Archive for the 'Persian MSS' 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, [...]

[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 [...]

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 [...]

[Risālah dar maṣāʼb-i Ahl-i Bayt,18th century?].[رساله در مصايب اهل بيتالقرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 901 Title: [Risālah dar maṣāʼb-i Ahl-i Bayt,18th century?].[رساله در مصايب اهل بيتالقرن 18م؟]. Author: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 230 leaves :paper ;23 cm. Summary: Fine though acephalous copy of a work in twenty chapters (مجلس) on the tragedies suffered by the family of the Prophet, particularly the martyrdom of Imām Ḥusayn. Other Title(s): Title from [...]

Gulistān,[1185?, i.e. 1771 or 1772?].گلستان,[1185ه؟, 1771 او 1772م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 895 Title: Gulistān,[1185?, i.e. 1771 or 1772?].گلستان,[1185ه؟, 1771 او 1772م؟]. Author: Saʻdīسعدى. Place/Date of Production: [Chīnāpatan,1771 or 1772?]. Size: 1 v. (294 p.) :paper ;22 cm. 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): كلستان Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500Sufi poetry, Persian--Early [...]

[Bahāristān,1073, i.e. 1662 or 1663].[بهارستان,1073ه, 1662 أو 1663م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 894 Title: [Bahāristān,1073, i.e. 1662 or 1663].[بهارستان,1073ه, 1662 أو 1663م]. Author: Jāmī,1414-1492جامى. Place/Date of Production: [1662 or 1663]. Size: 89 leaves :paper ;21 cm. Summary: Fine copy of Jāmī's collection of sayings, anecdotes, short notes and stories. Other Title(s): Behari-stan e Djami Subject(s): Persian literature--747-1500.Persian prose literature--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title supplied by cataloguer. Incipit: "چو مرغ امر ذى بالى ز آغاز نه از [...]

[Majmaʻ al-baḥrayn va Muntakhab-i ashʻār,1137, i.e. 1725].[مجمع البحرين و منتخب اشعار,1137ه, 1725م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 892 Title: [Majmaʻ al-baḥrayn va Muntakhab-i ashʻār,1137, i.e. 1725].[مجمع البحرين و منتخب اشعار,1137ه, 1725م]. Author: Kātibī Turshīzī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh,d. ca. 1434كاتبى ترشيزى، محمد بن عبد الله. Place/Date of Production: [1725]. Size: 100 leaves :paper ;17 cm. Summary: Fine copy of Majmaʻ al-baḥrayn, an allegorical Ṣūfī poem addressing the loves of Nāẓir and Manẓūr by the Persian poet Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad [...]

Durr-i maknūn,[1240, i.e. 1825].در مكنون,[1240ه, 1825م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 891 Title: Durr-i maknūn,[1240, i.e. 1825].در مكنون,[1240ه, 1825م]. Author: ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ Gujarātī.عبد الفتاح گجراتى. Place/Date of Production: [1825]. Size: 118 leaves :paper ;21 cm. Summary: Fine copy of a selection of excerpts from Rūmī's (d.1273) celebrated Mas̲navī compiled and elucidated by ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Gujarātī. Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Sufi poetry, Persian--History and criticism.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor.Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī,--Maulana,--1207-1273.--Mas̲navī. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title from [...]

Fatḥnāmah fī ʻilm al-lughah,[1113?, i.e. 1702?].فتحنامه في علم اللغة,[1113ه؟, 1702م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 887 Title: Fatḥnāmah fī ʻilm al-lughah,[1113?, i.e. 1702?].فتحنامه في علم اللغة,[1113ه؟, 1702م؟]. Author: Abū al-Khayr ibn Saʻd al-Anṣārī,fl. 1583.ابو الخير بن سعد الانصارى. Place/Date of Production: [1702?]. Size: 321 leaves :paper ;30 cm. Summary: Careful copy of an Arabic-Persian dictionary by Abū al-Khayr ibn Saʻd al-Anṣārī (fl. 1583). Other Title(s): Title from opening matter (p.16):فتح الكتابTitle from colophon on p.653:فتحنامه فى علم اللغة Subject(s): Persian language--Dictionaries--Arabic.Arabic [...]

Maqālāt-i Shaykh-i Niẓāmī,[1106, i.e. 1694].مقالات شيخ نظامى,[1106ه, 1694م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 886 Title: Maqālāt-i Shaykh-i Niẓāmī,[1106, i.e. 1694].مقالات شيخ نظامى,[1106ه, 1694م]. Author: Niẓāmī Ganjavī,1140 or 41-1202 or 3نظامى گنجوى. Place/Date of Production: [1694]. Size: 296 leaves :paper ;30 cm. Summary: Exquisite copy of Niẓāmī’s Khamsah (quintet) with Makhzan al-asrār, Khusraw va Shīrīn, Laylá (Laylī) va Majnūn, Haft Paykar, and Iskandarʻnāmah (Sharafʻnāmah and Iqbālʻnāmah, in titlepiece on 'title page' (p.9) distinguished as Iskandarʻnāmah and [...]

Bahār-i ʻajam,[19th century].بهار عجم,[قرن 19م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 885 Title: Bahār-i ʻajam,[19th century].بهار عجم,[قرن 19م]. Author: Bahār, Lālah Tīk Chand.بهار، لاله تيک چند. Place/Date of Production: [18--]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;32 cm. Summary: Elegant copy of the dictionary of words and idioms used by the Persian poets compiled by Tīk Chand Bahār (d.1766) with added preface. Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Persian language--Dictionaries--Persian.Persian language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann [...]

Jild-i shishum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā,[17th century?].جلد ششم روضه الصفا,القرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 860 v.6 Title: Jild-i shishum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā,[17th century?].جلد ششم روضه الصفا,القرن 17م؟]. Author: Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh,1433-1498.مير جواند، محمد بن جواندشاه. Place/Date of Production: [16--?]. Size: 517 leaves :paper ;28 cm. Summary: Fine copy of the sixth volume, addressing Tīmūr and his successors to the death of Abū Saʻīd, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk [...]

Daftar-i duvvum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ :[1241, i.e. 1826].دفتر دوم روضه الصفا[1241ه, 1826م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 860 v.2 Title: Daftar-i duvvum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ :[1241, i.e. 1826].دفتر دوم روضه الصفا[1241ه, 1826م]. Author: Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh,1433-1498.مير جواند، محمد بن جواندشاه. Place/Date of Production: [1826]. Size: 580 leaves :paper ;23 cm. Summary: Fine copy of the second volume, addressing the Prophet and al-Khulafāʼ al-Rāshidūn, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by [...]

Risālah-i Maṭlūb al-fuqarāʼ va muntakhab-i irshād al-vāṣilīn,[19th century?].رساله مطلوب الفقراء ومنتخب ارشاد الواصلين,[القرن 19م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 875 Title: Risālah-i Maṭlūb al-fuqarāʼ va muntakhab-i irshād al-vāṣilīn,[19th century?].رساله مطلوب الفقراء ومنتخب ارشاد الواصلين,[القرن 19م؟]. Author: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [18--?]. Size: 17 leaves :paper ;17 cm. Summary: Careful copy of an anonymous Ṣūfī treatise. Table of contents (فهرست) at opening on p.3. Other Title(s): Title from upper cover label:رساله مطلوب الفقرا و منتخب ارشاد الواصلينTitle [...]

Risālah-i Maʻrifat al-maẕāhib,[19th century?].رساله معرفت المذاهب,[القرن 19م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 874 Title: Risālah-i Maʻrifat al-maẕāhib,[19th century?].رساله معرفت المذاهب,[القرن 19م؟]. Author: Maḥmūd Ṭāhir Ghazālī,fl. 14th cent. ?محمود طاهر غزالى. Place/Date of Production: [18--?]. Size: 11 leaves :paper ;16 cm. Summary: Careful copy of the work on various Islamic sects by Maḥmūd Ṭāhir Ghazāli known as Niẓām-i Mudarris (fl. 14th cent. ?). Table of contents (فهرست) at opening (p.6) Other Title(s): Title from label on upper [...]

Divān-i S̲anāʼī,[19th century?].ديوان ثنائى,[القرن 19م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 864 Title: Divān-i S̲anāʼī,[19th century?].ديوان ثنائى,[القرن 19م؟]. Author: S̲anāʼī, Ḥusayn ibn Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn ʻAlī al-Mashhadī,d. 1587?ثنائى, حسين ابن غياث الدين على المشهدى. Place/Date of Production: [18--?]. Size: 84 leaves :paper ;24 cm. Summary: Composite copy of the Dīvān of S̲anāʼī (Ḥusayn ibn Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn ʻAlī al-Mashhadī, d.1587?), acephalous and incomplete, possibly compiled from two incomplete copies with blank replacement leaves inserted where [...]

[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 Ḥāfiẓ,19th century?].[ديوان حافظ,القرن 19م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 872 Title: [Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ,19th century?].[ديوان حافظ,القرن 19م؟]. Author: Ḥāfiẓ,14th cent.حافظ. Place/Date of Production: [18--?]. Size: 167 leaves :paper ;24 cm. Summary: Fine copy of the Dīvān of the masterful poet Ḥāfiẓ (Khvājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, d.1390?). Other Title(s): Divan e Hafiz Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title supplied by cataloguer. Incipit: "الا يا ايها الساقى ادر كاسا و ناولها كه عشق آسان نمود اول ولى [...]

Inshā-i Harkarn,[early 18th century?].انشا هركرن,[آغاز قرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 870 Title: Inshā-i Harkarn,[early 18th century?].انشا هركرن,[آغاز قرن 18م؟]. Author: Harikaṇa,Multānīهركرن. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 1 v. (165 p.) :paper ;21 cm. Summary: Elegant copy of the collection of model letters of appointment and other official documents compiled (likely between 1625 and 1631) by Harkarn ibn Mathurādās of Multān, secretary (munshī) of Iʻtibār Khān (d.1625). Other Title(s): Irshād al-ṭālibīnارشاد الطالبينHer KernInshā-i HerkernInsha-i Herkerm Subject(s): Formularies [...]

Sikandarʻnāmah-i barrī,[1256?, i.e. 1840?].سكندر نامه برى,[1256ه؟, 1840م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 854 Title: Sikandarʻnāmah-i barrī,[1256?, i.e. 1840?].سكندر نامه برى,[1256ه؟, 1840م؟]. Author: Niẓāmī Ganjavī,1140 or 41-1202 or 3نظامي گنجوي. Place/Date of Production: [Mādpūr?,1840?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;28 cm. Summary: Fine copy of the opening part (Sharafʻnāmah or Iskandarʻnāmah-i barrī) of Niḍāmī's celebrated poetic account of the legend of Alexander the Great. Other Title(s): Iskandarnāmah.Sharafʻnāmahاسکندرنامه.شرفنامهTitle from inscription above opening on p.4.اسكندر نامهIskandarʻnāmahشرف نامهسكندرنامه برى Subject(s): Epic poetry, Persian--Early [...]

[Jangnāmah-i Imām Ḥusayn ...etc.,1222 and 1259, i.e. 1807 and 1843].[جنگنامه امام حسين...إلخ,1222ه و 1259ه, 1807م و 1843م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 853 Title: [Jangnāmah-i Imām Ḥusayn ...etc.,1222 and 1259, i.e. 1807 and 1843].[جنگنامه امام حسين...إلخ,1222ه و 1259ه, 1807م و 1843م]. Author: Kāshifī, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ,d. 1504 or 5كاشفي، حسين واعظ. Place/Date of Production: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Size: 1v. ;26 cm. Summary: "[1] Long poem about the martyrdom of Imam Husayn, grandson of the Prophet [Likely a Panjabi verse rendering [...]

Mīzān al-ṭibb,[1238, i.e. 1822].ميزان الطب,[1238ه, 1822م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 852 Title: Mīzān al-ṭibb,[1238, i.e. 1822].ميزان الطب,[1238ه, 1822م]. Author: Shāh Arzānī, Muḥammad Akbar ibn Muḥammad,18th cent.شاه ارزانى، محمد اکبر بن محمد. Place/Date of Production: [Amritsar?,1822]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;28 cm. Summary: Careful copy of the concise manual of medicine by Muḥammad Akbar Arzānī (d.1722). Other Title(s): Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1):كتاب ميزان الطب Subject(s): Medicine, Persian--Early works to 1800.Traditional medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.Materia medica--Early [...]

Ruzname-yi hazret-i Şeyh Vefa,[17th century?].روزنامۀ حضرت شيخ وفاء,[القرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 871 Title: Ruzname-yi hazret-i Şeyh Vefa,[17th century?].روزنامۀ حضرت شيخ وفاء,[القرن 17م؟]. Author: Vefa,Şeyh,d. 1490..شيخ وفاء. Place/Date of Production: [16--?]. Size: 8 leaves :paper ;207 x 141 (157 x 113) mm. bound to 212 x 148 mm. Summary: Fine copy of the calendar or almanac of Şeyh Vefa (Muslihittin Mustafa, d.1490) comprised mainly of tables for calendar conversion, etc. with instructions in Turkish. Other [...]

Dīvān-i Mushfiqī Bukhārī,[17th century?].ديوان مشفقى بخارى,[قرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 869 Title: Dīvān-i Mushfiqī Bukhārī,[17th century?].ديوان مشفقى بخارى,[قرن 17م؟]. Author: Mushfiqī.مشفقى. Place/Date of Production: [16--?]. Size: 191 leaves :paper ;22 cm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Dīvān of the Tajik poet Mushfiqī (ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, d.1588) with qaṣāʼid, ghazalīyāt, muqaṭṭaʻāt, rubaʻīyāt, etc. as well as his brief mas̲navī Sāqī-nāmah (pp.375-381). Other Title(s): PoemsDiwan i Mushfiki i Bukhari Subject(s): Persian poetry--1500-1796.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)19th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title from [...]

Kitāb al-Mas̲navī al-Mawlavī al-maʻnavī,[1314 to 1316, i.e. 1897 to 1899].كتاب المثنوى المولاوى المعنوى,[1314ه إلى 1316ه, 1897م إلى 1899م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 861 Title: Kitāb al-Mas̲navī al-Mawlavī al-maʻnavī,[1314 to 1316, i.e. 1897 to 1899].كتاب المثنوى المولاوى المعنوى,[1314ه إلى 1316ه, 1897م إلى 1899م]. Author: Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī,Maulana,1207-1273جلال الدين رومي,مولانا. Place/Date of Production: [1897-1899]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;27 cm. Summary: Elegant copy of Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī’s celebrated didactic poetical work in double verses. Other Title(s): Mas̲navī.مثنوىMas̲navī al-Mawlavī al-maʻnavīMathnawī al-Mawlawī al-maʻnawīمثنوى مولاوى معنوىMas̲navī-i Mawlavī-i maʻnavīمثنوى معنوىMas̲navī-i maʻnavī Subject(s): Sufi [...]

[Majmūʻah,late 17th or early 18th century?].[مجموعه,پایان قرن 17م يا آغاز قرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 884 Title: [Majmūʻah,late 17th or early 18th century?].[مجموعه,پایان قرن 17م يا آغاز قرن 18م؟]. Place/Date of Production: [1680-1720?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;28 cm. Summary: Careful copy of a vast majmūʻah of prose (inshāʼ) and verse, including copies of several letters (maktūb) from Shāh Jahān (r.1628-57), Shāh ʻAbbās II (r.1642–1666), etc., with detailed contents listing added at opening (pp.15-18). Opens [...]

Khātimah-ʼi Tārīkh-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā,[1095, i.e. 1684].خاتمۀ تاريخ روضه الصفا,1095ه, 1684م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 860 v.8 Title: Khātimah-ʼi Tārīkh-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā,[1095, i.e. 1684].خاتمۀ تاريخ روضه الصفا,1095ه, 1684م]. Author: Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh,1433-1498.مير جواند، محمد بن جواندشاه. Place/Date of Production: [1684]. Size: 138 leaves :paper ;29 cm. Summary: Fine copy of the eighth volume or Khātimah of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn [...]

Daftar-i chahārum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā,[1070, i.e. 1660].دفتر چهارم روضة الصفا,[1070ه, 1660م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 860 v.4 Title: Daftar-i chahārum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā,[1070, i.e. 1660].دفتر چهارم روضة الصفا,[1070ه, 1660م]. Author: Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh,1433-1498.مير جواند، محمد بن جواندشاه. Place/Date of Production: [1660]. Size: 268 leaves :paper ;29 cm. Summary: Fine copy of the fourth volume, addressing the dynasties contemporary with the ʻAbbāsids, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by [...]

[Jild-i panjum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā,late 17th century?].جلد پنجم روضة الصفا,پایان قرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 860 v.5 Title: [Jild-i panjum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā,late 17th century?].جلد پنجم روضة الصفا,پایان قرن 17م؟]. Author: Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh,1433-1498.مير جواند، محمد بن جواندشاه. Place/Date of Production: [16--?]. Size: 215 leaves :paper ;31 cm. Summary: Fine copy of the fifth volume, addressing Chingiz Khān and his successors to the time of Tīmūr, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ [...]

Jild-i sivvum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā,[1241, i.e. 1826].جلد سوم روضه الصفا,[1241ه, 1826م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 860 v.3 Title: Jild-i sivvum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā,[1241, i.e. 1826].جلد سوم روضه الصفا,[1241ه, 1826م]. Author: Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh,1433-1498.مير جواند، محمد بن جواندشاه. Place/Date of Production: [1826]. Size: 182 leaves :paper ;31 cm. Summary: Fine copy of the third volume, addressing the twelve Imāms, the Umayyads and the ʻAbbāsids, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va [...]

Jild-i avval-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā,[1241, i.e. 1825].جلد اول روضة الصفا[1241ه, 1825م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 860 v.1 Title: Jild-i avval-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā,[1241, i.e. 1825].جلد اول روضة الصفا[1241ه, 1825م]. Author: Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh,1433-1498.مير جواند، محمد بن جواندشاه. Place/Date of Production: [1825]. Size: 283 leaves :paper ;31 cm. Summary: Fine copy of the first volume, addressing the creation to Yazdegerd, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid [...]

[Jild-i hashtum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā,1250, i.e. 1834].[جلد هشتم روضة الصفا,1250ه, 1834م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 860 v.7 Title: [Jild-i hashtum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā,1250, i.e. 1834].[جلد هشتم روضة الصفا,1250ه, 1834م]. Author: Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh,1433-1498.مير جواند، محمد بن جواندشاه. Place/Date of Production: [1834]. Size: 81 leaves :paper ;24 cm. Summary: Fine copy of the final (typically eighth) volume or Khātimah of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian [...]

Tuḥfat al-ʻIrāqayn,[18th century?].تحفة العراقين,[القرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 899 Title: Tuḥfat al-ʻIrāqayn,[18th century?].تحفة العراقين,[القرن 18م؟]. Author: Khāqānī, Afz̤al al-Dīn Shirvānī,ca. 1126-1198 or 9خاقانى، افضل الدين شروانى. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 108 leaves :paper ;23 cm. Summary: Fine though defective copy (lacking at end) of the mas̲navī describing the author's ḥājj journey from Shirvān to Mecca and back by the outstanding Persian poet Afz̤al al-Dīn Shirvānī Khāqānī (d.1199). Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you [...]

[Ṭūṭīʹnāmah ... etc.,19th century?].[طوطي نامه ... إلخ,القرن 19م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 897 Title: [Ṭūṭīʹnāmah ... etc.,19th century?].[طوطي نامه ... إلخ,القرن 19م؟]. Author: Nakhshabī, Z̤iyāʼ al-Dīn,d. 1350ضيا الدين نخشبى. Place/Date of Production: [18--?]. Size: 77 leaves :paper ;24 cm. Summary: Fine copy of the Ṭūṭīʻnāmah of Shaykh Z̤iyāʼ al-Dīn Nakhshabī (d.1350) in the reduced and simplified version of Muḥammad Khudavānd Qādirī (fl. 17th cent.), preceded by a selection of alphabetic and grammatical exercises with [...]

Ḥadīqat al-irshād,[early 19th century].حديقة الارشاد,[آغاز قرن 19م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 890 Title: Ḥadīqat al-irshād,[early 19th century].حديقة الارشاد,[آغاز قرن 19م]. Author: Akhtar, Muḥammad Ṣādiqاختر، محمد صادق. Place/Date of Production: [1811-1864?]. Size: 1 v. (288 p.) :paper ;23 cm. Summary: Fine copy of a treatise on the art of composition by Muḥammad Ṣādiq Khān, known as Akhtar (d.1858?). Other Title(s): Hadiqat ul Irshad Subject(s): Persian language--Style.Persian language--Composition and exercises.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.9). Incipit: [...]

Maẓhar al-ʻajāʼib,[1242?, i.e. 1826?].مظهر العجايب,[1242ه؟, 1826م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 888 Title: Maẓhar al-ʻajāʼib,[1242?, i.e. 1826?].مظهر العجايب,[1242ه؟, 1826م؟]. Author: Khvājah Amīr ibn Khvājah Pādishāh Khān.خواجه امير ابن خواجه پادشاه خان. Place/Date of Production: [1826?]. Size: 241 leaves :paper ;25 cm. Summary: Careful copy of a work by Khvājah Amīr valad-i Khvājah Pādishāh Khān addressing the terms and expressions used in the Dīvān of Muḥammad ibn Abī Ṭālib Ḥazīn of Lāhijān, known as [...]

ʻAyn al-bukāʼ,[1242, i.e. 1827].عين البكاء,[1242ه, 1827م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 883 Title: ʻAyn al-bukāʼ,[1242, i.e. 1827].عين البكاء,[1242ه, 1827م]. Author: Burūjandī, Muḥammad Taqī ibn Aḥmad,fl. 17th cent.بروجندى, محمد تقى بن احمد. Place/Date of Production: [Tabrīz,1827]. Size: 203 leaves :paper ;30 cm. Summary: Fine copy of what is apparently the abridgment (mukhtaṣar) of the author's work on the martyrdom of Imām Ḥusayn. Other Title(s): Title from colophon on p.433:كتاب عين البكاTitle in al-Dharīʻah (Āghā Buzurg al-Ṭihrānī):لب [...]

Daftar-i sivvum az Qiṣṣah-i Abū Muslim Marvazī,[18th century?].دفتر سيوم از قصه ابو مسلم مروزى,[القرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 882 Title: Daftar-i sivvum az Qiṣṣah-i Abū Muslim Marvazī,[18th century?].دفتر سيوم از قصه ابو مسلم مروزى,[القرن 18م؟]. Author: Abū Ṭāhir Ṭarsūsī, Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan.ابو طاهر طرسوسى، محمد بن حسن. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 261 leaves :paper ;32 cm. Summary: Fine copy of the epic tale relating the life and personality of Abū Muslim al-Khurāsānī (fl. 8th cent.) in the version attributed [...]

Ḥadāʼiq al-siyāḥah,[1274, i.e. 1857].حدايق السياحة[1274ه, 1857م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 881 Title: Ḥadāʼiq al-siyāḥah,[1274, i.e. 1857].حدايق السياحة[1274ه, 1857م]. Author: Shīrvānī, Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn,1780-1837 or 8.شيروانى، زين العابدين. Place/Date of Production: [1857]. Size: 288 leaves :paper ;36 cm. Summary: Fine copy of a work by Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn al-Shīrvānī (d.1837) relating his extensive travels and Ṣūfic thought, completed in Shīrāz in 1827 before his departure on a final pilgrimage to Mecca, after completion of his [...]

Risale-yi tekellüm,[1296, i.e. 1879].رساله تكلم,[1296ه, 1879م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 879 Title: Risale-yi tekellüm,[1296, i.e. 1879].رساله تكلم,[1296ه, 1879م]. Author: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [Tehran,1879]. Size: 1 v. (93 p.) :paper ;19 cm. Summary: Elegant copy (possibly autograph) of a treatise addressing conversational phrases in Persian and Turkish in four chapters witha Turkish preface, parallel Persian-Turkish text, and a brief glossary at the close. Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you [...]

Dīvān-i Ẓahīr Fāryābī,[18th century?].ديوان ظهير فريابى,[قرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 868 Title: Dīvān-i Ẓahīr Fāryābī,[18th century?].ديوان ظهير فريابى,[قرن 18م؟]. Author: Ẓahīr Fāryābī, Abū al-Faz̤l Ṭāhir ibn Muḥammad,d. 1201 or 2.ظهير فاريابى، ابو الفضل طاهر بن محمد. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 116 leaves :paper ;22 cm. Summary: Fine though fragmentary copy of the Dīvān of the court poet Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū al-Faz̤l Ṭāhir ibn Muḥammad al-Fāryābī (d.1201). Other Title(s): Poems Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title [...]

Manāzil al-ḥajj,[1219?, i.e. 1804?].منازل الحج,[1219ه؟, 1804م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 865 Title: Manāzil al-ḥajj,[1219?, i.e. 1804?].منازل الحج,[1219ه؟, 1804م؟]. Author: Bandah ʻAlī ibn al-Mīrzā Khayrāt ʻAlī,fl. 1799.بنده على بن الميرزا خيرات على. Place/Date of Production: [1804?]. Size: 1 v. (58 p.) :paper ;19 cm. Summary: Fine copy of the author's account of his pilgrimage from Baghdad to Mecca and Medina as well as holy sites in Iraq (see in al-Dharīʻah, no.6893 v.22 p.245). Other [...]

[Mukātabāt-i Navāb Sayf Khān va Ruqʻāt-i ʻInāyat Allāh Kanbūh,1202?, i.e. 1788? and 1253, i.e. 1837].[مکاتبات نواب سیف خان و رقعات عنایت الله كنبوه,1202م؟، 1788ه؟ و 1253ه، 1837م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 1021 Title: [Mukātabāt-i Navāb Sayf Khān va Ruqʻāt-i ʻInāyat Allāh Kanbūh,1202?, i.e. 1788? and 1253, i.e. 1837].[مکاتبات نواب سیف خان و رقعات عنایت الله كنبوه,1202م؟، 1788ه؟ و 1253ه، 1837م]. Author: Faqīrullāh,17th cent..فقيرالله Place/Date of Production: [1788? and 1837]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;22 cm. Summary: Composite manuscript carrying two works comprising collections of correspondence, the first of Faqīr Allāh Navāb Sayf Khān [...]

[Shajarat al-amānī va Risālah-i Zubdat al-qavāʻid,19th century?].[شجرت الامانى و رساله زبدة القواعد,القرن 19م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 876 Title: [Shajarat al-amānī va Risālah-i Zubdat al-qavāʻid,19th century?].[شجرت الامانى و رساله زبدة القواعد,القرن 19م؟]. Author: Qatīl, Muḥammad Ḥasan.قتيل، محمد حسن. Place/Date of Production: [18--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;23 cm. Summary: Careful composite copy of two concise grammatical treatises, Shajarat alamānī, a work on Persian grammar and rhetoric by Muḥammad Ḥasan Dihlavī, known as Qatīl (d.1817), and Risālah-i Zubdat al-qavāʻid, a [...]

[Kitāb-i lughāt ... etc.,پایان قرن 18 يا آغاز قرن 19م].[ كتاب لغات ... الخ,late 18th or early 19th century].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 858 Title: [Kitāb-i lughāt ... etc.,پایان قرن 18 يا آغاز قرن 19م].[ كتاب لغات ... الخ,late 18th or early 19th century]. Author: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [17-- or 18--?]. Size: 130 leaves ;21 cm. Summary: Careful copy of an excerpt from a Persian-Persian dictionary from Bāb al-alif through Bāb al-nūn, followed by an excerpt from [...]

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," [...]

Hāẕā Kitāb-i Vāmiq ʻAẕrā,[1277?, i.e. 1860 or 1861?].هذا كتاب وامق عذرا,[1277ه؟، 1860 يا 1861م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 1043 Title: Hāẕā Kitāb-i Vāmiq ʻAẕrā,[1277?, i.e. 1860 or 1861?].هذا كتاب وامق عذرا,[1277ه؟، 1860 يا 1861م؟]. Uniform Title: Vāmiq va ʻAẕrāوامق و عذرا Author: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [1860 or 1861?]. Size: 1 v. (478 p.) :paper ;29 cm. Summary: Fine copy of the romance of Vāmiq and ʻAẕrā, the Ardent Lover and the Virgin, illustrated with [...]

[Dīvān-i Azraqī Haravī,1205?, i.e. 1790 or 1791?].[ديوان ازرقى هروى,1205ه؟، 1790 يا 1791م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 847 Title: [Dīvān-i Azraqī Haravī,1205?, i.e. 1790 or 1791?].[ديوان ازرقى هروى,1205ه؟، 1790 يا 1791م؟]. Author: Azraqī Haravī,11th cent.ازرقى هروى. Place/Date of Production: [1790 or 1791?]. Size: 76 leaves :paper ;206 x 138 (135 x 65) mm. Summary: Exquisite copy of a portion of the Dīvān of Ḥakīm Azraqī Haravī, Zayn al-Dīn Abū Bakr (d. before 1073). Other Title(s): Poems.Selections Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)19th [...]

[Dīvān-i ghazalīyāt-i Harātī mawsūm bi-S̲amarāt al-ʻushshāq,1244, i.e. 1828 or 1829].[ديوان غزليات هراتى موسوم بثمرات ثمرات العشاق1244ه, 1828 أو 1829م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 1037 Title: [Dīvān-i ghazalīyāt-i Harātī mawsūm bi-S̲amarāt al-ʻushshāq,1244, i.e. 1828 or 1829].[ديوان غزليات هراتى موسوم بثمرات ثمرات العشاق1244ه, 1828 أو 1829م]. Author: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [1828 or 1829]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;21 cm. Summary: Fine copy of the collected ghazals of one Harātī [?]. Other Title(s): Title from inscription in pencil on incipit page (p.4)ثمرات [...]

Panj kitāb,[1299, i.e. 1921].پنج كتاب،[1299ه ش، 1921م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 1042 Title: Panj kitāb,[1299, i.e. 1921].پنج كتاب،[1299ه ش، 1921م]. Place/Date of Production: [Kabul?,1921]. Size: 85 leaves :paper ;26 cm. Summary: Splendid copy of a collection of didactic poetical works on proper conduct of life. Other Title(s): Ṣad pand-i sūdmand-i Luqmūn-i Ḥakīmصد پند سودمند لقمان حکيم Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500.Sufi poetry, Persian--Early works to 1800.Muslims--Conduct of life--Poetry.Islam--Customs and Practices--Poetry.Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)20th century. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title from [...]

[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 [...]

[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 [...]

[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 [...]

[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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Dīvān-i ʻIshqī,[17th century?].ديوان عشقي,[قرن 17م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 845 Title: Dīvān-i ʻIshqī,[17th century?].ديوان عشقي,[قرن 17م؟]. Author: Aşkî,fl. 16th cent.عشقى. Place/Date of Production: [16--?]. Size: 138 leaves :paper ;205 x 115 (122 x 65) mm. bound to 210 x 120 mm. Summary: Exquisite copy of a Persian Dīvān with qaṣāʼid and ghazalīyāt of uncertain authorship, possibly of Aşkî (fl.1571) translator of ʻAyn al-Quḍāh al-Hamadānī's "Kanz al-ḥaqʼāq" (per the translator's preface) and [...]

[ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharāʼib al-mawjūdāt,18th century?].[عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات,قرن 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 822 Title: [ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharāʼib al-mawjūdāt,18th century?].[عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات,قرن 18م؟]. Author: Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad,1208 or 9-1283 or 4.قزويني، زكريا بن محمد. Place/Date of Production: [India?,17--?]. Size: 97 leaves :paper ;290 x 175 (218 x 103) mm. Summary: Fine though incomplete copy of a Persian rendering of al-Qazwīnī's (d.1283) famous cosmography ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharāʼib al-mawjūdāt, illustrated with roughly 25 miniatures and [...]

Kitāb Ṣurāḥ al-lughah,[1062, i.e. 1651].كتاب صراح اللغة,[1062ه, 1651م]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 681 Title: Kitāb Ṣurāḥ al-lughah,[1062, i.e. 1651].كتاب صراح اللغة,[1062ه, 1651م] Author: Jamāl al-Qurashī, Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar ibn Khālid,fl. 1282.جمال القرشي, محمد بن عمر بن خالد. Place/Date of Production: [1651]. Size: 340 leaves :paper ;318 x 200 (215 x 107) mm. Summary: Fine copy of the abridgement and rendering into Persian by Abū al-Faz̤l Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar ibn Khālid Jamāl al-Qurashī [al-Qarshī ?] [...]

[Sharḥ-i Dīvān-i mansūb bih Amīr al-Muʼminīn ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib,1063, i.e. 1653].[شرح ديوان منسوب به امير المؤمنين على بن ابى طالب,1063ه، 1653م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 684 Title: [Sharḥ-i Dīvān-i mansūb bih Amīr al-Muʼminīn ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib,1063, i.e. 1653].[شرح ديوان منسوب به امير المؤمنين على بن ابى طالب,1063ه، 1653م]. Author: Qāḍī Mīr, Ḥusayn ibn Muʻīn al-Dīn,d. 1504 or 5.قاضى مير، حسين بن معين الدين. Place/Date of Production: [1653]. Size: 315 leaves :paper ;290 x 200 (185 x 100) mm. Summary: Elegant but acephalous copy of the commentary [...]

Sharḥ Gulistān,[983, i.e. 1575].شرح كلستان,[983ه, 1575م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 647 Title: Sharḥ Gulistān,[983, i.e. 1575].شرح كلستان,[983ه, 1575م]. Author: Surūrī, Muṣliḥ al-Dīn,1492-1562.سروري، مصلح الدين. Place/Date of Production: [Istanbul,1575]. Size: 236 leaves :paper ;208 x 134 (130 x 60) mm. Summary: Fine copy of the Arabic commentary upon the Gulistān of Sa‘dī, composed by Muṣliḥ al-Dīn Muṣṭafá Surūrī (Sürûrî) for prince Mustafa (d.1553) son of Sultan Süleyman I (r.1520-66). Other Title(s): شرح گسلتان Subject(s): Persian poetry--747-1500--History and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

[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 [...]

[Kitāb-i Raml-i Dāniyāl al-nabī ... etc.,mid 19th century?].[كتاب رمل دانيال النبى ... الخ,اواسط قرن 19م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 832 Title: [Kitāb-i Raml-i Dāniyāl al-nabī ... etc.,mid 19th century?].[كتاب رمل دانيال النبى ... الخ,اواسط قرن 19م؟]. Author: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [1840-1860?]. Size: 121 leaves :paper ;205 x 147 (145 x 85) mm. bound to 210 x 147 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of collection of treatises on geomancy (ʻilm al-raml or khaṭṭ bi-raml) with [...]

Risālah fī al-asṭurlāb,[17th or 18th century?].رسالة في الاسطرلاب,[قرن 17 يا 18م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 824 Title: Risālah fī al-asṭurlāb,[17th or 18th century?].رسالة في الاسطرلاب,[قرن 17 يا 18م؟]. Author: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [16-- or 17--?]. Size: 6 leaves :paper ;210 x 155 mm. Summary: Acephalous, fragmentary copy of a treatise on the astrolabe, appearing to mainly comprise a Faṣl-i shishum dar maʻrifat-i khuṭūṭ. Other Title(s): رساله در معرفت اسطرلابفصل ششم در [...]

[Risālah-i Muʻīnīyah yā al-Mufīd dar hayʼat,14th or 15th century?].[رساله معینیه یا المفید در هیئت,قرن 14 يا 15م؟].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 823 Title: [Risālah-i Muʻīnīyah yā al-Mufīd dar hayʼat,14th or 15th century?].[رساله معینیه یا المفید در هیئت,قرن 14 يا 15م؟]. Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad,1201-1274.طوسى، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد. Place/Date of Production: [13-- or 14--?]. Size: 5 leaves :paper ;202 x 153 (175 x 115) mm. Summary: Fragment from what appears to be a fine copy of Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī's [...]

[Muntakhab-i dīvān-i ʻUrfī Shīrāzī,early 17th century].[منتخب ديوان عرفى شيرازى,اوائل القرن 17م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 159 Title: [Muntakhab-i dīvān-i ʻUrfī Shīrāzī,early 17th century].[منتخب ديوان عرفى شيرازى,اوائل القرن 17م]. Author: ʻUrfī Shīrāzī, Muḥammad,1555 or 6-1590 or 91.عرفي شيرازي، محمد. Place/Date of Production: [16--]. Size: 58 leaves :paper ;199 x 127 (125-145 x 65-77) mm. Summary: Fine copy of a selection of poems from the dīvān of ʻUrfī Shīrāzī, namely qaṣāʼid and ghazalīyāt. Accompanied by excerpts from other works [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Kitāb-i Guldastah,[1236, i.e. 1820 or 1821].كتاب گلدسته[1236ه, 1820 يا 1821م].

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 1010 Title: Kitāb-i Guldastah,[1236, i.e. 1820 or 1821].كتاب گلدسته[1236ه, 1820 يا 1821م]. Author: Ray Govinda Rama Rao.راي كو وند راما راو. Place/Date of Production: [Machilipatnam,1820 or 1821]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;32 cm. Summary: Elegant copy of a collection of historical miscellanies, mainly pertaining to southern India, composed by (see inscription on opening leaf). Other Title(s): Guldastahگلدستهكل دسته Subject(s): Manuscripts, Persian--Michigan--Ann Arbor.India--History--Miscellanea.India--Geography--Miscellanea. Language: Persian. Notes: Ms. codex.Title from inscription on [...]

[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 [...]