Collected poems. Incomplete at the beginning., Ethe, H. India Office,, Good nastaliq, in red and black;unwans in gold and colors., Islamic binding, in black., Purchased from Oskar Rescher on the Henry A. Homes Fund, 1964., Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art, The date A.H. 1232 [A.D. 1816 or 1817] added in a much later hand. Presumably copied before A.D. 1500., and The title of the lower page edges calls this volume Kulliyat-i Jami; presumably the manuscript at one time comprised his other works.
Hawafi, Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn Izz al-Din Jami, 1414-1492, creator
Published / Created:
[1458]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 30
Image Count:
2
Description:
Collected poems, selected from the first Divan., Copied in A.H. Muharram 863 [A.D. 1458] by Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn Izz al-Din al-Hawafi., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq; unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso., Islamic binding, gilt, with flap., Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art, and Transferred from the Historical Medical Library at Yale.
Collected poems, selected from the first Divan., Copied on A.H. 8 Safar 901 [A.H. 1495] by Pir Husayn al-Katib., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq; unwan in gold and blue at the beginning of the text., Lacks prefatory matter., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Collected poems., Copied in A.H. 903 [A.D. 1497 or 8]., Ethe, H. India Office,, Good nastaliq; unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso., Lacquer binding., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art, and With four colored miniatures.
Awhadi Maraghai, Rukn al-Din, d. 1337 or 8, creator
Published / Created:
[16--?]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 211
Image Count:
4
Description:
Bankipore. Catalogue,, Collected poems. End missing; lacuna between leaves 1 and 2., Fair modern (17th century) nastaliq; unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso; with 8 colored miniatures., Purchased in 1922., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Collected poems., Ethe, H. India Office,, Islamic plain lacquer binding., Modern (17th century) nastaliq; unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso., Perhaps an unfinished copy; incipit does not agree with any of the India Office exemplars., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art, and With miniatures.
Collected poems., Copied on A.H. 17 Zu-Qadah [sic] 1089 [A.D. 1678]; name of scribe has been erased., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq; unwan in gold and colors on leaf 5 verso., Purchased on the Farnam Fund, 1910., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Collected poems; part 2, containing qasidahs and ghazals., Ethe, H. India Office,, Good modern (18th century) naskhi; unwans in gold and colors., Islamic binding, in red., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art, The date on the final leaf, A.H. 1093, is that of the collection of the Divan., and The India Office copy lacks the beginning of the qasidahs; for the correct incipit, see Bankipore, Catalogue, III, p. 167.
Collected poems., Ethe, H. India Office,, Incomplete, and badly misbound., Islamic binding, in brown, with flap., Modern (18th century) Indian naskhi, in red and black, with eighteen colored miniature., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Collected poems., Considerable marginalia., Ethe, H. India Office,, Ex libris R.M. Binning. Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., In manuscript on leaf 1 verso: R.M. Binning E[ast]. I[ndia]. C[ompany]. C[ivil]. S[ervice]. Madras., Modern (18th century) nastaliq; unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso., Robert Blair Munro Binning is the author of a grammar of colloquial Arabic (British Museum Catalogue)., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Collected poems., Ethe, H. India Office,, Islamic binding, in black., Modern (19th century) nastaliq; unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso and 2 recto., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art, and With numerous miniatures.
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.
Ethe, H. India Office,, Ex libris R.M. Binning. Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Extensive marginal notes., Fairly modern (17th century) nastaliq, in gold, red, and black; unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso., In manuscript on leaf 1 verso: R.M. Binning E[ast]. I[ndia]. C[ompany]. C[ivil]. S[ervice]. Madras., Poems framed in a dialogue., Robert Blair Munro Binning is the author of a colloquial Arabic grammar, 1849 (British Museum catalog)., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Copied in A.H. Safar 1011 [A.D. 1602] by Ahmad Ali Ijaz Ruqum, but only the first two and the last three leaves belong to the original manuscript, the rest (including the miniatures) having been supplied by a much later (18th century) hand., Ethe, H. India Office,, Good nastaliq, in red and black; unwan in gold and colors on folio 1 verso; with colored miniatures., Poems framed in a dialogue., and Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949.
Ethe, H. India Office,, Islamic binding, in black., Masnavi poem; part of the Khamsah quintet. Incomplete at end., Modern (19th century) nastaliq; with crude miniatures in colors., and Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949.
Copied in A.H. 976-977 [A.D. 1568 or 9-1569 or 70]., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq, in red and black; unwans in gold and colors., Five epic poems (Makhzan al-asrar, Khusraw va Shirin, Haft Paykar, Layli va Majnun, Iskandarnamah); the first is missing in this copy., Islamic binding, in green., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Several lacunae in the text (leaves wth miniatures torn out).
Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3 Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Haft paykar Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Iskandarnāmah Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Khusraw va Shīrīn Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Laylī va Majnūn Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Makhzan al-asrār
Call Number:
Persian MSS +93
Image Count:
6
Abstract:
Five epic poems (Makhzan al-asrār, Khusraw va Shīrīn, Laylī va Majnūn, Haft paykar, Iskandarnāmah).
Description:
Copied in A.H. [1]193 [A.D. 1779 or 1780]., Ex libris Peerji Abdul Razaq of Delhi. Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Good nastaʻlīq, in red and black; ʻunwāns in gold and colors; numerous fine miniatures in colors., and Islamic lacquer binding.
Subject (Name):
Peerji Abdul Razaq--Autograph
Subject (Topic):
Persian language and literature--Poetry and Persian poetry
Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3 Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Haft paykar Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Iskandarnāmah Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Khusraw va Shīrīn Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Layli va Majnūn Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Makhzan al-asrār
Published / Created:
[18--?].
Call Number:
Persian MSS +86
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Five epic poems (Khusraw va Shīrīn, Makhzan al-asrār, Laylī va Majnūn, Haft paykar, Iskandarnāmah).
Description:
Ethé, H. India Office, 972., Good modern (19th century) nastaʻlīq, in red and black; ʻunwāns in colors; with numerous miniatures in colors., Islamic binding, in red, with flap., and Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949.
Subject (Topic):
Persian language and literature--Poetry and Persian poetry
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.
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
Illuminated manuscript, on paper, of Maktabī Shīrāzī's Laylī va Majnūn, a poem in mathnawi style tells the romantic love story of Layla and Majnun
Alternative Title:
Laylī va Majnūn.
Description:
In Persian., Title assigned by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Double columns of 10 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Nasta'līq., Binding: Dark brown leather over paper pasteboards; gold-tooled inlaid central mandorla with pendants, cornerpieces and frames; light brown leather doublures., Decoration: Volume is paginated, so Illuminated miniatures with scenes from the story are on "pp. 9, 47, 158, 174, 194, 212. Illuminated headpiece, cloudbands, floral page decorations; text frames in blue and gold., and Contemporary pagination.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish, Manuscripts, Persian, and Persian poetry
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
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
Fair nastaʻlīq, in red and black; ʻunwān in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso., Copied in A.H. 19 Rabīʻ al-Avval-25 Muḥarram 1009-1011 [A.D. 1600-1602] by ʻAbd al-Khāliq ibn Ismāʻīl Ḥāfiẓ., Islamic binding, in black, with flap., and In manuscript on leaf 1 recto: "Tho[mas] Marriott, min Muʻizz al-Dīn. Given me by Sultaun Moiz udden 4th Son of Tippo Sultaun." With Marriott's bookplate.
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
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
