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1.
Laylī va Majnūn.

Creator:
Maktabī Shīrāzī, -1510 or 1511
مكتبي شيرازي
Published / Created:
1500-1799.
Call Number:
Persian MSS suppl. 90
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
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
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Laylī va Majnūn., ليلى و مجنون

2.
Shahnamah, [1622 or 1623]

Creator:
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
Subject (Topic):
Persian poetry
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Shahnamah, [1622 or 1623]

3.
Gulistan, [1525]

Creator:
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.
Subject (Topic):
Persian poetry
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gulistan, [1525]

4.
Kulliyat, [1538]

Creator:
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
Subject (Topic):
Persian poetry
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Kulliyat, [1538]

5.
Divan, [17--]

Creator:
Shawkat, Muhammad Ishaq, d. 1595, creator
Published / Created:
[17--?]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 145
Image Count:
3
Description:
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.
Subject (Topic):
Persian poetry
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Divan, [17--]

6.
Muntakhabat, [17--]

Creator:
Shah Rustam Shah-i Gadai., creator
Published / Created:
[17--?]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 194
Image Count:
3
Description:
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.
Subject (Topic):
Persian poetry
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Muntakhabat, [17--]

7.
Yusuf va Zulaykha, [1569]

Creator:
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
Subject (Topic):
Persian poetry
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yusuf va Zulaykha, [1569]

8.
Gulistan, [16--]

Creator:
Sadi., creator
Published / Created:
[16--?]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 58
Image Count:
2
Description:
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
Subject (Topic):
Persian poetry
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gulistan, [16--]

9.
Gulistan, [1602-17--]

Creator:
Ruqum, Ahmad Ali Ijaz
Sadi., creator
Published / Created:
[1602-17--?]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 34
Image Count:
5
Description:
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.
Subject (Topic):
Persian poetry
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gulistan, [1602-17--]

10.
Kulliyat, [1685]

Creator:
Sadi., creator
Published / Created:
[1685]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 41
Image Count:
6
Description:
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
Subject (Topic):
Persian poetry
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Kulliyat, [1685]