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
Illuminated plaque on paper with calligraphy and decorative elements. Includes four liturgical poems for Purim customary among Kurdish Jews, verses from the Book of Esther, and the blessings recited before and after the reading of the Megillah.
Manuscript on paper, containing a miscellany on the topic of prognostication and the occult. Contains: Ma'rifat taqwim, Knowing the calendar; Fal nameh, A treatise for fortune-telling; and Nasi Ibn Muhammad Ibn Haydar Rammal Shirazi's Work on branches of the occult
Ḥusaynī, Muḥammad Muʼmin, -1698, author حسىنى، محمد مؤمن، -1698 author
Published / Created:
19 Shaʻbān, 1124 H [21 September, 1712]
Call Number:
Manuscript Persian S-3
Image Count:
240
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Part 4 of Tuḥfat al-muʼminīn "Precious gift of the faithful" (an encyclopedic work on medicine and materia medica) of Muḥammad Muʼmin al-Ḥusaynī al-Tunukābunī (d. 1698), a prominent physician in Azerbaijan, originally composed for the Ṣafavid Shāh Ṣafī II Sulaymān (reigned 1666-1694). Part 4 (Tashkhīṣ-i rābiʻ) "Tadāvā-yi sumūm" is on poisons, their effects, how to avoid them, their remedies, kinds, etc. It was copied by Mullā Muʼmin Kashmīrī for ʻAbd Allāh Bīk Kūtvāl on 19 Shaʻbān 1124 (21 September, 1712) probably in Iran
Alternative Title:
Tuḥfat al-muʼminīn. Selections 880-02 and تحفة المؤمنين. Selections 240-02/r