Firdawsi., creator Ibn Abi al-Qasim, Abd al-Muzannib Hajji Muhammad ibn Nur al-Din Muhammad
Published / Created:
[1653]
Call Number:
Persian MSS +87
Image Count:
3
Description:
Copied on A.H. 22 Rajab 1063 [A.D. 1653] by Abd al-Muzannib Hajji Muhammad ibn Nur al-Din Muhammad ibn Hajji Muhammad ibn Abu [sic] al-Qasim., Epic poem; beginning missing., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq, in red and black; with two large miniatures., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Epic poem; a fragment only., Ethe, H. India Office,, Modern (18th century) nastaliq, in red and black; with two miniatures., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Epic poem; a fragment only., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fairly modern (18th century) nastaliq, in red and black; unwans in gold and colors., Islamic binding, in red., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Epic Poem; book II, beginning with the struggle between Rustam and Kamus., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fairly modern (18th century) nastaliq, in red and black; unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Copied during A.H. 975-976 [A.D. 1568]., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq; unwans in gold and colors., Islamic binding, in red., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Sufi poem of Naqshabandi doxology; part of Haft awrang., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Jami, 1414-1492, creator Samarqandi, Sultan Muhammad ibn Dust
Published / Created:
[1569]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 11
Image Count:
4
Description:
Copied in Samarqand in A.H. Jumada al-Ula 977 [A.D. 1569] by Sultan Muhammad ibn Dust Muhammad Samarqandi., Ethe, H. India Office,, Gift of Louis M. Rabinowitz, 1949., Good nastaliq, in gold, red, and black. Unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso. Five full-page miniatures (44v, 75v, 91r, 119v, 124r)., Masnavi poem; part of the Haft awrang collection., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Collection of four pieces of erotica., Ex libris Morris F. Tyler. Gift of Laurence Witten, 1960., In Persian., Incipit of the volume: manqul az khatt-i ustadan-i al-mutaakhirin hakim Muhammad Baqir ki bahtarin nuskha-ha ast. -- 1. Incipit: jihah-i taqviyat-i aza-yi riah. -- 2. Tarjamah-i Kuk hinduvi [from the Koka Sastra of Kokadeva Pandita]. -- 3. Incipit: muharrir-i in tahrir va musavvir-i in tasvir Ziya Nakhshabi. -- 4. Incipit: avardah-and ki ruzi Bahram Shah majlis-i KayKhusravi karam sakhtah., Leaves (with miniatures) cut out., Modern (18th century) nastaliq, in red and black; with miniatures; unwans in gold and colors., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Author's name (abdi laqab-i Ghulam Sayyid bih-nam-i Abd al-Qadir) appears at end., Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore, 1955., Modern (19th century) calligraphic nastaliq, in black and gold., Poem, apparently in praise of Shah Jahan., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Calligraphic hands, some signed and dated., Collections and single pieces., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Title assigned by cataloger.