Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 877Origin: As appears in colophon at close on p.163, copied by Luṭf Allāh ibn Amān Allāh. Date of transcription not specified. Paper, hand, etc. may suggest 17th century.Accompanying materials: a. Slip with descriptive notes in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "MO 17 Imperfect at the beginning. A work on Muslim institutions (the Ḥajj, almsgiving, etc.) based in the practice of the Prophet as laid down by the Ḥadīth. Undated. Copied by Luṭfullāh b. Amānullāh" -- b. Slip with notes "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- c. Slip with note "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 26Binding: Heavy pasteboards covered in quite dark brown (to black) leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in dark red leather, current flyleaves in untinted European laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind stamped mandorla, pendants, and cornerpieces (each filled with vegetal composition), as well as blind rule borders ; now sewn in white thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in red and blue, fair condition with some losses ; overall in fair condition with losses and delamination of lower board, some abrasion and staining, etc. ; repairs to spine (rebacked), likely resewn.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with roughly 6 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct, curving) and occasional chain line visible, somewhat cloudy formation, inclusions visible, fairly thin and transluscent though quite sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; repairs (guards and fills) ; flyleaves in untinted European laid paper.Decoration: Keywords (فصل marking each section, etc.) rubricated ; some overlining (with two-teeth stroke) in red ; written area throughout surrounded by gold frame with outermost blue rule.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; spacious, elegant hand in a medium to heavy line ; characteristically serifless with gentle effect of words descending to baseline, elongation and exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct or conjoined dots, final or free-standing nūn somewhat irregular, but often set down in wide, slightly angled bowl.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV-2 (6), 3 IV(30), III (36), III-1 (41), 4 IV(73), III (79), II-1 (82), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of oblique strokes in black appearing 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 cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," reads "حرره لطف الله بن امان الله ریئ"Explicit: "... در دنیا سبب نجات از فتن و حوادث و در آخرت موجب رحمت و مغفرت باشد و ما ذلک علی الله بعزیزه و تمت تم"Incipit: "فتنه اشغال بعلم حدیث واجب دیده وضو رسوم حوادث را باین تریاق فاروق مندفع گردانید و جون علم حدیث بحر لا ساحل است ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant (though acephalous) copy of a work in Persian on matters of Islamic ritual practice (ʻibādāt) as attested in the ḥadīth of the Prophet. Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 854Origin: As appears in colophon on p.393, copied by Muḥammad Bakhsh ibn Muḥammad ʻAẓīm [likely the same copyist who executed Isl. Ms. 852 in 1238/1822] with transcription completed in Ṣafar 1256 [?] [April 1840 ?, corresponding to 1896 in Vikram Samvat as likely suggested earlier in colophon] in Bādpūr [?].Accompanying materials: a. Photocopy of card with typed notes "17302 | 865 Amritsor, India | 1 Indian manuscript book | Original no. -- K241. Persian Poetry; 1896; green cloth slip cover. | Univ. of Mich., Div. of Fine Arts | Walter Koelz, 1932-33 | March 19, 1934" -- b. Scrap of ruled paper with notes in pencil "Persian Poetry | Date 1896 | Aminpur (place) | copy of Nizami's Iskandar-name" -- c. Card with typed notes and additions in pen "K241 | 17302 | Indian [crossed out] Mogul (?) manuscript book, green cloth slip cover | Persian script | Amritsar." -- d. Short piece of white cotton cord with label attached "17302/K241" -- e. Slip of paper (once folded) with notes and stamp (between pp.206-207).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 3Binding: Pasteboards faced in untinted laid paper with red-brown leather over spine and edges / turn-ins (paper faced, leather-edged, framed binding), now fitted with light blue (faded to green-blue) custom textile jacket or detachable overcover, stitched to form a sleeve into which each covered board slips (see p.246-247, 453 in Julia Miller, Books will speak plain) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in untinted laid paper (some recycled) ; sewn in black and white thread (black and white threads twisted together), two stations ; heavy, worked chevron endbands in blue and cream, good condition ; overall in fairly good condition with some staining, abrasion, minor losses of cloth, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Indian) laid paper with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, somewhat indistinct, curving) and no chain lines clearly visible, quite cloudy formation, sturdy though thin and transluscent, light brown in color, burnished.Decoration: Headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular piece (carrying the basmalah in black ink) set between decorative bands and surmounted by dome with vegetal design, mainly in red ; section headings rubricated ; some overlining in red ; written area surrounded by red double rule-border, divisions within also defined by red rules.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant Indian hand ; serifless with inclination to the right and slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation and somewhat exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, mainly closed counters, yāʼ always pointed.Layout: Written in 18 lines per page, with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: 24 IV (192), III (198) ; almost exclusively quaternions (followed by a ternion) ; opening and final leaf affixed to endpaper and trimmed ; middle of the quire marks in the form of oblique black strokes in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and the lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf (from p.72-73, perhaps prior to that lost to trimming) ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (includes partial 'flyleaves' / free hinges).Colophon: "Scribal," reads "تمت تمام شد نسخه سکندر نامه بری در ماه سفر [صفر ؟] بتاریخ ١۴ ١٨٩۶ بید خط بنده احقر العباد محمد بخش ابن شیخ محمد عظیم مفتی ... در موضع بادپور تحریر یافت سنه ۱۲ ٥۶"Incipit: "خدایا جهان پادشاهی تراست زما خذمت [خدمت] آید خدائی تراست ..."Title from colophon on p.393.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the opening part (Sharafʻnāmah or Iskandarʻnāmah-i barrī) of Niẓāmī's celebrated poetic account of the legend of Alexander the Great.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 830Origin: As appears in colophon on p.65, opening work copied by Mehmet bin Abdürrahman, khaṭīb in the Ayasofya Camii, with transcription completed in 1211 [1796 or 7]. As appears in colophon on p.101-102, transcription for second work executed by the same copyist (Darzade Mehmet bin Abdurrahman) and completed 18 Rajab 1204 [ca. 3 April 1790].Accompanying materials: Two scraps with listing of numerical values of the Arabic letters according to abjad (paginated pp.67-70).Binding: Pasteboards covered in marbled paper (mainly in blue, salmon (orange) and white) with spine and edges/turn-ins in red leather (framed binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in pale blue laid paper ; sewn in pale yellow thread, two stations ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of paper, small for text block, etc.Support: European laid paper with 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 21 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of lion with "A" visible underneath (see p.12,13, etc., face and tail visible in p.10,16, etc.), well-burnished to glossy, cream in color, thin and transluscent though sturdy.Decoration: Keywords and section headings rubricated ; overlining in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Turkish hand ; serifless with slight inclination to the right and effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing (for two and three dots) in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: VI (12), V (22), 2 VI(46), II (50) ; several senions with quaternion and binion ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts).Colophon: [Vafiyetü'l-evkat] "قد تم هذه الرسالة عن يد عبد الضعيف المحتاج الى رحمة ربه الغفور محمد بن عبد الرحمن الخطيب فى جامع ايا صوفيه غفر الله له ولوالديه واحسن اليهما واليه لسنه احدى عشر ومائتين والف م" ; [Kifayetü'l-vakit li-marifeti'd-dair ve'l-fazle ve's-semt] "تمت الرسالة بعون الله تعالى تماما فى ۱۸ ب سنه ۱۲٠٤ قد تم هذه الرسالة عن يد عبد الضعيف المحتاج الى رحمة ربه الغفور محمد بن عبد الرحمن الملقب بطار زاده غفر الله له ولوالديه واحسن اليهما واليه"Explicit: [Vafiyetü'l-evkat] "صونيه وارنجه در يكلوكى سكز زراع اولمش اولدر" ; [Kifayetü'l-vakit li-marifeti'd-dair ve'l-fazle ve's-semt] "در قوس ارتفاع اوزرينه وضع ايلدك بو تقدير جه حيط سمت قبله يه مطابق اولدى قبله دحى قوس ارتفاعك طرفنه واقع اولدى"Incipit: [Vafiyetü'l-evkat] "الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد سيد الاولين والاخرين وعلى سائر الانبياء والمرسلين وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين اما بعد بو عبد ضعيف المحتاج الى رحمة ربه الغفور مصطفى بن على الموقت بجامع الحاقانى السليمى ... ايدر ديلدمكه ربع مجيب ديمكله متعارف اولان الات رصديه ايجنده افاقى اولوب ... وبو رساله يه وافية الاوقات تسميه ايلدم ..." ; [Kifayetü'l-vakit li-marifeti'd-dair ve'l-fazle ve's-semt] "الحمد لله الذى جعل البحر الاخضر الفلك قناطير المقطنرات ... وبعد بو احقر عباد الله مصطفى بن على الموقت بجامع الحاقانى السليمى ... وبو رساله يي كفاية الوقت لمعرفة الدائر والفضله والسمت برله تسميه ايدم ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from opening matter of first work (p.4) and opening matter of second work (p.74).Ms. codex.4. p.103-104 : [blank].3. p.74-p.102 : Kifayetü'l-vakit li-marifeti'd-dair ve'l-fazle ve's-semt / Mustafa bin Ali Muvakkit.2. p.66-p.73 : [blank, with pp.67-70 representing two paginated inserts].1. p.4-p.65 : Vafiyetü'l-evkat / Mustafa bin Ali Muvakkit.Careful copy of two treatises by Muvakkit Mustafa b. Ali (d.1571), timekeeper in the mosque of Sultan Selim II (r.1566-1574), the first on the use of the sine quadrant (rubʻ mujayyab) in 22 bābs and the second on the use of the almucantar or bridged quadrant (rubʻ al-muqanṭarāt) in 12 bābs.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 603Origin: As appears in colophon on p.377, copied by Ahmet bin Mehmet bin Bâlî (Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Bālī ; احمد بن محمد بن بالي ) with transcription completed ("waqaʻa al-farāgh ʻan taḥrīrih wa-imlāʼih wa-tarqīmih ...") 3 Muḥarram 1032 [ca. 7 November 1622]. As appears in closing matter ('authorial colophon') on p.376, dictation of the composition by the author completed ("wa-qad faraghtu min imlāʼih ...") end of Ramaḍān 965 [July 1558] in Istanbul ( قسطنطنية ).Accompanying materials: a. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda.Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover and 'title page' (p.1) "IL 229" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Boards covered in deep teal cloth ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in olive green cloth ; sewn in dull pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, damaged with losses to head and tailband, cores exposed ; overall in somewhat poor condition with upper board and spine cloth detaching, etc.Support: European laid paper ; mainly with 9 laid linse per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 29-30 mm. apart (horizontal), and crown-star-crescent watermark (see p.24, 34, 88, 89, etc.), sturdy, medium cream in color, well-burnished to glossy ; also toward in the latter part of the codex, another type with 11-12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 25 mm. apart (horizontal), and crossbow in circle watermark (see p.268, 269, etc.), thin and crisp though still dense and sturdy, well-burnished to glossy.Decoration: Keywords, section headings, and notabilia rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas or discs.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Turkish hand, small and compact ; serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left and of words descending to baseline, some sweeping descenders, pointing (multiple dots) mainly in strokes or conjoined dots, free assimilation of letters.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: V-1 (9), 18 V(189) ; virtually exclusively quinions ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "وقع الفراغ عن تحريره واملائه وترقيمه بعون الله وانعامه على يدا [؟] عبده الفقير الى عفوه وغفرانه احمد [؟] بن محمد بن بالي في اليوم الثالث من محرم الحرام لسنة اثنتين وثلثين والف من الهجرة النبوية عليه افضل السلام والتحية هر كه خوند [خواند] دعا طمع دارم زانكه من بندهء كنهكارم"Explicit: "ومنهم الشيخ الصالح مصلح الدين مصطفى من خلفاء السيد احمد البخاري ... توفى رحمه قريبا من ستين وتسعمائة روح الله روحه ونور ضريحه هذا اخر ما تيسر لي بعون الله الملك العلام من تفصيل احوال علماء الاعلام وذكر مناقب المشايخ العظام وحين آن آوان الاختتام ... فليكن هذا اخر الكتاب وقد الميته على بعض من الاصحاب ... وقد فرغت من املائه يوم السبت آخر شهر رمضان المبارك بتاريخ سنة خمس وستين وتسعمائة بمدينة قسطنطنية ... واجب يا رب دعوتي وثبت حجتي وسدد لساني واهد قلبي واسدل [اسلل] سخيمة صدري سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم الكريم لا حول ولا قوة الا بالله العلي العظيم م"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي رفع بفضله طبقات العلماء وجعل اصولهم ثابتة وفرعهم في السماء وزين سماء الشريعة والاسلام بانوار افكار الفضلاء ... وبعد فاني منذ ما عرفت اليمين من الشمال والمستقيم من المحال كنت مشعوفا بتنبع مناقب العلماء واخبارهم ... ولما شاهد هذه الحال بعض من ارباب الفضل والكمال التمس مني ان اجمع مناقب علماء الروم فاجبت الى ملتمسه ... وضعت الرسالة على ترتيب سلاطين آل عثمان ولهذا سميت الرسالة بالشقائق النعمانية في علماء الدولة العثمانية ..."Title from opening matter (preface) on p.3.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the celebrated biographical work by Taşköprüzâde (Taşköprî-zâde) İsam ed-Dîn Ahmet (d.1561), mainly addressing ʻulamāʼ and ṣūfī shaykhs under the Ottomans and organized in ten classes (ṭabaqāt) corresponding to the reigns of the first ten Ottoman sultans through Süleyman I (r.1520-1566). A contents listing (ṭabaqāt by sultan) is provided on the 'title page' (p.1).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 578Origin: As appears below colophon on p.167, transcription likely completed 905 [1499 or 1500], with the date given in numerals (numeral khamsah looking like an inverted 'B' and numeral ṣifr looking like a closed hāʼ) ; paper, etc. and birth notices on p.168 are consistent with this dating. Colophon indicates that the copy was executed by the owner, one ʻAlī ibn ʻAbdī [?] (علي بن عبدي), though the text of the colophon seems to read "...وقع الفراغ في اول رجب سنه و تسعون [؟] و خمس مائة" indicating first of Rajab 591 [ca. 11 June 1195] as a date of completion. This may represent a mistake on the part of the copyist with "... اول رجب سنه خمس وتسعمائة ..." (or something to that effect) being the intended reading. In such a case the copy may be dated to 1 Rajab 905 [ca. Febrary 1500]. Alternatively, the colophon may have been copied verbatim from another manuscript.Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda (pp.1-2) -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas (pp.3-4) -- c. Numerous inserts carrying glosses (pp.11-12, 39-40, 49-50, 51-52, 57-58, 59-60, 111-112, 153-154, 155-158 [bifolium]).Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover and spine label "IL 160" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped scalloped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OAi 4), along with tooled border in a series of rules ; sewn in dull pink or beige thread, two stations ; endbands virtually gone though traces of headband remain ; overall in somewhat poor condition with much abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, some pest damage, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines (horizontal) grouped in threes with 8-10 mm. between chains and 34-49 mm. between groups (see p.66, etc.) ; fairly thick, dense and sturdy, quite well-burnished.Decoration: Keywords, section headings and abbreviation symbols rubricated ; written area of first few leaves surrounded by red rule-border (through p.19) ; numerous diagrams (in red and black ink) tracing inheritance arranged artistically in margins.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Turkish [?] hand ; serifless with tilt to the right and slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation and exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, freely ligatured ; colophon in script approaching taʻlīq.Layout: Written in 3-5 lines per page, with allowance for extensive interlinear and marginal glosses arranged artisitically in geometric shapes ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 8 IV(64), III+1 (71), i ; almost exclusively quaternions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and inserts).Colophon: "Scribal," reads " تمت الكتاب بحمد الله وحسن توفيقه على يد عبد الضعيف المذنب [؟] الى رحمة الله تعالى وقع الفراغ في تاريخ اول رجب سنة وتسعون وخمس مائة [؟] صاحبه ومالكه علي بن عبدي [؟] تاريخ سنة 905 [؟]"Explicit: "يرث بعضهم من بعض الا مما ورث كل واحد منهم من مال صاحبه"Incipit: "الحمد لله حمد الشاكرين والصلوة والسلام على خير البرية محمد واله الطيبين الطاهرين قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم تعلموا الفرائض وعلموها الناس ..."Title from inscription on upper board lining.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the celebrated work on the law of inheritance by Sirāj al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Sajāwandī (fl. 12th cent.), with extensive marginal and interlinear glosses.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1027Origin: As appears in colophon on p.310, copied by Qāsim Bīk [Beg] ibn ʻĀdil Bīk [Beg]. Date of transcription note specified though excerpt in a different hand on back flyleaf (p.311) is dated 122- [?] [1806-1814?, final numeral unclear] which may provide a rough terminus ante quem of 1814. Paper, etc. may suggest late 17th or 18th century.Accompanying materials: a. Two inserts carrying glosses (paginated pp.7-8, 155-156) -- b. Slip with Qurʼānic excerpts, etc. (between pp.100-101).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 176Binding: Pasteboards faced in block-printed paper (in bands of overlapping red and blue triangles alternating with bands of yellow) with red leather over spine and edges / turn-ins (decorative paper faced, leather edged, framed binding) ; Type III binding (without flap), possibly two-piece binding (seam partly visible at spine) ; lower board lining in untinted wove paper ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; overall in somewhat poor condition with upper cover entirely lost, staining, abrasion, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European laid paper with roughly 6 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct, somewhat wavy) and no chain lines plainly visible, quite thin, transluscent and crisp (in latter quires near tissue weight) though sturdy, quite well-sized and burnished to glossy ; replacement leaf (carrying 'title page' and incipit page) in European laid paper with watermark of arms with three stars above three mounts with crown above.Decoration: Keywords rubricated ; overlining in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; large, bold Persianate hand, in a heavy line ; mainly serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing somewhat careless and mainly in conjoined dots (for two and three dots), bowl of final nūn especially large and prominant, alif lām of definite article often assimilated, partially vocalized.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board visible).Collation: IV+2 (10), 5 IV(50), III (56), 11 IV(144), i ; almost exclusively quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of double stroke looking like elongated "۷" typically on the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and back flyleaf and skips ahead twenty pages following p.171 with p.192).Colophon: "Scribal," reads "وانتهى كتابة نسخة المولوي اخوند ملا يوسف في يد الغريق في بحر العصيان قاسم بيك ابن عادل بيك اللهم ثقل ميزانهما وميزان جميع الله محمد صلعم"Explicit: "هذا اول ما صنفته على اخر ما صنفت العلامة الدواني "Incipit: "كيف لا احمد وكيف احمد لمن لم يخزنا مما عصينا ولم يخزنا بما نسينا ... وبعد فيقول الاحوج من الاحوج الذي لا خيره برحي ... ابن محمد خان القراباغي محمد الشاهي ... يوسف ... لما كان علم الكلام علما باحثا ... وكان شرح العقائد العضدية للعلامة ... جلال الحق والملة والدين محمد ابن اسعد الصديق الدواني ... مشتملا على غرر الفوائد ..."Title from inscription at close on p.310.Ms. codex.Careful copy of the gloss by Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad Khān al-Qarabāghī (al-Qarahʹbāghī) upon the commentary of Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Asʻad al-Dawwānī (d.1512 or 3) on the ʻAqāʼid of ʻAḍud al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad al-Ījī (d. 756/1355).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.1Origin: As appears in colophon on p.574 (see also inscription on p.3), copied by Sayyid Mihr ʻAlī Raz̤avī with transcription completed 4 Rabīʻ I 1241 [ca. 17 October 1825].Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- b. Slip with notes characterizing contents of the entire manuscript (all 8 volumes) in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "M.O. 8. Rawẓat al-ṣafā in 8 volumes. Several copied in 1241 by Sayyid Mahdī Qulī (?) Riẓavī. Vol 4 dated 1070. Vol.7 is dated 1250. Vol.8 is dated 1099. (last folio bound upside down)" -- c. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- d. Partially damaged slip with notes [in hand of Elinor M. Husselman ?] describing contents "[Muḥammad] ibn Khāvand Shāh, ... Mīr Khvānd. Rawẓat al-ṣafā. A general history from creation. 8 v. (v. 7 here ?) of varying ... and hands. 19th cent. ... MS. in Mich. Collection #15"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.1Binding: Boards covered in light orange-brown leather decorated in "marble calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in a light-blue surface-dyed wove paper ; spine in green and brown leather (now detached) gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA I" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; Western style worked endbands, damaged with tailband core split and headband detaching and core split ; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion and deterioration of leather, spine leather fully detached (exposing printed wasted lining) ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Indian, "هندوستانی" i.e. "Hindūstānī" according to note on front flyleaf, p.3) laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct, curved) and faint chain lines occasionally visible, some inclusions, somewhat thin and transluscent though sturdy, dark cream in color, well-burnished.Decoration: Keywords, headings and abbreviation symbols (mainly two-teeth stroke above keywords) rubricated ; some overlining also in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq with elements of shikastah ; fine hand in a thin line ; serifless and compact with effect of words descending to baseline and tilt to the right, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing casual and in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 2 (2), 22 IV(178), IV+1 (187), 11 IV(275), V (285), 2 (287), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "هذا تمام شد جلد اول روضة الصفا بتاریخ چهارم شهر ربیع الاول سنه ۱۲۴۱ ... تحریر نمود بخط خام سید مهر [؟] علی رضوی فقط"Incipit: "زیب فهرست نسخه مفاخر انبیاء عالی مکان ..."Title from heading of table of contents on p.5 and colophon on p.574.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the first volume, addressing the creation to Yazdegerd, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498). Table of contents at opening (pp.5-8).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.7Origin: As appears in colophon on p.164 (and inscription on inner front flyleaf, p.1), transcription completed 24 Rabīʻ I 1250 [ca. 31 July 1834]. Likely executed by copyist responsible for volumes 1, 3 and possibly 2 of this set, Sayyid Mihr ʻAlī Raz̤avī (سيد مهر على رضوى ).Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- b. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- c. Scrap with title and date in ink "Rawḍat al-Ṣafā | vol. 7 AH 1250"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.7Binding: Boards covered in light orange-brown leather decorated in "marbled calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in light-blue surface-dyed wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather, gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 7" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; Western style worked endbands, good condition ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion and deterioration of leather, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, curved) and rare chain lines faintly visible, fairly transluscent though sturdy, cream in color, well-burnished ; flyleaves in European wove paper.Decoration: Keywords, headings and abbreviation symbols (mainly two-teeth strokes over certain keywords) rubricated ; written area surrounded by red double rule-border (except for pp.103-110, 115 to close) ; overlining in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq with elements of shikastah ; large, fine hand in a thin line ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline and tilt to the right, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing casual and in strokes rather than distinct dots (for two and three dots).Layout: Written in 13 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 9 IV(72), V (82), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inner flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "تمت جلد السابع روضة الصفا بتاریخ بیست چهارم شهر ربیع الاول سنه ۱۲٥٠ هجری"Incipit: "خاتمه در بدایع و صنایع و آنچه نکاشته کلک قدرت اوست ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the final (typically eighth) volume or Khātimah of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498) and completed by his nephew Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn Khvāndamīr (d.1535). Appears to lack the closing panegyric for Mīr ʻAlī Shīr Navāʼī (Ali Şir Nevai, d.1501). Apparently when the set of manuscripts now comprising Isl. Ms. 860 v.1-v.8 was compiled, this manuscript was mistaken for a copy of the section of the work addressing Sulṭān Ḥusayn Bāyqarā and his sons to 929 [1522-3] (typically found in the seventh volume). Title in colophon and an inscription on the inner front flyleaf (p.1) providing the title, contents, etc. identifies this as the seventh volume but the contents (even as described) are clearly that of the Khātimah or what is typically the eighth volume.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.3Origin: As appears in colophon on p.372 (and in inscription on inner front flyleaf, p.3), copied by Sayyid Mihr ʻAlī Raz̤avī (who also executed the transcription for vol.1, Isl. Ms. 860 v.1) with transcription completed 9 Rajab 1241 [ca. 17 February 1826].Accompanying materials: Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- b. Scrap with "Rawḍat al-Safā | vol.3 A.H. 1241" between pp.174-175.Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.3Binding: Boards covered in light orange-brown leather decorated in "marble calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in a light-blue surface-dyed wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 3" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; Western style worked endbands, fairly good condition though core of headband is split ; overall in poor condition with abrasion and deterioration of leather, upper cover fully detached, spine leather detaching, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian) laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct, curved) and faint chain lines occasionally visible, some inclusions, somewhat thin and transluscent though sturdy, dark cream in color, well-burnished ; some staining and minor pest damage (with repairs).Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of three 'dots' in red ; written area surrounded by triple rule-border (black fillet between two red fillets).Script: Nastaʻlīq with elements of shikastah ; fine hand in a thin line ; serifless and compact with effect of words descending to baseline and tilt to the right, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing casual and in strokes rather than distinct dots (for two and three dots).Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 2 (2), 23 IV(186), ii ; exclusively quaternions with added leaves carrying table of contents ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, mainly in Arabic, reads "تمت المجلد الثالث بعون الله وحسن توفیقه الحمد لله رب العالمین بتاریخ نهم شهر رجب المرجب سنه احدی واربعین و مائتین بعد الالف ... احقر العباد سید مهر علی رضوی ..."Incipit: "حمد و ثنای که سبحان ملاء اعلی از اداء شمسه ازان عاجز آنید ..."Title from inscription on inner front flyleaf (p.3).Ms. codex.Fine copy of the third volume, addressing the twelve Imāms, the Umayyads and the ʻAbbāsids, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498). Table of contents at opening (pp.5-8).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.2Origin: As appears in colophon on p.1156 (and in inscription on inner front flyleaf, p.1), latter section (p.679 to close) copied by Sayyid Mihr ʻAlī ʻAẓīmābādī with transcription completed 19 Shawwāl 1241 [ca. 27 May 1826]. Opening section likely copied around the same time.Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- b. Slip with note "12-29-65 Mr. Partington just brought in these 2 v. of MSS D" -- c. Scrap with note in black ink "Rawḍat al-Safā vol. 2 AH 1241"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.2Binding: Boards covered in light orange-brown leather decorated in "marbled calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in a light-blue surface-dyed wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather, gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 2" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; worked Western style endbands in fair condition with tailband detaching ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and deterioration of leather, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper of two main types ; opening type (carrying pp.9-678) with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical, somewhat indistinct, some curving) and chain lines irregularly visible, somewhat cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, burnished, dark cream in color ; opening three leaves and leaves carrying p.679 to close mainly in a paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, somewhat indistinct, curving) and no chain lines clearly visible, somewhat cloudy formation, sturdy, well-burnished, cream in color.Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated ; overlining and occasional textual dividers in the form of three dots also in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; two main hands ; opening three leaves (pp.4-8) and final section (pp.679-1156) supplied in a fine hand in a medium line, serifless and compact with elements of shikastah, effect of words descending to baseline and tilt to the right, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots ; text of pp.9-678 in another much finer nastaʻlīq, serifless and spacious with horizontal strokes in a heavy line, somewhat exaggerated contrast in thickness of horizontal and vertical strokes, effect of words gently descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV+2 (10), 56 IV(458), IV+2 (468), 13 IV(572), III (578), ii ; almost exclusively quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of oblique black strokes in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and the lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf (through p.678) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," reads "تم المجلد الثانی ... بتاریخ نوزدهم شهر شوال سنه ۱۲۴۱ یکهزار و دو صد و چهل و یک تحریر على ید المذنب المحتاج سید مهر علی عظیم آبادی غفر الله له وستر عیوبهم وسلم تسلیما ..."Incipit: "عنوان صحیفه مرادات و فهرست مجموعه حادثات ..."Title from inscription on inner flyleaf (p.1).Ms. composite codex.Fine copy of the second volume, addressing the Prophet and al-Khulafāʼ al-Rāshidūn, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 288Origin: As appears in colophon on p.105, copied by Muḥammad al-Qivām [al-Qavām], al-Kātib al-Shīrāzī, likely in Shīrāz (see Lâle Uluç's article, "A Persian epic, perhaps for the Ottoman sultan," p.57) with transcription completed Dhū al-Qaʻdah 954 [December 1547-January 1548].Former shelfmark: "394 T. D. M." [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis] inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings and hinges in shell 'marbled' paper (in mainly brown and blue) ; fore edge flap lined in silk ; upper and lower covers carry 'gold'-stamped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition - now damaged, recessed onlays now gone to green) and cornerpieces with tooled rosette accents and border in a series of s-shaped stamps ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in dark pink and green, fairly good condition ; overall in fair condition with some staining, abrasion, some lifting of leather, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal and fairly indistinct with some curving), quite sturdy and well-burnished though transluscent.Decoration: Elegant (though damaged) illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ ) at opening on p.2 consisting of large rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying opening title ("خلاصه خمسه") in white surrounded by swirling arabesque with floral motifs (in gold, light blue, white, yelow, pink, red, etc.) on fields of lapis lazuli and gold (evoking book cover design), surmounted by rectangular piece with row of swirling arabesque on fields of lapis lazuli and gold, all surrounded by border in blue with white crosses and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area of incipit and facing page set off by cloud-bands consisting of vegetal designs in green, pink and red on a gold ground ; written area surrounded by frame consisting of a series of gold, red, and light blue rules defined by black fillets ; some keywords and section headings chrysographed, others in blue ink.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, elongated horizontal strokes of exaggerated thickness.Layout: Written in 10 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV-2 (6), 5 IV(46), IV-1 (53) ; exclusively quaternions (two anonmalous) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, in Arabic, reads "تم الكتاب بعون الله وحسن توفيقه والصلوة والسلام على محمد واله اجمعين في تاريخ شهر ذي قعده سنه اربع وخمسين وتسعمائة على يد تراب الاقدام محمد القوام الكاتب الشيرازى "Explicit: "بآهستگی [به آهستگی] کار عالم برآر که در کار گرمی نیاید بکار [به کار]"Incipit: "بر اصحاب دولت و ارباب مکنت واجب و لازمست ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of a selection of excerpts from Niẓāmī's Khamsah, divided into 37 chapters (باب) each addressing a subject relating to piety, ethics, or etiquette (see pp.5-8 for a listing of the chapters). For a similar abridgement of Khamsah-i Niẓāmī, see Isl. Ms. 289. Contributions to the cataloguing from Ali Rafi.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 335Origin: As appears in colophon on p.519, copied by one Muḥammad, known as ʻIṭrī (Mehmet Itri). Date of transcription is not specified though paper, decoration etc. may suggest 17th or even late 16th century.Former shelfmark: "107 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark maroon leather ; Type II binding (with flap, though now lost) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in pink coated and textured paper (embossed in a repeating leaf pattern) ; upper and lower covers carry central gold-painted spray of leaves and flowers set in a rectangular panel defined by gold fillets with tooled rosette accent cornerpieces and tooled border in gold ; text block edges gold-painted in vegetal designs ; sewn in red thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and red, good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with loss of flap, much abrasion, some staining, lifting of leather, etc. ; some subtle repairs to spine.Support: non-European laid paper of perhaps a few types ; mainly non-European laid paper with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical) and occasional chain lines visible (even in pairs, see p.136), heavily sized and burnished, medium cream in color, quite sturdy / dense and fairly thick ; leaf carrying pp.349-350 delaminating ; added / replacement leaves at close in European laid paper with "TSC" or "TSG" (possibly below an eagle, see p.520-524) ; repairs.Decoration: Superbly executed illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of large rectangular piece with central gold cartouche (empty) surrounded by swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold, pink, yellow, red, and light blue on lapis lazuli and gold (evoking book cover design), bordered in a dark blue / lapis band with white accents and surmounted by a row of gold lozenges filled with similar floral vegetal decoration itself surmounted a light blue band separating it from a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) carrying the same manner of swirling floral vegetal decoration on fields of gold and lapis lazuli, all set in a well of red with white accents and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in dark blue ; additional exquisite headpieces at openings of other sections (see pp.86, 138, 352) ; written area throughout surrounded by frame consisting of a heavy gold band defined by black fillets, rules defining columns within also in gold.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 13 lines per page, with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, V-1 (9), 4 V(49), IV (57), 20 V(257), II-1+2 (262), ii ; chiefly quinions ; leaves between sections (see pp.85, 135-137, 348-351) and final leaves left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, mainly in Arabic, reads "تمت الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب على يد اضعف العباد محمد الشهير بعطرى غفر ذنوبه تم تم"Explicit: "یا صاحب ننگ و نام می باید بود یا شهره خاص و عام می باید بود القصه کمال جهد می باید کرد در وادی خود تمام می باید بود"Incipit: "الهی سینۀ ده آتش افروز در ان سینه دلی و ان دل همه سوز ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the collected poetic works (dīvān) of Vaḥshī Bāfqī (d.1583), opening with his mas̲navī Farhād va Shīrīn.