Copied in Hindi era 1907-1908 [A.D. 1850-1851]., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq, in red and black. Blank space (left for miniatures) filled out with crude floral desgins in colors. Unwans in gold and colors. Some leaves (with miniatures) torn out., Five epic poems (Makhzan al-asrar, Khusraw va Shirin, Layli va Majnun, Haft paykar, Iskandarnamah)., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Ethe, H. India Office,, Fairly old (16th century) nastaliq, in red and black;unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso; with 5 colored miniatures., Islamic binding, in brown., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art, and The wisdom book of Alexander the Great, in verse. Part of the Haft Awrang collection.
Hafiz al-Uqayli, Abd al-Athim ibn Abd al-Karim Karim ibn Ibrahim., creator
Published / Created:
[1855]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 218
Image Count:
4
Description:
Bound with two other works as Persian MSS 218 and Arabic MSS suppl. 558., Copied in A.H. Zi-Qadah [i.e. Zu al-Qadah] 1271 [A.D. 1855] by Abd al-Athim ibn Abd al-Karim Hafiz al-Uqayli., Fair nastaliq, in red and black., Leaf 19 blank, except for border., Persian lacquer binding over wooden boards, with astronomical diagrams on outside of covers; a movable pointer seems to have been attached to the diagram on the front cover, but is now missing., Purchased from A.R. Gardiner on the Beinecke Fund, 1957., Tables of the calendar., Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art, and Unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso.
Autograph of James Macpherson. Ex libris Thomas Munro. Purchased in February, 1948., Copied in Kashmir in A.H. 1163 [A.D. 1749 or 1750]., Ethe, H. India Office,, Good nastaliq; unwan in gold and colors on folio 1 verso, smaller unwans elsewhere; gilt flowered border on folio 2 recto., Masnavi poem; part of the Khamsah quintet., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Calligraphic hand in red and black; gilt and colored borders., Copied in Shiraz in A.H. 1310 [A.D. 1892 or 1893] by Riza Qulli Adib Shirazi., Dialogue on morals between Buzurgmihr and his interlocutor., Ethe, H. India Office,, Gift of George Hewitt Myers, 1945., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Sadi., creator Shirazi, Pur Husayn ibn Pur Hasan al-Katib
Published / Created:
[1538]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 165
Image Count:
4
Description:
Collected poems., Copied in A.H. Zu al-Hijjah 944 [A.D.1538] by Pur Husayn ibn Pur Hasan al-Katib al-Shirazi., Ethe, H. India Office,, Good nastaliq, in black, blue, and gold; unwans in gold and colors., Islamic binding, in red, with flap., Leaves 1-2, 17-18, 374-376 wanting; leaves 193-199 misbound after leaf 208, and leaves 209-214 after leaf 238., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Khaqani, Afzal al-Din Shirvani, ca. 1126-1198 or 9, creator
Published / Created:
[1547]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 25
Image Count:
2
Description:
Collected poems., Copied in A.H. 954 [A.D. 1547]., Ethe, H. India Office,, Ex libris Thomas Munro. Gift of the DeForest Bookshop, 1948., Fair nastaliq, in red and black; unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Collected poems., Copied in A. H. Rajab 1096 [A.H. 1685]., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq, in red and black; unwans in gold and colors; with colored miniatures., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Copied on A.H. 8 Rabīʻ al-S̲ānī 1244 [A.D. 1828]., Ethé, H. India Office, 972(3), Good nastaʻlīq, in red and black; ʻunwān in colors on leaf 1 verso; with crude full-page miniatures., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art