Qazwini, Zakariya ibn Muhammad, 1208 or 9-1283 or 4, creator
Published / Created:
[17--?]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 186
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Ajaib al-makhluqat. Persian
Description:
Cosmography. The section dealing with minerals, plants, and man only. Incomplete at beginning and end., Ethe, H. India Office,, Foliated in pencil 1-104, 108-112., Modern (18th century) nastaliq, in red and black; with colored drawings of plants., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art, and Translated from Arabic.
Qazwini, Zakariya ibn Muhammad, 1208 or 9-1283 or 4, creator
Published / Created:
[1806]
Call Number:
Persian MSS +65
Image Count:
12
Alternative Title:
Ajaib al-makhluqat. Persian
Description:
Copied on A.H. 24 Jumayda al-avval [sic] 1221 [A.D. 1806]., Cosmography, translated from the Arabic., Ethe, H. India Office,, Good nastaliq, in red and black; unwan in colors on leaf 1 verso; with copious crude miniatures., Islamic binding, in brown., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Madani, Yar Muhammad Shaykh Fayz Allah al-Hashimi Taj al-Din Muhammad Sadr, 14th cent, creator
Published / Created:
[1637]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 59
Image Count:
7
Description:
A Hindu tale, retold in prose and verse., Chiefly in Persian, with intermittent prose and verse in Arabic; colophon is in Arabic., Copied on A.H. 2 Ramazan 1[0]46 [A.D. 1637] by Yar Muhammad Shaykh Fayz Allah al-Hashimi al-Madani. A note on leaf 1 recto is dated A.H. 1119 [A.D. 1707 or 1708], hence the missing figure in the date of the colophon would seem to be a zero., Good naskhi, in red and black. Unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso; with five colored miniatures., Islamic binding, in brown., Paginated 1-341 (291-299 omitted; first and last page not numbered)., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Rieu, C. Persian manuscripts,, and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Sadi., creator Tabrizi, Pir Muhammad ibn Shaykh Tahir
Published / Created:
[1525]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 35
Image Count:
3
Description:
Copied on A.H. Shaban 931 [A.D. 1525] by Pir Muhammad ibn Shaykh Tahir Tabrizi., Ethe, H. India Office,, Good nastaliq, in black, red, blue, and gold; elaborate unwans on leaf 1 verso and folio 2 recto; with miniatures., Lacquer binding., Poem., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art, and Text is in Persian; colophon is in Arabic.