Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 407Origin: As appears in colophon on p.584, transcription of Dīvān-i Khvājah-i Salmān completed 3 Ramaḍān 823 [ca. 11 September 1420], apparently by one Furṣat Gharīb. All other texts seemingly transcribed by the same copyist. As appears in colophon in margin on p.221, transcription of Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ completed 20 Ramaḍān 823 [ca. 28 September 1420].Former shelfmark: "97 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "٢٢٧" on tail edge of text block.Binding: Pasteboards faced in fine silk textile (in red with green stripes defining rectangular panels containing floral motifs) with dark red leather over spine, fore edge, and edges / turn-ins (silk faced and leather edged framed binding) ; accompanied by slipcase faced in black coated and textured paper (embosed with scroll / interlace pattern) and edged in dark maroon leather, lined in printed marbled paper and fitted with yellow woven pull cord ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in bright red coated and textured paper (embossed with a scroll / interlace pattern virtually identical to that on the slipcase) ; decorative border on leather of upper and lower covers consisting of tooled and gold-painted band in chain pattern and gold and white-painted dome and stroke accents ; fore edge and envelope flaps are similarly decorated ; flap of slipcase carries contents ("اسامى ديوانچها كه در اين مجموعه ديوان سلمان حاشو ديوان حافظ ديوان كمال ديوان عصمت") with the four titles set among vegetal decoration (painted in gold, slate blue and white) ; gold-painted vegetal pattern on edges of text block ; sewn in red thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and pink, in fair condition though tail band is detaching due to damage to primaries ; overall in fairly good condition with pest damage at spine, minor abrasion to fore edge flap, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, fairly indistinct) and no chain lines visible, cloudy formation, quite crisp, thin and trasluscent though sturdy, well-burnished ; staining and tidelines.Decoration: Superb double-page illuminated at opening (pp.2-3) consisting of four rectangular pieces carrying verses in gold tawqīʻ and ornamented with delicate floral motifs and a border of lozenges mainly in blue, gold and white above and below the central written area (also bordered in lozenges with delicate vegetal designs in gold) ; further illuminated cartouches carrying headings (in particular at openings of dīvāns of Ḥāfiẓ, Kamāl, and ʻIsmat on pp.2, 222, and 474) appear in the margin ; additional illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of ghazals on p.380, consisting of rectangular piece with cartouche carrying heading in gold "غزليات مولانا جمال الدين سلمان" surrounded by delicate floral vegetal motifs in shades of blue, pink, white, gold, red, etc. on grounds of blue, black, etc. ; written area, margins and divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined by black fillets ; keywords and headings chrysographed ; textual dividers in the form of illuminated rosettes ; illuminated arabesques accent margins.Script: Naskh with elements of nastaʻlīq ; compact hand in a medium line ; virtually serifless and fairly vertical with elongation of horizontal strokes, some sweeping descenders, rāʼ somewhat elongated and slightly reversed, many closed counters, pointing mainly in strokes rather than distinct dots, occasionally kāf is written as vertical stroke with miniature kāf seated above (effect of the whole being resemblance to hamzah seated on alif), interesting form of dāl-rāʼ (در) in which rāʼ is nested in dāl and 'horizontal' stroke of dāl is angled and parallel to stroke of rāʼ ; most headings in an elegant, highly ligatured tawqīʻ.Layout: Varies ; at opening of codex written with mainly 21 lines per page (divided into two columns) in the central written area and as many as 40 lines on the diagonal ; at close of codex written mainly in 14 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, IV-1 (7), 6 IV(55), III (61), 29 IV(293), ii ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes back flyleaf and skips two pages between pp.545-546).Colophon: [Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ] "Scribal," reads "تم ديوان ملك الشعرا املح الكلام واوضح اللسان شمس الملة والدين محمد الحافظ الشيرازى طيب الله مضجعه ورحم الله له ولكاتبه ولناظره ولمن قال امين برحمتك يا ارحم الراحمين في عشرين من شهر رمضان المبارك لسنة ثلاث وعشرين وثمانمائة الهجرية م" ; [Dīvān-i Khvājah-i Salmān] "Scribal," triangular, reads "تم الديوان على يد الفقير الحقير اقل عباد الله المجيب فرصت غريب فى الثالث من رمضان المبارك لسنه ثلاث وعشرين وثمانمائه الهجرية ٨٢٣"Incipit: [Dīvān-i Khvājah-i Salmān] "هر دل که در هوای جمالش مجال یافت عنقای همتش دو جهان زیر بال یافت ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from collation statement at close on p.584.Ms. codex.4. p.474-p.549 : Dīvān-i Khvājah ʻIsmat / Khvājah ʻNaṣīr al-Dīn ʻIṣmat Samarqandī.3. p.222-p.473 : Dīvān-i Shaykh Kamāl al-Khujandī / Kamāl Khujandī.2. p.2-p.221 : Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ / Ḥāfiẓ.1. p.2- p.584 : Dīvān-i Khvājah-i Salmān / Jamāl al-Dīn Salmān Sāvājī.Elegant majmūʻah containing an early copy of the Dīvān or collected poems of Jamāl al-Dīn Salmān Sāvājī (d.1376), the renowned panegyrist of the Jalāyirids, along with excerpts from the dīvāns of Ḥāfiẓ, Kamāl, and ʻIsmat on the ruled margins.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 337Origin: As appears in closing matter (colophon including patronage statement) on pp.676-7, executed for Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qājār (1769-1834, r.1797-1834) ("ḥasaba al-amr amīr bī-naẓīr... Fatḥ ʻAlī Khān, al-shahīr bi-Bābā Khān, Qājār Quvānlū ... sawwadahu wa-nammaqahu..."), apparently before his ascension to the throne, by Ibn Muḥammad Taqī al-Sāravī Muḥammad (author of Tārīkh-i Muḥammadī, still living in 1802) with transcription completed 23 Jumādá I 1203 [ca. 19 February 1789]. Statement dated Rabīʻ I 1232 [January-February 1817] on 'title page' (p.3) names the copyist and indicates that the manuscript was presented to the Imperial Library.Former shelfmark: "432 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" and "١۷" inscribed in pencil on opening leaf (p.1, serves as flyleaf) ; possible inventory inscription on fore edge of text block.Binding: Heavy pasteboards covered in painted lacquerwork with spine in dark gray leather ; Type III binding (without flap), two-piece binding (overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; upper and lower doublures in fine painted lacquerwork of a central medallion evoking a four-petalled flower and pendants of vegetal design in gold on a red ground, framed in gold ; upper and lower covers bear paintings of nearly identical composition with entire panel virtually filled with swirling vines in yellow / gold, leaves of green and grapes of dark red on a pale orange ground, surrounded by vegetal borders in gold on dark red and green grounds ; sewn in red thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in red, cream and [?] (now gray), good condition ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and losses to lacquerwork and pasteboard, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper of several types ; opening type with 13 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 19-22 mm. apart (vertical) and watermarks of "FC" under scalloped crown (see p.8, etc.) and shield with lion rampant, "F" below and scalloped crown above (see p.10, 14, 16, etc.) ; next type with 11-13 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 22 mm. apart (vertical), and watermarks of smiling lion passant guardant with "F" below (see p.12, 20, 22, etc.) and "FC" only (see p.26, 28, etc.) ; next (and majority) type with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 19-21 mm. apart (vertical), and watermarks of "FL" under scalloped crown (see p.98, 120, 360, 680, etc.) and three hats (see p.100, 154, 184, 340, 488, etc.) ; all highly sized and burnished, thin and crisp though quite sturdy.Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular panel with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral motifs and swirling vegetal design in gold, red, blue, and white on fields of blue and red, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling vegetal design and floral motifs in green, lavender, orange, red, pink, and yellow on a blue and gold ground with outline and accents in white and black, all set in a well of blue with white accents ; rich illuminated marginal decoration (including inner margin) on incipit and facing page (pp.4-5) consisting of elaborate swirling floral vegetal design in green, orange, yellow, pink, lavender, and light blue on a gold ground, on incipit page (p.4) surrounding a domed medallion in gold carrying the name of Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qājār ("السلطان فتحعلي شاه قاجار"), possibly added later upon his ascent to throne ; additional exquisite double illuminations at openings on pp.342-343 and 344-345, including headpieces and marginal decoration (on pp.344-345, marginal decoration includes birds in pink, blue and orange) ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by frame of red with gold accents, gold cloud-bands setting off the text, and vertical bands of blue and red arabesque framing the columns ; written area elsewhere surrounded by frame of gold bands defined by black fillets (columns and divisions within written area also defined by gold bands and black fillets) ; keywords and section heading rubricated ; occasional textual dividers in the form of three or four red discs.Script: Shikastah (shikastah-nastaʻlīq / شكسته نستعليق ) ; elegant Persian hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in roughly 19 lines per page, with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV (8), 34 IV(280), V+3 (293), 2 III(305), III+1 (312), 3 IV(336), II (340) ; Chiefly quaternions ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes front flyleaf).Colophon: "Scribal," including patronage statement, in Persian and Arabic, reads "حسب الامر امیر بی نظیر زیبنده تاج و سریر ... فتحعلی خان الشهیر ببابا خان قاجار قوانلو خلد الله سلطانته باتمام این کلیات واختتام این ابیات معجز آیات پرداخت ... سوده ونمقه العبد المحتاج الى الله الصمد ابن محمد تقى الساروى محمد في يوم الاربعا ثالث عشرون شهر جميدى الاول من شهور سنه ۱۲۰۳"Explicit: "اگر که گاه بودی محتشم را نکته آموزی"Incipit: "نفیر مرغ سحر خوان چو شد بلند صدا پرید زاغ شب از روی بیضه بیضا ..."Title from statement on 'title page' (p.3).Ms. codex.Splendid copy of the Dīvān of Muḥtasham-i Kāshānī (d.1587 or 9) executed by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Taqī Sāravī for Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qājār (1769-1834, r.1797-1834) before his accession to the throne.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 685Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.123b (p.246), transcription of first work finished ("qad waqaʻa al-farāgh min taḥrīrih wa-tanmīqih...") in latter Ṣafar, 1021 [April 1612] ; name of copyist is unclear, though he appears to have been muʼadhdhin (müezzin) in the Gazi Ali Bey mosque, likely of Vučitrn [Vıçıtırın], Kosovo. As appears in colophon on fol.179a (p.357), transcription of second work finished on the first of Muḥarram 1029 [ca. 8 December 1619] ; name of copyist (and perhaps also place of transcription) was recorded but later effaced and now illegible.Accompanying materials: a. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas. -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda.Former shelfmark: From spine label and inscription on fol.1a (p.1), "IL 215" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Heavy, thick, dark brown leather without boards (limp binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; upper and lower cover bear blind-tooled border and diamond design (slightly off-center) in four cross-like rosettes ; same cross-like rosettes appear in decorative border along upper and outer lengths of the cover ; entire design appears some what off-center, as though cover was decorated for larger codex and then cut to fit this ms. ; exposed interior of leather covers serve as "doublures" ; sewn in blue thread, two stations ; in fair condition, though quite worn, with leather cracked and abraded, but still well-attached to text block.Support: European laid paper with laid lines running vertically spaced roughly 8 laid lines per cm., chain lines (horizontal) spaced 27-28 mm. apart, and watermark of anchor in circle (single line) with leaf or trefoil above (see p.6, 12, 256, etc.), sturdy, heavily burnished ; same paper appears to have been used for both works ; countermark "B C" below trefoil is visible in p.254, etc.Decoration: Textual dividers in the form of red discs, three dots, etc. appear throughout ; text rubricated with textual dividers, overlinings (marking transcribed verse being commented upon, etc.), and section headings ("بيت" introducing verse, "رحمه", etc.) in red.Script: Copied in two distinct hands, one for each work, though hand at close of opening work is similar to that of second work and possibly supplied by the same copyist: [1] Naskh ; Turkish / Balkan hand ; virtually serifless with mainly closed counters, kāf mashkūlah preferred, final kāf having kāf ṣaghīrah (hamzah-like form) repeated twice, in typical position and above the vertical stroke ; occasional extremely slight effect of words descending to baseline and final letters or final word of line superscript ; [2] Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; Turkish / Balkan hand ; virtually serifless, though a left-sloping head serif on lām of definite article rarely appears, strong effect of words descending to baseline, final letters or words superscript or line curving up, mainly closed counters, point of final or free-standing nūn set down in or near return stroke of tall, wide bowl.Layout: Written in 19 lines per page ; impression of ruling board evident.Collation: V-1 (9), 7 V (79), III+1 (86), I (88), 3 V (118), IV (126), 5 V (176), II (180) ; chiefly quinions ; copy is acephelous with first leaf of first quire missing ; several leaves between the two works and following the second are left blank (though without loss of text) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (supplied during cataloguing).Colophon: [1] Scribal, triangular, reads: "قد وقع الفراغ من تحريره وتنميقه عن يد [اضعف؟] العباد الله هدايته [؟] الله عن قصه بلون [؟] المؤذن بجامع غازي على بيك تحريرا في اواخر صفر المظفر في يوم خميس في وقت الظهر سنة احدى وعشرين والف من هجرة النبوية عليه افضل التحية م م م" ; [2] Scribal, triangular, reads: "تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب في يوم الاحد من الشهر المحرم الحرام الشريف في وقت العصر سنة تسع وعشرين والف من هجرة النبوية عليه افضل التحية كتبه الحقير هدايته الله ..."Explicit: [1] توفيق حقه رفيق اولوب آلت اولمغه سعى اتمك كركدر والسلام تمت النسخة الشريفة المباركة [المسمى] بشرح جزيرة المثنوي المكين [؟] بلمحات لمعات المثنوي وهي مرآت للسالكين ... وهو الله في السماء والارض لا اله الا هو عليه توكلت وهو رب العرش العظيم [2] رحمه ما دام كه اغح[؟] بود غن دبره در باد صبا ياخود سو ندرردوه حادي نغمتي تمتIncipit: [1] صلوات صافيات وتحيات وافيات بي غايات اول شاه كزيده [2] الحمد لله الذي جعل النظام لانتظام الكلام والصلوة والسلام على محمد سيد الانام وعلى اله العظام واصحابه الكرام وبعد بو عبد فقير ورق حقير قليل البضاعة عديم البراعة حضرت فخر العابدين قطب الواصلين الموفق من عند الله رب العالمين شيخ سعد الله الخلوتيTitle from inscription on fol.1a.Ms. codex.4. fol. 179b-fol.180b : [blank].2. fol. 127a-fol.179a : Şerh-i kaside-yi Bürde/ Şeyh Sadullah Halvetî.2. fol.124a-fol.126b : [blank].1. fol.1a-123b : Şerh-i Cezire-yi Mesnevi/ Bağdadlı İlmî Dede.Two works, the first being İlmî Dede's Turkish commentary on on the Persian Jazīrah-i Mas̲navī, a selection by Yusuf Sinaneddin Sineçak (d.953/1546) of 360 verses from Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī's Mas̲navī and the second being Şeyh Sadullah Halvetî's Turkish commentary on al-Būṣirī's (d.694/1294) Arabic poem in praise of the Prophet Muḥammad, al-Burdah, or al-Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ Khayr al-barīyah. Copy is acephelous with first leaf of first quire missing.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 153Origin: As appears in colophon on p.93, third work copied by Aḥmad ibn Walī al-Arzanjānī [Ahmet Veli Erzincanlı] with transcription finished Jumādá II 1137 [February-March 1725]. As appears in colophon on p.183, ʻUmdat al-aḥkām also copied by Aḥmad ibn Walī al-Arzanjānī [Ahmet Veli Erzincanlı] in the Sulaymānīyah madrasah of Mecca (Sultan Süleymân Medresesi, Mekke'de) with transcription finished Wednesday, 9 Rabīʻ I 1128 [ca. 3 March 1716]. As with several other works and excerpts in this codex, copied from the manuscript of ʻAbd Allāh ibn Sālim al-Makkī al-Baṣrī ("نقلت هذه النسخة الشريفة من نسخة الاستاذ ... عبد الله بن سالم المكي ... البصري"). As appears in colophon on p.322, al-Asrār al-marfūʻah fī al-akhbār al-mawḍūʻah copied in Mecca also by Aḥmad ibn Walī al-Arzanjānī [Ahmet Veli Erzincanlı] with transcription completed in Rajab 1128 [June-July 1716]. As appears in colophon on p.333, al-Niʻmah al-kubrá also copied in Mecca by Aḥmad ibn Walī al-Arzanjānī [Ahmet Veli Erzincanlı] with transcription completed in 1128 [1716]. Some excerpts also dated and with place of transcription specified (see p.189 "... كتب في عاشر من شعبان في مكة المكرمة سنة ۱۱۲۸").Accompanying materials: Several inserts carrying notes, glosses, etc. (paginated pp.55-56, pp.79-80, pp.147-148, pp.167-168, pp.341-342) along with a leaf from another ms. (paginated pp.351-352).Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 85. Collection of homilies, traditions, etc."Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather with envelope flap and interior of fore edge flap in tan leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in yellow-tinted laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry scalloped blind-stamped mandorla and epigraphic pendants ("حاجي احمد") with blind-tooled rosette accents forming crescent adjacent to mandorla and border in tooled fillets ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in blue and cream, headband cut from textblock (primaries) and adhering to spine lining (primaries stitched through), tailband still attached to textblock but only partially ; overall in poor condition with much abrasion, some staining, moisture damage, etc. ; textblock fully detached from cover, which is certainly roomy in the spine and may have originally been intended for a different textblock ; housed in box for protection.Support: What appears to be a European laid paper with 11-12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines spaced 24 mm. apart, but remarkably, no watermarks visible ; well-sized and burnished.Decoration: Keywords and section headings rubricated ; written area surrounded by red rule-border (through p.22) ; occasional textual dividers in the form of red discs ; occasional abbreviation symbols in red ; some overlining in black and red ink.Script: Naskh ; several hands ; mainly a fine Turkish hand, partially seriffed with left-sloping barbed head serif on final lām, occasional head serifs on alif, initial lām, etc., effect of tilt to the left, mainly open counters, rightward descenders mainly tapered, rounded and somewhat freely ligatured ; another hand showing influence of nastaʻlīq, with tilt to the right, elongation of horizontal strokes, mainly closed counters, final nūn often reversed (re-curved) ; partially vocalized ; headings in larger, bolder script.Layout: Written in 25-31 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 4 V(40), III (46), IV (54), V (64), 2 VI (88), 9 V(178), II (182) ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; foliation in blank ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, in ʻUmdat al-aḥkām (begins on p.119 with ۲) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes front flyleaf and inserts ; skips two pages between pp.323-324).Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. composite codex.15. p.376 : [blank].14. p.336-p.375 : Mashāriq al-anwār / al-Ṣaghānī.13. p.334-p.335 : [assorted excerpts].12. p.324-p.333 : al-Niʻmah al-kubrá ʻalá al-ʻālam bi-mawlid sayyid banī Ādam / Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī.11. p.323-p.[] : [assorted excerpts].10. p.190-p.322 : [al-Asrār al-marfūʻah fī al-akhbār al-mawḍūʻah] / al-Qārī al-Harawī.9. p.184-p.189 : [assorted excerpts].8. p.118- p.183 : [ʻUmdat al-aḥkām] / ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn ʻAbd al-Wāḥid al-Jammāʻīlī al-Maqdisī.7. p.113-p.117 : [assorted excerpts and table of contents for ʻUmdat al-aḥkām].6. p.99-p.112 : [al-Ḥarf al-kāf, excerpt from al-Jāmiʻ al-ṣaghīr] / al-Suyūṭī.5. p.94-p.98 : [partially blank, carrying assorted excerpts from Mirqāt al-mafātīḥ, al-Maṣābīḥ, etc.].4. p.88-p.93 : [Risālah mushtamilah ʻalá taḥqīq masaʼlat al-ishārah bi-al-misbaḥah fī al-ṣalāh].3. p.65-p.87 : [excerpt from al-Jāmiʻ al-ṣaghīr] /al-Suyūṭī.2. p.6-p.64 : [excerpt from Tanbīh al-ghāfilīn] / Abū al-Layth al-Samarqandī.1. p.1-p.5 : [originally blank, now carry excerpts, owners' marks, etc.].Careful copy of a collection (majmūʻah / mecmua) of works and excerpts on hadīth.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 853Origin: As appears in colophon on p.232, transcription of opening work completed 2 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1259 [ca. 24 December 1843] in Amīnʹpūr. As appears in colophon on p.424, final work copied by Muḥammad Bakhsh valad-i Muḥammad ʻAẓīm (likely the same copyist who executed Isl. Ms. 852 and Isl. Ms. 854) with transcription completed 15 Rajab 1244 [ca. 21 January 1829].Accompanying materials: a. Sheet of ruled paper with notes in pencil "First part | 'Jenghis-name' | Dated '1259 which corresponds to 1888' in Aminpur | Second part | Completed 1888 in same place. | Title not mentioned in colophon. Religious history" and in pen "PERSIAN SCRIPT" -- b. Card with typed description "K240 | 17301 | Indian [struck through] Persian [struck through] Mogul (?) manuscript book, leather binding with paper faces. | Amritsar." and in pen "PERSIAN SCRIPT" -- c. Photocopy of card with typed description "17301 | 865 Amritsor, India | 1 Indian manuscript book | Original no. K240. Leather binding; date 1888. | Univ., of Mich., Div. of Fine Arts | Walter Koelz, 1932-33 | March 19, 1934" -- d. Scrap with verses between pp.10-11 -- e. Torn scrap with notes between pp.64-65 -- f. Scrap torn from a page itself torn from a printed New Testament in Urdu (page appears at close of volume) between pp.92-93 -- g. Yet another torn scrap with prayer between pp.200-201 -- h. Yet another scrap with verses between pp.214-215 -- i. Page torn from a printed New Testament in Urdu (carries verses from the Gospel according to Luke) following p.424 at close of codex.Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 2Binding: Pasteboards faced in now dull yellow laid paper with dark red leather over spine and board edges (paper faced, leather edged framed binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in light brown laid paper ; same dark red leather also used for inner hinges, to which textile spine lining has been glued and both sandwiched in paper ; upper and lower covers inner and outer triple-rule painted borders in silvery gray ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in light blue and cream, now further down on the spine, in fairly good condition though with some losses of thread and ends of rolled paper cores exposed, primaries sewn through spine lining ; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of spine leather, upper joint split explosing spine lining and leather of inner hinge, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Indian) laid paper with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, indistinct, curving) and chain lines occasionally visible, quite cloudy formation, inclusions, fairly thick and sturdy though transluscent, only lightly burnished, light brown in color ; bit of blue thread / yarn visible in p.235.Decoration: Section headings and keywords rubricated throughout ; text to be entered in red provided in margins.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant Indian hand in a thin to medium line ; in opening work, large and spacious, in final word smaller and more compact though appears to be the same hand ; characteristically serifless with gentle effect of words descending to baseline, inclination to the right, elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing (for two and three dots) in strokes rather than distinct dots, yāʼ always pointed, point of final nūn often set down within wide bowl ; naskh employed for transcription of some Arabic passages (see opening of final work on p.236).Layout: Written in 25 (opening work) and 18 (final work) lines per page, with written area for opening work divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 14 IV(112), II (116), 12 IV(212), i ; almost exclusively quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of oblique strokes in black in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: [Jangnāmah] "Scribal," triangular, reads " ثم تم تمام شد نسخه متبرکه کتاب جنگ نامه از تصنیف حامد بتاریخ دویم دویم ماه دالحج بروز یکشنبه بوقت سپهر سنه ١٢٥٩ هجری سنه ١٨٩٨ در موضع امین پور تحریر یافت بحرمت النبی و اله الامجاد تمام تمام تم شد تم تم شد" ; [Durr al-majālis]"Scribal," triangular, reads "بید خط فقیر حقیر پر تقصیر مفتی محمد بخش ولد محمد عظیم غفر الله له بتاریخ پانزدهم ماه رجب المرجب بروز پنج شنبه سنه ۱۲۴۴ ۱۸۸۵ در ماه ماکیه در موضع امین پور در خانۀ دیوا سینگه هنابل تحریر یافت والله اعلم بالصواب تمام شد"Incipit: [Jangnāmah] "لکھ لکھ حمد الاه نون جینی کل جهاں ..." ; [Durr al-majālis] "یا ایها الذین آمنوا صلوا علیه و سلموا تسلیما پیغامبری که خلعت در عالم علوی و سفلی بطفیل عظمت وجود اوست که مقر انبیا ولایت اوست و مقر اولیاء بهدایت اوست قوله تعالی فاتبعونی یحببکم الله زهی محبوب ازل که امان نامه عذاب امت را ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from colophon on p.232 and opening on p.236.Ms. codex.3. p.236-p.424 : Durr al-majālis / Sayf Ẓafar ʻAlī Nawbahārī.2. p.233-p.235 : [originally left blank now some leaves carry elegiac poetic excerpts (مرثیه از نصیر الحق, etc.) and prayer].1. p.4-p. 232 : Jangnāmah / Hāmida Shāha Abbāsī.Careful copy of a lengthy Panjabi poem on the martyrdom of Imām Ḥusayn and Durr al-majālis a Persian prose work on ethics. Extensive contributions to the cataloguing from Connie Bobroff, Arif Naushahi, Ali Rafi and Hossein Mottaghi. Further contributions to the physical description from Elizabeth Kunze.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 123Origin: As appears in colophon on p.953, al-Qāmūs copied by Najm al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʻIlm al-Dīn Ibrāhīm al-ʻAbbāsī. Transcription finished ("wa-kāna al-farāgh min kitābatih...") 17 [?] Dhū al-Qaʻdah 934 [ca. 3 August 1528]. Lengthy authorial colophon also appears on p.953. As appears in colophons on p.17 and p.20, added opening commentary and biographical notice for al-Fīrūzābādī copied by ʻAlī ibn Muṣṭafá. Transcription finished Ṣafar 1166 [December 1752 or January 1753].Accompanying materials: Scraps of paper inserted, some with notes (paginated pp.57-58, pp.261-262, pp.681-682) ; leaf from another ms. copy of this work also inserted (paginated pp.943-944).Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 54. Al-Kamus al-muhit."Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark olive green leather ; Type II binding (with flap, though now lost) ; doublures in red leather ; upper and lower covers bear large blind-stamped and gold-painted mandorla filled with floral vegetal composition (compare Déroche class. OAi 6) and surrounded by gold-painted accents, accompanied by gold-painted border of tooled fillets framing a roll in a series of s-shaped stamps ; doublures and interior of envelope flap carry simple border in tooled and gold-painted fillets ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; worked endbands in lime green and red, fair condition ; overall in poor condition with lower cover fully detached at spine, upper cover also detaching, flap lost, some abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of leather, delamination of boards, pest damage, etc. ; repairs in tan leather ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European laid paper (Persian?) with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), curving and sagging at head and tail, irregular chain lines, crisp and somewhat translucent ; added leaves preceding main text in European laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 21-22 mm. apart (vertical), and three crescent (tre lune) watermark ; some staining.Decoration: Illuminated titlepiece on 'title page' (p.25) consists of rectangular panel carrying the title and introducing the author "كتاب القاموس المحيط والقابوس الوسيط في اللغة مولفه" ; this panel serves as a headpiece (ʻunwān) for the rectangular, full-page panel below, which carries a biographical notice for the author ; elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening of main text on p.26 consists of rectangular panel set in a well of narrow gold bands and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; rectangular panel bears cartouche carrying basmalah in white ink on a field of gold with swirling vegetal arabesque in green ; cartouche is flanked by vegetal accents in gold on a fields of blue ; entire panel surrounded by frame consisting of a central blue band with white cross pattern flanked by gold fillets ; written area throughout surrounded by frame consisting of gold band outlined by black fillets, with additional blue fillet appearing on incipit and facing page ; textual dividers in the form of gold dics appear on incipit and facing page ; text being commented upon in opening sharḥ, keywords, some entry/section headings, and abbreviations rubricated ; section headings and keywords occasionally chrysographed.Script: Naskh ; fine Syrian hand [?] ; virtually serifless ; open counters ; pointing in distinct dots ; mainly tapered descenders ; fully vocalized ; added opening commentary supplied in a naskh with influence of nastaʻlīq, virtually serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters.Layout: Written in 35 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: VI (12), 25 V(262), IV (270), 8 V(350), IV (358), 12 V(478) ; chiefly quinions ; final three leaves left blank ; Hindu-Arabic numerals appear irregularly at mid-quire ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts ; skips first leaf and two pages between pp.33-34).Colophon: [Sharḥ Khuṭbat al-Qāmūs] "Scribal," triangular, reads: "تمت الرسالة المنيفة الشريفة على يد احقر العباد واحوجهم علي بن محمد في يوم الثلثة في وقت الضحوة الكبرى في شهر صفر في سنة ست وستين ومائة والف" ; [Tarjamat al-muʼallif al-Fīrūzābādī] "Scribal," triangular, reads: "تمت هذه الرسالة الشريفة وقت العصر في شهر صفر سنة ست وستين ومائة والف تم تم تم تم تم تم" ; [al-Qāmūs] "Scribal," triangular, reads: "وكان الفراغ من كتابته في يوم الثلثاء بين الظهر والعصر السابع [؟] عشر من شهر ذي القعدة الحرام شهور سنة اربعة وثلاثين وتسع مائة ... على يد العبد الفقير الذليل الحقير المعترف بالعجز والتقصير الراجي عفو ربه العفو القدير من ليس لفضل مولاه ناسي احمد المدعو نجم الدين بن ابراهيم علم الدين العباسي عفا الله عنهما وغفر لهما وختم لهما بخير امين والحمد لله رب العالمين وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل وصلى الله وسلم على من لا نبي بعده واله وصحبه والتابعين بعده"Explicit: [al-Qāmūs] "لان قبلها كسرة تخلفها ويا الجزم المنبسط رأيت عبدي الله لم تسقط لانه لا خلف عنها"Incipit: [Sharḥ Khuṭbat al-Qāmūs] "الحمد لله وسلام على عباده الذين اصطفى ولمياء منهم يزول قلق الرب ويحصل طأمنينة اليقين والشفاء اما بعد فقد سألني بعض الاخوان من اعيان الزمان ان اشرح لهم خطبة القاموس ..." ; [al-Qāmūs] "الحمد لله منطق البلغاء باللغي في البوادي ومودع اللسان اللسن الهوادي ... وبعد فان للعلم رياضا وحياضا ...والفت هذا الكتاب محذوف الشواهد مطروح الزوائد ... واسميته القاموس المحيط لانه البحر الاعظم ..."Title from titlepiece on 'title page' (p.25).Ms. composite codex.5. p.954-p.960 : [blank].4. p.25-p.953 : al-Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ wa-al-qābūs al-wasīṭ / al-Fīrūzābādī.3. p.21-p.24 : [blank].2. p.17-p.20 : Tarjamat al-muʼallif al-Fīrūzābādī.1. p.2-p.17 : Sharḥ Khuṭbat al-Qāmūs / ʻĪsá ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥīm.Elegant copy of al-Fīrūzābādī’s (d.1414 or 15) renowned dictionary of the Arabic language. Preceded by a commentary on the dictionary's preface by ʻĪsá ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥīm (see Kashf al-ẓunūn 2/1308 and GAL, S II 234) and a biographical entry for al-Fīrūzābādī, both copied much later than the main text and supplied on added leaves.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1010Origin: As appears in inscription (colophon) on opening leaf, transcription completed 1236 [1820 or 21].Accompanying materials: a. Photocopy of a letter, from C. A. Storey at the India Office, Whitehall, London, to Mr. Turner, 4 January 1927: "The title of the Persian book which you left with me some time ago is Guldastah (i.e. The Nosegay) and the author Ray Govinda Rama Rao. It was completed at Masulipatan in the year 1236 of the Muhamadan era (=1820-1 A.D.). As you will see from the slips which I have inserted at a number of points, the contents are miscellaneous, but the greater part of the book consists of extremely brief historical summaries relating mainly to Southern India. The pictures of course have little artistic value and the work itself is unimportant. Such things have no fixed market value, and it is always difficult to estimate what they will fetch, but I do not think it would be possible to sell this manuscript for more than £1 (one pound) and it might even be difficult to find any one who would give so much. "I must apologize for keeping the manuscript so long. "Yours sincerely "C.A. Storey" -- b. Photocopy of a letter, from "Ernest [Turner?]" at the India Office to "Alice," 5-1-27: "I have at last got the promised report on your Persian book and send it herewith. It is evidently not a treasure, but the Map of the World near the beginning is rather fascinating, as it seems to omit Europe Asia Africa America and most other places." -- c. Slip of paper stamped "Rare Book Room/Stephen Spaulding Memorial" and inscribed in pencil: SS-4077/Edwards cat 784:198/£5" -- d. Two cards with writing of Emilie Savage-Smith [?]: "Personal family tree/Moghul (NW India/illus. fine late 18th c./go thru & remove paper slips w/ ID" and "SS Isl. Ms. shelved on VB,1" -- e. Slip of paper: "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report"; in hand of Jamison: "Letter from C. A. Storey laid in."Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 159Binding: Boards covered in shell marbled paper (in brown, blue, yellow, and red) with brown leather over spine and board corners (half binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted laid paper ; sewn in cream thread over three tapes / cords (flexible sewing) ; overall in quite poor condition with cover fully detached at spine with losses of leather and lining (adhesive exposed), sewing almost entirely failed, abrasion, red rot, staining, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 24 mm. apart (vertical) and watermarks of "S & C WISE 1818" (fol.1, etc.) and heart divided quarterly with initials "E V I C" and "1818" below (see fol.3, etc. and compare Heawood no.3466, in sample dated 1823), thin and sturdy, dark cream in color ; two leaves on a non-European (likely Indian) laid paper.Decoration: Some keywords and headings rubricated, many others overlined in red ; written area throughout surrounded by red or black double rule-border ; illustrated with several diagrams (namely one full-page color representation of the source of growth and spiritual attributes and of a wheel in orange and red, along with four full-page architectural layouts / plans and one half-page world map in black and white) and portraits of various rulers or legends (two full-page and roughly 21 half to three-quarter page paintings, varying in size, most heavily employing pastel colors such as lavender, pink, pale yellow, mint green, red, dark orange, etc.) ; some paintings cut from other pages and pasted on to the present leaves.Script: Nastaʻlīq with elements of shikastah ; fine Indian hand, varying in size ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation and exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct or conjoined dots, sweeping descenders (final yāʼ often uncurved, final nūn often reversed or recurved).Layout: Roughly 17-33 lines per page on the diagonal, much variation depending on whether an illustration is present ; every other page left blank (i.e. only the recto of each leaf has been employed except for two cases where an illustration / portrait has been supplied on the verso, see fols.8-9).Collation: Likely originally quinions, most bifolia now split and sewing failing ; foliation in faint brown ink (reversed, i.e. proceeds as though the codex were read left to right).Colophon: "مراد حق ما بود آنچه گفتم ز هجرت ده صد دو سی و شش بود سنه ١٢٣۶ تحریر تمام شد [؟] مدینه مچهلی پتن"Title from inscription on opening leaf.Ms. codex."Inserted paper slips describe contents specifically: [1] 'A note on the Copernican theory that the Earth & the other planets revolve round the Sun.' [2] 'A list of the Muhammadan rulers of northern India.' Accompanying illustration shows Indian ruler with an English king or governor. [3] 'A sketch of the history of the Marhatta kingdom to the time of Baji Rao.' [4] 'Plan of a fort (apparently at Daulatabad).' [5] 'Portrait of Sultan Abu 'l-Hasan Shah, the last king of Golconda, who died A.D. 1700.' [6] 'Statement concerning the revenues of the Subahs of the Deccan.' [7] 'Plan of Hyderabad.' [8] 'Account of Asaf-Jah.' [9] 'Map of the World.' [10] 'Geographical notes on Europe.' [11] 'Notes on England.' [12] 'On the Pope and his relations with England.' [13] 'A summary of English history (little more than a list of kings) to the time of Richard I'" - from handlist prepared by R. Dougherty, 1993.Elegant copy of a collection of historical miscellanies, mainly pertaining to southern India, composed by Ray Govinda Rama Rao (see inscription on opening leaf).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 154Origin: All works appear to be in the hand of a single copyist, named in the colophons which appear following a few of the works (see p.24, p.119, p.144, and p.177) as Muḥammad al-Qāriṣī [al-Qarṣī] ibn Uways ibn Muḥammad ibn Ramaḍān (Mehmet Üveys Karsî) for or while in the service of Mevlana Mahmut müftü of Kars Erzurum. As appears in colophon on p.24, transcription of al-Tibrīzī al-Ḥanafī's Sharḥ al-Risālah al-ʻAḍudīyah fī al-ādāb [al-Risālah al-Ḥanafīyah] finished Rabīʻ II 1155 [June-July 1742]. As appears in colophon on p.119, transcription of Risālat Ḥallāl al-mushkilāt finished in the city of Kars, Erzurum (vilayet) 1 Rabīʻ I 1155 [ca. 6 May 1742]. As appears in colophon on p.144, transcription of Kāshifat ḥāl al-mawtá completed 8 Rabīʻ I 1155 [ca. 13 May 1742]. As appears in colophon on p.177, transcription of Risale-yi Hakanî completed in Rabīʻ I 1155 [May-June 1742].Accompanying materials: Slips carrying glosses tipped in (paginated pp.49-50, pp.55-56).Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 74. Collection of tracts."Binding: Pasteboards covered in combed marbled paper (in red, blue, and yellow ; see interior of flap) with dark brown leather over spine, foreedge flap, and edges/turn-ins ; entire cover now fitted with custom textile jacket / detachable overcover (see p.246-247, 453 in Julia Miller, Books will speak plain) in light green-blue linen, stiched across board linings in heavy cream and blue thread (yarn) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in laid paper ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked endbands in green and red, fair condition ; overall in fair condition with abrasion, staining, tearing, etc.Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and major chain lines spaced roughly 23-24 mm. apart (horizontal) but spaced roughly 6-8 mm. from apparently minor chain lines (giving the effect of chain lines grouped in pairs) ; watermark with crown above fleur de lis, studded pendant and initials 'GB' 'MF' below ; well-sized and burnished ; some inclusions ; thin but sturdy ; moisture damage obscures text in upper inner corners of written area.Decoration: Titles, section headings, keywords, and abbreviation symbols rubricated ; overlining in red.Script: Naskh influenced by nastaʻlīq ; all works mainly in one fine Eastern Anatolian hand, virtually serifless with effect of tilt to the right, mainly closed counters, some elongation of descenders and horizontal strokes, slight effect of words descending to baseling, freely ligatured, point of final nūn often assimilated with bowl, final yāʼ often mardūdah, etc.Layout: Written mainly in 21 lines per page ; written area of a few texts divded to four and two columns to set off poetry ; frame-ruled.Collation: 6 V (60), V+1 (71), V (81), VI (93), V (103), IV+1 (112) ; chiefly quinions ; 'quire numbering' in the form of whole words roughly every ten leaves toward the middle of each quire (often the leaf following the middle bifolium, see p.35, p.57, p.77, p.97, etc.) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts).Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.25. p.224-p.228 : [blank].24. p.206-p.223 : [Risālah fī al-tajwīd]/ Muṣṭafá al-Anṭākī.23. p.205 : [blank].22. p.178-p.204 : Hilye-yi Hakanî / Hakanî Mehmet Bey.21. p.164-p.177 : Risale-yi Hakanî / Hakanî Mehmet Bey.20. p.163 : [blank].19. p.152-p.162 : Risālah fī al-kabāʼir wa-al-ṣaghāʼir min al-dhunūb / Ibn Nujaym.18. p.150-p.151 : [Risālah fī al-fiʻl al-iṣṭilāḥī] / Kadızade Mehmet [?].17. p.148-p.149 : [Risālah ṣaghīrat al-ḥajm fī mā istafadtu mimmā yataʻallaqu bil-Qurān al-ʻaẓīm] / Kadızade Mehmet [?].16. p.145-p.147 : [blank].15. p.122-p.144 : Kāshifat ḥāl al-mawtá / Kadızade Mehmet [?].14. p.120-p.121 : [blank].13. p.106-p.119 : Risālat Ḥallāl al-mushkilāt / Fatḥ Allāh ibn Maḥmūd al-Mawṣilī.12. p.78-p.105 : Kitāb al-Munabbihāt / Ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqalānī.11. p.76-p.77 : [assorted excerpts].10. p.42-p.75 : Risālat al-ʻadl fī bayān ḥāl al-Khiḍr / Numân Paşa bin Mustafa Paşa Köprülü.9. p.36-p.41 : [blank].8. p.26-p.35 : [Tafsīr Sūrat al-Mulk] / Kemalpaşazade.7. p.25 : [blank].6. p.18-p.24 : Risālah-yi ʻAḍudī fī al-ādāb [i.e. Sharḥ al-Risālah al-ʻAḍudīyah fī al-ādāb] / al-Tibrīzī al-Ḥanafī.5. p.17 : [originally left blank, now carries waqf statement].4. p.12-p.16 : al-Fāriqah bayna al-sāʻāt al-saʻīdah wa-al-naḥisah / Kadızade Mehmet Necip [?].3. p.8-p.11 : [blank].2. p.7 : [table of contents].1. p.1-p.6 : [blank].Clear copy of a collection of treatises (majmūʻah / mecmua) on assorted topics. Contents listed on fore-edge flap label and 'table of contents' (p.7).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 253Origin: As appears in colophons on p.69, p.110, and p.451, entire majmūʻah likely copied by Hābīl ibn ʻUmar with transcription of Kitāb al-Chighmīnī finished 26 Rabīʻ I 1095 [ca. 13 March 1684], transcription of Ashkāl al-taʼsīs completed 19 Ṣafar 1095 [ca. 6 February 1684], and transcription of al-Shāfiyah completed 12 Muḥarram 1093 [ca. 21 January 1682]. Completion of transcription for the other works not specified, but likely falling between 1682 and 1684. Colophon on p.367 would indicated that Matn al-Bayḍāwī fī al-naḥw was copied by ʻUmar al-Marsawī [?] [perhaps the copyist's father] with transcription completed 9 Rabīʻ I 1060 [ca. 12 March 1650], though the copyist very likely simply copied this verbatim from the exemplar.Accompanying materials: a. Slip of ruled paper with "Jaghmīnī | Mulakhkhaṣ | trans. into German | 2 DMG | 47, L13" in pencil -- b. Insert carrying glosses tipped in (paginated pp.373-374).Former shelfmark: "219 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "18" inscribed in pencil on 'title page’ (p.3) ; "٣٢٣" on tail edge.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; two-piece binding (overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; pastedowns and flyleaves (as well as flap lining) in a fine marbled paper (in red, blue, light green, and maroon) ; upper and lower covers carry gold-tooled elongated central lozenge and roll border in a series of s-shaped stamps ; sewn in light blue thread, two stations, failing with many gatherings loose ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and light blue, some damage but in fair condition ; overall in fairly good condition with only minor abrasion and lifting of leather ; fore edge flap somewhat small.Support: European laid paper of several types, all well-burnished ; opening type with 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 20-21 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermarks of large, elaborate scrollwork / arms with two stars (see p.12-13), scrollwork / arms with mermaid or figure above (see p.8, 18, etc.), another scrollwork / arms with chevrons and again figure above (see p.6, 20) ; another type with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 25-26 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of three hats (see p.32-33, etc.), sturdy and slightly thicker ; another type with 11-12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 27-28 mm. apart (vertical) and watermark of lion rampant (see p.112), quite sturdy ; some leaves tinted (pink, orange, ochre, etc.), others untinted but silver-flecked, and still others both tinted and silver-flecked.Decoration: Keywords, section headings, and abbreviation symbols rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of inverted commas in red ; written area surrounded by frame consisting of a narrow gold band outlined with black fillets ; several diagrams in red and black (see p.7, etc.).Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; bold, elegant hand ; serifless, with characteristic descent of words to baseline ; elongation of horizontal strokes as well as exaggerated contrast in thickness as compared to vertical strokes.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board clearly evident).Collation: ii, 3 V(30), III (36), 3 V(66), VII (80), 14 V(220), ii ; chiefly quinions ; several leaves between each work left blank ; catchwords present in opening work, then 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 ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes some flyleaves and inserts, skips two pages between pp.203-204 and skips ahead ten pages from 333 to 344).Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.20. p.452-p.454 : [blank].19. p.372-p.451 : al-Shāfiyah / ʻUthmān ibn ʻUmar Ibn al-Ḥājib.18. p.368-p.371 : [blank].17. p.322-p.367 : Matn al-Bayḍāwī fī al-naḥw / ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻUmar al-Bayḍāwī.16. p.314-p.321 : [blank].15. p.302-p.313 : Tahdhīb al-manṭiq / Saʻd al-Dīn Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar al-Taftazānī.14. p.296-p.301 : [blank].13. p.292-p.295 : al-Risālah al-waḍʻīyah / ʻAḍud al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad al-Ījī.12. p.284-p.291 : Risālat al-istiʻārah / Abū al-Qāsim ibn Abī Bakr al-Laythī al-Samarqandī.11. p.282-p.283 : Matn al-Ḥanafīyah / ʻAḍud al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad al-Ījī.10. p.277-p.281 : [blank].9. p.164-p.276 : Tahdhīb al-kalām / Saʻd al-Dīn Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar al-Taftāzānī.8. p.158-p.163 : [blank].7. p.116-p.157 : Hidāyah fī al-ḥikmah / al-Mufaḍḍal ibn ʻUmar Athīr al-Dīn al-Abharī.6. p.111-p.115 : [blank].5. p.76-p.110 : Ashkāl al-taʼsīs / Muḥammad ibn Ashraf al-Samarqandī.4. p.70-p.75 : [blank].3. p.4-p.69 : Kitāb al-Chaghmīnī / Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad al-Jaghmīnī.2. p.2-p.3 : [blank].1. p.1 : [contents listing].Elegant copy of a collection (majmūʻah / mecmua) of treatises on assorted topics. Contents listed on second flyleaf at opening of codex (p.1).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 354Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. would suggest latter 18th century. Date accompanying ownership statement provides a terminus ante quem of 1236 [1820 or 21]. This manuscript may have been one of the valuables inherited by Z̤iyāʾ al-Salṭanah Shāh Begum from her father's mother Āsiyah Khānum.Former shelfmarks: "525 [?] T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" and "260" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf.Binding: Upper and lower covers lost, as well as spine leather (sewing, etc. fully exposed on spine) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; sewn in red thread, six stations, over two wide tapes, still intact ; overall in quite poor condition with upper and lower covers lost, abrasion, lifting and losses of spine leather, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct) and no chains clearly visible, thin, crisp and transluscent though sturdy, highly sized and burnished to glossy, grayish in color ; written area surface dyed pink, yellow, light green, etc. ; some breakthrough within written area in first few quires of second work.Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of first work consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche (carrying the basmalah in white ink) flanked by delicate vegetal designs in gold, white and pink on a blue ground and bordered in bands of black and gold, surmounted by double w-shaped piece filled with delicate floral vegetal decoration in pink, green, yellow, etc. on fields of gold, blue, and green, all set in an elaborate well consisting of bands of red, gold interlace, and black and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and vegetal forms in gold ; another splendid headpiece at opening of second work on fol.100b consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche (carrying the basmalah in white ink) flanked by vegetal designs in gold and green on a blue ground and bordered in bands of green and gold, surmounted by w-shaped piece filled with delicate floral vegetal decoration in pink, green, yellow, etc. on bands of gold, blue, and dark lavender, all set in an elaborate well consisting of bands of black, gold, and green overlaid with floral designs and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and vegetal forms in gold ; illuminated marginal decoration bordering written area of incipit and facing page of opening and second work each consisting of a band of floral and vegetal forms in gold with green and red accents ; written area surface dyed pink, yellow, light green, etc., gold-flecked and surrounded by gold frame, divisions within also ruled in gold ; headings and keywords rubricated ; overlining in red ; textual dividers in the form inverted commas in red ; opening work illustrated with one half-page (fol.50a) and one full-page (fol.53b) miniature and final work illustrated with three half-page (fol.193b, 195a, 203b) miniatures and one full-page (fol.198a) miniature, all in Indian style.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; bold, elegant hand in a heavy line ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation and exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct dots ; Arabic excerpts in a bold naskh, mainly serifless (though alif of lam alif ligature has left-sloping barbed serif) with dramatically sweeping descenders, usually fully vocalized.Layout: Varies ; opening prose work written in 19 lines per page ; written area often divided to three columns with verses on the diagonal or alternating diagonal and horizontal in 10-16 lines (hemistiches) per column, for 15 to 24 lines of verse per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: 4 IV(32), II (36), 2 IV(52), III-1 (57), 3 IV(81), III (87), IV (95), II (99), 8 IV(163), V (173), III (179), 3 IV(203), IV+3 (214) ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black oblique strokes appear in opposite outer corners of the facing leaves ; a few leaves ruled and tinted but left blank in opening work (see fol.33b, 42a, 74b) ; catchwords present.Incipit: [Vaqāʼiʻ-i Ḥaydarābād] "روزنامچۀ وقایع ایام محاصرۀ قلعه دار الجهاد حیدرآباد سیز دهم رجب سنه ٣٠ دمی که مدرس کشاف صبح در صفۀ صدق و صفا ..." ; [Mas̲navī] "حمد و شکر او را که هرچه هست ازوست دام هستی حلقه دار از های و هوست ..." ; [Nān va ḥalvā ] "ایها اللاهی عن العهد القدیم ایها الساهی عن النهج القویم ..." ; [Farhād va Shīrīn] "الهی سینۀ ده آتش افروز در ان سینه دلی و ان دل همه سوز ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from inscription on 'title page' (fol.2a).Ms. codex.9. fol.213b-fol.214b : [blank].8. fol.204b-fol.213a : [other poetic excerpts].7. fol.180a-fol.204b : Khusraw [Farhād] va Shīrīn / Vaḥshī Bāfqī.6. fol.179b : [blank].5. fol.169a-fol.179a : Nān va ḥalvā / Bahāʼ al-Dīn ʻĀmilī.4. fol.168b : [blank].3. fol.100b-fol.168a : [Mas̲navī] / Niʻmat Khān ʻĀlī.2. fol.100a : [blank].1. fol.2b-fol.99b : Rūznāmachah-i muḥāṣarah-i Qalʻah-i Dār al-Jihād / Niʻmat Khān ʻĀlī.Splendid copy of a collection of works (majmūʻah) opening with Rūznāmachah-i muḥāṣarah-i Qalʻah-i Dār al-Jihād or Vaqāʼiʻ-i Ḥaydarābād, the journal of the seige of Ḥaydarābād by Awrangzīb in Rajab and Shaʻbān 1097 [1686] composed by Niʻmat Khān ʻĀlī Shīrāzī (d.1710), followed by a Mas̲navī of Niʻmat Khān, Nān va ḥalvā by Bahāʼ al-Dīn ʻĀmilī (d.1621), Farhād va Shīrīn (title in rubricated heading given as Khusraw va Shīrīn), one of the mas̲navīs of Vaḥshī Bāfqī (d.1583), and a few other poetic excerpts. Illustrated with six fine miniatures. Contributions to the cataloguing from Ali Rafi.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 393Origin: As appears at close of final table on p.241, transcription of that section completed 1267 [1850 or 51]. Other sections continuing the tables likely date from around the same time, though later additions (by subsequent readers / owners) also appear (see final entry on p.129 dating to 1277 [1861]). Many sections including the opening matter, opening of the chronological and other tables, khātimah, etc. appear to date much earlier, likely the late 17th century given that the chronological matter for these sections ends around 1080 [1669 or 70] (see p.95).Former shelfmark: "518 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on interior of upper cover.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red / maroon leather ; Type III binding (without flap), two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; board linings and flyleaves in orange surface-dyed European laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OAi) with gold-painted accents and border ; sewn in yellow thread, four stations ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and purple, head and tail damaged (core nearly exposed) ; overall in fair condition with abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, lower cover detaching at split joint, etc.Support: European laid paper of several types ; main type with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 32-33 mm. apart (horizontal) and three crescents watermark (100 mm. long perpendicular to chains, see p.18, 60, etc.), thick, sturdy, cream in color, well-burnished ; later sections (pp.97-140, 147-208, 215-226, 238 to close) on other papers including one with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 28-30 mm. apart (vertical) and watermarks of crescent with face in profile in shield and "A" below (see p.98, 100, etc.) and eagle with "GFA" below (see p.102, 114, etc.) also "A G" countermark (see p.150) and double-headed eagle (see p.244, 252, etc.) ; flyleaves and added leaves on still two other papers, one with 6-7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 27-30 mm. apart (vertical), and crown-star-crescent watermark (71 mm. tall parallel to chains, see p.4, 8, etc.), sturdy and beige in color, the other with 11-12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 16-33 mm. apart (vertical) and watermark of three circles with crown above, cross in top circle (see p.6, etc.).Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece at opening on p.18 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral motifs in gold, pink, lavender, red, and white on grounds of gold and dark blue, surmounted by scalloped dome filled with swirling floral vegetal composition in gold, pink, lavender, red, white and yellow on grounds of dark blue and gold, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue, entire piece set in a well of lavender defined by "gold" bands ; written area surrounded by frame consisting of narrow bronze colored band defined by black fillets with outermost red rule, divisions within (for tables) in red rules, in final sections red rules only ; keywords and some headings rubricated, others in blue, green or orange ; textual dividers in the form of gold and red discs.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; at least two elegant hands (hand changes at p.96) ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes ; headings in many of the tables in a large, elegant naskh.Layout: Written in 19-21 or 29 lines per page (opening matter, i.e. preface and introduction, and khātimah), with tables (جداول) divided to roughly 8-21 rows (in roughly 26-29 lines) and two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, IV (8), 4 V(48), VI (60), V (70), 2 VI(94), V (104), VI (116), V (126), i ; mainly quinions with a few senions ; several leaves among the chronological tables ruled but left partially or entirely blank (see pp.138-140, pp.148-149, pp.157-166, etc. ); catchwords present ; foliation (begins with table on p.30) in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and added leaves at opening).Colophon: "Scribal," reads "تمت الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب سنه ١٢۶۷"Incipit: "حمد وثنا وشكر بى انتها اول مبدأ اول جل وعلايه كه فهرست غرايب كاينات وفذلكۀ عجايب واقعات اولان اوراق پر اثمار توارخى ... وبعد چون فن جليل القدر تاريخده فضل وشرف مقرر ... در كتابه وضع تقويم كيفيتى تعليم ومنشأ تواريخى تفهيمده ..."Title from inscription on front flyleaf (p.1) and from closing matter (p.211).Ms. composite codex.Elegant composite copy of Kâtip Çelebi's collection of chronological tables (through 1059 [1649]) intended as an index to his Fadhlakat al-tawārīkh [فذلكة التواريخ , or Fezleke], with continuation. The chronological tables are preceded by an introduction, followed by tables of the various pre-Islamic (see p.141) and Islamic (see pp.142-147) dynasties, and tables for the Ottoman sultans (see pp.150-156), Şeyhülislam (pp.167-175), Grand Viziers (pp.180-193), etc. and closing matter (pp.209-211). Final entry in the chronological tables is for the year 1277 [1861] with the death of Sultan Abdülmecid I and ascension of Sultan Abdülaziz I (see p.129), though the tables are ruled and headed through the year 1321 [1903-4] (see p.137).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 269Origin: Lacks dated colophon, but likely mid 19th century as suggested by paper. Opening matter on fol.2b (p.4) indicates that composition of main work was finished in 1207 [1792-1793].Accompanying materials: a. envelope in blue wove paper printed in French, Ottoman Turkish, Greek and Armenian with the mark of a pharmacy in "مقری کوی" [Makrıköy, Istanbul] accompanied by inscription in ink, ruqʻah script with name, etc. "عزتلو اسمائل بك افندى ..." -- b. between fol.119-120 (p.238-239) a slip inscribed with names, etc. in black ink, Ottoman hand.Binding: Heavy pasteboards covered in red orange leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in blue-tinted, gold-flecked paper ; flyleaves in untinted (cream to dark cream) wove paper ; upper and lower covers bear simple tooled (with s-shaped stamp) and gold-painted outer border with inner rulings of gold-painted fillets ; sewn in pink-cream thread, two stations ; finely worked chevron endbands in yellow (soiled and faded to cream) and maroon ; in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, edge wear, gashes, etc. ; endbands in excellent condition ; cover still very well-attached to textblock despite the book's heft.Support: European laid paper of at least two types [1] in opening quire, final quire, etc. vertical chain lines very evenly spaced at 25 mm. apart, any laid lines are too fine to be visible, dark cream, burnished ; watermarks include "PICARDO" with six petaled flower above, alternating with lion in scrollwork in other leaves (as in Heawood 3737, c.1825 Lisbon) and [2] in final folio, etc. chain lines vertical evenly spaced 29 mm. apart, laid lines horizontal spaced roughly 11 laid lines per cm., quite even and distinct, well-burnished, dark cream color ; watermarks include latin cross in minor scrollwork shield, initials "G B" below (final folio) ; in second to final folio "BELLANDO" ; in fourth to final folio "GRILLO" with figure on ball/pedestal (very similar to Heawood 1364-1365) above ; some burnishers marks ; pigment burn (especially blue in illuminated headpieces).Decoration: Well-executed illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) on fol.1b (p.2) consists of narrow rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche and flanking accents in gold, blue, red, and pink surmounted by tall scalloped semi-circular (dome) approaching w-shaped piece with intricate swirling floral vegetal pattern in black, blue, pink, red, green, yellow, orange, white, and gold on fields of blue and gold ; similar illuminated headpiece appears on fol.312b (p.624) ; on fol.314b (p.628) and fol.316b (p.632) small illuminated headpieces, mainly gold resembling elongated cartouche with flanking accent pieces in white, blue, pink, yellow and red ; on fol.339a (p.677) an illuminated headpiece consisting of narrow rectangular piece carrying the basmalah surmounted by a piece giving the effect of an inverted w-shaped piece with swirling floral vegetal pattern similar to that appearing in the first headpieces ; throughout, text is surrounded by a frame consisting of a heavy gold band outlined by black fillets, an inner gold band and an outer blue fillet and then at some distance a second frame consisting of a thin gold band outlined by black fillets ; various columns and other areas of the written area are delineated by a thin gold band outlined by black fillets ; on incipit and facing page, margin filled with a swirling floral vegetal pattern in black, gold, red, and green ; text rubricated with keywords, section headings, overlining, etc. in red ; decorative tables of contents appear in main work ; a few diagrams appear in main work and several in appended works, see for example diagrams in treatise on prosody (divided concentric circles fol.318b-320a/p.636-639 and tree-like forms fol.320b/p.640) and in historical work (figure of fol.352b/p.704 showing the planets through Saturn in their orbits around the sun and figure of fol.359b/p.718 showing the circle of the Earth divided to its inhabited and uninhabited quarters).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; small, fine Persianate hand ; sans serif ; characteristic descent of words to baseline, superscript of final words/letters, letterforms, etc. ; tables of contents in the main work provided in an unpointed script (resembling siyāq / siyāqat), freely ligatured and with dramatic swooping tails.Layout: Written in roughly 27 lines per page (though varies where tables of contents, figures, diagrams, etc. appear) ; mainly large single column, often divided to four columns where poetry appears but varies to accommodate tables of contents and figures ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board quite evident).Collation: i, 38 IV (304), III+1 (311), IV+1 (320), 4 IV (352), I (354), III (360), 5 IV (400), I (402), i ; chiefly quaternions ; a few gaps in the text on fol.349b (p.698) where rubrics appear to be lacking ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "يعقوب شاه بن يوسف شاه است كه در سنه نهصد و نود و پنج برد ست اكبرى عاجز شده بهند آمد ودر سلك امرا منتظم كشت ازان باز كشمير سلاطين دهلى تعلق داشت حالا در تصرف شاه ابدالى است الحمد لله رب العالمين كه اين رساله جامع صفت اختتام يافت"Incipit: "لالى منشور سپاس و ستايش باستحقاق نثار دامن كبرياي [؟] ناظمى تواند بود كه بمحض قدرت كامله گوهر پمانند سخن و معاني در عقد الفاظ ولسان نسائي [؟] كشيد و جواهر ... اما بعد ابجد خوان دبستان يحمداني [؟] ابو طالب ابن مغفور حاجى محمد تبريزى الاصفهانى بعرض اهوش و كوش سالكان مسالك سخداني مير ساند ... "Title supplied by cataloguer from opening matter (preface) on fol.2b (p.4).Ms. codex.7. fol.402a-402b : [blank].6. fol. 339a-401b : لب السير و جهان نما.5. fol. 321b-339a : رساله در مختصر قنون طب.4. fol. 316b-321b : رساله در علم عروض و قافيه.3. fol. 314b-316a : در مصطلحات مسيقى.2. fol. 312b-314b : رساله در علم اخلاق.1. fol. 1a-312a : خلاصة الافكار.Fine copy of Abū Ṭālib Khān Tabrīzī Iṣfahānī's Khulāṣat al-afkār, a taz̲kirah with notices for Persian poets and extracts from their works, followed by his treatises on moral behavior, music, prosody, and medicine as well as his universal history, Lubb al-siyar va jahānʹnumā.