242 x 135 (170 x 73) mm. bound to 242 x 138 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the commentary of Aḥmad Tāʼib ibn ʻUthmān, known as ʻOthmānzāde, on forty hadith. Other Title(s): Ṣiḥḥat-i ābādصحت آباد في [...]

[Lavāʼiḥ va Kitāb-i Yūnis va Mūnis,late 15th century?].[لوائح و كتاب يونس و مونس,پایان قرن 15م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 355 Title: [Lavāʼiḥ va Kitāb-i Yūnis va Mūnis,late 15th century?].[لوائح و كتاب يونس و مونس,پایان قرن 15م؟]. Author: Jāmī,1414-1492.جامي Place/Date of Production: [1481-1499?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;178 x 116 mm. Summary: Superbly executed composite codex opening with Jāmī's Lavāʼiḥ, followed by Kitāb-i Yūnis va Mūnis also attributed to Jāmī and dedicated to Sultan Bayezit II (r.1481-1512), in fact closing with a [...]

Risālat al-taṣavvuf,[late 16th or early 17th century?].رسالة التصوف,[پایان قرن 16م يا آغاز قرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 353 Title: Risālat al-taṣavvuf,[late 16th or early 17th century?].رسالة التصوف,[پایان قرن 16م يا آغاز قرن 17م؟]. Author: ʻUrfī Shīrāzī, Muḥammad,1555 or 6-1590 or 91.عرفى شيرازى, محمد. Place/Date of Production: [1595-1603]. Size: 12 leaves :paper ;238 x 140 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of a brief Ṣūfī treatise by ʻUrfī Shīrāzī preceded by a lengthy dedication with prayers for the reigning sultan, possibly Mehmet [...]

[Majmūʻah-ʼi ashʻār,17th century?].[مجموعۀ اشعار,القرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 349 Title: [Majmūʻah-ʼi ashʻār,17th century?].[مجموعۀ اشعار,القرن 17م؟]. Author: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [16--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;203 x 132 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of an anthology of Persian verses with poets typically named in headings. Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Persian poetry--1500-1796.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)17th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title supplied by cataloguer. Incipit: [...]

[Futūḥ al-Ḥaramayn,late 16th century?].[فتوح الحرمين, پایان قرن 16م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 347 Title: [Futūḥ al-Ḥaramayn,late 16th century?].[فتوح الحرمين, پایان قرن 16م؟]. Author: Muḥyī Lārī,d. 1526 or 7.محيى لارى. Place/Date of Production: [Mecca?,15--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;260 x 179 mm. Summary: Elegant, richly illustrated copy of Muḥyī al-Dīn Lārī's renowned poetical description of the holy cities Mecca and Medina with a full account of the rites of pilgrimage (ḥajj). Other Title(s): Futūḥ-i Ḥaramayn Subject(s): Muslim pilgrims and [...]

Nizāʻ-i tavāngar darvīsh,[1268, i.e.1851].نزاع توانگر درویش,[1268ه, 1851م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 345 Title: Nizāʻ-i tavāngar darvīsh,[1268, i.e.1851].نزاع توانگر درویش,[1268ه, 1851م]. Place/Date of Production: [1851]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;232 x 150 mm. Summary: Fine copy of a work of advice literature of uncertain authorship. Other Title(s): Title from inscription on front flyleaf:نصايح نامهNaṣāʼiḥʻnāmahNaṣāʼiḥ nāmah Subject(s): Didactic poetry, Persian.Persian poetry.Didactic literature, Persian.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title supplied by cataloguer. Incipit: "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على [...]

Hutut-ı mütenevvia-yi İslamiye albümü,[1107 to 1211, i.e. 1695 to 1797].خطوط متنوعۀ اسلاميۀ البومى,[1107ه الى 1211ه، 1695م الى 1797م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 439 Title: Hutut-ı mütenevvia-yi İslamiye albümü,[1107 to 1211, i.e. 1695 to 1797].خطوط متنوعۀ اسلاميۀ البومى,[1107ه الى 1211ه، 1695م الى 1797م]. Calligrapher: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [1695-1797]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;345 x 234 mm. Summary: Exquisite album of assorted calligraphic specimens (roughly 36), likely assembled and bound for Sultan Abdülhamit II (r.1876-1909). Contents addressed by [...]

Hutut-ı mütenevvia-yi İslamiye albümü,[1100 to 1317, i.e. 1688 to 1900].خطوط متنوعۀ اسلاميه البومى,[1100ه إلى 1317ه, 1688م إلى 1900م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 438 Title: Hutut-ı mütenevvia-yi İslamiye albümü,[1100 to 1317, i.e. 1688 to 1900].خطوط متنوعۀ اسلاميه البومى,[1100ه إلى 1317ه, 1688م إلى 1900م]. Calligrapher: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [1688-1900]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;425 x 320 mm. Summary: Exquisite album of assorted calligraphic specimens (roughly 42), many signed, likely assembled and bound for Sultan Abdülhamit II (r.1876-1909). Contents [...]

[Munājāt ʻAlī ... etc.,994, i.e. 1585 or 1586].[مناجات على ... الخ,994ه, 1585 او 1586م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 437 Title: [Munājāt ʻAlī ... etc.,994, i.e. 1585 or 1586].[مناجات على ... الخ,994ه, 1585 او 1586م]. Author: ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib,Caliph,ca. 600-661.علي بن ابي طالب,خليفة. Place/Date of Production: [Istanbul,1585 or 1586]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;260 x 115 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of a majmūʻah with the qaṣīdah in ʻayn, Munājāt ʻAlī, from the dīwān attributed to ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (ca. [...]

[Qaṣāʼid-i Jāmī ... etc.,962, i.e. 1555].[قصائد جامى ... الخ,962ه, 1555م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 436 Title: [Qaṣāʼid-i Jāmī ... etc.,962, i.e. 1555].[قصائد جامى ... الخ,962ه, 1555م]. Author: Jāmī,1414-1492.جامى. Place/Date of Production: [1555]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;382 x 148 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of a selection of poems by Jāmī (d.1492) with interlinear commentary / elucidation in Persian and occasional added elucidation in Turkish. Other Title(s): Poems.Selectionsديوان.منتخبات Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Calligraphy, Arabic--Specimens.Calligraphy, Persian--Specimens.Writing, Arabic--Specimens.Manuscripts, Arabic--Michigan--Ann Arbor.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Language: Arabic and Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title [...]

[al-Qaṣīdah al-Ghawthīyah maʻa sharḥihā,1233, i.e. 1817 or 1818].[القصيدة الغوثية مع شرحها,1233ه, 1817 أو 1818م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 435 Title: [al-Qaṣīdah al-Ghawthīyah maʻa sharḥihā,1233, i.e. 1817 or 1818].[القصيدة الغوثية مع شرحها,1233ه, 1817 أو 1818م]. Author: ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī,d. 1166.عبد القادر الجيلاني. Place/Date of Production: [1817 or 1818]. Size: 10 leaves :paper ;223 x 130 (194 x 86) mm. bound to 228 x 134 mm. Summary: Fine copy of the well-known Arabic poem attributed to ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī with elucidation in [...]

Sharḥ-i Rubāʻī-i Abī Saʻīd Abī al-Khayr,[16th century?].شرح رباعي ابي سعيد ابي الخير،[القرن 16م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 434 Title: Sharḥ-i Rubāʻī-i Abī Saʻīd Abī al-Khayr,[16th century?].شرح رباعي ابي سعيد ابي الخير،[القرن 16م؟]. Author: Aḥrār, ʻUbayd Allāh ibn Maḥmūd,1403 or 4-1489 or 90.احرار، عبيد الله بن محمود. Place/Date of Production: [15--?]. Size: 7 leaves :paper ;218 x 140 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of a commentary by the Naqshbandī shaykh Aḥrār (d.1490) on the quatrain (rubāʻī) known as the Ḥawrāʼīyah attributed [...]

[Arbaʻīn-i Jāmī ,1256, i.e. 1840 or 1841].[أربعين جامي,1256ه، 1840 أو 1841م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 432 Title: [Arbaʻīn-i Jāmī ,1256, i.e. 1840 or 1841].[أربعين جامي,1256ه، 1840 أو 1841م]. Author: Jāmī,1414-1492.جامي Place/Date of Production: [1840 or 1841]. Size: 10 leaves :paper ;222 x145 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of Jāmī's verse paraphrase of forty ḥadīth. Other Title(s): Tarjamah-ʼi manẓūm-i chihil ḥadīs̲ترجمۀ منظوم چهل حديثTitle from colophon:اربعين حديث مع ترجمه Subject(s): Hadith--Texts--Early works to 1800.Hadith--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Early works to 1800.Hadith--Poetry--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Arabic--Michigan--Ann [...]

Kitāb-i Rawz̤at al-anvār,[18th century?].كتاب روضه الانوار,[قرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 315 Title: Kitāb-i Rawz̤at al-anvār,[18th century?].كتاب روضه الانوار,[قرن 18م؟]. Author: Khvājū-yi Kirmānī, Maḥmūd ibn ʻAlī,1290 or 91-1352?خواجوى كرمانى, محمود ابن على, Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;330 x 200 mm. Summary: Splendid copy of the Ṣūfistic poem in 20 maqālahs and 2,224 bayts composed by Kamāl al-Dīn Abū al-ʻAṭāʼ Maḥmūd ibn ʻAlī Khvājū-yi Kirmānī (d.1352) for Shams al-Dīn Maḥmūd [...]

[Būstān,953, i.e. 1546].[بوستان,953ه, 1546م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 302 Title: [Būstān,953, i.e. 1546].[بوستان,953ه, 1546م]. Author: Saʻdī.سعدى. Place/Date of Production: [1546]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;230 x 133 mm. Summary: Exquisite copy of selections from the Būstān, the celebrated mas̲navī of Saʻdī (d.1292), renowned Persian poet and prose writer. Other Title(s): Būstān.Selectionsبوستان.منتخبات Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Masnavis, Persian--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)16th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. fragment.Title supplied by cataloguer. Incipit: "بنام خداوند جان آفرين حكيم سخن [...]

Būstān,[993, i.e. 1585].بوستان,[993ه, 1585م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 300 Title: Būstān,[993, i.e. 1585].بوستان,[993ه, 1585م]. Author: Saʻdī.سعدى. Place/Date of Production: [Zarah,1585]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;284 x. 192 mm. Summary: Exquisite copy of selections from the Būstān, the celebrated mas̲navī of Saʻdī (d.1292), renowned Persian poet and prose writer. Other Title(s): Būstān.Selectionsبوستان.منتخبات Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Masnavis, Persian--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)16th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title from inscription on 'title page' and illuminated headpiece at opening. Incipit: [...]

[Calligraphic specimen,17th century?].[نمونه خوشنويسي,القرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 277 Title: [Calligraphic specimen,17th century?].[نمونه خوشنويسي,القرن 17م؟]. Place/Date of Production: [16--?]. Size: 14 leaves :paper ;218 x 105 (110 x 30) mm. Summary: Superb album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ) employing verses of Jāmī (d.1492). Contributions to the cataloguing from Ali Rafi and Abdullah Ghouchani. Other Title(s): مرقع حسن الخطTitle from flap of slipcase:هذه غزليات مولانا جامى Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Calligraphy, Persian--Specimens.Islamic calligraphy--Specimens.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)17th [...]