1537. کتاب گلستان

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 306Origin: As appears in colophon on p.276, copied by ʻAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Shaykh Darvīsh Muḥammad al-Shirvānī, al-shahīr bi-Aflāṭūn, (Abdüllatif b. Derviş Mehmet eş-Şirvânî) with transcription completed in 971 [1563 or 4].Former shelfmark: "344" inscribed in pencil on recto of opening leaf (p.1) ; "344 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of opening leaf (p.2).Binding: Pasteboards covered in red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures in brown leather ; upper and lower covers carry tooled and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche OAi 8), pendants and cornerpieces, along with tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps and fillets in gold ; upper and lower doublures carry diamond-shaped central ornament of gold-tooled interlace and border in gold fillets ; sewn in dull yellow, dark blue and dull pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in dull yellow and pink, damaged somewhat ; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, staining, delamination of boards at corners, lifting of leather, envelope flap fully detached, etc. ; minor pieced repairs in dark brown leather ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper of perhap a few types ; opening type with 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 25-28 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of anchor in circle (see p.8-9, 22, etc.) ; another type with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 27-32 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermarks of crossbow in circle (p.262, 268, etc.) alternating with crossed arrows (see p.258, 272, etc.) ; all quite sturdy, dull cream in color, and well-burnished.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4 consisting of large (rising out of the well of turquoise and gold into which it is set and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue), scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) with a central cartouche (carrying the title "كتاب كلستان" in white on a black ground with red floral accents) surrounded by swirling floral vegetal motifs in gold, red, yellow, white, pink, and turquoise on fields of gold and lapis lazuli ; keywords and some vocalization rubricated, others chrysographed or in blue ink ; written area surrounded by frame consisting of gold band defined by black and blue fillets ; tailpiece consisting of floral accents in red and black ink flanking close (p.276).Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant hand ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, mainly closed counters, pointing in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 11 lines per page ; frame-ruled ; written area occasionally divided to two columns to set off verses.Collation: 17 IV(136), I (138), i ; almost exclusively quaternions ; p.38 left partially blank, perhaps for illustration never realized ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," in Arabic, reads "كتبه العبد المذنب عبد اللطيف المذنب بن شيخ درويش محمد الشروانى الشهير بافلاطون غفر الله لهما في سنه ٩٧١ م"Explicit: "در خاتمۀ کتاب گلستان تمام شد کتاب گلستان و الله الملک المستعان و بتوفیق باری عز اسمه درین جمله چنانکه عادت مؤلفان است از شعر متقدمان بطریق استعارت تلفیقی نرفت ... و اطلب لنفسک من خیر ترید به من بعد ذلک غفرانا لکاتبه"Incipit: "منت خدایرا عز و جل که طاعتش موجب قربتست ..."Title from headpiece at opening on p.4 and close on p.275.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Gulistān, celebrated collection of moralizing anecdotes in rhymed prose interspersed with verse (maqāmah form), composed in 1258 by the renowned Persian poet and prose writer, Saʻdī (d.1292).

1538. مثنوی شريف

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 362Origin: As appears in colophon on p.361, copied by ʻAbd al-Rashīd al-Daylamī [?] with transcription completed in 1151 [1738 or 9]. 1151 from 151, being the more likely reading (given the author's dates, decoration, hand, etc.) of what the copyist has entered as "١٠٥١" which initially suggests 1051 [1641 or 2]. A similar practice with numerals appears in the foliation (see fol.110-120 i.e. ١٠١٠ to ١٠٢٠ as entered in red ink). Date in seal impression provides very rough terminus ante quem of 1756.Accompanying materials: Half-sheet of writing paper with note in hand of G. Meredith-Owens, reads "362 | A mas̲navī poem of ethico-religious content. I cannot find the title and author but suspect that he is an Indian imitating Saʻdī and other Persian poets. Perhaps I could have a photostat of the first few folios. Indian, judging from the binding, probably 18th century."Former shelfmark: "119 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in brown leather ; Type III binding in Western style ; doublures in dark red leather with scalloped mandorla, lozenges, floral pendants) pendants and cornerpieces in stamped, gold-painted paper onlays filled with floral compositions and set off by gold-painted rules (both lozenges and floral pendants appended to mandorla) ; made endpapers in comb marbled paper (chiefly in red, orange, black and blue) pasted to outermost leaf of a gathering of three (ternion) ; upper and lower covers carry large, central rectangular panel in stamped, gold-painted paper onlays (applied to recessed leather) filled with symmetrical floral vegetal composition set among interlacing scallops and surrounded by gold-painted and tooled borders (series of annular stamps) setting off wide border (also in recessed leather onlays with stamped, gold-painted paper applied) with additional vegetal motifs ; board edges gold-tooled in scroling vegetal designs ; spine similarly gold-stamped with bands of scrolling vegetal designs alternating with diamond shapes ; sewn in white thread over two cords (apparent as ridges on spine and visible between back endpapers and text block), tightly bound ; worked endbands in pistachio green and pink (interspersed with metallic threads) ; overall in fairly good condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of leather and onlays, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian) laid paper with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct) and single chain lines occasionally visible, thin, crisp and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; endpapers in still a different likely Indian laid paper with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, distinct, curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, many inclusions, sturdy, gray in color ; some staining and tide lines, ink burn (more extensive in some gatherings), minor pest damage, cockling and excess adhesive ; extensive repairs (fills, guards, etc.).Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with basmalah set off by gold cloud-bands and flanked by delicate vegetal designs on gold ground, surmounted by w-shaped piece in gold and light blue overlaid with delicate vegetal designs with floral accents (mainly in pink with orange-red outline, green and black) set in a heavy well of gold interlace, pistachio green, pink and blue bands ; bands of refined vegetal motifs in gold also accent written area on incipit page (p.2) ; written area throughout surrounded by gold frame with divisions within also defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black ; section headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; large, elegant hand in a medium to heavy line ; characteristically serifless with gentle effect of words descending to baseline, superscripting of letters, elongation and exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct dots, occasionally set very close together or conjoined, dramatically sweeping shaqq or sarkash on many kāfs, point of final nūn set just down in wide, slightly angled bowl.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: vi, 3 IV(24), III (30), 5 IV(70), III+2 (78), 6 IV(126), III+1 (133), IV (141), III+1 (148), IV (156), II (160), IV (168), II (172), IV+1 (181), vi ; chiefly quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of faint, oblique black strokes in the upper outer margin of the right-hand leaf and lower outer margin of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present (though occasionally lost or obscured by repairs) ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "مشقه العبد المذنب عبد الرشید الديلمی [؟] فی سنه ١٠٥١ه هجرة النبويه"Explicit: "معتبر بنود تعدد در صفات"Incipit: "حمد و شکر او را که هرچه هست ازوست دام هستی حلقه دار از های [و] هوست ..."Title from inscription on second front flyleaf.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the short mas̲navī of Niʻmat Khān Shīrāzī, known as ʻĀlī (d.1710).

1539. حل اسرار الاخيار على اعراب اظهار الاسرار

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 226Origin: As appears in colophon on p.419, copied by Aḥmad Imāmʻzādah al-Qasṭamūnī (Ahmet İmamzade el-Kastamoni) with transcription finished in Shawwāl 1197 [September 1783].Former shelfmark: "342 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "20" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.3).Binding: Pasteboards covered in tan leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns/flyleaves in gold-flecked yellow-green surface-dyed paper ; upper and lower covers carry gold-stamped (over red-oranged recessed onlays) mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, similar to Déroche class. NSd 7), pendants and cornerpieces with gold-tooled and gold-painted accents as well as guilloché roll border ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and black, damaged ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper ; opening type with 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart (horizontal), and crown and grapes (raisin) watermark (see p.6, 20, etc.), heavily sized and burnished, crisp and transluscent though sturdy, light beige in color ; latter gatherings (from p.181) lighter in color and with " C C W" ["G C W" ?] watermark (see p.190, 191, 230, 231, 420, 421, etc.).Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche and flanking floral motifs in gold, red, and green surmounted by a shallow w-shaped piece filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in green and red on a filed of gold, surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in red and blue and set in a well of decorative bands in light blue, red, white, and gold ; written area throughout surrounded by frame consisting of a series of gold bands with an outer red fillet and a separate red fillet (narrow gold band for incipit and facing page) surrounding the area of the margins ; keywords rubricated ; overlining in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; virtually serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline (occasionally more exaggerated), elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing (for two and three dots) mainly in strokes rather than distinct dots, kāf mashqūqah preferred.Layout: Written in 19 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 20 V(200), V+2 (212), i ; exclusively quinions (one anomalous) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and mistakenly skips two pages each between pp.101-102 and 321-322).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads: "تمت الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب وقد كملت هذه المعرب في شهر شوال سنة سبع وتسعين ومائة والف عن يد عبد الضعيف الحاج احمد امام زاده القسطموني غفر له"Explicit: "ويجوز ان يكون صفة رجل حملا على محله القريب كما في الرضي هذا اخر ما اوردناه من الاعراب على اظهار الاسرار بعون الملك الستار ... اللهم اجعله خالصا لوجهك الكريم ... وصلى الله علي سيدنا محمد الذي ارسل رحمة للعالمين وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين وعلى جميع الانبياء والمرسلين والحمد لله رب العالمين"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي رفع داء الجهل عنا بانزال قرآن عربي بين الهدى علينا ونصب اطباء العلماء بيننا بمحض لطفه واحسانه وكرمه لنا ... اما بعد فيقول الراجي من ربه الحسنى والزيادة حسين ابن احمد الشهير بزين زاده غفر ذنوبهما وستر عيوبهما لما كان كتاب اظهار الاسرار للشيخ محمد البركي بديع الفضل في الاعصار منطويا على حقائق المباحث المعربية ومحويا على دقائق الاسرار الادبية ... سألني بعض الاخوان ... ان اكتب عليه اعرابا لا يغادر صغيرا ولا كبيرا الا احصاه ... فاجبتهم متضرعا الى من هو عليه هين يسير ... وسميته بحل اسرار الاخيار على اعراب اظهار الاسرار ..."Title from opening on p.5.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the commentary by Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad Zaynīʻzade on Iẓhār al-asrār, the work of Arabic grammar by Birgivî (Birgili, Birkawī) Mehmet Efendi.

1540. دیوان امیر خسرو دهلوی

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 313Origin: As appears in colophon on p.862, copied and illuminated (gilded) by Murshid al-Dīn ibn Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Mudhahhib [al-Muẕahhib] with transcription completed 23 Muḥarram 894 [ca. 27 December 1488].Former shelfmark: "164 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards covered in brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures in deep red leather with large central mandorla in leather filigree appliqué over blue paper and green silk as well as gold-painted accents and tooled border ; upper and lower covers carry exquisite stamped scalloped mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition somewhat similar to Déroche class. OSd 2 on a gold ground) and cornerpieces, along with tooled border featuring rows of s-shaped stamps ; design continues on flap ; sewn in light pink and blue thread, two stations, failing, gatherings loose ; worked chevron endbands in light green-blue and light pink, damaged, tailband gone ; overall in fairly good condition with minor staining, abrasion, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chains only faintly visible (possibly in pairs), sturdy and fairly thick, deep cream in color, well-sized and burnished to glossy.Decoration: Superb illuminated frontispiece on 'title page' (p.3) consisting of a scalloped almond (mandorla) or diamond shaped medallion with gold cartouche (carrying "لصاحبه السعادة والسلامة" mainly effaced) surrounded by floral vegetal pattern in green, gold, red, yellow, white, and pink on a lapis lazuli ground, bordered in gold with blue tīgh accents ; exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ ) at opening on p.4 consisting of large rectangular piece with central almond-shaped cartouche carrying title ( "ديوان امير خسرو دهلوى" ) in white over light blue arabesque and surrounded by swirling floral vegetal design (in gold, pink, white, yellow, turquoise, etc. on fields of lapis lazuli and gold) and lozenge border reminiscent of book cover design, surmounted by a row of arabesque and floral motifs in gold, red, turquoise, pink, white, yellow, etc. on fields of gold and lapis lazuli, all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area surrounded by frame consisting of gold band defined by black fillets and outermost blue rule ; section headings and keywords chrysographed or in blue.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 14 lines per page with written area often divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, IV-1 (7), 52 IV(423), IV-1 (430) ; exclusively quaternions (first and last anomalous) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes front flyleaf)Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, in Arabic, reads "تمت الكتاب من كلام افصح المتكلمين وقدوة الشاعرين امير خسرو دهلوى قدس الله روحه العزيز ورحمة الله عليه والحمد لله على اتمامه والصلوة والسلام على خير خلقه محمد واله واصحابه وازواجه ذرياته في يوم السبت ثالث عشرين محرم الحرام سنه اربع وتسعين وثمانمائة كتبه وذهبه العبد الراجي الى رحمة الله الملك الواهب مرشد الدين بن صدر الدين المذهب اللهم اغفر لصاحبه ولكاتبه ولقاريه ولجميع المؤمنين والمؤمنات"Explicit: "هر که علیکم نبگوید تمام به که سلامش نکنم و السلام"Incipit: "حمد رانم برزبان لله رب العالمین آنکه جان بخشید در قرآن هدی للمتقین ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.4.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī (d.1325).

1542. خمسۀ نواى

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 450Origin: As appears in colophon at close of Saddi Iskandariĭ on p.530, copied by ʻAbd al-Salām ibn ʻAbd al-Ṣamad al-Marghīnānī al-Kāshgharī with transcription completed 16 Rajab 890 [ca. 29 July 1485] in Herat. Statement at close of Sabʺai saĭër (here entitled Haft paykar) on p.654 indicates completion in Ramaḍān 889 [September-October 1484].Accompanying materials: a. Slip with notes in pencil on dating and copyist [from colophon on p.530] (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Turquoise-tinted scrap with ḥadīth of the Prophet regarding inscription of the basmalah "قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من كتب بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وجوده فله الجنة صدق حبيب رب العالمين" (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Recycled slip with notes (likely in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas) on paper types and papermaking, "Devlet Shah", etc. (paginated pp.5-6).Former shelfmark: "504 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis" in pencil at close on p.654 ; "٨٩" in black ink on tail edge of text block.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap, though now lost) ; doublures in red-brown leather with elongated central mandorla and cornerpieces in delicate filigree appliqué over blue paper as well as gold-tooled accents and border ; upper and lower covers carry gold-stamped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition reminiscent of Déroche class NSh 1), pendants, and cornerpieces as well as gold-painted accents and border in blind rules and a series of s-shaped stamps ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in red and cream, tab extending from spine leather (repair) protects headband, losses to tailband though core and primaries remain ; overall in somewhat poor condition with flap lost, abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, delamination of boards, opening leaf affixed to upper doublure, etc. ; repair to spine (rebacked) in brown leather.Support: non-European laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct, some curving) and chain lines in pairs occasionally visible (see p.32, etc.), cloudy formation, somewhat thin, transluscent and crisp though dense and sturdy, cream color, well-sized and burnished ; staining and tidelines.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece at opening of each mesnevi (see incipit page of opening work and pp.108, 258, 348, 532), rectangular with central scalloped cartouche or lozenge carrying the title in gold (or black) set in a swirling arabesque (in gold, green or red), surrounded by further delicate arabesques (in green-blue and red on gold ground or gold on light blue ground) ; written area surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets and outermost blue rule, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands ; headings and keywords rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless with characteristic descent of words to baseline and superscripting of final words and letters ; elongation of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page with written area divided to four columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV (8), IV+1 (17), 3 IV(41), IV+1 (50), 9 IV(122), II (126), III+1 (133), 4 IV(165), IV-2 (171), IV-1 (178), 10 IV(258), II+1 (263), 7 IV(319), III (325) ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips opening leaf now affixed to upper doublure and includes inserts).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "توكاندى بنجشنبه كونى رجب آيى ينينك اون آلتى سيندا تاريخ سيكزيوز توقسان دا فى دار السلطنه هراة حميت عن الآفات بيتكجى سى عبد السلم ابن عبد الصمد المرغينانى ثم الكاشغرى غفر الله ذنوبهما وستر عيوبهما امين يا رب العالمين"Incipit: "بسم الله الحرمن الرحيم رشته غه چكتى نجه دريتيم ..."Title from ownership statements inscribed on incipit page at opening and 'title page' of each mesnevi.Ms. codex.Elegant early copy of the five mesnevis of Mir Ali Şîr Nevâî (d.1501), including Ḣaĭratul-abror (حيرت الابرار / Ḥayrat al-abrār), Farhād va Shīrīn (فرهاد و شيرين, entitled Khusraw va Shīrīn in headpiece, see p.108), Laĭli va Mazhnun (ليلى و مجنون / Laylī va majnūn), Saddi Iskandariĭ (سد اسكندرى / Sadd-i Iskandarī, here entitled Iskandarnāmah, see pp.347-8) and Sabʺai saĭër (سبعه سياره / Sabʻa-yi sayyār, here entitled Haft paykar, see pp.531-2).

1543. اقوم الوسائل فى ترجمة الشمائل

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 380Origin: As appears in colophon on pp.990-991, copied by Mahmut, the translator/author's son, for the vizier Hazret Osman Paşa ( حضرت عثمان پاشا) with transcription completed 1 Ṣafar 1112 [ca. 18 July 1700].Accompanying materials: Slip of blue wove paper carrying notes in black ink (between pp.202-203).Former shelfmark: "٢٤٧" in black ink on spine label ; "362 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis] on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in tan / light brown leather framed in black leather (over spine, fore edge flap, and edges/turn-ins) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures / pastedowns and flyleaves in heavy laid paper with a speckled ebru design (marbled) in red, white, blue, green, purple, and black ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped (with gold-painted, red recessed onlays) scalloped mandorla and pendants, as well as wide, tooled and gold-painted border in a series of s-shaped stamps (forming guilloché roll) flanked by gold rules ; design continues on flap ; sewn in blue thread, broken for many of the gatherings in the first half of the text and sometimes repaired with red thread ; worked chevron endbands in brown and light blue, losses exposing cores of head and tailband ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion, lifting (particularly where cover flanges overlap on spine) and losses of leather, envelope flap detaching from fore edge flap, etc.Support: European laid paper of at least three types ; first type with roughly 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines (vertical) roughly 28 mm. apart, well-burnished, thick and creamy (see p.20, etc.) ; second type with roughly 14 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines (vertical) spaced roughly 23 mm. apart, well-burnished, thin and crisp, scrollwork / arms watermark (see p.571, etc.) ; third type with roughly 13 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines (vertical) spaced roughly 14 mm. apart, well-burnished, thin and crisp, watermark with grapes surmounted by a cartouche with "...RBE..." written inside surmounted by a crown (compare to Heawood 2385, see p.791, etc.).Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral vegetal accents in green and red on a gold ground, surmounted by a scalloped, semi-circular piece (dome) with floral floral designs in pink, lavender, red, and teal on a gold ground, itself surmounted by delicate vertical stalks (tīgh) in dark blue and flecked with gold above ; entire piece set in a well of white crosses on a thin red band ; text of written area surrounded by frame consisting of a heavy gold band flanked by black fillets and outermost gold rule ; section headings, keywords, notabilia and some vocalization rubricated ; overlining in red ; textual dividers in the form of discs and inverted commas in gold (incipit and facing page, pp.4-5) and red ; edges of text block decorated with floral-vegetal motifs in gold.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand in a medium line ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline and elongated horizontal strokes, fully vocalized at times.Layout: Written in 19 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV+1 (9), 48 V (489), III+1 (496), ii ; chiefly quinions ; oblique catchwords on the verso of each leaf ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "قد استراحت قديمة القلم عن السياحت في ميادين الرقم ... على يد افقر من مشى تحت الخضرا... محمود ابن مترجم هذا الكتاب المستطاب ... وجعله هدية لخزانة كتب الوزير المكرم والدستور المفخم ... حضرت عثمن پاشا اناله الله بما يحبه ويشا وكثر من المستعدين من اولاه وجعل اخراه اولى من اوليه ... حرر في غرة صفر المظفر ختم بالخير والظفر من شهور سنه اثنى وعشرة و مائة بعد الالف من هجره من انزل عليه القران حرفا بعد حرف"Explicit: "وضلع امرأه ايله تعبير اولنور زيرا رسول اكرم غرابه فاسق الطلاق ومراه يي ضلعه تشبيه بيورديلر والله اعلم وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وله و صحبه اجمعين"Incipit: "ان احسن الاحاديث بعد الحمد لمن جعل السقف الاخضر مرفوعا ... وبعد بو كمينۀ كم بضاعه وفقير قصير الباعه ..."Title from titlepiece on 'title page' (p.3).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the extensive Ottoman Turkish rendering (with commentary) by İshak Hocası Ahmet b. Heyreddin (d.1708) of al-Tirmidhī's (d.892) Kitāb al-Shamāʼil, a collection of traditions comprising the Prophet’s characteristics. Copy apparently executed by the author's son (see colophon) and collated by the author himself (see collation statement on p.1). Descriptive contributions from Nick Krabbenhoeft.

1544. مثنوى معنوى : مجلد چهارم و پنجم و ششم

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 293Origin: As appears in colophon for sixth book ("المجلدة السادسة") on p.345, copied by Tursūn Muḥammad ibn Musāfir Ṣarrāf under the patronage ("بسعي واهتمام") of Ḥāfiẓ Yūsuf al-Bukhārī. Date of transcription not specified though decoration, etc. suggests late 16th or early 17th century (compare Isl. Ms. 270).Accompanying materials: Scrap torn from a packet or advertisement with "بو مهره دقت اولنه" printed in black on one side and name only partially visible in gold [BAFRA ?]on reverse (between pp.166-167).Former shelfmark: "522 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "١٠٩" in ink on spine label.Binding: Pasteboards faced in dark green cloth with red leather over spine and edges / turn-ins (cloth faced and leather edged framed binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in shell marbled paper (mainly in dark green, red and yellow) ; false raised bands as ridges on spine ; hollow back ; now sewn in white thread, four stations ; stuck-on endbands in pale green and white ; text block has certainly been trimmed ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, some spine slant (slightly cocked), etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 6 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct) and no chain lines plainly visible ; transluscent and crisp though sturdy.Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ ) at opening of fourth book / daftar on p.2 consisting of a large (wide) rectangular piece with gold cartouche filled with swirling arabesque in red and flanked by pendants in gold overlaid with floral vegetal accents in gold, yellow, red, white, etc. on a blue ground (approaching lapis lazuli) with border in white and turquoise bands outlining heavy gold interlace, surmounted by rectangular piece with row of swirling arabesque on fields of lapis lazuli and gold with black and red accents, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; another splendid illuminated headpiece at opening of fifth book / daftar on p.104, very similar to the opening headpiece but with scalloped triangular piece (or hasp or dome, head lost to trimming) set in the upper rectangular piece ; at opening of sixth book on p.218, still another splendid illuminated headpiece of similar composition to the previous two but with even more elaborate arabesque and floral motifs and incorporation of an additional band of lozenges and eight-pointed stars (mainly in black, red and gold on a dark green ground overlaid with floral vegetal motifs and outlined in white) between the lower rectangular piece and upper rectangular piece with inset triangular piece or hasp ; written area (and columns within) throughout surrounded by a frame consisting of narrow gold band defined by gold fillets with outermost blue rule ; section headings, prefaces (mainly) and marginal numerals (marking verses) rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, elegant Transoxanian hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page with written area divided into four columns (excluding prefaces and headings) ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 1+IV (9), 7 IV(65), IV+3 (76), IV-1 (83), IV-1 (90), 10 IV(170), I+1 (173), i ; almost exclusively quaternions (several anomalous) ; leaves now carrying pp.147-150 mistakenly bound between pp.146-151 though they should be between pp.166-167 (compare catchwords and line numbering) ; catchwords present though occasionally cut off ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, mainly in Arabic, reads "تمت المجلدة السادسة من المثنوى المعنوى المولوى من كلام سلطان العلماء والمحققين ملك الابدال ... جلال الحق والدين محمد بن محمد بن الحسن البلخى ... بسعى واهتمام جناب فضايلمآب سعادت اكتساب حافظ يوسف البخارى على يد العبد الضعيف ترسون محمد بن مسافر صراف غفر الله لهم"Incipit: "الصغن الرابع [؟] الى احسن المرائع واجل المنافع تسر قلوب العارفين بمطالعته كسر والرياض بصوت الغمام ... اي ضياء الحق حسام الدين توى كه گذشت از بنورت مثنوى ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the fourth through sixth books (daftar / mujallad) of Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī’s didactic poetical work in double verses. Final lines of the third book also appear on opening leaf (p.1).

1545. ديوان نجاتى بك

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 403Origin: As appears in colophon on p.427, copied by Shujāʻ al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī with transcription completed in Shaʻbān 989 [September 1581].Former shelfmark: "229 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf (p.2) ; "٤٠" on front flyleaf (p.1) ; "٦٩٧" on spine label.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures in dark red leather with central mandorla and cornerpieces in gold-painted leather filigree appliqué over blue paper, pendants in black filigree appliqué over gold leaf, as well as gold-painted accents ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (with once gold-painted recessed onlays in dark red leather) mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OSd 3), pendants, cornerpieces and border lozenges ; design continues on flap ; sewn in dark pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, poor condition with tailband entirely gone and headband significantly damaged with losses of threads and core exposed ; overall in poor condition with much abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, fore edge flap detaching, etc. ; numerous repairs in another dark red-brown leather (at edges, spine / rebacked, joints, hinges / rehinged, etc.).Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct, some curving) and occasional pairs of chain lines only faintly visible, somewhat cloudy formation , some inclusions, quite sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; later flyleaves in European laid paper ; breakthrough at frames in many leaves ; numerous repairs (fills, guards, etc.).Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.6, consisting of large rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche surrounded by elegant arabesques with floral accents in gold, red, yellow, and light blue on a lapis lazuli ground and bordered in a bands of red and heavy gold interlace, surmounted by a large scalloped w-shaped piece filled with delicate arabesques in gold, light blue, yellow, red and white on grounds of gold and lapis lazuli divided by bands of white and turquoise to a series of scalloped dome or diamond shapes, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) and set in a well of light blue and gold ; another exquisite illuminated headpiece (rectangular piece surmounted by scalloped dome set in heavy band) at opening of section on p.108 ; written area surrounded by a frame consisting of bands of red, turquoise, and gold defined by black fillets with outermost blue rule, divisions within (some gold-flecked) defined by narrow gold bands outlined with black fillets ; keywords and headings chrysographed ; textual dividers in the form of gold discs.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, with written area often divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 6 IV(48), II (52), 20 IV(212), I (214), ii ; almost exclusively quaternions ; leaves between sections left blank (pp.102-107) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "فرغ من تمت الديوان نجاتي عليه الرحمة فى يوم السبت شهر شعبان المبارك سنه ٩٨٩ تسع وثمانين وتسعمائه عن يد الفقير الحقير شجاع الدين محمد شيرازى"Explicit: "دنيا ايچنده باغ ارم كورمك استين سورسن يوزن مزارنه اول يوجه حضرتك"Incipit:"بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اولدى چو عنوان ديوان قديم كلوكز اولالم كه وبى كاه ذاكر لا اله الا الله ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Necâtî Bey (İsa) Edirnevî (d.1509).

1546. تحفة الحكام في نكت العقود والاحكام ويليه كتاب المغارسة

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 580Origin: As appears in colophon on p.217, second work copied by Aḥmad ibn Abī al-Qāsim with transcription completed 1149 [1736 or 7]. Opening work undated, but likely executed in roughly the same period, early to mid 18th century.Accompanying materials: Acquisitions slip from Yahuda.Former shelfmark: From inner front cover and spine label, "IL 42c" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in untinted paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped scalloped mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition) with pendants and tooled rule border ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and black (or dark grey), good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, staining, lifting of leather (particularly at board edges), exposure and delamination of boards, etc. ; repairs in dark blue or black cloth.Support: European laid paper of at least two types ; opeing type (first work) with 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 24-26 mm. apart (horizontal), and triple mount watermark with "FB" underneath (see p.10, 38, 39, etc.), sturdy and dense ; second work mainly in a type with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 23 mm. apart (horizontal), and sun with rays and face (eyes and nose, see p.116, 118, 200, etc.)Decoration: Section headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of three dots.Script: Maghribī ; two elegant hands with effect of slight tilt to the right, sweeping descenders, etc.Layout: Written in 17 and 28 lines per page.Collation: VI+ 2 (14), 2 V(34), V+3 (47), II+3 (54), VI+1 (67), 3 VI(103), IV (111) ; many senions (sexternions) ; second quire of second work (pp.109-132) mistakenly bound before the first quire, hence opening of text appears on p.136 ; foliation in pencil, Western numerals, supplied for second work by inventory cataloguer ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: [Kitāb al-Taysīr wa-al-tashīl] "Scribal," rectangular, reads "...كمل كتاب التيسير والتسهيل تأليف الشيخ الجليل ابي زيد سيد عبد الرحمن بن عبد القادر ... على يد ناسخه ... احمد بن ابي القاسم ... بتارسخ عام ١١۴۹ ..."Incipit: [Tuḥfat al-ḥukkām] "قال الشيخ رحمه الله الحمد لله الذي يقضي ولا يقضي عليه جل شانه ... وبعد فالقصد بهذا الرجز تقرير الاحكام بقول موجز ..." ; [Kitāb al-Taysīr wa-al-tashīl] "يقول العبد الفقير الى الله ... عبد الرحمن بن عبد القادر ... الحمد لله الملك القديم العالم العظيم الكريم ... وبعد فلما كان باب المغارسة من جملة ما ينبغي للمؤلفين المختصرين ان يتعرضوا له ... طلب مني بعض اخواننا ... ان اجمع في الباب مسائل [؟] جملة وان اذكر في ذلك احكاما مهمة ... ولما لخصته وهذبته ودرجته وقربته ظهر ان اسميه بالتيسير والتسهيل في ذكر ما اغفله الشيخ خليل من احكام المغارسة والتوليح والتصيير ..."Title from inscription on opening 'title page' (p.1).Ms. composite codex.6. p.218-p.222 : [various excerpts].5. p.136-p.217 : ['resumes' Kitāb al-Taysīr wa-al-tashīl] / Abū Zayd ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Fāsī.4. p.133-p.135 : [various excerpts].3. p.109-p.132 : al-Taysīr wa-al-tashīl fī dhikr mā aghfalahu al-shaykh Khalīl min aḥkām al-mughārasah wa-al-tawlīj wa-al-taṣyīr /Abū Zayd ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Fāsī.2. p.107-108 : [various excerpts].1. p.2-p.106 : Tuḥfat al-ḥukkām fī nukat al-ʻuqūd wa al-aḥkām / Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻĀṣim al-Gharnaṭī.Fine Maghribī copy of Ibn ʻAṣim's (d.1426) famous treatise of Mālikī law in 1698 rajaz verses, Tuḥfat al-ḥukkām fī nukat al-ʻuqūd wa al-aḥkām followed by al-Taysīr wa-al-tashīl fī dhikr mā aghfalahu al-shaykh Khalīl min aḥkām al-mughārasah wa-al-tawlīj wa-al-taṣyīr, a commentary by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Fāsī (d.1685) on al-Mukhtaṣar, the renowned compendium of Mālikī law by Khalīl ibn Isḥāq al-Jundī (d.1365).

1547. مقالات شیخ نظامی

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 886Origin: As appears in colophon on p.614, copied by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAbd Allāh on the order of Mīr ʻAbd al-Salām ( مير عبد السلام ) with transcription completed 2 Muḥarram in year 38 of Awrangzīb's reign, i.e. regnal year of Awrangzīb (r.1068–1118/1658–1707), that is Hijrī year 1106 [ca. 23 August 1694].Accompanying materials: a. Scrap with inscription in ink "Niẓāmī MS. of Khamsa 1697" (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Recycled card with notes in hand of Emilie Savage-Smith [?] "Medallion – found at beginning or end, usually contain title – do not use term ʻunwān | Persian poetry - Indian poet, but not Indian ms. | some signatures at end bd. in upside down | 17th c." (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Slip with note "Persian Manuscripts (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owen notes" (paginated pp.5-6) -- d. Slip with note in Arabic on prayer obligation (paginated pp.437-438).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 35Binding: Boards covered in a mottled paper (resembling effect of marble calf / mottled calf / tree calf) in brown with light brown leather over spine and board corners (half binding) ; Western style binding (tight back) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted European laid paper ; edges of text block stained blue ; now sewn over five recessed cords ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion, lifting and losses of leather and paper, etc.Support: non-European laid paper mainly with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (mainly vertical, somewhat indistinct, some curving) and occasional chain lines visible, cloudy formation, sturdy, lightly burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; pastedowns and flyleaves in European laid paper with scrollwork (tree form above and shield at center) and "D & C BLAUW" watermarks ; some staining ; repairs (fills).Decoration: Elegant illuminated titlepiece on 'title page' (p.9) consisting of medallion with central cartouche and roundels carrying the title, author and contents in blue ink on fields of gold, set among fine floral vegetal decoration in gold, red-orange, pink, white, etc. on fields of black and blue, set off by decorative bands in white, gold, blue, green and lavender and radiating stalks (tīgh) ; superb illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of each section (p.10, 64, 204, 300, 398, 555) mainly consisting of rectangular pieces, opening headpiece on p.10 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by gold pendants overlaid with swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold, red-orange, pink, green, light blue, white, etc. set in fields of blue, surmounted by rectangular piece evoking a row of scalloped domes filled with similar floral vegetal design on fields of gold and blue, all set in a well of red, green and blue and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) ; accenting text on p.486, similar floral motifs to that appearing in headpieces ; written area surrounded by frame in gold band with outermost red and blue fillets, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black fillets ; headings chrysographed, rubricated or in blue ink.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a thin line ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline and inclining to the right, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing (two and three dots) mainly in distinct dots ; section headings in tawqīʻ (mainly serifless).Layout: Written in 23 lines per page, with written area divided to four columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 10 IV(80), III (86), 5 IV(126), III+I+I (136), V+1 (147), 5 IV(187), III (193), 6 IV(241), III (247), 5 IV(287), III (293), ii ; chiefly quaternions with occasional ternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of short strokes in black ink in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and lower-outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; tissue weight leaves inserted to protect illuminated decoration (not paginated) ; seven gatherings before the last bound in upside down (pp.497-604) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and inner flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "بتاریخ دویم شهر محرم الحرام سنه سی و هشت جلوس میمنت مانوس محمد اورنگ زیب بادشاه عالم گیر خلد الله ملکه و سلطنته و مطابق سنه هجری مقدس یکهزار و صد و شش کاتب المذنب محتاج الغفران عبد الرحمن ابن عبد الله حسب الفرموده صاحب و الاجاه ذوی المجد و الکرام مفخر الانام میر عبد السلام مد الله تعالی ظل اقباله و عمه نواله الی یوم القیامه کتاب اقبال نامه فی حصن حصین و حصار متین ... نمود تمت بالخیر تم"Explicit: "از اغاز او تا با نجام او تمت الکتاب بعون ملك الوهاب تم"Incipit: "بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم هست کلید در گنج حکیم ..."Title from illuminated titlepiece on 'title page' (p.9).Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of Niẓāmī’s Khamsah (quintet) with Makhzan al-asrār, Khusraw va Shīrīn, Laylá (Laylī) va Majnūn, Haft Paykar, and Iskandarʹnāmah (Sharafʹnāmah and Iqbālʹnāmah, in titlepiece on 'title page' (p.9) distinguished as Iskandarʹnāmah and Iqbālʹnāmah).

1548. شرح كلستان

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 647Origin: As appears in colophon on p.460, copied in Istanbul by Aḥmad ibn Farhād (Ahmet bin Ferhat [ Ferhâd ]) with transcription completed mid-Jumādá II 983 [September 1575]. As appears in preceding authorial colophon, composition completed in Amasya end of Rabīʻ II 957 [March-April 1552].Accompanying materials: Acquisitions slip from Yahuda.Former shelfmark: From inner front cover and spine label, "IL 214" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in black leather with spine in brown leather ; Type III binding (or possibly Type II with flap now lost) ; doublures in dark red leather, now partially covered by untinted laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry gold-stamped (with recessed onlays) mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OAi 9) and pendants, along with tooled border ; sewn in black and cream thread, two stations, many threads broken or gone ; overall in quite poor condition with significant abrasion, lifting and losses of leather (onlays in particular) and board, delamination of boards, detaching at spine ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper of at least two types ; one type with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26-27 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermarks including font with lid and cross [leaf] (or cardinal’s mitre / chapeau) (see p.30, 33, 130, 131, 458, 464, etc. and compare Chapeau nos. 3447, etc. in Briquet, Les Filigranes, Chapeau nos.2-8 in Velkov, Les Filigranes dans les documents Ottomans and nos. 31-32 in Nikolaev, Watermarks of the Ottoman Empire, vol. 1) and angel / figure in circle with star above (see p.460, 461, etc.), thin though sturdy, well-burnished to glossy ; another type with 11-12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 27-29 mm. apart (horizontal), angel / figure watermark (see p.366, 367, etc.) and "H S" under trefoil countermark (see p.288 and compare Briquet 621 and 654, Udine 1573 and 1576), lighter in color, sturdier ; some staining and foxing.Decoration: Keywords, certain excerpts (ḥadīth, etc.) and abbreviation symbols (stroke above notable words, etc.) rubricated ; overlining in red ; textual dividers in the form of inverted commas in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Turkish hand ; serifless with mainly closed counters, effect of tilt to the right, only slight effect of words descending to baseline, exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 19 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: V (10), V+1 (21), 21 V(231), III-1 (236) ; chiefly quinions ; initially lacks proper catchwords but last word of final line on the verso of each leaf is usually repeated at the beginning of the first line on the following recto ; from p.180, catchwords isolated in the lower margin of the verso present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (mistakenly skips two pages each between pp.31-32, 167-168, 311-312, 431-432).Colophon: "Authorial," rectangular, reads "تم شرح كلستان في اخر ربيع الاخر سنة سبع وخمسين وتسعمائة في بلدة اماسية حميت عن البلية" ; "Scribal," triangular, reads "وقد وقع الفراغ من كتابته اواسط جمادى الاخرى سنة ثلث وثمان وتسعمائة في بلدة اسلامبول كتبه الفقير احمد ابن فرهاد غفر الله له ولوالديه واحسن اليهما واليه تم بعون الله"Explicit:"من بعد ذلك الطلب غفرانا لصاحبه اعلم ايها الناظر في شرحي هذا ان الشارح الاول قد بذل جهده في شرحه وان اخطأ في مواضع كثيرة وقد نبهت على مواضع الخطأ واوردت الصواب وبالغت في رده باللطائف لان كلستان موضع الفرح غفر الله تع له ولي ولسائر المسلمين"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي جعلني من علماء البيان والمعاني ... وبعد فان العبد المتوسل الى رحمة الملك القدير بعذر تقصيره في شكر نعمه سرورى الفقير كان منقطعا عن الناس ومعرضا عن الاستئناس ثم دعاه الى الخدمة بالامر السلطاني والقائد الوارد بالكتاب الحاقاني افضل آل عثمان صاحب العلم والعرفان السلطان ابن السلطان السلطان مصطفى بن السلطان سليمان ... ولما كان كتاب كلستان مشتملا على حكايات غريبة وغطات عجيبة ... بحيث يحتاج اكثر مواضعه الى الشرح والبيان ... شرحته شرحا كافيا ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Fine copy of the Arabic commentary upon the Gulistān of Sa‘dī, composed by Muṣliḥ al-Dīn Muṣṭafá Surūrī (Sürûrî) for prince Mustafa (d.1553) son of Sultan Süleyman I (r.1520-66).