Copied in A.H. 961 [A.D. 1553 or 1554]., Persian text in calligraphic naskhi, in red and black. Turkish interlinear text in nastaliq., Persian-Turkish glossary to the Shahnamah of Firdawsi., Purchased from Oskar Rescher on the Barney Fund, 1966., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Copied on A.H. 17 Rabi al-Avval 1103 [A.H. 1692] in Jalalabad., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq, in red and black; with several miniatures in colors., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art, and The love of Mihr (Sun) and Mushtari (Jupiter), a romance in verse. Beginning missing.
Bankipore. Catalogue,, Copied in A.H. 1240 [A.D. 1824]., Description of the Bazar building erected by Ibrahim Adil Shahin Bijapur., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq; with drawings of the various tradesmen and their wares., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Rieu, C. Persian Manuscripts,, and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Copied on A.H. 6 Shaban 1204 [A.D. 1790]., Ethe, H. India Office,, Good nastaliq, in red and black; unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso., Islamic binding in red., Official letters and refined prose writings of the prime minister to Emperor Akbar. Apparently an unfinished copy., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Fair modern (18th century) nastaliq; crude unwans in colors., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Selected works, in prose and verse., Shah Rustam Shah-i Gadai is also known as Khaki Barlasi Bidil., Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art, The author's full name is found in the silsilah at the beginning of the last third of the volume., The date A.H. 1113 [A.D. 1701 or 1702] is found in a margin; the date A.H. 1133 [A.D. 1720 or 1721] is found in an original colophon., and Title supplied in later hand on leaf 1 recto.
Genealogy of Burhan al-Mulk, founder of the Oudh dynasty. Incomplete at end; lacunae elsewhere., Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore, 1955., Modern (19th century) calligraphic nastaliq. Elaborate unwans in gold and colors., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Ghaffari, Ahmad ibn Muhammad, ca. 1495-1567 or 8, creator
Published / Created:
[16--?]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 133
Image Count:
3
Description:
Ethe, H. India Office,, Fairly old (17th century) calligraphic naskhi, in red and black; unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso., Islamic binding, in red., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art, and Universal history.
Firdawsi., creator Zanji, Ibn Shah Mahmud, Jamal al-Din
Published / Created:
[1622 or 1623]
Call Number:
Persian MSS +89
Image Count:
6
Description:
Copied in A.H. 1032 [A.D. 1622 or 1623] by Ibn Shah Mahmud Jamal al-Din Zangi., Epic poem; beginning missing., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq, in red and black; unwans in gold and colors; numerous large miniatures in colors., Islamic binding, in green., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art