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.
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
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
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.
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.
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