Manuscripts in Nastaliq Script 1313 items

1. -Shamāʾil al-Nabawīyah

Description:: Abstract: "Al-Shamāʾil al-NabawīyahAbstract: Muḥammad ibn ʻĪsá al-Tirmidhī's (d. 892) work on the sīrah of the Prophet."Binding note: Grey paper over pasteboard. Red fabric on spine. Modern flyleaves and pastedowns in dark cream paper.Ms. codex.Title supplied by the cataloger.16-21 lines per page. Ff. 1a-32b written in casual medium small naskh in black ink with occasional use of red. Ff. 33a-58a written in different hand, in small elegant naskh with elements of nastaʻlīq, and with use of red ink for rubrication. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Some marginal annotations, chiefly at the start, ff. 1-3. Light cream glazed paper with visible laid lines.Incipit:بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين ... اخبرنا الامام الحافظ ابو عىسى محمد بن عيسى بن مسورة الترمذى1أ ... بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله و سلام على عباده الذين اصطفى قال الشيخ الحافظ ابو عيسى محمد بن عيسى بن سورة الترمذى رحمة الله تعالي باب ما جآء فى خلق النبي ... اخبرنا ابو رجاء قتيبة بن سعيد عن مالك بن انس 1بExplicit (fol. 58a):ثنا محمد بن على قال سمعت ابى يقول قال عبد الله بن المبارك اذا ابتليت بالقضاء فعليك بالاثر ثنا محمد بن على ثنا النضر ان ابن عون عن ابى سيرين قال هذا الحديث دين فانظروا عمن تأخذون دينكم تمت

2. 3 works by 3 authors on the subject of Persian poetry

Description:: Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldContents: Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ (ff. 1-6 and 12b-236b, two centre columns). Dīvān-i Maghribī (ff. 3b-124b, margin column, and 7a-12a, two centre columns). Dīvān-i Qāsim-i Anvār (ff. 124b-317b, margin column).Decoration: 11 miniatures. Decorative borders etc.Dimensions: 12⅛ × 7⅞ in.Hand: Excellent Nastaʻlīq.Record origin: Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953.

3. 4 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry and love poetry

Description:: Binding: Yellow and red goatskin, covered in lacquer, painted with birds, flowers and butterflies. Rebacked.Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldContents: Muḥammad ʻAṣṣār Tabrīzī, Mihr va-Mushtarī (ff. 1b-260a, centre columns). Ghazālī Mashhadī, Naqsh-i badīʻ (ff. 260b-287a). Saʻdī, Khulāṣah-ʼi Būstān (ff. 287b-298b). Niẓāmī Ganjavī, Khusraw va-Shīrīn (ff. 3b-270a, margin column).Decoration: Unwan. 9 miniatures. Decorative borders etc.Dimensions: 10 × 5⅝ in.Hand: Nastaʻlīq.Record origin: Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953.

4. Ahsenü'l-hadîs

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 369Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. would suggest 18th century.Former shelfmark: "۱٦٨" from label affixed to upper cover ; "341 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in quite dark brown (to black) leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in yellow-tinted silver-flecked paper, flyleaves in untinted silver-flecked paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (with orange recessed onlays, gold-painted) scalloped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. NSd 7), pendants and cornerpieces, with tooled rosette and gold-painted accents as well as tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps evoking guilloché roll ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in blue-green thread, two stations ; overall in poor condition with upper cover fully detached, spine split through in several places, endbands virtually gone (only small section of core and primaries remains at tail), abrasion and losses of media, lifting and losses of leather, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper mainly with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 27-28 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermarks of grapes (raisin) under crown (see p.4, 8, 10, 30, 250, etc.) and "DE IZERON" (see p.6, 16, etc.), crisp and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished ; flyleaves in another European laid paper with 6 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 22-23 mm. apart (horizontal), and three crescents watermark ; some staining.Decoration: Keywords, headings and some abbreviation symbols (mainly signes de renvoi), marginalia and vocalization rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red discs ; occasional overlining in red ; written area surrounded by a heavy copper colored frame defined by black fillets and outermost red rule.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; clear Turkish hand ; serifless with slight inclination to the left, elongation of horizontal strokes, many closed counters, pointing in conjoined dots ; opening (p.2) and pp.19-20 supplied in another nastaʻlīq (talik), serifless, with inclination to the right and slight effect of words descending to baseline, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 15 V(150), II (154), i ; almost exclusively quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "طلب دعاء اجابت قرين وجناب ستار العيوبدن در يوزۀ بهرۀ واجعل لى لسان صدق في الاخرين در رباعيه ... در عيب نظر مكن كه بى عيب خداست تمت م م م"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذى نزل احسن الحديث ومن اصدق من الله حديثا ... اما بعد وقتا كه نظم بو ضعيف ومقصر ومكتر اوقجى زاده محمد افقر ... و بعد توفيق الاتمام بو مجموعه براعت اتسام احسن الحديث اسمى ايله وسم اولنمق ..."Title from opening matter on p.6.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the elegant versification with prose commentary of forty ḥadīth by Okçuzade Mehmet Şahî Bey (d.1629).

5. Akhlāq-i Muḥsinī

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 271Origin: Versified chronogram at end (fol.182b, "اخلاق محسنى") gives dating for completion of composition; this reading, without the preposition "ز", yields the more widely accepted date of 900 H. As appears in colophon on fol.182b, copied by Maḥmūd ibn Najīb. Transcription finished ("tamma al-kitāb bi-ʻawn al-Malik al-Wahhāb taḥrīran fī tārīkh...") 12 Rabīʻ I 922 [ca. 15 April 1516].Binding: Pasteboard covered in red-brown leather; Type II binding (with flap); upper and lower covers bear gold-stamped central mandorla (Déroche class. NSh1) with pendants and simple gold rule-border; smaller mandorla on envelope flap; doublures in light-blue coated paper embossed with vegetal pattern; in good condition.Support: Persian laid paper; laid lines oriented vertically but too faint to count; chain lines not visible; flyleaves are fashioned from a light-blue coated paper, embossed with a vegetal pattern, that is also used for the doublures.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece on fol.2b; marvelously rendered in two rectangular panels; lower panel contains the basmalah, executed in red nastaʻlīq, in a central cartouche flanked by two, smaller palmette-like lozenges; lower panel is framed by an elaborite golden braid; background is predominantly lapis-lazuli, with vegetal/floral patterns executed in gold, red, pink, green, black, and white; upper panel continues the background motif and color palette; three small, predominantly black, palmette-like lozenges serve as the pivot for the repeating vegetal pattern in this panel, but these are subdued figures and are rather absorbed into the lapis-lazuli background and intriquate vine patterns; upper panel is surmounted by five verticle, decorative stalks; written area framed by a rule-border in dark blue, black, and gold; gold frames set off verses and some chapter titles; text is polychrome, with main text in black, Arabic quotations in dark blue, gold, and occasionally red, and chapter titles in dark blue or gold; the words "شعر" and "بيت" as they occur throughout the text introducing verses of poetry are rendered in red and blue, and occasionally, gold; main text of incipit page decorated with gilt cloudbands.Script: Main text in nastaʻlīq; chapter headings in tawqīʻ; Arabic quotations of Qur'anic verses and Hadith in naskh and vocalized; basmalah in cartouche of illuminated headpiece in nastaʻlīq.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page.Collation: ii, 23 IV (184), i; quaternions; cacthwords present; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, referenced in cataloguing; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, begins with ١ on fol.3a (Western pagination) and concludes with ١۸۰ on fol.182a; fihrist of chapter titles (fol.6a-7a) corresponds with foliation.Dedication: Composed for Shāh Abū al-Muḥsin (شاه ابو المحسن ), one of the sons of the Tīmūrid pādishāh Ḥusayn Bāyqarā, on the occasion of his coming to court (in Herat) from Marv (see fol.4a-4b, Western pagination).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, in Arabic, reads: "رب اختم بالخير والحسنى تمت [كذا] الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب تحريرا في تاريخ اثنى عشر شهر ربيع الاول سنه اثنى عشرين و تسعمايه بخط العبد الحبيب [المجيب ؟] محمود بن نجيب"Explicit: "با خامه گفتم ای كه زهر ساختى قدم وز مقدم تو چشم سخن يافت روشنى اخلاق محسنى بتامى نوشته تاريخ هم نويس ز اخلاق محسنى"Incipit: "حضرت يادشاه على الاطلاق غرت كلمته و جلت عظمته منشور دولت سلطان المرسلين"Title from opening on fol.5a.Ms. codex.A work on ethics in 40 chapters, composed by Kāshifī for Shāh Abū al-Muḥsin, a son of Sulṭān Ḥusayn Bāyqarā. Description provided by Derek Mancini-Lander.

6. Akvemü'l-vesail fi tercümetü'ş-Şemail

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

7. Akvemü’l-vesail fi tercümetü’ş-Şemail

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 379Origin: As appears in colophon on p.1391, copied by Muḥammad ibn Khalīl (Mehmet b. Halil) ; date of transcription not specified ; paper suggests 18th century (perhaps mid century).Accompanying materials: a. Slip of wove paper with notes in black ink (between pp.230-321) -- b. Slip of laid paper with notes in black ink (between pp.726-727).Former shelfmark: "340 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of opening leaf (p.2) ; "٣٢ع | ٤خ" on spine label.Binding: Pasteboards covered in gold-flecked red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in untinted laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped (with orange paper onlay) and gold-painted mandorla filled with vegetal composition (compare Déroche class. NA 4), surrounded by a tooled border consisting of an s-shape stamped chain in gold flanked by thin gold fillets ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; worked endbands in pink and yellow thread in a chevron pattern ; overall in fair condition with fore edge flap lost, repairs to spine and fore edge of lower board in a darker red leather, and abrasion on upper and lower covers.Support: European laid paper of several types ; one opening type with roughly 12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced roughly 12 mm. apart, and watermark of grapes surmounted by a crown (see p.32) ; another with roughly 13 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced roughly 25 mm. apart, and watermark of "?AHE?NE" and figure (see p.46) ; another with roughly 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced roughly 25 mm. apart, and watermark of grapes surmounted by a crown with a heart motif (see p.136) ; another with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced roughly 21 mm. apart, watermark of grapes (see p.578) ; another with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced roughly 24 mm. apart, and watermark of LANGUEDOC (see p.592) ; all well-burnished, thin and crisp.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.10 consisting of rectangular piece with emtpy gold cartouche outlined in orange and flanked by floral vegetal accents in gold, light pink, and pale blue, surmounted by a scalloped semicircular piece (dome) outlined in orange and filled with floral vegetal accents in blue, pale blue, light pink, orange, and white, itself surmounted by delicate vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue, and set in a well consisting of a thick band of light pink ; written area throughout surrounded by a thick gold frame with outer black rule ; Qurʼānic passages rubricated in a range of red shades ; overlining in red ink.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand in a medium to bold line ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: II (4), 169 V (694), II (698) ; chiefly quinions ; final two leaves (following close of text) left blank ; foliation in Hindu-Arabic numerals ; oblique catchwords on the verso of each leaf ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "كتبه اضعف العباد محمد بن حليل م"Explicit: "ومراه يي ضلعه تشبيه بيورديلر صلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله و صحبه اجمعين و الحمد الله حمدا يوافي نعمه ويكافي مزيده كلما حمده الحامدون و ذكره الذاكرون تمت بعون الحق"Incipit: "ان احسن الاحاديث بعد الحمد لمن جعل السقف الاخضر مرفوعا ... وبعد بو كمينۀ كم بضاعه وفقير قصير الباعه ... لمؤلفه احمدم ... واقوم الوسائل في ترجمة الشمائل ديو نام زد قيلدم ... "Title from opening matter on p.14.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the extensive Ottoman Turkish rendering (with commentary) by İshak Hocası Ahmet b. Heyreddin (d.1708) of al-Tirmidhī’s (d.892) Kitāb al-Shamāʼil, a collection of traditions comprising the Prophet’s characteristics. Descriptive contributions from Nick Krabbenhoeft.

8. An album of Turkish and Persian poetry

Description:: Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldHand: Naskh and Nastaʻlīq in various hands.Record origin: Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953.

9. Anvār-i Suhaylī

Description:: Text is written in nastaʻlīq shekasteh script in black ink with some red. The initial page, which seems to have been added later when the codex was rebound, contains the title of the work and a brief sketch of the author's life and works in Persian, written in blue ink in nastaʻlīq script. These notes also present the same information about the time and place of production of this codex as is presented on the last page of the manuscript(noted above). In addition, written in English cursive in pencil, this page contains a note which states, erroneously, that this codex is the Masnavi of Jalal al-Din Rumi.Last page of the manuscript states that this copy was made in the 12th year of the reign of Khān Muhammad Awrangābādī, more commonly known as Awrangzeyb, the Mughal Emperor. Awrangzeyb reigned from 1658-1707; thus this manuscript must have been completed in 1080/1670 in India. The codex does not have original binding; it has clearly been rebound, probably in the 19th century with a plain binding; many of the pages have been remounted on a different kind of paper. There is no title page on the original paper.Vāʻiẓ Kāshifī's florid Persian version of the 8th century Arabic book of fables, Kalīlah wa Dimnah, by Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, which is itself a translation of the Pahlavī version of the original Sanskrit work by Bidpai. Kāshifī's Anvār-i Suhaylī has been published many times, sometimes under the Arabic title, Kalīlah wa Dimnah.

10. Anwār al-tanzīl wa-asrār al-taʼwīl.

Description:: Commentary on the Qurʼān in two volumes, copied in the same hand. Marginal additions in the same and later hands. A table of contents was added to the front flyleaves in nastʻaliq by a later hand.

11. Anwār al-tanzīl wa-asrār al-taʼwīl.

Description:: Commentary on the Qurʼān in two volumes, copied in the same hand. Marginal additions in the same and later hands. A table of contents was added to the front flyleaves in nastʻaliq by a later hand.

12. Arbaʻīn-i Jāmī

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 431Origin: As appears in colophon on p.16, executed by Sulṭān ʻAlī [possibly Sulṭān ʻAlī Mashhadī?] ; date of transcription not specified ; decoration, hand, etc. suggest early 16th century.Former shelfmark: "450 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of both front flyleaves.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark purple leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in light-blue textured paper ; upper and lower covers bear gold-painted central floral motif with tooled borders in gold (two different shades) ; sewn in heavy yellow thread, four stations ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of leather and paper, etc.Support: Written area mounted in lovely silhouette paper (floral designs in pink) in leaves of non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct) and no chain lines visible, thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished ; some staining and tide lines.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche and surrounding floral vegetal accents in gold, red, lavender, orange, pink, light blue, white, etc. on a field of lapis lazuli bordered in bands of lapis, gold and orange-red, surmounted by a scalloped triangular piece or hasp set in a narrow rectangular piece continuing the floral vegetal design and itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in lapis lazuli ; written area throughout surrounded by frame in bands of green and gold with outermost blue rule ; panels within written area (and entire written area of incipit page) gold-flecked ; ḥadīth text in light-blue and white ink.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless with characteristic descent of words to baseline and superscripting of final words and letters ; elongation of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in roughly 9 lines per page, three of ḥadīth text and six of the Persian verse paraphrase with the hemistiches of four lines of verse divided and arranged on the diagonal ; written area divided to set off the ḥadīth text and elucidation ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV (8), ii ; single quaternion ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," reads "احقر العباد سلطان على"Explicit: "ومن كلامه صلى الله عليه و آله لا يشبع المؤمن من دون جاره هر که در خطه مسلمانی باشد از نقد دین گر انمایه ... تمت ترجمه هذه الاربعين بتوفيق من هو ناصر ومعين سنه ست و ثمانين و ثمانمائة متع الله بها كل فريق فيه و الحمد لله على الاتمام و الصلوه و السلام على محمد و آله البررة الكرام اربعینهاى سالکان جامی هست بهر وصول صدر قبول منست از فضل حق عجیب و غریب که بدین اربعین رسی بوصول"Incipit: "صحیح ترین حدیثى که راویان مجالس دین ... این چهل کلمه است ازان کلمات که سهولت فهم و حفظ را بنظم فارسی ترجمه گر ده مي آید امید ... لا يؤمن احدكم حتى يحب لاخيه ما يحب لنفسه هر کسی را لقب مکن مؤمن گرچه از سعی جان وتن کاهد ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of Jāmī's verse paraphrase of forty ḥadīth, possibly executed by renowned Timurid calligrapher Sulṭān ʻAlī Mashhadī (d.1520).

13. Arbaʻīn-i Jāmī

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 430Origin: Lacks dated scribal colophon ; decoration, paper, etc. suggest 16th century.Former shelfmark: "524 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on interior of upper cover ; "231" inscribed in pencil on 'title page’ (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards faced in marbled paper (in red and green) with red leather over spine, fore edge of upper board, and fore edge flap ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in untinted European laid paper ; sewn in dark pink thread, four stations ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of leather and paper, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, indistinct) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, quite thin though sturdy, burnished ; staining and tide lines ; back flyleaf in European laid paper with "GFA" under eagle watermark.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the basmalah flanked by floral vegetal accents in gold, yellow, red and white on a field of blue (approaching lapis lazuli), surmounted by larger rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche and surrounding floral vegetal accents in gold, red, and light blue on a field of blue bordered in bands of red and heavy gold interlace, itself surmounted by a scalloped triangular piece or hasp continuing the floral vegetal design ; larger rectangular piece and triangular piece are set in an elaborate well of gold, red, green, and blue bands and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area throughout gold-flecked and surrounded by a gold frame with outer gold and blue rules.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless with characteristic descent of words to baseline and superscripting of final words and letters ; elongation of horizontal strokes ; contrast in thickness of horizontal and vertical strokes.Layout: Written in roughly 9 lines per page, three of ḥadīth text and six of the Persian verse paraphrase with the hemistiches of four lines of verse divided and arranged on the diagonal ; written area divided to set off the ḥadīth text and elucidation ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV-1 (7), I (9), i ; quaternion (anomalous, "missing leaf" possibly pasted to leaf carrying incipit page) followed by single bifolium ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "لا يشبع المؤمن من دون جاره صدق هر که در خطه مسلمانی باشد از نقد دین گر انمایه... اربعینهاى سالکان جامی هست بهر وصول صدر قبول منست از فضل حق عجیب و غریب که بدین اربعین رسی بوصول"Incipit: "صحیح ترین حدیثی که راویان مجالس دین ... این چهل کلمه است ازان کلمات که سهولت فهم و حفظ را بنظم فارسی ترجمه گر ده می آید امید ... لا ؤمن احدكم حتى يحب لاخيه ما يحب لنفسه هر کسی را لقب مکن مؤمن گرچه از سعی جان وتن کاهد ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of Jāmī's verse paraphrase of forty ḥadīth.

14. Arbaʻīn-i Jāmī

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 432Origin: As appears in colophon, copied by Muḥammad Zakarīyā Samarqandī with transcription completed in the year 1256 [1840 or 41].Former shelfmark: "548 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf ; "233" inscribed in pencil on 'title page'.Binding: Heavy pasteboards covered in painted lacquerwork, spine in black leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in fine painted lacquerwork of composition evoking book cover design with central mandorla and pendants (filled with flowers and leaves in shades of pink and green on a black ground) set in a red ground with swirling floral vegetal pattern in gold and surrounded by border in black with white dots and flanking gold fillets (composition of upper doublure mirrors that of lower doublure) ; upper and lower covers bear paintings of nearly identical floral composition in mirror image to one another on an orange or bronze background, namely a central cluster of peonies, poppies, etc. with roses, poppies, buds, and other floral forms all in shades of pink and white with leaves in various shades of green, and surrounded by decorative bands with floral motifs in various sizes on bands of red and black ; sewn in pink thread, four stations ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and losses to lacquerwork and pasteboard, text block almost fully detached from cover, etc. ; cover large for textblock and perhaps not original.Support: Quite heavy wove paper ; surfaced dyed pale blue and pale green.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening consisting of rectangular piece with empty cartouche and flanking vegetal accents (all in gold) set between heavy gold bands and surmounted by a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) all in gold ; written area (and panels within) surrounded by gold rule-border ; ḥadīth text, preface and closing matter chrysographed.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless with characteristic descent of words to baseline and superscripting of final words and letters ; elongation of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written mainly in 9 lines per page, three of ḥadīth text and six of the Persian verse paraphrase with the hemistiches of four lines of verse divided and arranged on the diagonal ; written area divided to set off the ḥadīth text and elucidation ; text of preface in 8 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: V+I (12) ; quinion with added single bifolium ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "على يد ضعيف الفقير الحقير كتبه العبد المذنب محمد زكرياى سمرقندى غفر الله تعالى ذنوبه ١٢٥۶"Explicit: "لا يشبع المؤمن من دون جاره صدق النبي هر که در خطه مسلمانی باشد از نقد دین گر انمایه ... تمت الاربعين حديث مع ترجمه اربعینهاى سالکان جامی هست بهر وصول صدر قبول بنود از فضل حق عجیب و غریب که بدین اربعین رسی بوصول ... ما تازه گناهیم و عطای تو قدیم است"Incipit: "صحیح ترین حدیثی که راویان مجالس دین ... اما بعد این چهل حدیث کلمه است ازان کلمات که سهولت فهم و حفظ را بنظم فارسی ترجمه گر ده مي آید امید ... لا يؤمن احدكم حتى يحب لاخيه ما يحب لنفسه هر کسی را لقب مکن مؤمن گرچه از سعی جان وتن کاهد ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of Jāmī's verse paraphrase of forty ḥadīth.

15. Ashbā̄h wa-al-naẓāʼir

Description:: Abstract: "Treatise on Ḥanafī lawAbstract: completed on 27 Jumādá II 969 March 1562 (see end of textAbstract: fol. 337a). The text is preceded on fol. 12a-15a by what appears to be a description of contentsAbstract: written by the same hand as the main text (beginning wanting). Fol. 332 is an addition with Abū Ḥanīfah's WaṣāyāAbstract: written by Aḥmad ibn Khalīl in Ṣafar 1145."Binding note: Brown leather over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers, and envelope flap. Central blind stamped scalloped mandorla filled with a floral arabesque, with two pendants on the vertical axis on covers. Blind stamp on the envelope flap. Yellow paper pastedowns.Ms. codex.Title from preamble of text (fol. 17a, l. 5-6).Physical description: 19 lines per page. Written in small naskh with elements of nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of magenta. The text is framed within a single line in magenta. Thin dark cream European paper with watermark; some leaves dyed in light yellow or green. Quinions; catchword on the verso of each leaf. Table of contents on fol. (i)b-11b. Handmade label with inscriptions on the upper cover. Foliation in black ink using Arabic numerals (starts with "2" on fol. 12a). Foliation in pencil using Western numerals (omits the first fol.).Inscription in Western numerals in pencil on fol. (i)a: "62".Origin: According to colophon, copied by Aḥmad ibn Khalīl ibn Muṣṭafá, and completed in the night of Friday 24 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1143 June 1731 (fol. 337b; the colophon is inscribed within a circle consisting of two lines in red ink).Beginning as extant: الشرع والادد القاعدة الثانية اذا اجمع الحلال والحرام غلب الحرام الحلال وبيان ما يقزع عليها من اشباه ... 15أ ... بسم ... الحمد لله على ما انعم وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم وبعد فان الفقه اشرف العلوم قدرا واعظمها اجراExplicit: على رأس شجرتين فتقطع نصفين رحمه الله تعالى وهذا آخر ما اوردنا من كتاب الاشباه والنظائر فى الفقه على مذهب الامام الاعظم ابى حنيفة النعمان ... وكان الفراغ من تأليفه فى السابع والعشرين من جمادى الآخرة سنة تسع وستين وتسعماية وكانت مدة تأليفه ستة اشهر مع تخلّل ايام توعك الجسد والحمد لله ... الى يوم القيام وكتبه مؤلفه بيده الفانية زين بن نجيم الحنفى ... هذا آخر ما قاله المؤلف ... بجاه نبيه محمد ومصطفاه وآله واصحابه ومن والاهBeginning of text fol. 332a: بسم ... قال ابو حنيفة ... لابنه حماد ... يا بنى ارشدك الله تعالى وايدك اوصيك بوصايا ان حفظتها

16. Asrār al-nisāʼ

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1058Origin: As appears in colophon on p.38, transcription completed in the last days of Muḥarram 898 [ca. November 1492].Binding: Limp brown leather covers with dark brown leather over spine (type of quarter binding) ; Type III binding (without flap), tight back though not fully flush with text block (ill-fitting or deliberate squares) ; now linings (potentially once flyleaves) in what appears to be European laid paper ; now sewn in white thread, not original ; overall in good condition with minor abrasion, etc.Support: non-European (possibly Persianate) laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly straight) and chain lines only rarely visible in pairs (see p.32) ; only somewhat cloudy furnish with inclusions and bits of fiber visible, heavy and sturdy, quite well-burnished to glossy.Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated.Script: Naskh-nastaʻlīq (talik) ; chiefly a clear Turkish / Turkic hand ; serifless with effect of words inclining slightly to the right, elongation of horizontal strokes, foot of lām, kāf, etc. quite curvilinear, kāf mashqūqah preferred with shaqq (curving upward) on even final kāf, final tāʼ marbūṭah often given as tāʼ maftūḥah, point of final or free-standing nūn set either down at center or floating above tall bowl, very casually pointed with pointing for two dots typically via conjoined dots, etc.Layout: Written in 19 lines per page (single column) ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board quite evident).Collation: III-2+3 (7), IV (15), IV-1+4 (26) ; 19 original leaves (paginated 1-38) with 7 added leaves, 3 at the opening of the codex, 4 at the close ; original composition of opening gathering uncertain due to repairs ; mainly quaternions originally ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, center of lower margin of each text page ; added leaves at opening and close of codex not paginated.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "تم الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب فى اواخر شهر محرم سنه ٨٩٨ اللهم اغفر لكاتبه ولقاريه ولمن نظر فيه آمين رب العالمين تم"Explicit: "يكون محتويا الى النساء ويكون محفوظا عن اذى الجن والارواح وغيرها والله اعلم بالصواب واليه المرجع والمآب"Incipit: "لما راينا ان الجزء الاول المختص باسرار الرجال انتهى الى آخره على ما تقدم ذكرها وفصولها لزمنان [كذا] نذكر ايضا فى اسرار النساء التي تدعو الى موافقهن وتوجب الميل اليهن..."Title from opening matter on p.1.Manuscript codex.Fine copy of a treatise of materia medica attributed to Galen, including a number of recipes for drugs intended to treat various sexual conditions.

17. Az̲ān-i ṣuḥb

Description:: Manuscript. Persian and Arabic. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Gift of A.A. Kachif, Nov. 20, 1930. Written in Iran. Paper; thick, polished light cream color paper with no watermarks; elaborate floral unwan in gold, blue, red, and white with wide borders of a similar floral pattern and similar colors of fol. 1b and 2a; an outer border of two very thin lines accompanies all the text on facing pages; the text itself is enclosed in a border of black, white, gold, and red; floral section headings in gold, red and blue; lines of the text are separated by a cloud design in gold; text in black ink with small red overlining of some letters; catchwords. Nastaʻliq; in written area 13 x 7.5 cm. Fol. 1b-24a. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M100. Binding; dark brown half leather with lacquered papier-mâché floral design on a copper colored background surrounded by contrasting green, red and green borders also with floral designs; inner sides of cover also lacquered with a paintings of dark pink roses on a brown background. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

18. Baharistan

Description:: Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldRecord origin: Image descriptions based in part on Topsfield, A. (2007), Paintings from Mughal India.

19. Bahār-i ʻajam

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 885Origin: As appears in colophon on p.969 (and at close of باب الف ممدوده on p.978), copied by Mathurādās Khatrī, date not specified ; decoration, paper, etc. would suggest late 18th or early 19th century.Accompanying materials: a. Scrap cut from a Luzac catalog page with description and price for this manuscript "PERSIAN AND HINDUSTANI MSS. 175 Bahar i ʻajam. The well-known Persian dictionary. MS. Folio. Over 1000 pp. Leather binding. The colophon is dated A.H. 1243 ( = A.D. 1827), under the reign of Muhammad Akbar Shâh (II.) £2 10s." (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Recycled card with handwriting of Emilie Savage-Smith [?] "ʻunwān or illum. frontispiece or heading." (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Scrap of paper with title in ink "Bahār i ʻAjam." (paginated pp.5-6) -- d. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes" (paginated pp.7-8).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 34Binding: Pasteboards covered in deep red leather ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted wove paper ; upper and lower covers carry delicate gold-tooled border in a rope pattern ; spine stamped "BUHARE | UJUM" ; now sewn in white thread over three cords ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and blue, good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with upper cover fully detached, some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, fairly distinct, some curving) and irregular chain lines faintly visible, sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream in color ; flyleaves / added leaves in wove paper.Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.10 consisting of rectangular piece with cartouche (carrying the basmalah) flanked by pendants and delicate swirling floral vegetal decoration in blue, red, orange, and white on a gold ground, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with more elaborate swirling floral vegetal decoration in red, orange, white, blue, green, etc. on grounds of gold with blue, green and white accents, itself surmounted by a pendant filled with similar decoration as well as fine vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue, entire piece set into a well consisting of a rather heavy gold band outlined by narrow bands of orange and gold defined by black fillets ; written area throughout surrounded by a gold frame with innermost red rule, and outer red and blue rules, further blue rule defines margin ; keywords and headings rubricated ; overlining or two-teeth abbreviation symbol in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a medium line ; serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing (two and three dots) mainly in distinct or conjoined dots.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 14 IV(112), III (118), IV+1 (127), 12 IV(223), IV+2 (233), 26 IV(441), II (445), IV+1 (454), 3 IV(478), IV-1 (485), iii ; chiefly quaternions ; lacuna on p.458 marked with "ص" ; p.970 prior to opening of Bāb-i alif-i mamdūdah left blank ; 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 inserts).Colophon: "Scribal," reads "الحمد لله والمنة که باتمام رسید منتخب کتاب بهار عجم تالیف استادی مخدومی تیک چند بهار بخط فقیر حقیر اضعف العباد متهراداس قوم کهتری فقط"Incipit: "مهار آفرینی که کلبرک ... دیباچه اصل بهار عجم سپاس و ستایش ایزد متعال را در خور که هريکى ار افراد انسان ..."Title from opening matter (p.11) and colophon (p.978).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the dictionary of words and idioms used by the Persian poets compiled by Tīk Chand Bahār (d.1766) with added preface.

20. Bahāristān

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 894Origin: As appears in colophon on p.189 (accompanied by scribal verses), copied by Murtaz̤á ibn Muḥammad with transcription completed in 1073 [1662 or 3].Accompanying materials: a. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad, called Jāmī. Bahāristān | Have many parts of the Haft Awrang, and some other poems, but apparently not this in Mich. MS. Isl." (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Slip of paper with description in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "MO 18 Bahāristān of Jāmī | copied in 1073" (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" (paginted pp.5-6) -- d. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Husselman and Meredith-Owen notes" (paginated pp.7-8).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 43Binding: Boards covered in grey mottled (sponge-stained look) paper with green fading to tan leather over spine and board corners (half binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted laid paper ; spine accented with raised bands and gold-stamped title, author and shelfmark "BEHĀRI- STĀN E DJĀMĪ | MS. 1073" ; head edge of text block gilt ; sewn in white thread, over recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands ; overall in fair condition with slight abrasion, loss of pigment, etc. ; not original, note on upper pastedown describes rebinding.Support: European laid paper of a few types ; opening type with 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 27-28 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of three crescents (about 80 mm. long, perpendicular to chains, see p.24, 30, 84, 42, etc.) ; another type with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26-28 mm. apart (horizontal), and crown-star-crescent watermark (see p.38, 42, 54, 56, 190, etc.) ; another type with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain line spaced 26-28 mm. apart (horizontal) and three crescents watermark (75 mm. tall, perpendicular to chains, see p.118, 150, etc.) ; all quite sturdy, dark cream in color, well-sized and burnished.Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red discs ; written area of incipit page surrounded by red rule-border.Script: Naskh with influence of nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a medium line ; mainly serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left, exaggerated elongation of horizontal strokes, curvilinear descenders, pointing (two and three dots) mainly in strokes rather than distinct dots, occasional effect of words descending to baseline ; hand changes just before close (pp.187-189) to a more compact nastaʻlīq.Layout: Written in 13 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: iv, V (10), 2 VI(34), 4 V(74), VI (86), I (88), iii ; quinions and senions ; catchwords present ; text of p.26 apparently mistakenly entered by the copyist upside down (dotted lines provided for navigational clues) ; foliation in black ink, Western numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب على يد الضعيف عباد الصمد مرتضى بن محمد غفر الله له ولوالديه ولمن دعا له بالمغفره ... سنه ثلث وسبعين بعد الالف سنه ۱۰۷۳ ..."Incipit: "چو مرغ امر ذی بالی ز آغاز نه از نیروی حمد آید به پرواز ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of Jāmī's collection of sayings, anecdotes, short notes and stories.

21. Bayāz̤-i Ghaws̲iyah-i Ḥaz̤rat Ghaws̲-i Aʻẓam Muḥyī al-Dīn Jīlānī

Description:: Poems. Manuscript. In Persian. Title from fol. 1a. Date from cover. Written by Ghulām Ismāʻīl. Written in Afghanistan. Paper; modern cream color paper; black ink; some sections written diagonally; no catchwords. Nastaʻliq; 15 lines, with some pages of fewer lines written diagonally. Binding is marbled paper over cardboard; light tan leather spine; text block separated from binding.

22. Baḥr al-fatāwá

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 71Origin: As appears in opening on pp.24-25, assembled over the course of nearly three years then set down by the author in 1161 [1748]. A note on 'title page' (p.23) indicates that this ms. is a draft (مسودة) of the work, as attested by the layout and numerous lacunae, likely in the author's hand.Accompanying materials: Two scraps each with notes, etc. (paginated pp.111-112 and pp.569-570).Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 152. Bahr al-fatawi."Binding: Pasteboards covered in red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in yellow laid paper ; upper and lower covers bear blind-stamped central mandorla with rosettes accenting linear pendants and frame in tooled fillets ; sewn in brown thread, two stations ; endbands in red and blue, tail band in fair condition, head band in poor condition with losses and exposed core ; in poor condition with significant abrasion (even gashes), lifting and cracking of leather, lower cover detaching at spine, etc.Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines spaced 26-28 mm. apart (horizontal) ; crown and grapes watermark ; lightly burnished.Decoration: Keywords, section headings and vocalization rubricated ; overlining and textual dividers in the form of inverted commas in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; fine Turkish / Eastern Anatolian hand ; characteristically sans serif with effect of slight tilt to the left and of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, many sweeping descenders and elongated horizontal strokes, pointing (for two and three dots) mainly in strokes ; opening partially vocalized in red ink.Layout: As may be expected of a draft or rough copy (مسودة), the number of lines per page varies widely throughout.Collation: i, III+1 (7), 6 IV(55), VI (67), 3 V(97), II+1 (102), V+1 (113), V (123), IV (131), V (141), III (147), VI (159), 2 IV(175), VI (187), V (197), VI (209), 2 VIII (241), VI (253), III (259), IV+1 (268), VIII+1 (285), V (295), IV (303), III (309), VI (321), 2 IV (337), IV+1 (346), V (356), II (360), III (366), V+1 (377), 4 IV(409), III (415) ; numerous lacunae (unmarked) as may be expected of draft or rough copy (مسودة), regularly appearing between chapters ; catchwords present ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "فان كانت حية فالثلثان للاختين والسدس للام والسدس الباقي للاخت لام ولا شحاء للاخ لاب الذي هو القائل وان كانت ميتة فالسدس الباقي له"Incipit: "احمد الله الذي جعل المجتهدين المتقدمين هداة المؤمنين ببيان الاحكام ... اما بعد فيقول الفقير الى عفو ربه الغني الشهير بقاضي زاده محمد الارزني مولدا ومحتدا المفتي بمدينة ارزن الروم برتبة قضاء حلب الشهباء لما ضاقت منطقة التحرير عما كتب في كتب الفتاوى وقصرت يد القدرة عن ضبط ما حرر فيها جمعت بقدر الوسع من وقت افتائي فيها بعض واقعات الفتوى وغيره في مجموعة غير مرتبة الى قريب من ثلثين سنة ثم بيضها في سنة احدى وستين ومائة والف من تردد لدي من الفضلاء شكر الله سعيه فصارت مجموعة كبرى وبحرا ذخارا فسميتها ببحر الفتاوى راجيا ان تكون ذخيرة العقبى وعازما على الطافي بها بعد هذا بعض واقعات الفتوى بعناية الله تعالى ..."Title from opening (pp.24-25).Ms. codex.Fine draft or rough copy (musawwadah) of an extensive collection of legal decisions assembled and set down by Qāḍīʹzādah Muḥammad al-Arzanī, muftī in Erzurum. A detailed table of contents precedes the text (pp.9-16).

23. Baṣāʼir al-darajāt

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1036Origin: As appears in final colophon on fol.210a, copied by Faḍīl ibn Jalāl al-Dīn Nāʼīnī (see colophon at the close of juzʼ II for his full name "فضيل بن جلال الدين بن ابن حاجى محمد طاهر ابن خواجه احمد ولد سلغور شاه ولد عماده شاه ولد سلغور شاه نائينى"). Transcription finished ("tamma kitāb Baṣāʼir al-darajāt...) 1 Rabīʻ II 1072 [ca. 24 November 1661]. According to colophon following juzʼ III on fol.173a (p.345), copied in a school in the quarter / district (محله) of al-Karrān (perhaps in Isfahan).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 185Binding: Pasteboards faced in blue-green paper with red goatskin over spine and board corners (half-bound); Type III (without flap); pastedowns and flyleaves in what appears to be European wove paper with an embossed mark in French cursive italic script "Super Cour d'Auvergne. TSL[?]"; very worn, upper cover detached from text block, entire case detaching from textblock at spine; poor condition.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with laid lines running horizontally and spaced roughly 8 laid lines per cm., no chain lines visible plainly enough for measuring; many inclusions; flyleaves and pastedowns in a European wove paper with impressed mark in French cursive italic script "Super Cour d'Auvergne. TSL[?]".Decoration: Section headings rubricated ; overlinings and occasional textual dividers in the form of numeral khamsah in red.Script: Naskh ; fine, neat Persianate hand; essentially serifless (though occasionally serif on alif of lām alif ligature), point of final and free-standing nūn set down within wide, angled bowl (reminiscent of nastaʻlīq), pointing in distinct dots, curvilinear descenders, superscripting of final letters and words.Layout: Written in 14 lines per page; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board evident).Collation: i, 25 IV (200), IV+2 (210), i; chiefly quaternions; catchwords present; leaves between each of the four ajzāʼ left partially blank and unmarked, but with no apparent loss of text; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (supplied in cataloguing).Colophon: [final] "Scribal," triangular, reads: "تم كتاب بصائر الدرجات بحمد الله وعونه وحسن توفيقه والحمد لله وحده [؟] والصلوة على من لا نبي بعده وذلك في غرة شهر ربيع الثاني سنة اثنان وسبعين والف وكتبه العبد الاذل المحتاج الى رحمة الله الغني ابن جلال الدين اكبر فضيل نائيني عفي عنهما" ; flanked by scribal verses in Persian, reading: "اي انكه ته اطالع مسعود بود دانى كه مرا از توچه مقصود بود يك فاتحه ازبهر نويسنده بخوان تاعاقبت كار تو محمود بود ان شاء الله" and duʻāʼ in Arabic, reading: "اللهم اغفر وارحم لكاتبه ولصاحبه برحمتك يا ارحم الراحمين"Explicit: "قال قلت للرضا ان قوما من مواليك سالوني في ان تدعو الله لهم فقال والله اني لاعرض اعمالهم على الله في كل يوم"Incipit: "باب في العلم ان طلبه فريضة على الناس محمد بن الحسن المعروف بمموله عن ابراهيم بن هاشم عن الحسن بن محبوب يزيد بن علي بن الحسين عن ابيه عن ابي عبد الله عليه السلام قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه واله طلبه العلم فريضة على كل مسلم الا وان الله يحب بغاة العلم"Title from final colophon on fol.210a.Ms. codex.Collection of Traditions on the characteristics of the Ithná ʻasharī Shīʻī Imams by Abū Jaʻfar Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ṣaffār (d.902 or 3), divided into four ajzāʼ (juzʼ 1 through juzʼ 4) with a colophon following each.

24. Bustān-i Saʻdī

Description:: Manuscript. Persian. Title from fol. 1a. Scribe not identified. Possibly written in India. Date on fol. 1a; manuscript may be older. Paper; medium cream color paper with no visible watermarks; fol. 1b has floral unwan in gold, blue, red and white contains the Basmalah; text block enclosed in ruled border of one thin blue and one wide gold line; text itself is set off by single gold line on either side; hemistichs and sections are also separated by a thin gold line; black ink, section titles in red; catchwords. Nastaʻliq; 19 lines in written area 16.5 x 6.3 cm. Fol. 1b-114a. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M76. Binding is tan paper over boards with black cloth spine and corners. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

25. Bāb al-thālith min al-manhaj al-rābiʻ min Ḥabl al-matīn fī al-mawārīth ... etc..

Description:: Abstract: Collection of texts on inheritance law, mathematics, and astrology.Binding note: Full brown leather with blind-tooled central star and fillets.Contents: 1. leaves 1a: Persian verses.Contents: 2. leaves 1b-10a: al-Bāb al-thālith min al-manhaj al-rābiʻ min Ḥabl al-matīn fī al-mawārīth / Bahāʼ al-Dīn al-ʻĀmilī.Contents: 3. leaves 10b-12b: Persian verses.Contents: 4. leaves 13a-21a: Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb / Bahāʼ al-Dīn al-ʻĀmilī.Contents: 5. leaf 21b: Persian verses.Contents: 6. leaves 22a-49b: Risālah fī al-ḥisāb.Contents: 7. leaves 50a-89b: Ghunyat al-anām fī maʻrifat al-sāʻah wa-al-ayyām / al-Fayḍ al-Kāshī.Contents: 8. leaf 90a: Notes.Contents: 9. leaves 90b-122b: Farāʼiḍ / Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī.Contents: 10. leaves 123a-124b: Notes concerning ḥisāb abjad and other topics.Ms. codex.Title from text 2.On spine: Label reading "Manhaj al-rābiʻ az Ḥabl al-matīn fī al-mawārīth" in Arabic script.Physical description: 11 lines per page; written in small nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid European paper. Text 9 on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords; marginal notes. Marginal damp-staining and some repairs.Origin: Text 4, middle of Ṣafar 1110 H August 1698 (leaf 21a). Text 9, 6 Shaʻbān 1111 H 27 January 1700. Remaining texts likely completed around the same time.

26. Būstān

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 299Origin: As appears in colophon on p.321, copied by Bābā Shāh ibn Sulṭān ʻAlī (بابا شاه بن سلطان علی) with transcription completed in Shaʻbān 989 [September 1581].Former shelfmark: "594 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in magenta surface-dyed and gold-flecked European paper upper and lower covers gold-painted in mitred-panel style, with large floral vegetal designs filling central rectangle and guilloché roll border around the perimeter ; sewn in red thread, two stations, some leaves loose ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, fairly good condition ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and lifting of leather.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper of perhaps two types ; written area with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, quite indistinct) and faint chain lines irregularly visible, sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; written area mounted in leaves tinted deep blue with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct) and faint chain lines irregularly visible, sturdy though fairly transluscent, well-burnished.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2, consisting of rectangular piece with rubricated title in gold cartouche flanked by scalloped pieces in gold and red on field of lapis lazuli (with effect of book cover design) overlaid with delicated, swirling vegetal decoration in gold with floral accents in red, pink, yellow, lavender, and blue, bordered in bands of gold, pistachio green / turquoise and white and surmounted by scalloped dome in gold and lapis with similar vegetal decoration, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in white ; illuminated marginal decoration in saz leaves and floral forms completes illuminated double-page opening (pp.2-3) ; written area throughout delicately gold flecked and bordered in frame of gold, pistachio, red and white bands with columns within defined by narrow gold bands flanked by black fillets ; written area mounted in leaves tinted deep blue ; headings rubricated, chrysographed or in blue ink ; illustrated with five paintings (see p.67, 114, 150, 176, 298).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; exquisite calligraphic hand in a delicate line ; characteristically serifless with effect of words gently descending to baseline, elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct dots, bowl of nūn wide with dot set just down within.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 5 IV (40), II (44), III+1 (51), 8 IV (115), III+1 (122), 4 IV (154), IV-1 (161), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," mainly Arabic, reads "فرغت من تحرير هذه الكتاب الشريف فى تاريخ شهر شعبان سنه تسع وثمانين وتسعمايه حرره العبد بابا شاه بن سلطان علي غفر الله ذنوبه وستر عيوبهExplicit: "بضاعت نیاوردم الا امید خدایا ز عفوم مکن نا امید"Incipit: "بنام خداوند جان آفرین حکیم سخن در زبان آفرین ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2.Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of the Būstān, the celebrated mas̲navī of Saʻdī (d.1292), renowned Persian poet and prose writer. Apparently attributed in the colophon to the calligrapher Bābā Shāh Isfahānī (d.1587 or 8). Illustrated with five miniatures. Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.

27. Būstān

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 300Origin: As appears in colophon, copied by Muḥammad al-Kātib al-Nūr with transcription completed in Rabīʻ I 993 [March 1585] in the village of Zarah [Zirih ?] in Bākharz.Former shelfmark: "536 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards faced in spring green silk with red leather over spine and edges / turn-ins (silk faced, leather edged framed binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures and hinges in marbled paper (in dark blue and white) ; upper and lower covers carry gold-tooled guilloché borders defined by gold rules ; sewn in pink thread, four stations ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion, etc.Support: Written area on non-European (likely Persian) laid paper set into border of tinted paper and mounted in frame of tinted (or marbled) paper of varying shades (dark blue, yellow, dark greek, pale pink, etc.), hinged together with contrasting tinted and gold-painted guards ; frames with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical, quite distinct) and occasional chain lines visible (possibly grouped), quite well-burnished ; flyleaves in European laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 27 mm. apart (vertical) and crown watermark (front) and with 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 20 mm. apart (vertical), and three hats watermark (back).Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title in red "بوستان" surrounded by delicate swirling floral vegetal designs in gold, white, and red on a field of lapis lazuli with gold accents, surrounded by bands of white (with black crosses), gold and turquoise and surmounted by a much narrower rectangular piece with black cartouches filled with delicate swirling vegetal design in gold, white and red and set off by orange, turquoise and gold accents, itself surmounted by a band of gold and black interlace and flanked by bands of white (with black crosses) and turquoise ; headings rubricated ; written area gold-flecked and surrounded by a frame consisting of a colored width of the paper (surface-dyed in shades varying by page) flanked by narrow bands of gold, turquoise, red, gold, blue and black, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black fillets ; marginal decoration in grand floral vegetal motifs in gold.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; exquisite hand in a delicate line ; serifless with effect of inclination to the right, words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page, mainly divided to two columns. ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 3 (3), 3 III(21), i ; catchwords present.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "تحريرا فى شهر ربيع الاول سنه ٩٩٣ كتبه العبد المذنب محمد الكاتب النور غفر ذنوبه وستر عيوبه بولايت باخرز در قريۀ رزه صورت تحرير يافت"Explicit: "بضاعت نیاوردم الا امید خدایا ز عفوم مکن [نا] امید""Incipit: "بنام خداوند جان آفرین حکیم سخن در زبان آفرین ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' and illuminated headpiece at opening.Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of selections from the Būstān, the celebrated mas̲navī of Saʻdī (d.1292), renowned Persian poet and prose writer. Contributions to the cataloguing from Ali Rafi.

28. Būstān

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 301Origin: As appears in colophon on p.261, transcription completed 1 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 942 [ca. 22 April 1536].Former shelfmark: "188 T. De. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on recto of front flyleaf (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures in light brown leather with central mandorla in filigree appliqué (once gold-painted) over area of blue pigment as well as tooled and gold-painted border and accents ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OAi), pendants and cornerpieces as well as tooled and gold-painted border ; design continues on fore edge flap ; edges of text block gold-painted ; now sewn in white thread, two stations, other sewing holes visible ; worked chevron endbands in green and gray, fairly good condition ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, etc. ; subtle repairs at board edges, hinges, etc. in dark red-brown leather ; fore edge flap may be a replacement.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (fairly indistinct) ; replacement leaves in a different (likely Persian or Indian) paper, medium cream in color, quite sturdy, crisp, well-sized and burnished to glossy ; some leaves guarded or repaired ; some pigment breakthrough at frames ; flyleaf in European laid paper, possibly recycled as it bears a leather burn pattern not corresponding to the present cover.Decoration: Splendid once double-page illumination at opening (pp.2-3, though opening leaf has been replaced with a complementary piece of different style and quality) originally consisting of large rectangular panels each divided to central rectangular panel carrying opening text set off by cloud-bands (in gold with floral accents), flanked by vertical rectangular panels with gold lozenges on a lapis lazuli ground overlaid with swirling arabesques in gold, red, lavender, white, light blue, etc. and set off by upper and lower rectangular panels with gold cartouches carrying the title (originally) and author ("شيخ مصلح اليدن عليه الرحمة والغفران") in white surrounded by similar swirling arabesques on fields of gold and lapis lazuli evoking book cover design with borders of gold interlace ; entire rectangular panel surrounded by a border of lozenges in lapis lazuli with floral vegetal decoration in white, gold, red, etc. and a series of scalloped domes in gold on a lapis lazuli ground overlaid with similar swirling arabesques with perpendicular stalks (tīgh) ; elsewhere throughout, written area surrounded by frame consisting of a series of gold, light blue, dark red, and turquoise bands with outermost blue fillet, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined with black fillets ; section headings set off in rectangular headpieces (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) carrying headings in blue.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; exquisite hand in a thin to medium line ; serifless with effect of inclination to the right, words descending to baseline, elongation and slight contrast in thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, IV-4+4 (8), 3 IV(32), 2 (34), II (38), 11 IV(126), III (132) ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes opening flyleaf and skips two pages between pp.145-146).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "تحريرا فى تاريخ غره شهر ذي القعدة الشريفه سنه ۹۴۲ تم"Explicit: "بضاعت نیاوردم الا امید خدایا ز عفوم مکن نا امید"Incipit: "بنام خداوند جان آفرین حکیم سخن در زبان آفرین خداوند بخشنده ی دستگیر کریم خطا بخش پوزش پذیر عزیزی که هر کز درش سر بتافت..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Būstān, the celebrated mas̲navī of Saʻdī (d.1292), renowned Persian poet and prose writer.

29. Būstān

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 302Origin: As appears in colophon, copied by Sulṭān Ḥusayn ibn Jamshīd with transcription completed in Ramaḍān 953 [October-November 1546]. Mounting carried out much later ; paper with embossed mark suggests 19th century.Former shelfmark: "186 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on recto of front flyleaf.Binding: Semi-limp boards faced in dull red leather with dark green leather over spine and edges / turn-ins (leather faced and edged framed binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in dull green-brown leather ; doublure hinges in same dark green leather ; upper and lower covers carry traces of stained blue border defining a central rectangular panel ; now sewn in cream thread over two cords (quite wide, not recessed, flexible sewing, apparent as ridges on spine), other sewing holes visible ; overall in fair condition with staining, abrasion, etc. ; framing may constitute a repair.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper ; written area later mounted in borders of tinted (in varying shades of blue, lavender, etc.) and gold-flecked wove paper with almond shaped embossed mark ("... SMYRNA [SMYRNA]" see fol.7, 9, etc. compare embossed mark in paper of Isl. Ms. 10, copied in Kharparūt [i.e. Harput, Kharberd / Kharpert, etc. now Elazığ] in 1853) ; some breakthrough at frames.Decoration: Exquisite double-page illumination at opening consisting of large rectangular panels each divided to central rectangular panel carrying opening text set off by cloud-bands (in gold with delicate floral motifs in blue), flanking vertical panels filled with delicate arabesques in red, black, gold, lavender, yellow, etc. on fields of blue set in lozenges defined by narrow white bands, and upper and lower rectangular panels with gold lozenges carrying verses ("خوشتر از كتاب در جهان يارى نيست در غمكده زمانه غمخوارى نيست هر لحظه از او بگوشه تنهائى صد راحتى است هرگز آزادى نيست") in white surrounded by rich, swirling arabesques with floral accents in gold, white, pink, lavender, etc. on fields of gold and blue set off by looping bands in white ; elswhere throughout, written area surrounded by a gold frame with outermost blue rule ; section headings set off in splendid rectangular headpieces (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) carrying headings in white.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; exquisite hand in a thin to medium line ; serifless with effect of inclination to the right, words descending to baseline, elongation and slight contrast in thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct dots.Layout: Written mainly in 12 lines per page, mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: III (6), III-3 (9), III (15), 2 II(23) ; ternions and binions ; catchwords present.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "وقع الفارغ من كتابته فى شهر رمضان المبارك سنه ثلاث وخمسين وتسعمائة كتبه العبد سلطان حسين بن جمشيد "Explicit: "بضاعت نیاوردم الا امید خدایا ز عفوم مکن نا امید"Incipit: "بنام خداوند جان آفرین حکیم سخن در زبان آفرین خداوند بخشنده ی دستگیر کریم خطا بخش پوزش پذیر عزیزی که هر کز درش سر بتافت..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of selections from the Būstān, the celebrated mas̲navī of Saʻdī (d.1292), renowned Persian poet and prose writer.

30. Calligraphic Specimen

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 276Origin: As appears in colophon on final panel, executed by Ömer Sırrı, one of the students of Mehmet Sadullah Efendi, known as Arabzade. Date of transcription not specified, but likely during Ömer Sırrı's training and thus before the death of Arabzade Mehmet Sadullah Efendi.Binding: Boards covered in red-brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings and lining of opening and closing panel in light blue coated and textured paper ; upper and lower covers carry exquisite tooled vegetal design (swirling leaves and flowers set off by small rosette stamps surrounding central almond-shaped form) in contrasting shades of gold, set in gold tooled borders (also in contrasting colors) in a series of s-shaped stamps and rosettes ; panels edged in red-brown leather with gold-painted rule borders and hinged together with dark pink silk ; overall in good condition ; repairs in Japanese paper (rebacked).Support: Written area on well-burnished paper (untinted or tinted blue, red, etc. or marbled), set in frames of embossed paper (with vegetal designs) tinted various shades (pale peach, olive green, orange, yellow, turquoise, light blue, red, dark green, etc.) with colors of facing panels matching.Decoration: Written area surrounded by frame of heavy gold and colored bands (mainly in blue and red) set off by white fillets ; each specimen (kıta) set in a frame bordered in gold rules ; two specimens chrysographed ; leaves and floral sprays in blue, lavender, pink, green and gold flank colophon at close.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; exquisite specimen Ottoman calligraphy.Layout: Written in four lines per page with logograph for "سعي" under each line.Collation: Twelve 'panels' (mounted leaves) hinged together mainly in dark pink silk ; 'pagination' in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals in upper outer corner of panel (frame).Colophon: "نوشته شد بقلم شكتسه سيد عمر سرى كيه دار ناظر ديوان دعاوى صانه الله تعالى عن النقايص والمساوى از شاكر دان حضرت استاد مكارم اعتياد صدر والاى روم ايلى مولانا محمد سعد الله افندى الشهير بعرب زاده همه كا مش بادآ آماده"Explicit: "اثر اميدى ايله عالمده ايلدم بو قطعاتي تحرير اوقور اخوان صفا تاريخن اولدى والا اثر عبد فقير ١١٥٦ "Incipit: "بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اعظم اسماء عليم حكيم محترمان حرم انس را تازه حديثست ز عهد قديم..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Exquisite calligraphic specimen employing Jāmī's qaṣīdah on the basmalah for mürekkebât meșki exercises, executed by one of the students of Arabzade Mehmet Sadullah Efendi (d.1843).

31. Calligraphic specimen

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 279Origin: Date below vase with large floral spray 1281 [1864 or 5] ; other features also suggest 19th century. As appears in opening text, possibly executed for the Ottoman statesman Mehmet Fuat Paşa (d.1869).Former shelfmark: "598 [?]" inscribed in pencil on verso of 'front' flyleaf ; "123" inscribed in pencil on recto of 'back' flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark green leather (appearance of straight-grain leather but likely impressed straight grain or other artificial grain) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in a streaked paper (in yellow, dark purple, etc. reminiscent of tree-marbling or stream marbling) ; upper and lower covers carry gold-stamped central vegetal pendant, corner accents and vegetal border ; sewn in red thread, four stations, failed ; overall in fair condition with abrasion, staining, etc.Support: Paper of written area embossed to carry text and figurative designs, set in surface-dyed frames of bright green and mounted on pasteboards.Decoration: Embossed borders (reminiscent of mountains) as well as vegetal and figurative designs with such animals as lions, dragons, stags, bulls, etc. accenting the calligraphy or filling a page.Script: Mainly nastaʻlīq with occasional thuluth ; exquisite calligraphic hand executed with the fingernail or stylus in the technique known as khaṭṭ-i nākhunī ( خط ناخنی / khaṭṭ-e nākhonī). Compare no. 1-85-154.63 at the Library of Congress and see description provided by Christiane Gruber in Selections of Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Calligraphy (available online).Layout: Varies widely, pages carrying text with mainly 6-8 lines per page ; many pages carrying figurative or vegetal decoration only.Collation: Seven 'panels' (mounted leaves) hinged together with blue textile.Explicit: "ایا چرخ در پیش قدر تو واله ... تویی آنکه بر درگهت چرخ دربان كتبه ابو تراب افتاده"Incipit: "مديح سپهر رفعت بحر و قار و كدهي يكانه كوهر بحر كرم فؤاد پاشا ... "Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Superb album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ or murakkâ) employing verses of Anvari, etc. with interspersed figurative illustrations of lions, dragons, stags, bulls, etc. as well as vegetal motifs, all embossed in white paper likely with the fingernail, a technique known as khaṭṭ-i nākhunī ( خط ناخنی / khaṭṭ-e nākhonī). Contributions to the description from Ulrich Marzolph and Emily Neumeier.

32. Calligraphic specimen

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 278Origin: Neither signed nor dated ; decoration, paper, etc. may suggest late 18th or 19th century, though possibly later.Former shelfmark: "107" inscribed in pencil at opening ; "563 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on lower pastedown.Binding: Boards (quite stiff) covered in tan and red brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; pastedowns / doublures and flyleaves in block-printed faux marbled paper (evoking shell pattern in blue, green, yellow and orange) ; upper and lower covers carry stamped mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition, compare Déroche OSd 8), pendants and cornerpieces, with tooled and gold-painted borders ; panels hinged together with brown leather ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper, written area well-burnished and surface-dyed shades of beige, pale yellow, etc., pieced and set in borders mainly of block-printed faux marbled paper (evoking shell pattern in blue, green, yellow and orange) and all mounted on dense boards ; border for opening panel in a true marbled paper.Decoration: Written area surrounded by 'gold'-painted frame defined by black fillets and mounted in borders mainly of block-printed faux marbled paper.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; large, exquisite calligraphic hand in a bold line.Layout: Written in 4 lines per page with logograph for "سعي" under each line ; frame-ruled.Collation: Three 'panels' (mounted leaves) hinged together with brown leather.Incipit: "ا ب ج د ر د ر س ش ص ط ع ف ق ك ك ل م ن و ه لا ى ي ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ / murakkaâ), namely pieces from a meşk murakkaa carrying alphabetic exercises (müfredat) through the letter sīn. Final piece incomplete with further excercises (mashq) on the reverse.

33. Calligraphic specimen

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 402Origin: Date at close, 1205 [1790 or 91] during the reign of Sultan Selim III (r.1789-1807). Most likely executed by the master calligrapher Mehmet Esat Yesari (d.1798) as proposed by Muhittin Serin (see note on catalog card dated "20.4.1993") and Mohamed Zakariya and confirmed by Uğur Derman.Former shelfmark: "538 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on upper cover.Binding: Pasteboards faced in cream silk with dark red leather over spine and edges / turn-ins (silk faced, leather edged, framed binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; boards and recto of opening and final panel lined in marbled paper (kumlu or kılçıklı ebru in pink, light blue, and dark blue) ; upper and lower covers carry gold-tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps ; panels hinged together with dark red leather ; in somewhat poor condition with lifting of silk and leather, delamination of boards, much abrasion, staining, panels detaching from spine, etc.Support: Well-burnished laid paper (with roughly 8 vertical laid lines per cm.) mounted on heavy paper with pieced marbled paper (kumlu or kılçıklı ebru in blue and cream) framing the written area.Decoration: Written area surrounded by frame consisting of inner orange band and heavy gold outer band, outlined in black fillets.Script: Exquisite specimen of Ottoman calligraphy ; text throughout in an elegant, large nastaʻlīq (celi talik) in a heavy line ; pin-pricks surround each letter, presumably for transfer to the commemorative stone by pouncing.Layout: Written in a single line per page (opens vertically with lines running parallel to the spine).Collation: Eight heavy leaves or 'panels' hinged together.Explicit: "قيروب بيك ايكيوز بش سالى دستى پيك اديم يرده"Incipit: "جناب حضرت سلطان سليم خان جهانبانك ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Exquisite album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ or murakkaa) with design for a monumental inscription to appear in stone on a commemorative range marker (menzil taşı) of Bilâl Ağa (d.1807?), likely executed by Yesari Mehmed Esad Efendi (d.1798), the great Ottoman master of nastaʻlīq (talik).

34. Chahār Injil-i Muqaddas

Description:: Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon; each Gospel has separate caption title in red ink. Scribe not identified. Place of writing not determined; perhaps Iran. Paper; cream color, commercial laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; black ink with rubrication; catchwords. Nastaʻliq; 17 lines in written area 25.5 x 16 cm. Fol. 1b-128a. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M103. Nineteenth century brown half leather binding with dark brown grain sides; commercial marbled pastedowns and marbled edging; binding separated from text block. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

35. Collection of petitions and imperial edicts pertaining to Crete.

Description:: Abstract: Contains copies of imperial edicts sent to Crete and petitions presented by Cretans reflecting their social and economic concerns. Ms. likely belonged to an Ottoman bureaucrat in Crete.Binding note: Quarter leather with boards.Ms. codex.Physical description: 19 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq script in black on white European glazed, laid paper. Rubrication and catchwords.Origin: Dated 1143 AH (1730 or 31) (fol. 10b).

36. Collection of six Sufi texts.

Description:: Abstract: A collection of six texts on Sufism in Persian and Arabic.Binding note: Full burgundy leather binding with gilt-stamped fillets.Contents: 1. 20W, fol. 1b-9b: Treatise on the lawfulness of samāʻ. In Arabic.Contents: 2. 21W, fol. 14b-47a: Ḥasanāt al-ʻārifīn / Dārā Shikūh. In Persian; year of compilation is given as 1062H (1651 or 2) (fol. 14b).Contents: 3. 22W, fol. 48b-66b: Lavāyiḥ / Jāmī. In Persian. In Persian; dated Jumādá al-Thānī 1232H (April-May 1817) (fol. 66b).Contents: 4. 23W, fol. 67a-74b: Ṣulḥ-i kull / Khūb Muḥammad Chishtī. In Persian; composed in 1016H (1607 or 8) and dated Ramaḍān 1232H (July-August 1817) (fol. 74b).Contents: 5. 23W, fol. 75b-85a: Risālah / Muḥammad Bāqī Billāh. In Persian; dated Ramaḍān 1232H (July-August 1817) (fol. 85a).Contents: 6. 24W, fol. 86b-98b: Ayyuhā al-walad / al-Ghazzālī. In Arabic; dated Ramaḍān 1232H (July-August 1817) (fol. 98b). Followed by a short prayer in Arabic and Persian on fol. 99a.Ms. codex.Physical description: 15-19 lines per page; written in black by different hands on brown Arabic glazed, laid paper. Text 1 written in naskhi; texts 2-6 written in nastaʻliq. Catchwords and rubrication; a few marginal notes. Some insect damage. List of texts on fol. 1a and on label on front cover. Numbers 20-24 in Western numerals listed on label on back cover. Fol. 10a-14a, 47b-48a, 75a, 85b-86a, 99b-100 are either blank or contain title information by a later hand.Text 1 incipit: بسم الله ... الحمد لله الذي خص الاولىاء بحسن الاستماعText 2 incipit: بسم الله ... احدى راست حمد بىحد که حمد و حامد و محمود اوست و حمدى راستText 3 incipit: بسم الله ... رب وفقنا للتكميل والتميم لا احصى ثناء عليك كيف وكل ثنائي يعود اليكText 4 incipit: بسم الله ... حمد جلىلى را که بجمىع محامد محمد است و صلوات بر انسان کامل که در مرتبه جامع محمد استText 5 incipit: بسم الله ... الحمد لله الحمد لله که حقىقت از آفتاب روشن تر استText 6 incipit (after introduction): بسم الله ... ايها الولد العزيز المحب اطال الله بقاءك لطاعته

37. Daftar-i chahārum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.4Origin: As appears in colophon on p.541, transcription completed Rajab 1070 [March-April 1660].Accompanying materials: a. Recycled card with note "Exchange - note of previous owner | College of Fort William (India)" -- b. Card with note describing contents "(MS) روضة الصفا | rowẓatt al-ṣafā | vol.4 | Date: 1070 AH (1651 ±)" -- c. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- d. Scrap with title and date in ink "Rawḍat al-Safā | vol. 4 AH 1075 ?"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.4Binding: Boards covered in light brown leather decorated in "marble calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather, gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 4" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over recessed cords ; Western style worked endbands, fair condition ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion and deterioration of leather, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, curving) and chain lines only faintly visible, cloudy formation, somewhat thin though sturdy, beige to light brown in color, well-burnished ; some breakage and minor pest damage (with repairs).Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of three inverted commas, etc. (in red) ; occasional overlining in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a medium line ; serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline and tilt to the right, elongation and somewhat exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing in strokes or conjoined dots (for two and three dots).Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 33 IV(264), IV-2 (370), i ; exclusively quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black strokes in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and the lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," triangulare, reads "تمت المجلد الرابع بعون الله تعالى وحسن توفيقه والحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على نبيه محمد واله اجمعين الطيبين الطاهرين تحريرا فى شهر رجب المرجب سنه ۱۰۷۰ هجرى"Incipit: "فهرست نسخه سعادات ابدی و دیباجه مجموعه کرامات سرمدی ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.3).Ms. codex.Fine copy of the fourth volume, addressing the dynasties contemporary with 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).

38. Daftar-i duvvum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ

Description:: 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).

39. Daftar-i sivvum az Qiṣṣah-i Abū Muslim Marvazī

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 882Origin: Lacks dated colophon. Patronage note at close (p.526) may refer to composition of this recension or to execution of the copy, apparently on the order of Navvāb (Shāhzādah Baygum (Begam) Ṣāḥibah bint Pādishāh Jam Jāh Shāh ʻĀlam Bahādur Padishāh Ghāzī (نواب شاهزاده بيگم صاحبه بنت پادشاه جم جاه شاه عالم بهادر پادشاه غازى), i.e daughter of Bahādur Shāh I (Shāh ʻĀlam I), see descriptive note on added leaf (p.7). Paper, hand, etc. could be consistent with a late 17th century dating, though a later dating may be more likely.Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes" (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" (paginated pp.3-4).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 31Binding: Boards covered in shell 'marbled' paper (mainly in blue and burnt orange) with tan leather over spine and board corners (half-binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in seafoam green wove paper, hinges in dark purple textile ; spine stamped with title "KUSEYE ABOO MOSLEM" on piece of dark blue leather ; now sewn in white thread over five recessed cords ; Western-style worked endbands in blue and red threads over a leather core ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct) and rare chain line visible, cloudy formation, quite sturdy though transluscent, well-burnished, dark cream in color ; staining and tide lines.Decoration: Keywords and section headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of inverted commas in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; bold, elegant hand ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation and exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing (two and three dots) mainly in distinct or conjoined dots.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV+1 (9), 13 IV(113), I (115), 5 IV(155), 2 II(163), IV+2 (173), 10 IV(253), III (259), I (261), ii (per mid-quire marks) ; chiefly quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black strokes in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and lower-outer corner of the right-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and flyleaves and skips two pages each between pp.7-8 and 513-514).Explicit: "والله اعلم بالصواب تم تمام شد هذا الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب از قصه امیر امیران ... یعنی بنام خوش امیر عبد الرحمن بن اسد بن جنید بن آل عمران تمام شد دفتر سیویم قصه ابو مسلم مروزی بموجب فرمایش بیگمصاحبه محترمه معظمه فیاضه زمان ملكۀ دوران نواب شاهزاده بيگم صاحبه بنت بادشاه جم جاه شاه عالم بهادر پادشاه غازی تم تم تم"Incipit: "الحمد لله رب العالمین والعاقبة للمتقین الصواه [الصلوة] والسلام على رسوله محمد واله اجمعین اول بنام آنکه مکیس منیت مشترک ان خالق خلاق و ان مالک ملک ... و حکیم ابو طاهر ترتوسی رحمة الله علیه ..."Title from inscription on p.7.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the epic tale relating the life and personality of Abū Muslim al-Khurāsānī (fl. 8th cent.) in the version attributed to Abū Ṭāhir Tartūsī (Ṭarsūsī, Tūsī, Ṭarṭūsī ; see opening matter on p.10).

40. Dalāʼil al-khayrāt wa shawāriq al-anwār fī dhikr al-ṣalāh ʻalá al-nabī al-mukhtār.

Description:: Collection of prayers for the Prophet Muḥammad and other devotional materials such as a description of his tomb and lists of his names and honorary epithets, divided into 60 sections to be read daily over 2 months. This copy is preceded and followed by 91 lines from Būṣīrī's poem known as al-Burdah (f. 1v-5r, 126v-130v) copied in nastaʻliq. Includes a few marginal notes in Persian.

41. Deed of endowment, 1749 January 5, of eş-Şeyh Mehmet Rıza Efendi bin eş-Şeyh İbrahim Efendi.

Description:: Abstract: Vaqıf document. Signatures and stamps of three judges on fol. 1a; witnesses listed on fol. 10b.Binding note: Full brown leather with flap; gold-stamped central mandorla and fillets.Ms. codex.Physical description: 11 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on heavy glazed, laid European paper. Catchwords. Some staining and smudging. In good condition.Decoration: On fol. 1b, illuminated unvan in gold and color. Text framed in double gold lines; phrase stops in the shape of gold disks with red and blue dots.Origin: 15 Muḥarram 1162 H 5 January 1749 (fol. 9b).

42. Defter

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 214Origin: Final record entries dated Ṣafar 1026 [February-March 1617] ; copy likely executed just after.Former shelfmark: "537 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro de Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in shell marbled paper (in shades of lavender, brown, etc.) with spine in gray leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in coated, green surface-dyed wove paper ; sewn in red thread, six stations ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of paper, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical, fairly indistinct), cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, burnished.Decoration: Superb illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of large rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche surrounded by arabesques and floral motifs in gold with pink and red accents on a field of bright blue (cobalt), bordered in a band of red with white crosses and surmounted by a scalloped dome or triangular piece filled with similar vegetal decoration also on grounds of gold and blue, all set in a well of gold bands and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; second illuminated headpiece (rectangular with empty gold cartouche and delicate floral designs in white, pink, light blue, gold, etc.) on at opening of main text following preface on p.4 ; written area surrounded by gold frame ; textual dividers in the form of gold rosettes ; some keywords and headings chrysographed or overline in gold, others rubricated or in white ink ; marginal decorations in the form of roundels setting off seal impressions (on the rectos of many folia see pp.2-3, 5, 7, 9) with gold and blue borders and vertical stalks, or carrying invocation "نحمد الله على نعمائه الجميلة وعلى آلائه الجليلة وعلى الطافه الجزيلة حمدا دائما كثيرا" (p.4) or vegetal designs (see pp.6, 8, 10, i.e. on the versos of those same folia, filling the outline of the roundel bordering the seal impression on the recto) .Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; exquisite Turkish / Ottoman hand in a medium line ; serifless with effect of inclination to the right, gentle descent of words to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in strokes or conjoined dots.Layout: Written in 29-30 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, II (4), I+1 (7), i ; catchwords present (though now obscured in some places) ; pagination in Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "أن الشريف جليل ابن صلبي للشريف سيدى [؟] ابن الشريف مصطفى ابن الشريفة سلام من النسب الطاهر وذلك بعد أن أبرز حجة دالة على شرف جده وهو الشريف مصطفى ... معنونة بعنوان النقباء السالفين"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي خلق من الماء بشرا فجعله نسبا وصهرا وربى شجرة هذا النسب بمياه الحسب والادب والتقوى وجعل أصلها آدم الصفي الذي اجتباه ربه وهدى وأطلع ثمرتها النامية السامية في غصنها الاعلى سيد الورى فصارت كشجرة طيبة أصلها ثابت وفرعها في السما ... وبعد فالسبب الداعي إلى تحرير هذه النميقة الأنيقة والوثيقة الوثيقة هو أنه قد تبين وبهر وتعين وظهر وكالشمس في رابعة النهار اشتهر باخبار العالم العامل الرباني خادم الشرع الشريف الصمداني ... شيخ الاسلام ... مولانا اسعد افندي ... ابن المولى المرحوم ... مولانا سعد الدين ... أن شيخي ومولاي ... الشيخ السيد محمود افندى الاسكدارى ... من النسب الطاهر وسيادته بين الأنام بين وظاهر ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.3. p.12-p.14 : Nat-i Hazret-i Server-i Kainat ve Müfahhar-i mevcudat2. p.11 : [blank].1. p.2-p.10 : [records of the office of nakibüleşraf].Elegant copy of what appears to be a record book of the Niqābat al-Ashrāf (office of nakibüleşraf or nakıbü'l-eşraflık) with each entry after the first (which is for al-Shaykh al-Sayyid Maḥmūd Afandī al-Uskudārī / Şeyh Mahmut Efendi Üsküdarî, d.1626) numbered and signed "شهود الحال خدام مجلس النقابة." Entries are followed by a poem in praise of the Prophet in Ottoman Turkish. Identification and contributions to the description provided by Ahmad Nazir Atassi. "Each entry is an attestation in front of prominent witnesses that a certain person has proven to be a sharīf by a document he produced that was signed by some previous Naqīb al-Ashrāf and that testifies the sharīfian rank of one of his ancestors." - from description provided by Ahmad Nazir Atassi.

43. Dhakhīrat al-ʻuqbá

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 86Origin: Authorial and scribal colophons appear on p.708, supplied by "Muṣṭafá al-Qāḍī" (qad waqaʻa al-farāgh min tanmīq hādhā al-kitāb...katabahu..."). Authorial colophon mistakenly claims composition begain in the year "91" Hijrī. Opening of scribal colophon (possibly transcribed verbatim from exemplar) suggests that transcription was finished ("qad waqaʻa al-farāgh min taḥrīr hādhā al-kitāb...") first of Rajab 908 [ca. 31 December 1502]. However, the paper, hand, etc. would more likely suggest a dating of late 16th or early 17th century, and perhaps the copyist intended 980 [ca. 7 November 1572] rather than 908.Accompanying materials: Three slips, all paginated -- a. pp.23-24 blank paper -- b. pp.289-290 text in black ink on one side -- c. pp. 465-466 notes in black ink on one side.Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 16. Dakhirat al-ukba."Binding: Pasteboards covered in black leather ; Type II binding (with flap, though only fore edge flap remains) ; board linings in blue and white shell marbled paper ; upper and lower covers bear blind-stamped scalloped mandorla with gold painted accents ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; endbands in orange and white ; in poor condition, with envelope flap lost, abrasion on all corners of cover, tail end of spine missing and exposing deteriorating primaries.Support: European laid paper, a few different types ; one with very distinct laid lines (vertical) spaced roughly 9-10 laid lines per cm., chain lines spaced roughly 26-28 mm. apart, lightly burnished ; another thinner, more heavily burnished with roughly 12-13 laid lines per cm. (vertical, very fine and distinct) and chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart ; watermarks include crossbow (see p.220, compare Piccard no.123789), anchor in circle with trefoil above (p.196, compare Heawood 1 and 4) and figure (angel) in circle with "S c C" countermark (p.88/98, etc. matching Piccard no.21419 from Bari, 1587) ; loose leaves at beginning ; first two folia entirely detatched ; repairs made with similarly colored, laid paper ; water damage to head and tail of text, causing smudging of some glosses.Decoration: Red rule border appears for opening through p.48 ; textual divders in the form of inverted commas, stylized hāʼ, etc. ; text rubricated with keywords, textual dividers, notabilia, etc. in red.Script: Several different hands, as well as changes in ink and line thickness ; majority in a naskh-nastaʻlīq (talik) with closed counters, superscripting of final words of line, esentially sans serif ; a few other hands in naskh-nastaʻlīq (talik) appear, varying in size and elongation of horizontal strokes, with some exaggeration in thickness ; a few sections are supplied in a more standard naskh, though with slant to the left, mainly closed counters, occasional head-serifs on free-standing alif and initial lām ; hand first appears to change at p.44 and repeatedly thereafter, particularly in the latter quires (see pp.586-610, pp.611-624, pp.625-664, pp.665-684, etc.).Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board evident).Collation: I+1 (3), V-1 (12), 3 V(42), IV(50), III(56), 8 V(136), II(140), V(150), VI(162), 3 V(192), IV(200), 3 V(230), II(234), 2 VI(258), V(268), I(270), 7 V(340), VI(352) ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present (occasionally correspond with second or third rather than first word of following page) ; foliation in Hindu-Arabic numerals in black ink (scribe's hand) starting after incipit (p.11) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (pagination skips two leaves between p.41 and p.42, and includes inserts).Colophon: "Authorial" followed by "Scribal," rectangular, "تم بحمد الله وعونه وحسن توفيقه وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم قال الشيخ الامام الهمام عفى الله عنه يوسف بن جنيد عفى عنهما الحميد المجيد المدرس في احدى المدارس ... في بلدة القسطنطنية حرسها الله تعالى عن القلوب القاسية هذا اخر ما [...؟] لي في شرح صدر الشريعة المسمى بذخيرة العقبى ... وكان ابتداء التاليف تقريبا في احدى وتسعين [كذا] من الهجرة النبوية على صاحبها افضل الصلاة والسلام الى يوم الحشر والقيام. وقد وقع الفراغ من تحرير هذا الكتاب في اول رجب الفرد بتاريخ سنة ثمان و تسعمائة على يد افقر عباد الله تعالى و اضعفهم و احوجهم الى رحمة رب العالمين . . . قد وقع الفراغ من تنميق هذا الكتاب المسمى ذخيرة العقبى [كذا] الحشية لصدر الشريعة العظمى والمحشي اخي چلبي رحمه الله كتبه الفقير اليه تعالى مصطفى القاضي ..."Explicit: "وان لم يمتد اعتقاله او لم يعلم اشاراته لم يكن حكمه حكم الاخرين فلا يعتبر اشارته و كتابته الحمد لله الموصل بالاتمام قوله والمقيم الذي لا يموت ولا ينام قوله والكفيل الذي اوصل الارزاق للانام [؟] والعليم الذي يعلم بلا الحاف والزام [؟] والحكيم الذي لا يحكم بين خلقه بالاتقان والاحكام وصلى الله على نبيه المنعوت بالاختتام وعلى اله اصحابه الذين فازوا على قهر العدو بعناية الملك العلام"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذى شرح صدر الشريعة الغراء ... وبعد فان تكميل النفوس الانسانية بالفضائل القدسية و تحليتها بالخصائل الانسية... فشرعت فيها ثانيا بعد ايابي من تلك الاراضي المقدسة ... وسميتها بذخيرة العقبى في شرح صدر الشريعة العظمى ..."Title from colophon on p.706 and edge title.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the gloss by Yūsuf ibn Junayd Akhī Chelebi on Sharḥ al-Wiqāyah by Ṣadr al-Sharīʻah al-Aṣghar (al-Thānī) ʻUbayd Allāh ibn Masʻūd al-Maḥbūbī, itself a commentary on Wiqāyat al-riwāyah fī masāʼil al-Hidāyah by Maḥmūd ibn Ṣadr al-Sharīʻah al-Maḥbūbī, an epitome on the celebrated work of Ḥanafī fiqh, al-Hidāyah by ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr al-Marghīnānī (see Isl. Ms. 97 for another ms. copy of this work). Description provided mainly by Sarah Mirza.

44. Dhakhīrat al-ʻuqbá fī sharḥ Ṣadr al-Sharīʻah al-ʻUẓmah

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 558Origin: As appears in colophon on p.645, transcription completed 7 Rajab 1124 [ca. 10 August 1712].Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas -- c. Two inserts carrying notes (paginated pp.281-82 and pp.633-34).Former shelfmark: From inner front cover and fore edge flap, "IL 133" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in untinted laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped central mandorla filled with vegetal composition (compare Déroche class. OAi) ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in dull pink or light brown thread, two stations ; endbands virtually gone, though traces of headband remain ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, etc.Support: European laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart (horizontal), watermarks including three crescents (81 mm. long, perpendicular to chains, see p.12, 17, etc.) and crown-star-crescent (76 mm. tall, see p.10, 19, etc.), and countermark of "V G" under trefoil (see p.12) ; light cream in color, sturdy and well-burnished to glossy.Decoration: Keywords, section headings, and abbreviation symbols rubricated ; overlining in red ; textual dividers in the form of red discs.Script: Naskh ; mainly a fine, compact Turkish hand ; partially but irregularly serifed with right-sloping head-serifs on free-standing alif and other ascender letters, effect of tilt to the left, occasional effect of words descending to baseline, curvilinear descenders with some sweeping, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots, freely ligatured with assimilation of initial alif with following lām, dot of final nūn with bowl, etc. ; hand changes at p.629, from there to p.649 text supplied in a nastaʻlīq (talik), sans serif with effect of tilt to the right ; final two leaves of the text in still a different naskh ; opening excerpt in a naskh with some influence of nastaʻlīq (talik), a clear Turkish hand, virtually serifless with effect of words descending to baseline (occasionally more exaggerated) and tilt to the left, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots, freely ligatured.Layout: Written mainly in 21 lines per page ; opening excerpt in 23 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: I (2), 32 V(322), I (324) ; almost exclusively quinions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes some inserts and mistakenly skips ahead from p.275 to p.277 and from p.277 to p.279).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "سوده [الحرف الاخير مشطوب] الحقير [كذا] هذه الاوراق في سنة اربع وعشرين ومائة والف السبع في شهر رجب المرجب في نصفه يوم پنجشنبه قرب غروب الشمس"Explicit: "وان لم يمتد اعتقاله او لم يعلم اشاراته لم يكن حكمه حكم الاخرين فلا يعتبر اشارته و كتابته تم الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي شرح صدر الشريعة الغراء ... وبعد فان تكميل النفوس الانسانية بالفضائل القدسية و تحليتها بالخصائل الانسية... فشرعت فيها ثانيا بعد ايابي من تلك الاراضي المقدسة ... وسميتها بذخيرة العقبى في شرح صدر الشريعة العظمى..."Title from opening matter on p.12.Ms. codex.7. p.653-p.654 : [blank].6. p.652 : [listing of notabilia].5. p.650-p.651 : [authorial colophon].4. p.649 : [excerpt].3. p.646-p.648 : [table of contents].2. p.9-p.645 : Dhakhīrat al-ʻuqbá fī sharḥ Ṣadr al-Sharīʻah al-ʻUẓmah / Akhī Chalabī.1. p.1-p.8 : [gloss upon a commentary on Sūrat al-Qadr].Fine copy of the gloss by Yūsuf ibn Junayd Akhī Chelebī (Ahi Çelebî) on Sharḥ al-Wiqāyah by Ṣadr al-Sharīʻah al-Aṣghar (al-Thānī) ʻUbayd Allāh ibn Masʻūd al-Maḥbūbī, itself a commentary on Wiqāyat al-riwāyah fī masāʼil al-Hidāyah by Maḥmūd ibn Ṣadr al-Sharīʻah al-Maḥbūbī, an epitome on the celebrated work of Ḥanafī fiqh, al-Hidāyah by ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr al-Marghīnānī. (see Isl. Ms. 86 and Isl. Ms. 97 for other ms. copies of this work). Preceded by an excerpt of a gloss upon a commentary on Sūrat al-Qadr (pp.1-8) and followed by table of contents (pp.646-648), closing excerpt (p.649), and authorial colophon in different hand (pp.650-651).

45. Dhakhīrat al-ʻuqbá fī sharḥ Ṣadr al-Sharīʻah al-ʻUẓmá

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 97Origin: As appears in colophon on p.447, transcription finished ("wa-qad waqaʻa al-farāgh min taḥrīr hādhā al-kitāb...") in the first part of Jumādá I 929 [March 1523].Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No.146. Glosses on the Wikayah."Binding: Pasteboard covered in dark brown leather with red-brown leather repairs on spine and at edges/turn-ins ; Type II binding (with flap, now lost) ; board linings in laid paper ; cover bears blind-stamped scalloped mandorla with floral vegetal composition (compare Déroche class. OAi2 5) ; sewn in white thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in red and sky blue, fine condition ; overall in poor condition with upper cover and flap lost, significant abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of leather, delamination of boards, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines grouped in threes with 9-10 mm. between the chains and roughly 35 mm. between groups ; well-burnished.Decoration: Keywords, section headings, and abbreviations rubricated ; occasional overlining and textual divders in the form of discs in red ; written area (opening through p.64 and then p.251 to close) surrounded by red rule-border.Script: Naskh-nastaʻlīq ; virtually serifless ; mainly closed counters ; effect of words descending to baseline, occasionally more exaggerated ; occasional extension of horizontal strokes ; colophon in thuluth.Layout: Written in 29 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 6 V(60), II+2 (66), V (76), II (80), 4 V(120), II (124), 6 V(184), IV+1 (193) ; chiefly quinions ; p.134 and p.444 left blank, unmarked ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and inserts ; drops from p.132 to p.131 thus repeating pp.131-132).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads: "وقد وقع الفراغ من تحرير هذا الكتاب في اوائل جمادى الاولى في سنة تسع وعشرين وتسعمائة"Explicit: "وان لم يمتد اعتقاله او لم يعلم اشاراته لم يكن حكمه حكم الاخرين فلا يعتبر اشارته و كتابته تم بعون الله تع"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذى شرح صدر الشريعة الغراء ... وبعد فان تكميل النفوس الانسانية بالفضائل القدسية و تحليتها بالخصائل الانسية... فشرعت فيها ثانيا بعد ايابي من تلك الاراضي المقدسة ... وسميتها بذخيرة العقبى في شرح صدر الشريعة العظمى ..."Title from opening (p.7).Ms. codex.Fine copy of the gloss by Yūsuf ibn Junayd Akhī Chelebi on Sharḥ al-Wiqāyah by Ṣadr al-Sharīʻah al-Aṣghar (al-Thānī) ʻUbayd Allāh ibn Masʻūd al-Maḥbūbī, itself a commentary on Wiqāyat al-riwāyah fī masāʼil al-Hidāyah by Maḥmūd ibn Ṣadr al-Sharīʻah al-Maḥbūbī, an epitome on the celebrated work of Ḥanafī fiqh, al-Hidāyah by ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr al-Marghīnānī. (see Isl. Ms. 86 for another ms. copy of this work).

46. Divan-i Ṭarzī

Description:: Complete poems of Ghulām Muḥammad Ṭarzī. Divan-i Ṭarzī (Poetic collection of Tarzi) contains verses by Ghulām Muḥammad Ṭarzī (1830-1900), mostly concerning piety, ethics, politics, and society in 19th century Afghanistan. Tarzi came from a distinguished background; he belonged to the Mohammadzai sub-lineage of the Durranis, one of two main Afghan Pashtun lineages, the other being Ghilzai. Because of their connections to Muḥammad Yaʻqūb Khān, Tarzi and his family were exiled from Afghanistan in 1882-83 by Abd al-Raḥmān Khān, a kinsman of Yaʻqūb Khān and a rival to the Afghan throne. The feeling of desolation occasioned by Tarzi's exile pervades many of the poems. Each poem is specific in theme, meaning, and place. One poem, for example, extols the verse of Mirza ʻAbd al-Qādir Bīdil, the famous Persian poet and Sufi who was instrumental in the development of "Indian-style" Persian poetry in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. In another poem, Tarzi praises the wedding of Muḥammad Yaʻqūb Khān, who in 1879 was briefly amir of Afghanistan, after he signed the Treaty of Gandamak recognizing British control of Afghanistan's foreign affairs. Each poem has a rubricated title that indicates where it was written and its purpose. On page 336, for example, it is stated that "this ghazal is written in Kandahar in response to Neamat Khan." A few poems are not titled, but each is distinguished by its conclusion with the author's pen name tarzi (stylist). The volume itself is not titled. The names and personal library stamps of several owners and readers, including that of Abdul Rauf Khan Tarzi, a descendant of the author, appear on the cover and last pages. The book is in two sections: the main one is of ghazal (lyric) verses, while the last 50 pages are in rubai (quatrain) form. The script includes several versions of Persian nastaliq, such as clear nastaliq, broken nastaliq, and uneasy nastaliq. The paper is of different qualities and colors; most text appears on plain cream paper laid down on a marbled backing. Pages have penciled Persian-Arabic numerals inserted by a reader. The marginal notes may be the author's own or by anonymous readers. The final text is a prose piece, in which Tarzi emphasizes his virtue, sorrow, and loyalty. World Digital Library.

47. Divan-ı Celâlî

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 405Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration etc. would suggest late 16th or possibly early 17th century ; dated ownership statement on 'title page' (p.3) provides a terminus ante quem of 1853.Former shelfmark: "311 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures in brown leather ; upper and lower covers carry stamped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. NSd 7), pendants and cornerpieces ; sewn in yellow thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, damaged but in fair condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly indistinct) and no chain lines visible, crisp, well-sized and burnished, dark cream in color ; much repaired.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4, consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche (carrying invocation in red "يا قاسم الارزاق بالاستحقاق" ) surrounded by delicate arabesques with floral motifs in gold, lavender, red, turquoise, etc. on a light blue and gold ground, surmounted by a scalloped band of evoking a row of domes filled with same delicate arabesques in gold, pink, lavender, turquoise, red, etc. on grounds of light blue and gold, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in light blue ; another fine illuminated headpiece at opening on p.45 ; written area surrounded by a frame of gold bands defined by black fillets, divisions within (occasionally gold-flecked) defined by narrow gold bands outlined by black fillets ; illuminated tailpiece at close on p.48, consisting of elegant vegetal designs in black and pink with red accents on a gold ground with lapis borders.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; bold, elegant Ottoman hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 11 lines per page, with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 2 IV(16), III (22), 1 (23), i ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present (though occasionally obscured by repairs) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Explicit: "كه بحر خاك نيست مظهر كل"Incipit: "ينه شوقم بلوردى جوشم وار موج دريا كبى خروشم وار ..."Title from inscription on upper doublure.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān (collected poems) of Hüseyin Celâl Bey, known as Celâlî (1517-1571), see Türk dili ve edebiyatı ansiklopedisi (1977), ii, p.26.

48. Divan-ı Necâtî Bey

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

49. Divan-ı Ragıp Paşa

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 422Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. suggest latter 18th century.Former shelfmark: "479 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in brown leather ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in shell marbled paper (mainly in red and blue) ; upper and lower covers carry gold-stamped scrollwork designs with central lozenge, corner motifs and vegetal border, gold-stamped designs continue on spine ; now sewn in white thread over two recessed cords, four stations ; stuck-on endbands in green ; register in sheer silk ribbon ; edges of text block gold-flecked ; overall in fair condition with damage to upper board corner, minor abrasion, some negative draw in covers, etc.Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 18-21 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of scrollwork with three stylized hats in shield and "F C" below (see fol.5, 6, 15, 16, etc.), sturdy and quite well-burnished to glossy, alternating bifolia tinted yellow.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of "منشآت" on fol.1b, consisting of scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in light green, pink, light blue, white, red, and gold on grounds of gold and dark blue, bordered in white, black, gold, red and blue bands, surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and red and set in a well of pink with red accents ; other fine illuminated headpieces at opening of "صلحيه نمچه" on fol.49b, opening of "تقريضات" on fol.69b, opening of "قصائد" on fol.71b, opening of "تخميسات" on fol.79b, and opening of ghazals on fol.84b ; written area surrounded by gold frame, with divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black fillets ; keywords rubricated ; overlining in red ; textual dividers in the form of gold discs.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; fine, compact hand in a heavy line ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 12 V(120), V-1 (129), i ; exclusively quinions ; catchwords present.Incipit: "حركت كردن از شتائيه بطرف صيفيه وبعد ازين نقل كردن بجنات محبوبيه جناب برارنده نه طباق افلاك جل ذاته عن درك الادراك ..."Title from inscription on 'title page'.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān (collected verse and prose) of the Ottoman Grand Vizier and littérateur, Koca Mehmet Ragıp Paşa (d.1763), opening with münşeat. Contribution to the cataloguing from Hossein Mottaghi.

50. Divan-ı şirin-i edâ-yi Nabi

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 679Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.281b, copied by Nāʻil Ṣuḥufī [?]. Date transcription finished appears as a chronogram "غزلق" or 1137 [غ1000 + ز7 + ل30 + ق100 =1137, i.e. 1724 or 1725].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 132 a1" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in light brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings and interior of envelope flap in pink tinted laid paper ; interior of foreedge flap in light brown leather ; upper and lower covers carry central blind-stamped scalloped mandorla (elongated) and pendants with vegetal pattern (compare Déroche class. OSd 8) accented with gold and red paint, bordered by fillet with strokes and dots at apices and sprandels of scallops in gold paint ; frame of striated s-shaped stamps painted gold and bordered by two gold fillets also in gold paint ; at corners and midpoints of frame, dots and strokes in gold paint ; foreedge flap decorated with fillets and heavy vegetal pattern (vine) in gold paint ; in fair condition with significant wear and pest damage but intact and still well-attached to text block.Support: European laid paper, mainly with laid lines running vertically spaced roughly 11-12 laid lines per cm., single chain lines running horizontally spaced roughly 25-26 mm. apart, and watermark of three hats (tre cappeli) or caps (see p.38, 58, 230, 232, etc.), well-burnished, thin though quite sturdy; very few if any inclusions ; countermark of "V d" under trefoil appears in p.136.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) on fol.1b consists of a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) flanked by scalloped accents filled by a vegetal pattern in gold, blue, red, and black on fields of gold and blue ; dome and flanking pieces are outlined in a blue fillet and surmounted by vertical stalks (ṭīgh) in blue positioned at alternating spandrels ; entire piece is bordered by an elaborate frame consisting of a band of blue with minute cross or diamond shapes flanked by narrow gold bands outlined by fillets ; elaborate frames appear throughout, consisting of gold band (of at least three thicknesses) bordered by black fillets surround both the entire written area for each folio as well as the columns of text within ; text rubricated with titles, headings, etc. in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand ; characteristically serifless with gentle effect of words descending to baseline, point of final and free-standing nūn set at mouth of tall, wide, angled bowl, occasionally nearly assimilated with it, hāʻ mudghamah looking like two inverted commas, pointing (for two and three dots) often in conjoined dots or strokes.Layout: Written in 23 lines per page; written area consists of a broad single column most often divided into two columns and framed thusly, though this layout varies ; in certain sections a centered column of two hemistiches of verse alternates with verse laid in two columns, divided at each hemistich ; headings usually appear centered on the single column or across its width; frame-ruled.Collation: i,12 V (120), IV (128), I (130), 6 V (190), IV+1 (199), 3 V (229), V+1 (240), 2 I (244), i ; chiefly quinions; leaves falling between the various sections of poetry left partially blank (though without missing text) and leaves following close of text intially left blank but now carry additional matter including lines of poetry, lines on Ebussuud Efendi, etc. ; catchwords present; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (supplied during cataloguing).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads: "تمام شد ديوان نابى رحمه الله تعالى في تاريخ غزلق دست حقير نائل صحفى [؟] تم"Explicit: "طاغيلرسه كور رآنى نكران جمع اولور ايه اولور آب روان"Incipit: [rubric]" قصيده در توحيد باري جل شانه براى باعث ترتيب ديوان ابراهيم پاشا رح [text] تعالى الله زهى ديوانطراز صورت معنا كه جسم لفظله روح مآ لي ايلمش الما ..."Title from inscription below headpiece on fol.1b.Ms. codex.Collected poems (ghazalīyāt, qaṣāyid, rubāʻiyāt, etc.) of Nabi, followed by a few additional excerpts at close of codex.

51. Divân-ı Baki Efendi

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 363Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; decoration, hand, etc. suggest 16th century.Accompanying materials: Slip of wove paper with note in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "363 | Dīvān of Bāḳī | undated, probably 16th cent. | contemporary binding."Former shelfmark: "93 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; doublures in dark red-brown leather with large mandorla, pendants and cornerpieces in gold and black painted leather filigree appliqué over blue paper (design continues on interior of envelope flap) ; flyleaves (made endpapers) in slate blue paper, gold-flecked ; upper and lower covers block-stamped, black- and and gold-painted (large panel stamp repeated twice with central seam visible) with design of mandorla, pendants, cornerpieces, upper and lower rectangular piece and wide border overlaid with vegetal composition filling panel ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in light blue (approaching silver) thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, fairly good condition ; overall in good condition with some abrasion, etc. ; likely repairs (edging, fore edge flap, etc.) in dark red / maroon leather.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, indistinct) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, some bits of fibre and inclusions visible, thin and crisp though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; opening section heavily moisture damaged with stains, traces of mold, etc. ; elsewhere breakthrough at frames.Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece (bordered in bands of gold flanking orange-red band with black crosses) with empty gold cartouche surrounded by swirling vegetal decoration in gold with floral accents in red, yellow, green, light blue, and white on grounds of dark blue (approaching lapis) and gold, surmounted by band of gold with floral motifs (flanked by narrow bands of turquoise and gold) and scalloped dome with similar swirling vegetal motifs with floral accents (in light blue, red, white, orange, green, lavender, etc.) on grounds of gold and dark blue, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) and delicate floral vegetal decoration ; similar elegant headpiece at opening of ghazals on p.62 (rectangular piece with empty cartouche srmounted by wide scalloped dome almost filling the well, chiefly in gold and dark blue approaching lapis with swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold, white, red, lavender, light blue, green, etc.) ; written area throughout surrounded by frame consisting of gold band outlined in black with inner orange fillet and outer blue fillet, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black ; from p.257, rubricated section headings provided.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with gentle effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots, point of final nūn set at mouth (occasionally just above) wide, deep bowl ; text from p.257 to close possibly in a different hand.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board visible).Collation: i, IV+1 (9), III+1 (16), 15 IV(136), II-1 (139), i ; almost exclusively quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "صی دآن شاهد مطبوع شمایل باشی تمت م م م"Incipit: "خط مشك فامكله اى غنچه تر شكر در اولبلر ممسك مكرر ..." ; [ghazals] "ازلدن شاه عشقك بنده فرمانيوز جانا محبت ملكنك سلطان عاليشانيوز جانا ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the collected poems of the celebrated Turkish poet, Baki Efendi (d.1600), opening with kaside in praise of Sultan Süleyman (opening on p.12 in Bâḳî dîvânı : tenkitli basım, Sabahattin Küçük, ed. Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1994) and closing with Persian verses (compare p.462 in Küçük edition). Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.

52. Divân-ı Baki Efendi

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 678Origin: As appears in colophon at close of opening section (p.57), copied by Muḥammad al-Amīn (Mehmet Emin) with transcription completed 1176 [1762 or 3].Accompanying materials: a. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda.Former shelfmark: From front flyleaf and spine label, "IL 123a" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in block-printed paper (repeated square with dots pattern in contrasting blue and white forming a fish scale effect) with brown leather over spine, fore edge flap, and edges/turn-ins (framed binding) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings/doublures in block-printed paper (repeated 8-petaled flower in purple with yellow and pink circle background accents) ; sewn in dull pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and cream, good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with significant abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, upper cover detaching, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermarks of grapes (raisin) under crown and name (see p.26, 27, etc.) ; 'gold'-flecked ; break-through at frame in leaf carrying pp.57-58.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with cartouche carrying title in red "ديوان باقى افندى رحمة الله عليه" surmounted by scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in lavender, pink, orange-red, gold, and red on fields of blue and gold, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue with orange-red accents and all set in a well of lavender with blue crosses ; another illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) on p.68 echoes the first, consisting of rectangular piece with cartouche carrying title in red "ديوان باقى افندى رحمة الله عليه رحمة واسعة" flanked by floral motifs in orange-red, white, lavender and gold on fields of blue and gold, surmounted by scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in light blue, lavender, pink, white, orange-red, gold, and red on fields of blue and gold, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue with gold and red accents and all set in a well of pink with blue crosses; written area and two columns within surrounded by gold frame ; keywords, some headings and catchwords rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; at least two elegant, medium hands ; sans serif with effect of words descending to baseline, characteristic letterforms ; final leaves (from p.312) in more of a naskh-nastaʻlīq, slightly more compact, more highly ligatured and partially seriffed with slight effect of words descending to baseline.Layout: Written in roughly 12 lines of verse per page, on the diagonal in two columns with each hemistich to a diagonal line for roughly 24 hemistiches per page ; headings not on the diagonal ; written area divided to two columns to set off the verses.Collation: IV (8), V (18), VII+1 (33), 13 V(163), VI (175) ; chiefly quinions ; several leaves ruled but left blank between opening section and following (pp.58-66), p. 67 carries text that has been crossed out, final leaves also ruled but left blank (pp.345-348) ; catchwords present (rubricated) ; in mid to latter quires, foliation visible in lower outer corner of the verso of each leaf ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (inlcudes back flyleaf).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "كتبه العبد الضعيف المذنب الفقير محمد الامين غفر الله ذنوبه سنه ۱۱۷٦"Explicit: "افرين صد افرين اول طبع كوهر باشنه"Incipit: "بحمد الله شرف بولدى ينه ملك سليمانى جلوس اتدى سعادت تحتنه اسكندر ثانى ..."Title from headpieces at openings on p.2 and p.68.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the collected poems of the celebrated Turkish poet, Baki Efendi (d.1600).

53. Divān-i S̲anāʼī

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 864Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. would suggest late 18th or 19th century [as proposed by G. Meredith-Owens].Accompanying materials: a. Slip of paper with notes in handwriting of G. Meredith-Owens "MO 3. Persian | Dīvān of S̲anāʼī in two different hands (perhaps from two incomplete copies of the same work). Undated. XIXth century." -- b. Slip of paper with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- c. Recycled card with note "binding by Menzies, London, 1914" -- d. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes."Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 13Binding: Boards covered in mauve paper (blotched design evoking marbling) with red-brown leather over spine and board corners (half binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted wove paper ; head edge of text block gilt ; spine gold-stamped with "PERSIAN MSS." and accents on raised bands ; sewn in white thread over five recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands in green, red and white stripes ; overall in good condition with minor abrasion, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper of two types ; opening excerpt on a type with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, somewhat indistinct, some curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, dark cream with a grayish tint ; latter excerpt on a type with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct) and chain lines visible (see p.198, etc.), cloudy formation, sturdy though transluscent, grayish tint ; replacement leaves in European wove paper.Decoration: Diagram accompanying excerpt on p.227.Script: Nastaʻlīq and shikastah (shikastah-nastaʻlīq / شكسته نستعليق) ; two main hands ; opening section (pp.25-180) in a large, elegant nastaʻlīq in a heavy line, serifless with elongation of horizontal strokes, descent of words to baseline, pointing in distinct or conjoined dots ; latter section (pp.197-208) mainly in a brisk shikastah-nastaʻlīq, serifless and more compact with sweeping descenders and elongated horizontal strokes (p.197 in a different nastaʻlīq) ; glosses and excerpts at close (pp.225-227) in still different hands.Layout: Written in up to 15 lines per page, divided to two columns.Collation: ii, III (6), II (10), IV-2 (16), 10 IV(88), 2 II(96), IV-2 (102), 2 II(110), 2 (112), II (116), ii ; original gatherings exclusively quaternions (some anomalous) ; blank replacement leaves inserted where text lacks ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black oblique strokes, upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf, lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in now grey ink, Western numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Explicit: "... امر است تمام شد دیوان ثنائی"Title from close on p.208.Ms. composite codex.Composite copy of the Dīvān of S̲anāʼī (Ḥusayn ibn Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn ʻAlī al-Mashhadī, d.1587?), acephalous and incomplete, possibly compiled from two incomplete copies with blank replacement leaves inserted where text was lacking.

54. Durr-i maknūn

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 891Origin: As appears in colophon on p.258, transcription completed 16 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1240 [ca. 2 July 1825].Accompanying materials: a. Scrap with inscription in ink "Durr i Maknūn | A.H. 1264 [?] | Not in B.M. or India Office" (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Slip of ruled paper with inscription in ink "Durr | e | maknūn | – | MS. | 1204 | DURR | E | MAKNŪN | – | MS. | 1204 | Title on label. | Mended & furbished | Label removed & thrown away." (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Slip with description in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "MO 16 Durr-i maknūn | A ṣūfī poem, being an abridgement of of the Mas̲navī of Rūmī made by ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ Gujaratī. Copied in 1204 (?)" (paginated pp.5-6) -- d. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, Jalāl al-Dīn, Rūmī | Durr i maknūn. An abridgment of the Masnavi Abd al-Fattah, Gujurātī. Written A.H. 1240 [in red pencil, '? 1204 ?'] = A.D. 1824. | n. f. anywhere | 118 ff. 236 pp." (paginated pp.7-8) -- e. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Husselman and Meredith-Owen notes" (paginated pp.9-10) -- f. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" (paginated pp.11-12).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 40Binding: Pasteboards (thin) covered in dark red leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures and hinges (trimmed in zig-zag pattern) also in dark red leather ; spine gold-stamped "PERSIAN | M. S." ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in dark blue and cream (headband) and dark blue and red (tailband), in fairly good condition ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion, shrinkage, etc. ; pieced repairs in red leather at head and tail of spine, damaged at tail exposing primaries.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper with roughly 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical, faint and fairly indistinct) and no chain lines plainly visible, quite cloudy formation, dark cream in color, quite well-burnished (burnisher's marks visible) ; flyleaves in European laid paper with watermark of dagger [?] in circle visible in front flyleaves.Decoration: Simple headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.24, consisting of rectangular piece carrying the basmalah surmounted by scalloped dome (flanked by two other scalloped domes to evoke w-shaped piece) outlined in red and blue rules ; keywords and headings rubricated ; written area surrounded by triple rule-border in red and blue, divisions within defined by double rule-borders in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant, compact hand in a medium line ; serifless with marked descent of words to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in conjoined dots.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page, with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: vi, 11 V(110), V-1 (119), iv (plus letter tipped in) ; exclusively quinions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black oblique strokes in upper outer corner of right-hand leaf and lower-outer corner of left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; lacuna on p.154 marked "صحيح البياض" ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "تمت وبالخير قد عمت ١۶ ديقعده ۱۲۴ هجرى والحمد لله على ذلك والصلوه على حبيبه واله واصحابه تم"Incipit: "ابتدا کرد مولوی علیه الرحمه مثنوی را در بیان معنیت [؟] حق با خلق که خمرت طینت آدم بیدی اربعین صباحا ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.23).Ms. codex.Fine copy of a selection of excerpts from Rūmī's (d.1273) celebrated Mas̲navī compiled and elucidated by ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Gujarātī.

55. Durūs al-sharʻīyah fī fiqh al-Imāmīyah

Description:: Abstract: Treatise on Shiʻite law, preceded by a fihrist on leaf 1a.Binding note: Full brown leather with blind-tooled fillets.Ms. codex.Title from leaf 1b, line 9.Physical description: Varying lines per page; written in naskh and nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Numerous replacements of full or partial leaves. Mild staining and a few repairs.Origin: Juzʼ 1 completed 2 Shawwāl 940 H 16 April 1534, by Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Harawī (leaf 199b).Incipit: الحمد لله الذي انطق السنتنا بحمده

56. Dīvān ... etc..

Description:: Abstract: Collection of three texts related to Niʻmat Allāh Valī.Binding note: Orange-brown leather over cardboard. Blind-tooled frames with small motif in the corners. Blue paper pastedowns.Contents: 1. fol. 1a-338a: Dīvān / Niʻmat Allāh Valī.Contents: 2. fol. 338a-340a: Short text on the Mahdī.Contents: 3. fol. 340b-400b: Biography of Niʻmat Allāh Valī, in five chapters.Ms. codex.Title provided by cataloger.Physical description: 17 lines per page. Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red and occasionally gold (see fol. 343b). The text is framed in gold, black and blue. Dark cream glazed paper with laid lines visible. Some leaves mended (see fol. 1-8 and fol. 400).Decoration: Illuminated title page (fol. 1a). Illuminated headpieces at the beginning of texts 1 and 3 (fol. 1b and 340b).Origin: Text 1 copied on 1 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 924 Dec. 4, 1518 (colophon, fol. 338a). Text 3 copied in 925? 1519 (colophon, fol. 400b, hardly legible).

57. Dīvān-i Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī

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

58. Dīvān-i Amīr Muʻizzī

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 282Origin: As appears in colophon on p.373, copied by Ibn marḥūm Abū al-Khayr [?] Āshtiyānī al-Qummī Yaʻqūb with transcription completed in Āshtiyān in 22 Muḥarram 1252 [ca. 9 May 1836].Former shelfmark: "17/4" in ink on 'title page' (p.1) ; "103 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on final leaf (p.376).Binding: Heavy pasteboards covered in painted lacquerwork, spine in quite dark brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; two-piece binding (overlapping flanges visible) ; doublures in fine painted lacquerwork with paintings of a tall narcissus-like plant with leaves in shades of green and flowers and buds in yellow with pink accents at the head of a central stalk, flanked by smaller pink flowers, all on a red ground with border in black with gold accents (composition of upper doublure mirrors that of lower doublure) ; upper and lower covers bear paintings of nearly identical floral composition in mirror image to one another on a deep golden-orange or bronze-colored background, namely a central cluster of peonies, poppies, tulips, etc. with additional buds and floral forms filling the main panel all in shades of pink, light blue, lavender, and white with leaves in various shades of green, and surrounded by decorative band of floral vegetal motifs on a deep golden-orange or bronze-colored ground framed in black borders with gold accents ; sewn in light red (opening nine and final six quires) and spring green thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in light red and spring green, fair condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with some abrasion and losses to lacquerwork and pasteboard, cracking and crazing of lacquer, minor delamination at board corners, breakage and losses at joints where spine leather meets boards, spine almost fully detached except where primaries are sewn through spine lining, etc. ; not flush with text block, slightly tall and wide ; housed in box for protection.Support: European machine laid paper mainly with chain lines 21 mm. apart and "laid lines" in a cross-hatch pattern, watermarks include "BENto PICARDO" (see p.4, 12, 358, etc.), scrollwork with motif resembling diamond flanked by C's and 1833 below (see p.364, etc. compare motif as appears in Heawood nos. 3728 and 3747), and six-pointed star with eFIGLI below (see p.352, 370) ; crisp, transluscent though sturdy, light cream with tinge of gray, well-burnished.Decoration: Fine illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title in black ("ديوان امير معزى") flanked by arabesque motifs in gold, red and blue, surmounted by a scalloped dome filled with swirling arabesque in gold with red and blue accents, all set in a well of gold and black bands framing red vegetal accents ; written area surrounded by a frame of gold bands defined by black fillets with outermost blue rule, columns within also defined by gold bands.Script: Nastaʻlīq (with elements of shikastah-nastaʻlīq) ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with slight effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes, freely ligatured.Layout: Written in 23 lines per page, written area mainly divided to two columns; frame-ruled.Collation: 6 IV(48), III+2 (56), 15 IV(176), 2 III(188) ; almost exclusively quaternions ; final leaf left blank ; catchwords present ; quire numbering in the form of Hindu-Arabic numerals in black ink in the upper outer margin of the verso of the final leaf of each quire ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes back flyleaf).Colophon: "Scribal," reads "بتاريخ يوم دوشنبه بيست و دويم شهر محرم الحرام هزار و دويست و پنجاه و دو هجرى در قريه اشتيان صورت اتمام پديرفت حرره العبد اقل ابن مرحوم ابو الخير [؟] آشتيانى القمى يعقوب ..."Explicit: "بهر جشنى كه بنشينى سعادت همنشين بادت بهر راهى كه بخرامى سلامت راهبر بادت"Incipit: "ستاره سجده برد طلعت منير ترا زمانه بوسه دهد پايه سرير ترا ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Muʻizzī (Amīr Muʻizzī), Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik (d. between 1125-7).

59. Dīvān-i Anvarī

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 283Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.227a (p.453), copied (حرره) by Muḥammad Taqī in the village of Ashtān [?] (در قصبه اشتان). Transcription finished 7th Ramaḍān 1265 [ca. 27 July 1849].Accompanying materials: Slip of laid paper with writing ; on one side in black ink, what appears to be a list of books, works ; on the other side in red and black ink, notes on grammar.Binding: Pasteboards faced in red leather with spine, edges / turn-ins, doublures and doublure hinges in rich, green-blue (teal) leather (leather faced and edged framed binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) though not flush with this text block ; two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; upper and lower covers bear central scalloped mandorla and pendants, blind-stamped with recessed onlays in green (reminiscent of oxidized "gold" paint) and traces of gold paint on floral design within ; border composed of a series of s-shaped stamps, gold painted and flanked by gold fillets ; sewn in green thread, two stations ; fine chevron endbands in purple and green ; in good condition with some minor abrasion, wear at corners, staining, etc.Support: Machine wove paper of a few different types, all fairly thick, well-burnished ; watermarks / countermarks include Cyrillic "Г г С" (large letters in script, see p.8, 16, 24, 122, etc.), possible Cyrillic "К Я" (in p.158 etc.), Cyrillic "A Б" (p.202, 402, 404, 432, 442, etc. and cf. example in Klepikov p.38 dated 1851), and possible numerals 1 8 (p.424 etc.) 4 6 (p.400, 420 etc.) suggesting year 1846 ; embossed mark in p.233, 247, 322, 447, etc. (oval with only trace of border inscription, etc.) ; some staining, moisture damage, ink smudges ; tacky ink has resulted in blocking in some places.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) on fol.1b (p.2) consisting of narrow rectangular panel with cartouche bearing the basmalah surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece with swirling floral vegetal design in light blue, pink, orange, red, pistachio and white, on a field of gold with lapis lazuli accents ; above the piece stand vertical stalks (tigh) in blue ; the piece is framed in a well consisting of a heavy red band with scalloped decoration in white, flanked by bands of pistachio and gold ; text throughout is ruled in a simple frame consisting of a narrow gold band outlined in black fillets with an outermost blue fillet and at some distance in the margin a second blue fillet ; text rubricated with section headings, overlinings, etc. in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; small, elegant Persianate hand in medium line ; sans serif with characteristic descent of words to baseline, superscripting of final letters and words, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; single column divided to two columns to set off poetry ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 26 IV (216), III+1 (223), II (227), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, in Arabic and Persian, reads: "تمت الکتاب بعون الله الملک الوهاب بتاریخ یوم هفتم شهر رمضان المبارک سنه ۱۲۶٥ هزار و دویست و شصت و پنج هجری در قصبه اشتان حرره محمد تقی" followed by scribal verses.Explicit: "منم از قاضیان مشار الیه وان دگر کیر ماست عز علیه"Incipit: "مقدری نه بالت بقدرت مطلق کند ز شکل بخاری چو کنبد ازرق ..."Title from fore-edge.Ms. codex.Fine copy of collected poems (mainly his qaṣāyid and muqaṭṭaʻāt without systematic arrangement) of Awḥad al-Dīn Anvarī (d.1189 or 90).

60. Dīvān-i Azraqī Haravī

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 847Origin: As appears at close on p.143, transcription possibly completed in 1205 [1790 or 91] ; decoration, paper, etc. also suggest late 18th century.Former shelfmark: "۲۰۸" in black ink on front flyleaf (p.1).Binding: Boards covered in dark green leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in golden yellow paper ; upper and lower covers carry gold-painted floral cornerpieces and gold-tooled border in a series of striated s-shaped stamps ; sewn in yellow thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in dark blue and yellow, good condition ; overall in fairly good condition with only minor abrasion.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct) and occasional single chain lines visible, gray / off-white in tone, thin and transluscent though sturdy, quite glossy.Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral designs in gold, red, orange, yellow, and light blue on a blue ground, surmounted by vertically elongated scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling floral vegetal design in gold, pink, light blue, green, orange, etc. on fields of gold and blue, all set in an elaborate well of heavy gold interlace and red bands with white scroll accents, defined by white and gold bands ; incipit and facing page (pp.4-5) carry splendid illuminated marginal decoration consisting of swirling floral vegetal designs with blossoms and saz leaves in gold with black outline and accents in shades of pink, orange, blue, and white ; written area of incipit and facing page accented by gold cloud-bands and vegetal decoration setting off the two columns within ; written area (as well as divisions within and margins) throughout surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, mainly closed counters, somewhat casually pointed, occasionally more freely ligatured as in shikastah.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page, with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV+1 (9), 4 IV(41), V (51), IV (59), IV+1 (68), IV (76) ; chiefly quaternions ; final four leaves left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (includes flyleaves).Incipit: "ز نور قبه زرين آينه تمثال زمين تفته فرو پوشد آتشين سربال ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of a portion of the Dīvān of Ḥakīm Azraqī Haravī, Zayn al-Dīn Abū Bakr (d. before 1073).

61. Dīvān-i Fattāḥī ...etc

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 344Origin: As appears in colophon on p.172, copied by Ḥusayn ibn Shams al-Ḥusaynī al-Jurjānī with transcription completed in haste ("ʻalá sabīl al-istiʻjāl...") Rabīʻ II 868 [November-December 1463].Former shelfmark: "447 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures in brown leather with gold-painted central ornament (four-petalled flower), rule-border and accents, as well as border in blind rules ; upper and lower covers carry central blind-tooled scalloped mandorla having fleurons in the manner of a three-sepaled calyx at the upper and lower extremities and filled with interlace pattern (compare Weisweiler W 89-95) all defined in a simple gold-painted rule, as well as tooled border in a series of rules and s-shaped stamps ; sewn in light blue thread, two stations ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and staining, lifting of leather, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, faint, somewhat indistinct) and grouped chain lines faintly visible (likely in pairs), sturdy and well-burnished, dark cream in color.Decoration: Headings chrysographed.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; exquisite hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 11-12 lines per page, mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: III (6), III+1 (13), III (19), II (23), IV (31), I (33), III (39), 3 IV(63), III (69), VIII+1 (86), I (88) ; miscellany of ternions, quaternions, etc. ; catchwords occasionally present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, in Arabic, reads "وقد وقع الفراغ من هذه الديوان على سبيل الاستعجال بيد اضعف عباد الله الغنى حسين بن شمس الحسينى الجرجانى تجاوز الله عن سيائه وذلك فى شهر ربيع الثانى لسنه ثمان وستين وثمانمائة هجرية"Explicit: "چون تو بر اسرار دیماهی [؟] علیم ختم شد استغفر الله العظیم"Incipit: [Dīvān-i Fattāḥī] "شراب عشق صافی گشت در خمخانه دلها الا یا ایها الساقی ادر کاسا و ناولها ..." ; [Muntakhab-i Shabistān-i khayāl] "بعد از لوازم توبه واستغفار ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.6. p.156-p.176 : [further verses opening "بنام آهنگ از خمهای افلاک شراب فیض فطرت ریخت بر خاک " and likely comprising Dīvān-i Khumārī mentioned on the title page].5. p.153-p.155 : [blank].4. p.65-p.152 : [further poems, likely comprising the Dīvān-i asrār mentioned on the title page].3. p.58-p.65 : [Muntakhab-i Shabistān-i khayāl] / Ḥakīm al-Dīn al-Asrārī.2. p.54-p.57 : [blank].1. p.2-p.53 : [Dīvān-i Fattāḥī] / Muḥammad Yaḥyá ibn Sībak.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Muḥammad Yaḥyá ibn Sībak (d. 1448 or 9), known mainly as Fattāḥī, as well as Tuffāḥī, Asrārī or Khumārī, accompanied by other excerpts.

62. Dīvān-i Kalīm

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 339Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. would suggest 18th or early 19th century. Flyleaves likely early 19th century.Accompanying materials: Blank scrap of paper paginated pp.287-288.Former shelfmark: "115 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" on upper board lining.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in yellow-tinted laid paper, flyleaves in lavender surface-dyed, gold-flecked laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (with recessed onlays, now gone to green and white) four-lobed central ornament evoking two intersecting lozenges or lozenge with two domes radiating from it (filled with vegetal composition having large floral motifs) and pendants, as well as tooled border in blind rules and a series of s-shaped stamps ; sewn in blue-green thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and pink, good condition ; overall in fairly good condition with some abrasion and staining, lifting of leather, minor delamination of boards, etc. ; repair to spine (rebacked) in similar red leather.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct) and occasional pairs of chain lines visible, sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; endpapers in European laid paper ; minor staining and tide lines ; added flyleaves in European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 25-26 mm. apart (vertical), and watermarks of "ALMASSO" and scrollwork with eagle above horse "GAM" below.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.8, consisting of narrow rectangular piece carrying the basmalah flanked by floral accents, surmounted by a larger rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title in red ink ("ديوان كليم عليه الرحمة") flanked by floral motifs mainly in white and gold with red and blue accents on fields of gold, blue and red, itself surmounted by a scalloped w-shaped piece (central dome flanked by two partially visible domes) filled with swirling floral vegetal composition in green, white, pink, yellow, orange, blue and red on fields of gold and blue, all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and set in a well of blue and red bands with white accents ; another fine doublue-page illumination (headpiece along with cloudbands in written areas) at opening on pp.158-159 ; written area (central panel, columns within, and ruled margins) of incipit and facing page surrounded by gold frame and red rule-border with text set off by gold cloud-bands, elsewhere only gold frame appears ; keywords and section headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in roughly 43 'lines' per page, 17 in the central written area and as many as 26 on the diagonal in the margins ; central written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: iii, 22 IV(176), II-1 (179), iii ; almost exclusively quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of ٢ at a slight angle in the outer margin of the lefthand leaf ; catchwords present ; page between sections (p.157) left blank ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and blank insert).Incipit: "شوق هر کس را که در راه طلب سر میدهد گر در آرد اول از پا آخرش پر میدهد .."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.8.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Kalīm Abū Ṭālib (d. 1651).

63. Dīvān-i Kalīm

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 340Origin: According to colophon on p.503, supposedly copied by Muḥammad Masīḥ Shīrāzī with transcription completed 17 Muḥarram "٨٠۴" [ca. 27 August 1401], which seems impossible given Kalīm's dates ; 17 Muḥarram 1084 [i.e. ca. 4 May 1673] may have been intended. Ownership statement on 'title page' (p.1) provides a terminus ante quem of 1684.Former shelfmark: "121 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in black leather seemingly covered with lacquer ; Type II binding (with flap) ; two-piece binding (overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; doublures in dark red leather gold-tooled with oval central ornament, crosses above and below, corner accents and border (all built up of small annular stamp) defined by gold rules ; upper and lower covers carry stamped central lozenge, pendants and cornerpieces (central lozenge and cornerpieces filled with composition of vegetal designs surrounding bird) painted red and bronze-gold and layered with lacquer, as well as border in gold-painted vegetal designs defined by gold fillets ; sewn in golden yellow and blue thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in golden yellow and blue thread ; overall in somewhat poor condition with envelope flap almost fully detached from fore edge flap (losses at joint), some lifting and losses of lacquer and leather, abrasion, losses and delamination of boards at edges, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct) and irregular chain lines visible, dense and sturdy though thin, well-burnished, dark cream in color ; flyleaves in European laid paper ; extensive pest damage in final seven leaves ; flyleaves in European laid paper.Decoration: Superb illuminated double-page opening on p.2-3 with headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by gold pendants surrounded by delicate floral vegetal decoration in orange, yellow, lavender, white, and red on a lapis and gold ground, surmounted by elongated scalloped dome filled with chi cloud and floral motifs in gold, orange, light blue, white, lavender, etc. surrounding pink pendants, all set in a well of now dark brownish blue with white accents flanked by narrow blue and gold bands ; marginal decoration of gold-painted plants and animals (lion, fox, rabbit, phoenix, antelope, etc.) completes the double-page illumination ; another exquisite illuminated headpiece at opening of ghazals on p.250 ; written area throughout surrounded by gold frame with blue outermost rule, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands ; text of written area of double page opening set off by gold cloud-bands, elsewhere flecked with gold ; gold-painted vegetal and animal decoration at close of some sections (see pp.249 and 491).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a medium line, compactly filling the line ; characteristically serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in conjoined dots, point of final nūn set down in wide, slightly angled bowl.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page with written area often divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 9 IV(72), III (78), 9 IV(150), III (156), 6 IV(204), III+1 (211), 2 IV(227), IV+1 (236), 2 IV(252), i ; chiefly quaternions ; oblique catchwords on the verso of each leaf ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "بتاریخ هفدهم شهر محرم الحرام سنه ٨٠۴ سمت تحریر یافت علی ید الاحقر بل اللاشی محمد مسیح شیرازی م م م"Explicit: " آرایش روزگار امروز ازوست بر روی زمانه زلف پر پیچ و خمیست"Incipit: "ش‍وق‌ ه‍ر ک‍س‌ را ک‍ه‌ در راه‌ طل‍ب‌ س‍ر م‍ی‍ده‍د گ‍ر در آرد اول‌ از پ‍ا آخ‍رش‌ پ‍رم‍ی‍هد ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the collected poems of Kalīm Abū Ṭālib (d. 1651). Descriptive contributions from Nick Krabbenhoeft.

64. Dīvān-i Kamāl

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 343Origin: As appears in colophon on p.307, copied in Qazvīn in 905 [1499 or 1500].Former shelfmark: "486 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "١٣٥" on recto of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards now fully covered in spring-green silk faced / backed with paper (covered boards faced and lined, i.e. silk fully wraps apparently already leather-faced boards as with an overcover / slipcover, compare Isl. Ms. 341) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; flyleaves in yellow surface-dyed and gold-flecked European laid paper (scrollwork with tower at center and "CENEDA" below in back flyleaf [?]) ; upper and lower covers bear traces of stamped mandorlas beneath the textile ; sewn in red thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in red and yellow, fairly good condition ; overall in fairly good condition with some staining, abrasion, lifting and losses of cloth and paper, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, indistinct) and no chain lines clearly visible, quite thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream in color ; endleaves in European laid paper ; some staining and tide lines.Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche and flanking pieces overlaid and surrounded with swirling arabesques and floral motifs in shades of gold, red, orange, and pink on fields of lapis lazuli, surrounded by border of turquoise interlace and surmounted by another rectangular piece carrying a row of intertwining arabesque and chī clouds with floral motifs (all in green, lavender, orange, and pink) on a gold ground, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area surrounded by gold frame with defining black fillets and outermost blue rule, columns within also defined by gold rules ; written area gold-flecked ; interlinear glosses rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in roughly 15 lines per page, with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV-1 (7), 18 IV(151), I+1 (154), ii ; almost exclusively quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," mainly in Arabic, reads "تم الكتاب بدار الموحدين قزوين سنه خمس وتسعمايه م"Incipit: "اقتتاح سخن آن به که کندن اهل کمال بثنای ملک الملک خدای متعال ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of a selection of the collected poems of Kamāl Khujandī (d.1400 or 1).

65. Dīvān-i Kamāl al-Dīn Ismāʻīl

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 291Origin: Date, copyist and place of transcription are not specified in colophon of fol.360a (p.720 ; paper and hand would suggest a dating of 16th to early-mid 17th century.Binding: Pasteboards covered in black leather (pebbled quality of shagreen) with edges/turn-ins and spine in tan leather (sheep) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in red leather (sheep) with filigree in gold leather over red and blue paper and green silk ; upper and lower covers bear central scalloped mandorla with floral vegetal pattern (compare Déroche class. OAi2 7), pendants and corner pieces (in complementary floral vegetal pattern) along with tooled border consisting of a series of s-shaped stamps framed by scored fillets ; doublures bear scalloped mandorla, pendants and corner pieces with vegetal pattern in elaborate gold leather filigree applique over red and blue paper and green silk along with gold painted accents and rule border ; fine chevron endbands in blue-green and purple ; sewing mainly in same blue-green or blue (middle quires) with two sewing stations ; a few early quires sewn in white with two stations ; primaries in same blue-green ; in quite fair condition with some abrasion and edge wear, staining, minor pest damage, some lifting and losses of leather and paper (covers and filigree of doublures), and loose quires.Support: non-European (Persian, 16th or early 17th century - prior to 1650 [?]) laid paper with fairly distinct laid lines running horizontally spaced roughly 8-9 laid lines per cm., some curving/sagging ; virtually no chain lines visible, though sporadically a single chain line is visible ; some undissolved fibers; thick ; crisp ; highly burnished with some burnisher's marks ; some pigment breakthrough along central frame of fol.1 ; some page repairs in same paper as flyleaves (apparently added later as evidenced by the traces of the doublure filigree design on fol.1a and fol.360b ; burn on fore edge of textblock ; some accretions, soiling, staining, etc.Decoration: Superbly executed illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) appears at the opening of each main section (see fol.1b/p.2, fol.183b/p.366, fol.280b/p.560, and fol.325b/p.650), each includes a cartouch bearing the work or section title ; elaborate frame consisting of bands of green, red, light blue, gold, blue and red with black fillets appears throughout ; incipit and facing page (as well as opening and facing page for each of other main sections) bear additional blue band with white crosses around written area and dividing the columns of the written area a band in lapis lazuli with floral pattern in gold ; written area throughout is gold-flecked ; cloud bands with floral vegetal pattern in green, blue and red appear on incipit and facing page (as well as on opening and facing page for each of the other main sections) ; margins (even inner margin) of incipit and facing page bear elaborate design of flowers, vines and birds in gold (as does opening and facing page for third main section - see p.560-561) ; opening and facing pages for second main section (see p.366-367) bears essentially the same design but with what appears to be faces of lions rather than birds ; opening and facing pages for final main section bear similar design with large blossoms rather than animal motifs ; text rubricated with section headings, etc. in red.Script: Nastaliq ; fine Persian hand ; sans serif with characteristic sloping of words to baseline, final words or letters of each line superscript, closed counters, and characteristic letterforms.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, IV+1 (9), 34 V (349), IV (357), I+1 (360), i ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present, though occasionally lost to trimming ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, chiefly in Arabic, reads: "تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب تمام شد كليات افصح المتكلمين كمال الدين اسمعيل اصفهانى عليه الرحمه تم تم تم"Explicit: "جوياى كمالند بجان اهل هنر انگاه بجان كمال جوينده ست"Incipit: "اى صفات تو بيانهار ازبان انداخته عزت ذاتت يقين را در كمان انداخته"Title from cartouche in ʻunwān on fol.1b (p.2).Ms. codex.4. fol.325b-360a : رباعيات خلاق المعانى كمال الدين اصفهانى غفر الله ذنوبه3. fol.280b-325a : غزليات كمال الدين اسماعيل2. fol.183b-fol.280a : مقطعات خلاق المعانى كمال الدين اسماعيل1. fol.1b-fol.183a : القصايد والمراثى من كلام افصح الفصحا كمال الدين اسمعيل اصفهانىExquisite copy of the collected poems of the noted panegyrist, Kamāl al-Dīn Ismāʻīl known as Khallāq al-Maʻānī, including qaṣāʼid, marās̲ī, muqaṭṭaʻāt, ghazalīyāt and rubāʻīyāt.

66. Dīvān-i Khvājah Ḥāfiẓ-i Shīrāzī

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 319Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; decoration, etc. suggest late 16th or early 17th century.Former shelfmark: "82 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on upper board lining.Binding: Pasteboards covered in black leather (pebbled quality of shagreen) ; Type III binding (without flap), possibly two-piece; board linings (pastedowns) in light pink-tinted laid paper, flyleaves in gold-flecked pink-tinted laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted scalloped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition surrounding two seated gazelles, recessed inlay) with pendants and gold-painted accents and borders ; sewn in light yellow thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pale yellow and pale pink [?], tailband almost gone, headband damaged ; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, staining, delamination of boards, lifting and losses of leather (inlay of upper mandorla), etc. ; edging (repair) in quite dark brown to black leather.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and no chain lines visible, sturdy though thin and transluscent, well-burnished ; repair to opening leaf / 'title page' in European laid paper with coat of arms watermark (consisting of cross flanked by lions above two circles).Decoration: Splendidly executed illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of large rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title in white ( "ديوان خواجه حافظ شيرازى" ) surrounded by swirling arabesque with floral accents in red, yellow, white, pink, light blue, red-orange, etc. on fields of blue (lapis lazuli) and gold (approaching lapis lazuli) with red border, surmounted by tall (vertically elongated) scalloped w-shaped piece filled with same manner of swirling arabesque with floral accents (carnation, etc.) in green, yellow, white, light pink, light blue, and red-orange on fields of blue (lapis lazuli) and gold, itself set into a well of red ; incipit and facing page carry finely executed illuminated marginal decoration in the form of swirling vegetal composition with large serrated sāz leaves and floral motifs in gold with blue and red accents ; written area throughout surrounded by a frame of gold bands defined by black fillets and outer blue and red rules ; text of incipit and facing page set off with gold cloud-bands ; occasional floral accents in green, red, white, light pink, gold etc. appear occasionally between sections of text.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, elongated horizontal strokes, somewhat exaggerated contrast in thickness of horizontal and vertical strokes.Layout: Written in 16 lines per page ; written area often divided to two columns to set-off poetry ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, III+3 (9), 10 IV(89), 2 III(101), 4 IV(133), III (139), IV (147), III (153), III-2 (157), I (159), i ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present (though often cut off) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips two pages between pp.5-6).Explicit: "گفتی که تو را شوم مدار اندیشه دل خوش کن و بر صبر گمار اندیشه کو صبر و چه دل انچه دلش میخوانی یك قطره خونست و هزار اندیشه تمت الکتاب"Incipit: "الا یا ایها الساقی ادر کاسا و ناولها که عشق آسان نمود اول ولی افتاد مشکلها ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of the masterful poet Ḥāfiẓ (Khvājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, d.1390?).

67. Dīvān-i Khvājah-i Salmān ...etc

Description:: 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.

68. Dīvān-i Mawlānā Shāhī

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 323Origin: As appears in colophon on p.69, copied by Ibn ʻAli Quṭb al-Dīn al-Yazdī with transcription completed in the first part of Rajab 916 [October 1510].Former shelfmark: "406 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in pink-tinted laid paper ; fore edge flap lined in green silk ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted (on orange recessed inlays) rosette / mandorla (filled with vegetal composition vaguely reminiscent of Déroche class. OAi2 1) and cornerpieces along with tooled rosettes and gold-painted accents and border in a series of s-shaped stamps ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, dirty, tailband damaged ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of leather at spine and fore edge flap, minor pest damage, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, faint and indistinct) and no chain lines clearly visible, well-burnished, beige in color ; staining and tidelines ; many bifolia guarded with recycled manuscript "waste" ; flyleaves in European laid paper.Decoration: Elegant (though damaged) illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of large rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title in white ("ديوان مولانا شاهي") surrounded by swirling vegetal decoration in black, cartouche surrounded by swirling floral vegetal designs in gold, yellow, red, white and pink on a field of blue with gold accents, surmounted by triangular piece or hasp with upper most pendant and vertical stalks (tīgh) continuing floral vegetal design on gold and lapis lazuli ; written area (and columns within) surrounded by a gold frame defined by black fillets and outermost blue rule ; centered panels of written area left blank.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, elegant Persianate hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 2 III(12), II (16), III (22), V (32), II (36), i ; ternions, binions, and a quinion ; catchwords present ; pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals through "٢٩" ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, mainly in Arabic, reads "تم هذه الابيات العبد الفير الى الطاف الصمدى ابن على قطب الدين اليزدى غفر ذنوبه وستر عيوبه في اوائل رجب المرجب من شهور سنه ست عشر وتسعمائة الهجره النبويه المصطفويه عليه افضل الصلوات واكمل التسليمات"Explicit: "سخن تا چند گویم پیچ هر [در] پیچ ترا من دوست میدارم دگر هیچ "Incipit: "ای نقش بسته نام خطت با سرشت ما این حرف شد ز روز ازل سر نوشت ما ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Amīr Shāhī, Aq Malik ibn Amīr Jamāl al-Dīn Sabzavārī (d.1453).

69. Dīvān-i Mushfiqī Bukhārī

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 869Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. would suggest 17th century. Chronogram at close of dīvān on p.375 "اتمام يافت" may suggest date of composition of 973 [1565-6].Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) Husselman notes" -- b. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Mushfiqī, Bukhārī | Dīvān | BMC. Cat. Pers. MS. Suppl. has a Mushfiqī, Bagdadī in a Tazkirah of ancient & modern Persian poets. No Bukhārī found. Apparently we do not have | 190 ff. 379 pp." -- c. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- d. Tag with "#10"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 18Binding: Boards faced in blue-green cloth with dark green leather over spine (straight grain) and board corners (approaching half-binding) ; Western style-binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in shell 'marbled' paper (mainly in brown, blue and pink) ; leather extending on upper and lower covers gold-stamped with toothed borders ; spine gold-stamped with decorative bands and title and author "DIWAN | I | MUSHFIKI | I | BUKHARI" ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords (visible at spine) ; overall in somewhat poor condition with severe spine slant (cocked), spine leather detaching, abrasion, staining, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper with roughly 6-7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical, indistinct, some curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, dark cream in color, well-burnished ; some pest damage, staining and tide lines ; extensive repairs.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral motifs in red, yellow, green, etc. on grounds of blue and gold, surmounted by a set of scalloped domes (nearly evoking w-shaped piece) filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in shades of pink, red, blue, orange, yellow, white, etc. on grounds of gold and blue, all set in a well of yellow, gold and orange bands with red accents and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area (and divisions within) surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets with outermost blue rule ; occasional section headings rubricated (mainly toward the close of the codex).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless with gentle effect of tilt to the right and of words descending to baseline, marked elongation and exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes (contrasting with thin vertical strokes), pointing in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: Heavily repaired with original gatherings difficult to discern though middle of the quire marks appear for some gatherings (black stroke in the lower outer corner of the right-hand leaf) ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords only rarely visible (typically cut off) ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals (center of upper margin of the recto of each leaf) ; pagination in heavy pencil, Western numerals (upper outer corner of the verso of every other leaf) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inner flyleaves and skips two pages between pp.5-6).Explicit: "که با شد بآ کاهی انجام من"Incipit: "این نامه که روی در سیاهی دارد بیهوده خلل نامتناهی دارد ... نموده می شود که راقم این سواد مشفقی المروی ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.3).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of the Tajik poet Mushfiqī (ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, d.1588) with qaṣāʼid, ghazalīyāt, muqaṭṭaʻāt, rubaʻīyāt, etc. as well as his brief mas̲navī Sāqī-nāmah (pp.375-381).

70. Dīvān-i Muḥtasham

Description:: 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.

71. Dīvān-i Shāhī

Description:: Collected poems of Amīr Shāhī Sabzavarī. Dīvān-i Shāhī (Collection of poems by Shāhī) is a divan (collection) of verse by Amīr Shāhī Sabzavārī (died 1453; 857 A.H.), a prominent Persian poet of the Timurid era who composed in many of the classical forms of Persian poetry. Amīr Shāhī's poetry belongs to the tradition of Persian mystical love poetry. The collection includes poems composed in the ghazal (a metrical form expressing the pain of loss and the beauty of love), qaṣīda (lyric poem), and rubā'ī (quatrain) forms. Amīr Shāhī was born in Sabzevar (present-day Iran), but received his education in Herat (present-day Afghanistan), where he joined the court of Timur's son Shāhrukh (1377-1447) and that of Shāhrukh's son Baysunqur Mīrzā (1397-1433). Biographers refer to Amīr Shāhī as a superb poet, but also as a painter, musician, and calligrapher. His poetry was greatly admired by his celebrated contemporary ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (1414-92), as well as by later authors, such as Alīshīr Nawā'ī (1441-1501). In Tadhkirat al-Shuʻarā (Memorial of poets), Dawlatshāh Samarqandī (died circa 1494) describes the premature death of Baysunqur Mīrzā after a bout of drunken revelry, and singles out the elegy for him composed by Amīr Shāhī as having surpassed those of all his peers in its pathos. It is said that Amīr Shāhī wrote more than 12,000 verses, but his surviving anthology contains less than a tenth of that number. He himself is believed to have destroyed that portion of his verse he considered inferior. Amīr Shāhī died in Gorgan and is buried in Sabzevar in a khānaqāh (Sufi dervish lodge) founded by his ancestors. The present manuscript of Dīvān-i Shāhī is an illuminated, undated copy written in a flowing nastaʻlīq hand. An unusual feature of the work is the manner in which each poem is set off by the Arabic wa lahu ayḍan or ayḍan lahu (furthermore, he wrote). World Digital Library.

72. Dīvān-i Zakī Hamadānī

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 366Origin: As appears in colophon at close, copied by ("nammaqahu [?]...") one ʻAbd al-Rashīd ...[?] with transcription completed in Ramaḍān 1240 [?] [April-May 1825, or April-May 1140, 1725 ?].Accompanying materials: Folded slip of paper with notes in blue ink in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "366 A Dīvān, probably that of Amīr Khusraw of Delhi (but I should need rapid copies of some folios to verify this). 19th century - the paper suggests India."Former shelfmark: "426 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on interior of upper cover.Binding: Red-brown (see turn-ins) coarse-grained leather lined in untinted laid paper (limp binding) ; Type III binding (without flap), two piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; upper and lower covers carry blind-tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps ; sewn in lime green thread, two stations ; endbands virtually gone, though core of headband remains ; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, moisture damage, staining, spine curved and fore edge protruding, etc.Support: non-European laid (likely Indian or Persian) paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, quite distinct) and no chain lines clearly visible, well-burnished, sturdy, and fairly transluscent though stained a dark brown.Decoration: Keywords (mainly in margins at end of each line) and section headings rubricated ; races of once "gold" (now gone to green) cloud-bands on opening leaf (facing now lost incipit page) ; written area surrounded by frame consisting of "gold" band defined by black fillets with outermost light blue fillet, columns within and margin defined by narrow "gold" bands outlined by black fillets.Script: Shikastah (shikastah-nastaʻlīq / شكسته نستعليق ) ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated 'horizontal' strokes.Layout: Written in 14 lines per page, mainly divided to two columns; frame-ruled.Collation: VI-1 (7), 7 IV(63), III (69), 4 IV(101), III (107) ; almost exclusively quaternions with two ternions ; final leaf left blank ; catchwords present.Colophon: "Scribal," reads "نمقه الاقل [؟] العبد عبد الرشيد ... في شهر رمضان المبارك سنه ۱۲۴۰ [?] ..."Incipit: "بسوی مصر نیامد نسیمی از کنعان که دامنی نزند آتش زلیخا را ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Worn, acephalous copy of a selection of poetry, possibly from the Dīvān of Zakī Hamadānī (see Āghā Buzurg al-Ṭihrānī, no.2352). Contribution to the cataloguing from Hossein Mottaghi.

73. Dīvān-i ghazalīyāt-i Harātī mawsūm bi-S̲amarāt al-ʻushshāq

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1037Origin: As appears in colophon at close of ghazalīyāt on p.241, transcription completed Rajab 1244 [January 1829]. Close of muqaṭṭaʻāt on p.257 also dated 1244 [1828 or 9].Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 186Binding: Dark brown (to black) leather (limp binding, without boards) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; now stab sewn in white thread, five stations ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and pink, good condition ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion, losses of leather, minor pest damage, etc. ; repair to spine (rebacked) in brown leather.Support: European laid paper, mainly a type (perhaps machine laid) with chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart (horizontal), "laid lines" in a mesh / cross-hatch pattern, and watermark of "NICCOLO BRUZZO" under scrollwork with tower and star (see p.6, 8, 12, 14, 251, etc.) ; another type with 10-11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 27-28 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of "F. PAPINI" under arms or scrollwork (see p.2, 232, etc.) ; all transluscent, sturdy, quite well-sized and burnished.Decoration: Headings and keywords rubricated.Script: Shikastah (shikastah-nastaʻlīq / شكسته نستعليق ) ; elegant hand in a medium line ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, sweeping descenders and elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct or conjoined dots, final nūn occasionally recurved (reversed), yāʼ often uncurved, etc.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: Composition difficult to examine, originally bifolia may now be split ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips two pages between pp.29-30).Colophon: [ghazalīyāt] "تمت الغزليات بتاريخ شهر رجب المرجب من شهور سنه ١٢۴۴ م م م " ; [muqaṭṭaʻāt] "فى سنه ١٢۴۴ م م م"Title from rubricated heading at opening on p.4.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the collected poems (mainly ghazalīyāt and muqaṭṭaʻāt) of one Harātī [?].

74. Dīvān-i sulṭān al-ʻārifīn Jalāl al-Dīn Mawlānā al-Rūmī

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 296Origin: Lacks dated colophon. Executed for (bi-rasm) one Ahmet Paşa ( احمد پاشا ), likely grand vizier (possibly Kara Ahmet Paşa, Hafız Ahmet Paşa, etc.). Decoration, etc. would suggest 16th or 17th century.Former shelfmark: "185 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on interior of upper cover ; traces of numeral inscribed on tail edge.Binding: Pasteboards covered in quite dark brown (nearly black) leather (spine and fore edge flap now in dark red leather) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns / flyleaves now in untinted European laid paper with name watermark partially visible (over yellow laid paper) ; upper and lower covers carry stamped scalloped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OSh 9), pendants and cornerpieces with gold-painted accents and tooled border ; sewn in pale yellow and dark blue thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, damaged ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, etc. ; has been rebacked (spine repair in dark red brown leather) and fore edge flap has been repaired as well.Support: non-European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical and horizontal, indistinct), cloudy formation, heavily sized and burnished, glossy and crisp, medium cream in color ; much foxing.Decoration: Illuminated frontispiece (roundel) on 'title page' (p.5) carrying patronage statement / ex libris of Ahmet Paşa ( احمد پاشا ) in white on a gold ground at center and bordered by delicate arabesque with floral motifs in gold, orange, pink, red, yellow and black on a field of lapis lazuli ; elegant illuminated headpiece at opening on p.6 consisting of rectangular piece with central cartouche (more mandorla shape) carrying title ("ديوان سلطان العارفين جلال الدين مولانا الرومى") in white on a gold ground surrounded by a rich arabesque in gold with floral accents in pink, orange, red, yellow, lavender and white on a lapis lazuli ground, surmounted by a narrower rectangle continuing the arabesque composition and itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area (and columns within) surrounded by gold frame ; keywords and headings chrysographed.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, V-3 (7), 2 V(27), IV (35), 3 V(65), IV (73), 15 V(223), IV (271), IV-2 (277) ; quinions and quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaf and skips two pages between pp.485-486).Incipit: "ای طایران قدس را عشقت فزوده بالها ..."Title from headpiece at opening on p.6.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, commonly called Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīz given the poet's taking the name of his spiritual guide and mystic lover Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī Tabrīzī as his takhalluṣ.

75. Dīvān-i ʻIshqī

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 845Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. would suggest late 16th or early 17th century.Binding: Boards covered in light brown leather ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry border in blind rules ; five raised bands on spine ; sewn in cream thread, four stations, over cords ; green silk bookmark (register) attached to spine at head ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of spine leather (split), etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 6-7 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines (horizontal) seemingly grouped in threes with 14-15 mm. between chains and 53 mm. between groups, most leaves tinted salmon (ornage-pink), sturdy and well-burnished ; flyleaves in European laid paper with fleur de lis in shield / arms with crown above ; staining and minor pest damage.Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.8 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title "ديوان عشقى" in white flanked by floral accents in gold, turquoise, white, etc. on a lapis lazuli ground, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling arabesques and floral motifs in gold, turquoise, white, etc. on grounds of black and lapis lazuli, entire piece set in a well of gold, turquoise and lapis bands and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; margins of incipit and facing page filled with floral designs in gold ; similar though somewhat smaller illuminated headpiece with heading "غزليات" in white and marginal designs at opening of ghazalīyāt on p.104 ; written area throughout surrounded by a frame consisting of a gold band defined by black fillets with outermost blue rule, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black fillets ; keywords and headings chrysographed.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant hand in a medium line ; serifless, with dramatic effect of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: iv (i is pastedown), 2 III(12), 4 IV(44), 2 III(56), IV (64), 2 II(72), 7 IV(128), III (134), III-2 (138), iv (iv is pastedown) ; chiefly quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of oblique strokes in black ink in opposite outer corners ; p.103 between qaṣāʼid (close on p.102) and ghazalīyāt (opening p.104) left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Incipit: "ای دل هرزه گرد هرجایی زین تکاپو چه شد که باز ایی ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening (p.8).Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of a Persian Dīvān with qaṣāʼid and ghazalīyāt of uncertain authorship, possibly of Aşkî (fl.1571) translator of ʻAyn al-Quḍāh al-Hamadānī's "Kanz al-ḥaqʼāq" (per the translator's preface) and Farīd al-Dīn ʻAttār's Mukhtārnāmah (see p.205 in Türk dili ve edebiyatı ansiklopedisi (1977), v.1 ; p.18 in Osmanlı müellifleri (1972), v.2 and p.248 in Fihris al-makhṭūṭāt al-Turkīyah al-ʻUthmānīyah allatī iqtanatʹhā Dār al-Kutub al-Qawmīyah mundhu ʻām 1870 ḥattá nihāyat 1980, v.1).

76. Dīvān-i ʻUrfī

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 338Origin: As appears in inscription on 'title page' (p.1) and in colophons on p.201 and 331, copied by one ʻAbd al-Ghanī Bakrī [?]. As appears in colophon on p.201, transcription of qaṣāyid completed in Dhū Qaʻdah 1028 [October-November 1619]. As appears in colophon on p.331, transcription of later section completed Ṣafar 1029 [February 1620]. Transcription of other sections likely completed around the same time.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather with tan leather over spine and edges / turn-ins (possibly inverted recylcled cover with doublures now out) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in pink-tinted paper ; upper and lower covers carry central mandorla and pendants in gold-painted leather filigree appliqué over blue and green paper ; now sewn in white thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and spring green, fairly good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with significant abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, staining, minor pest damage, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct) and occasional pairs of chain lines faintly visible, somewhat cloudy formation, thin though sturdy, beige in color, well-sized and burnished ; some leaves tinted dull yellow or pale peach ; many leaves split and repaired (e.g. written area with headpiece and catchword of incipit page have been trimmed and mounted onto another leaf, etc.).Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of dībāchah on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title for the opening section (preface) in white ("ديباچه ديوان عرفي") flanked by elegant floral vegetal motifs in red, white, yellow, pink, lavender, and turquoise on fields of lapis lazuli and black, surmounted by a large (vertically elongated) w-shaped piece filled with superbly executed swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold, red, pink, lavender, yellow, turquoise, white, and light blue on fields of lapis lazuli and gold, entire piece set into an elaborate well of red, blue, gold, white, and turquoise bands ; another exquisite illuminated headpiece at the opening of the dīvān proper (begins with the qaṣīdahs) on p.22 similar in composition to the first but with vertically elongated scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) surmounting rectangular piece, more generous use of white and turquoise, well of heavy gold interlace with turquoise and lavender accents, and vertical stalks (tīgh) in tact ; written area of dībāchah incipit and facing page surrounded by a frame consisting of a series of red, gold, black and blue fillets, with text set off by gold cloud-bands ; written area elsewhere gold-flecked and surrounded by frame in gold with outermost blue rule ; additional illuminated headpieces appear at openings of sections on p.202, 230, 334, 368.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV (8), I (10), 4 IV(42), III (48), 2 IV(64), III (70), 4 IV(102), 2 III(114), IV (122), III (128), IV (136), III (142), IV (122), III (128), IV (136), III (142), 3 IV(166), III (172), IV (180), I+1 (183), 4 IV(215), III (221), IV (229), II (233), III (239), 6 IV(287), III (293), 3 IV(317), V+1 (328) ; leaves between dībāchah and opening of dīvān left blank (pp.20-21) as well as between later sections (see pp.228-229, 332-333, 366-367) ; pp.295, 209, 351 left partially blank (perhaps for illustration never realized) ;catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "تمت القصايد العرفيه تحريرا بتاريخ شهر ذى قعده سنه ١٠٢٨ كتبه الداعى عبد الغنى بكرى [؟] اللهم اغفر [له] ولوالديه" ; "تمت فى تاريخ شهر صفر سنه ١٠٢٩ كتبه الداعى عبد الغنى"Incipit: [dībāchah] " حمدی که از نهایت شایستگی منزه از شایبه معین و تخصیص آمده اجمال آن ..." ; [dīvān, opening in the qaṣīdahs] "ای متاع درد در بازار جان انداخته ای متاع ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Exquisite (though damaged) copy of the Dīvān of ʻUrfī Shīrāzī (d.1590 or 91).

77. Dīvān-i ʻĀshiq

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 285Origin: As appears in colophon on p.543, copied by Aḥmad Jaʻfar [?] with transcription completed Rabīʻ I 1232 [January-February 1817] in Iṣfahān.Former shelfmark: "199 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf (p.1) ; "25 /10 " inscribed in ink on 'title page' (p.3).Binding: Heavy pasteboards covered in painted lacquerwork, spine in dark brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; two-piece binding with overlapping flanges plainly visible at spine (spine leather detaching with second layer of leather visible looking on spine from lower cover) ; doublures in fine painted lacquerwork of swirling floral vegetal composition in gold on a dark green ground surrounded by vegetal border in green and gold on a dark red ground with flanking gold fillets (composition of upper doublure mirrors that of lower doublure) ; upper and lower covers bear paintings of nearly identical floral composition in mirror image to one another on a dark red background, namely a central cluster of peonies, poppies, tulips, etc. with iris, roses, poppies, and other floral forms all in shades of pink, light blue, lavender, and white with leaves in various shades of green, and surrounded by decorative band of floral vegetal motifs on a dark green ground framed in gold-painted borders ; sewn in lime green thread, two stations, sewing failing, many gatherings loose ; worked chevron endbands in lime green and pink, fairly good condition ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and losses to lacquerwork and pasteboard, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (Persian) laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines only faintly visible roughly 20 mm. apart (vertical), gray in color, crisp and transluscent though sturdy, quite well-burnished ; many bifolia split ; minor pest and moisture damage.Decoration: Elaborate illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ ) at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the basmalah in blue flanked by floral vegetal designs (in gold, red-orange, blue, white, etc.) on fields of blue (approaching lapis lazuli), red and gold, surmounted by large w-shaped piece filled with swirling arabesque and floral motifs in gold, red-orange, pink, white, blue, etc. on grounds of gold, red, and blue (approaching lapis lazuli), w-shaped piece bordered in a row of lozenges with similar floral vegetal design, entire piece set into a heavy well of gold interlace bordered in red bands with white accents ; illuminated marginal decoration of incipit and facing page consisting of swirling vegetal composition with large sāz leaves and floral forms in gold with black outline ; written area throughout set off with gold cloud-bands ; vegetal composition in gold fills band dividing two columns of written area or flanking centered text ; written area (and margin) framed by gold bands outlined in black fillets.Script: Shikastah (shikastah-nastaʻlīq / شكسته نستعليق ) ; elegant hand ; serifless with sweeping elongated horizontal strokes, free assimilation of letters, misplaced (or distant, or unexpectedly combined) pointing, uncurved final yāʼ, etc.Layout: Written in 16 lines per page with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: 34 IV(272) ; exclusively quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "... شهر ربيع الاول ١٢٣٢ در دار [؟] السلطنه اصفهان ... اين كتاب مستطاب ... بخط احمد [؟] جعفر ..."Explicit: "طاقش بی رواق چشم خوبان آمد این روی که ر نشین عالم آمد ..."Incipit: "زهی مثالی که چون جمالت نبسته نقشی زمانه زیبا بخنده شیرین ببذله شکر بغمزه لیلی بعشوه سلمی ...."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Āqā Muḥammad ʻĀshiq Iṣfahānī (d.1768 or 9) opening with the ghazals.

78. Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 872Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; depending on what it represents of involvement with the production of the manuscript, seal impression at close provides only a very rough terminus ante quem of 1837 (as seal could have been made years before use here). Paper, etc. consistent with early to mid 19th century dating.Accompanying materials: a. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Muḥammad Ḥāfiz̤, Shīrāzī | Dīvān. | U. of M. has 6 MSS. of the Dīvān of Hafiz" -- b. Recycled card with notes in hand of Emilie Savage-Smith [according to R. Dougherty] "speckled paper | fine binding | some borders near front complete, others not – shows something about how books made" -- c. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- d. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) Husselman notes" -- e. Slip with description in pencil "Ḥāfeẓ (MS) | Divān | Date : | Place: Lucknow"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 21Binding: Boards covered in brown leather ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in dark red-brown paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped central rectangular panel with triangles of vegetal composition accenting an inner diamond design and elaborate border in a scrolling vegetal pattern with gold-tooled accents ; spine gold-stamped with title "DIVAN | E | HAFIZ | - | MS" (likely has been rebacked) ; edges of text block gilt ; sewn in white thread over five recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands in green, white, and red stripes ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, some curving) and occasional chain lines faintly visible, cloudy formation, sturdy, cream in color, well-burnished ; 'written area' into margins silver-flecked, margins flecked in blue with small rectangle left for catchwords ; flyleaves and added leaves in European wove paper ; some staining and tide lines ; gilt edges.Decoration: Written area of opening leaves of text surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets with outermost red rule, divisions within defined by red rules ; 'written area' into margins silver-flecked, margins flecked in blue ; gilt edges.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant Indian [?] hand in a medium line ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, superscripting of final words and letters (end of each line), pointing in distinct or conjoined dots, some elongation of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 13 lines per page, with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 3 (3), 18 IV(147), III (153), IV (161), III (167), 3 IV(191), III (197), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; several leaves preceding and following the text flecked but left blank ; catchwords present.Explicit: "فحبک راحت فی کل حین وذکرک مونسی فی کل حال"Incipit: "الا یا ایها الساقی ادر کاسا و ناولها که عشق آسان نمود اول ولی افتاد مشکلها ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the Dīvān of the masterful poet Ḥāfiẓ (Khvājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, d.1390?).

79. Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 316Origin: As appears in a different hand following colophon on p.341, transcription possibly completed 920 [?] [1514 or 15 ?] ; decoration, paper, etc. appear to confirm dating of early 16th century or even late 15th century.Former shelfmark: "193 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures (and flyleaves) in magenta-tinted laid paper with gold-painted and gold-flecked central rectangular panel and gold-painted border ; upper and lower covers carry recessed, stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition with chī clouds, compare Déroche class. NSd) with pendants and cornerpieces as well as tooled border ; edges of text block gilt ; sewn in yellow thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in purple and golden yellow, in poor condition with headband damaged and tailband gone ; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, staining, pest damage, lifting of leather, boards detaching, spine leather and lining detached, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, quite indistinct) and no chain lines apparent, sturdy and well-burnished ; some staining and pest damage.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of preface on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with now empty gold cartouche flanked by four-lobed pendants and all surrounded by floral vegetal motifs in gold, blue, white, red, yellow, red and lavender on a field of blue (approaching lapis lazuli) with white, green, gold and blue borders, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling floral vegetal design in gold, blue, white, red, yellow, red and lavender on fields of blue (approaching lapis lazuli) and gold, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue with gold chī cloud accents ; illuminated marginal decoration in the form of swirling vegetal composition with large floral motifs all in gold with red accents, varying double page after double page ; additional exquisite illuminated headpieces at opening of dīvān on p.10 and at section opening on p.26 ; written area throughout surrounded by a frame in gold and turquoise bands defined by black fillets and outer blue and red rules ; text of incipit and facing page set off with gold cloud-bands ; keywords chrysographed ; occasional floral accents in gold, red and blue appear between divided columns of text or to the side ; illuminated tailpiece following colophon on p.341 consisting of an inverted triangular shaped piece heavy gold vegetal composition on a dark red ground with flanking swirling floral accents in gold and red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with characteristic effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 14 lines per page ; written area often divided to two columns to set-off poetry ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, II (4), I (6), 9 IV(78), 2 III(90), V (100), II (104), 8 IV(168), I+1 (171), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, mainly in Arabic, reads "قد وقع الفراغ من تحرير هذه الديوان الموسوم بلسان الغيب من كلام افصح الفصحاء واملح البلغاء حافظ شمس الدين محمد الشيرازى غفر الله له سنه ٩٢٠ [?]"Explicit: "فروغ نور ازآن فرخنده مرقد"Incipit: "حمد بیحد و ثناى بیعد و سپاس بیقیاس حضرت خداوند یرا که جمیع دیوان حافظان ارزاق ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of the masterful poet Ḥāfiẓ (Khvājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, d.1390?).

80. Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ-i Shīrāzī

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 318Origin: As appears in colophon on p.358, copied by Niẓām ibn Mīr ʻAlī with transcription completed in Rabīʻ I 1035 [December 1625].Former shelfmark: "126 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in glossy, surfaced-dyed blue wove paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted guillioché roll (series of s-shaped stamps) and flanking rules ; sewn in dark brown or gray thread, two stations, tightly bound ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, good condition ; housed in sturdy slipcase covered in dark purple / blue leather with tooled and gold-painted borders and rosette accents, lined with yellow paper and fitted with peach / orange woven pull cord ; overall in fairly good condition ; one narrow side of slipcase detaching.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct) and occasional single chain lines visible, dense and sturdy though transluscent, medium cream in color, well-burnished ; some creasing, tears and cockling due to tight binding ; repairs in European laid paper and wove paper.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpieces at opening of preface on p.2 and at opening of dīvān proper (with ghazals) on p.9, each consisting of large rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche surmounted by rectangular piece filled with scalloped domes in gold and lapis all overlaid with swirling floral vegetal decoration in red, yellow, green, light blue, etc., set in a rich well of heavy gold interlace and turquoise, dark red / brown, and gold bands, and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) ; text of incipit and facing page at opening of preface and opening of dīvān set off by gold cloud-bands ; written area surrounded by gold frame of medium gold band and outermost gold and blue fillets, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black ; keywords and headings chrysographed ; some overlining in gold.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; spacious, elegant hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with gentle descent of words to baseline, elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots, point of final nūn set down in somewhat narrow, slightly angled bowl.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 22 IV (176), II-1 (179), i ; almost exclusively quaternions ; cathwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "تمت بعون الله الملک الغنی فی ید العبد المذنب نظام ابن میر علی غفر ذنوبه فی تاریخ شهر ربیع الاول سنه خمس وثلثین والف من الهجرت النبویهExplicit: "گفتم سخن تو گفت حافظ گفتا شادی همه لطیفه گویان صلوات"Incipit: "حمد بیحد و ثناى بیعد خداوندی را که جمیع دیوان حافظان ارزاق بپروانه ..."Title from inscriptions on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of the masterful poet Ḥāfiẓ (Khvājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, d.1390?). Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.

81. Dīvān-i Ṣāʼib

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 342Origin: As appears in colophon on p.421, copied by Maqṣūd ʻAlī Shīrāzī with transcription completed in Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1106 [July-August 1695].Former shelfmark: "123 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather (pebbled, in style of shagreen) with red-brown leather over edges / spine (possibly repairs or at least added later) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in dark red brown leather with central mandorla in gold-painted filigree appliqué (composition with two birds) over blue paper as well as pendants and gold-painted border ; outermost flyleaves in marbled paper (mainly blue and green) ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (with recessed onlays) and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition having crane-like bird at center) and pendants, as well as tooled and gold-painted borders ; now sewn in white thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, quite good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with upper cover fully detached at joint, lower cover almost fully detached at joint, much abrasion, some lifting and losses of leather (filigree, etc.) ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and no chain lines clearly visible, cloudy formation, well-burnished, thin and transluscent, crisp though sturdy ; in latter quires, another type with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, more distinct, curved) and irregular chain lines in pairs (see p.222, etc.).Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of qaṣāyid on p.2 consisting of large rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying title in white ("قصاید صایب سلمه الله تعالى") surrounded by elegant vegetal composition in gold, orange-red, yellow, lavender, white, etc. on fields of lapis lazuli, red, and turquoise with white and black accents, surmounted by w-shaped piece filled with swirling vegetal composition in gold, orange-red, yellow, white, lavender, turquoise, etc. on fields of lapis lazuli and gold, all set in a well of blue, red and white ; incipit and facing page carry fine illuminated marginal decoration consisting of swirling vegetal compositionwith sāz leaves and floral motifs mainly in gold with lapis lazuli, red and turquoise accents ; text of incipit and facing page set off by gold cloud-bands ; written area (including columns within) throughout surrounded by gold frame defined by black and outermost blue fillets ; another splendid illuminated headpiece at opening of ghazalīyāt on p.16 (with written area, mounted in replacement leaf).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 14 lines per page, with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV-1 (7, opening leaf pasted down), 16 IV(135), III (141), 8 IV(205), IV-1 (212), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips two pages between p.215-216).Colophon: "Scribal," mainly in Arabic, reads "تمت الغزليات قدوة المتأخرين حضرت صايب الملقب به مستعد خان سلمه الله تعالى بتاريخ شهر ذي حجه الحرام سنه ۱۰۶ كتبه الفقير مقصود على شيرازى تم"Incipit: "تا نگردیدست خورشید قیامت آشکار مشت آبی زن بروی خود ز چشم اشکبار..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the collected poems (mainly qaṣīdahs and ghazals) of Mīrzā Muḥammad ʻAlī Ṣāʼib (d.1676?).

82. Dīvān-i Ṣāʼib

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 341Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. would suggest 18th century. Dated ownership statements on 'title page' (p.1) supply terminus ante quem of 1758.Former shelfmark: "443 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "٨٥" inscribed on tail of text block.Binding: Pasteboards now fully covered in spring-green silk faced / backed with lavender paper (covered boards faced and lined, i.e. silk fully wraps apparently already leather-faced boards as with an overcover / slipcover, compare Isl. Ms. 343) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; flyleaves in dark lavender surface-dyed and gold-flecked laid paper (10 laid lines per cm. / horizontal, chain lines spaced 26-27 mm. apart / vertical, and watermark of three crescents / 95 mm. long, perpendicular to chains) ; upper and lower covers bear traces of stamped mandorlas beneath the textile and paper (likely in leather facing, which is also visible under the textile and paper) ; sewn in red thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in red and yellow, good condition ; overall in fairly good condition with some staining, abrasion, lifting and losses of cloth and paper, etc. ; somewhat ill-fitting (small), particularly fore edge flap and upper cover.Support: European laid paper of several types ; one type with 10 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 22-26 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of grapes (raisin) with crown above (see p.67, etc.) ; another type with 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of grapes (raisin) under crown and "PF" (see p.28, 35, 72) ; all well-sized and burnished, sturdy, thin and transluscent ; some leaves tinted bright yellow, pale green, pale pink, lavender, etc.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling vegetal design and floral motifs in pink, red, white, blue, and turquoise on fields of gold and blue, set in a well of dark turquoise and gold and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in pink, blue and red ; vegetal motifs in gold accent written area of incipit and facing page (pp.2-3) ; written area surrounded by heavy gold frame, columns within and occasionally margins also outlined in gold rules ; margins in opening quire gold-flecked ; some abbreviation symbols rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; fine though initially somewhat careless Ottoman hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes ; highly ligatured ; possibly a different hand supplying the latter portion of the codex.Layout: Written in 23 lines per page with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled (occasionally margins also ruled).Collation: i, 6 V(60), I (62), V-1 (69), 16 V(229), VI (241), 20 V(441), IV (449), 5 V(499), IV+1 (508), i ; chiefly quinions ; several sections (pp.119-120, 128-138, 441-460, 572-582, 890-899, 918-919) and final leaves left blank ; catchwords present ; poems numbered in Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips two pages each between pp.10-11, 67-68).Incipit: "دل نگردید شب وصل تهی از گلها [گله ها] طی شد این وادی و هموار از نشد آبلها [آبله ها] ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the voluminous collected poems of Mīrzā Muḥammad ʻAlī Ṣāʼib (d. between 1080/1669-70 and 1088/1677-8).

83. Dīvān-i Ṣāʼib

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 364Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. would suggest 18th century.Accompanying materials: a. Slip of paper with descriptive notes in pen in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "364 | Dīvān of Ṣāʼib | Probably late 18th century | Contemporary binding | Copied probably in Turkey" (not paginated) -- b. Numerous inserts carrying excerpts and glosses (paginated pp.5-6, 9-10, 15-16, 19-20, 25-26, 29-30, 33-34, 39-40, 45-46, 51-52, 55-56, 63-64, 77-78, 91-92, 97-98, 151-152, 163-164, 169-170, 173-174, 179-180, 183-184, 187-188, 189-190, 193-194, 205-206, 209-210, 213-214, 217-218, 221-222, 225-226, 235-236, 241-242, 247-248, 253-254, 257-258, 363-366, 493-494, etc.).Binding: Pasteboards covered in tan leather ; Type II binding (with flap, now detached) ; doublures in red-brown leather with central lozenge and pendants outlined in gold and flecked with silver, as well as gold-tooled border and rosette and stroke accents ; upper and lower covers carry exquisite stamped (with gold-painted red leather recessed onlays) central lozenge and pendants (filled with symmetrical vegetal design incorporating cloud bands, red-painted, compare Déroche class. NSd), along with gold-tooled accents and a heavy guilloché roll border in gold ; design continues on flap ; edges of text block gold-painted with vegetal designs ; sewn in pink thread, two stations, sewing failing ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, damaged with core of headband exposed ; overall in somewhat poor condition with flap fully detached, lifting and losses of spine leather and lining, minor pest damage at spine, spine split through toward center of text block, minor abrasion, staining, etc. ; repair to upper joint in mauve textile ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper of perhaps a few types ; mainly with 11-12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 20-22 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of grapes (raisin) below cartouche and crown (see p.84, 104, 122, 124, 198, 199, etc.) ; another type with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of lion statant guardant (see p.280-281, 384-385, etc.) ; another type with 12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 25 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of a lion [?] passant with curled tail ; all thin and crisp though sturdy, well-sized and burnished to glossy, mainly light cream in color with a few leaves tinted pink, yellow, etc.Decoration: Superbly executed illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche (oriented vertically) set in a scalloped dome overlaid with exquisite swirling floral vegetal motifs in shades of pink, blue, red-orange, yellow, white and gold on grounds of black, gold and slate blue with turquoise accents, all set in a well of narrow gold bands flanking a heavy light blue band with dark blue crosses and surmounted by a row of vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and red ; second illuminated headpiece at opening of final section on p.534 (opens "نه احتیاج که ساقی ویرا شراب سنکا ..."), consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche surmounted by scalloped dome overlaid with elegant floral vegetal motifs in gold with white, turquoise, and red accents on a gold ground, all set in a well of narrow gold bands flanking a heavy light blue band with dark blue crosses and surmounted by a row of vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and red ; written area throughout surrounded by gold frame with narrow gold bands defining divisions within ; red rule border defines margin ; headings, keywords and some marginalia rubricated ; occasional textual dividers in the form of inverted commas in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) with some element of shikastah (شكسته نستعليق) ; elegant, compact Ottoman hand in a medium line ; serifless, with marked effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, elongated horizontal strokes, final nūn often reversed or recurved.Layout: Written mainly in 23 lines per page with written area divided to two columns, headings centered in written area and a variable number of lines glossing the margins ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, V-1 (9), 5 V(59), V+2 (71), 14 V(211), IV+2 (221), IV (229), III-1 (234), i ; almost exclusively quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Incipit: "عمر من در سایه آن قامت دلجو گذشت از چنان حیرت فرا سروی چسان این جو گذشت ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of a selection from the collected poems of Mīrzā Muḥammad ʻAlī Ṣāʼib Tabrīzī (d. between 1080/1669-70 and 1088/1677-8).

84. Dīvān-i Ẓahīr Fāryābī

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 868Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; hand, paper, etc. may suggest 18th century.Accompanying materials: a. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Z̤ahīr, Abū Naṣr, Fāryābī | Dīvān. | n. f. in Mich. MSS." (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) Husselman notes" (paginated pp.5-6).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 17Binding: Boards covered in red cloth with dark red-orange leather over spine and board corners (half binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in a sponge 'marbled' (mottled, cloudy appearance) laid paper in shades of red, pink and yellow ; head edge of text block gilt ; spine carries raised bands and gold-stamped "ZAHĪR AD-DĪN FĀRYĀBĪ | MS." ; sewn in white thread over five recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands in dark green ; overall in good condition.Support: non-European laid paper (much repaired) with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, indistinct, some curving) and chain lines faintly visible, cloudy formation, sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream in color ; flyleaves and replacement leaves in European laid paper ; some pest damage.Decoration: Section headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless with effect of tilt to the right and of words descending to baseline, elongation and somewhat exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots, quite rounded ; headings in a large, elegant naskh.Layout: Written mainly in 15 lines per page, with written area divided to two columns ; decorative layout toward the latter part of the work with fewer lines and every other line on the diagonal (see p.243, etc.).Collation: iii, IV+1-3+3 (9), 9 IV(81), II (85), IV+1 (94), 2 IV(110), IV-2+2 (118), 3 IV(142), i ; original fragment almost exclusively quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black strokes, lower outer corner of right-hand leaf, upper outer corner of left-hand leaf ; numerous blank replacement leaves have been inserted where original fragment was lacking ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals (upper outer corner of verso of each original leaf) ; foliation in black ink, Western numerals (in upper margin of verso of each original leaf) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts, flyleaves and added leaves and mistakenly skips ahead four pages following p.15 with p.20).Incipit: "طغرل بن ارسلان ملک الشعرا ظهیر الدین فی مدح السلطان چو زهره وقت صبوح از افق بسازد جنگ زمانه راست [تیز] کند ناله مرا آهنگ ..."Title from inscriptions on 'title page' (p.13).Ms. codex.Fine though fragmentary copy of the Dīvān of the court poet Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū al-Faz̤l Ṭāhir ibn Muḥammad al-Fāryābī (d.1201).

85. Farhād va Shīrīn

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 336Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. suggest 18th or early 19th century.Former shelfmark: "504 [?] T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "١٢" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.1) ; "1/9" inscribed in ink on 'title page' (p.1).Binding: Boards covered in textured black cloth with black leather over spine (quarter binding) ; Type III binding though not flush ; board linings and hinges in bright red paper ; sewn in red and lime green thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in lime green and red, good condition ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, quite distinct) and no laid lines apparent, extremely well-burnished to glossy, crisp and transluscent, grayish color ; some pigment burn.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular panel with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral vegetal accents in gold, red, light blue, green, yellow, pink, etc. on fields of 'lapis lazuli' and gold, surmounted by a large (vertically elongated) scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold, pink, blue, green, white, yellow, and red on a gold ground, sumounted by still further domes in lapis and dark maroon, entire piece set into a heavy well of red, lapis (with white cross accents) and turquoise bands defined by gold and black fillets ; gold cloud-bands and floral accents set off basmalah at opening on p.2 written area surrounded by frame consisting of gold bands defined by black fillets and outermost blue rule (columns within and outer margin also defined by gold fillets).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes, final ی usually pointed ; partially vocalized.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board evident).Collation: i, 5 IV(40), III (46), IV (54), 4 II(70), i ; mainly quaternions and binions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "یقین داند که صورت عین معنی است"Incipit: "الهی سینۀ ده آتش افروز در ان سینه دلی و ان دل همه سوز ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of Farhād va Shīrīn, one of the mas̲navīs of Vaḥshī Bāfqī (d.1583).

86. Fatḥnāmah fī ʻilm al-lughah

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 887Origin: As appears in colophon on p.653 (partially obscured), transcription completed 6 Shawwāl 1113 [?] [ca. 6 March 1702 ?]. As appears in opening matter on p.16, composition apparently dated to 991 [1583].Accompanying materials: a. Scrap with inscription in black ink "Fatḥ-nāma fī ʻilm al-Lughat | Not found in any cat of mss. or in any list of dicts." (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Recycled card with notes in hand of Emilie Savage-Smith [?] "grammar/dictionary | one lang. is Persian" (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" (paginated pp.5-6) -- d. Slip with note "Persian Manuscripts (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes" (paginated pp.7-8).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 36Binding: Boards covered in shell 'marbled' paper (mainly in blue and orange) with dark blue cloth over spine and board corners (nearly half binding) ; Type III binding (without flap), though with rounded spine and not flush with text block ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted wove paper ; sewn over five recessed cords ; overall in fair condition with some lifting of paper and cloth, deformation of boards, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, somewhat indistinct, some curving) and chain lines occasionally faintly visible (see p.24, etc.), quite cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, beige to light brown in color.Decoration: Keywords and section headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; clear, compact hand in a medium line ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline and inclining to the right, pointing for three dots often in strokes, many closed counters, some elongation of horizontal strokes, bar (shaqq) of kāf typically sweeping dramatically, partially vocalized.Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: iii, 38 IV (304), V (314), IV-2 (320), iii (per mid-quire marks) ; almost exclusively quaternions ; lacuna on p.207 marked with "بيض" ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black oblique strokes in the upper-outer corner of the right-hand leaf and the lower-outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, centered above the written area on the recto of each leaf (apart from that carrying the incipit page) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," "سنه ۱۱۱۳ هجرى قد فرغت عن كتابة هذه النسخة المسماة بالفتحنامه فى علم اللغة فى يوم السادس من شهر الشوال ... الحمد لله الحمد لله على توفيقه ..."Incipit: "الحمد لله الذى علم القرآن خلق الانسان علمه البيان وجعل علم اللغات مفاتيح الاذهان ومصابيح الاكنان ... قال الفقير العاصى ابو الخير بن سعد الانصارى تلميذونى من تلاميذ عالم العلم عارف ربانى الياس بن اسرائيل الحسينى ... فافتحتت [فافتحت ؟] كتابا يكون مجموعا بلغات العربى والعجمى فى عمل فتخان ... ضمته [؟] فيه بتوفيق الله عالم الغيب والشهادة فى الحادى تسعين وتسعمائة وجمعته على عدد الحروف بالابواب واوردت فصلين كل باب وسميته فتح الكتاب وحليت ووسمت كل لغة عربية مداولة وفسرت العجمى بالعربى كما فسرت بالعجمى ..."Title from inscription 'title page' (p.15).Ms. codex.Careful copy of an Arabic-Persian dictionary by Abū al-Khayr ibn Saʻd al-Anṣārī (fl. 1583).

87. Fawāʼid qudsīyah ... etc..

Description:: Abstract: Collection of three treatises on metaphysical questions.Binding note: Limp binding. Dark brown leather.Contents: 1. fol. 1b-34b: Fawāʼid qudsīyah wa-asrār malakūtīyah or: Risālat al-qidam wa-al-ḥudūth / Mullā Shamsā Jīlānī.Contents: 2. fol. 37b-44b: Risālah fī ʻilm Allāh / Mullā Shamsā Jīlānī.Contents: 3. fol. 45b-91b: Risālah fī ithbāt ḥudūth al-ʻālam / Mullā Shamsā Jīlānī.Contents: 4. fol. 45b-50b (on the margins): Mukhtaṣar dar taʻrīf aṣṭurlāb, in 20 bāb.Ms. codex.Title provided by cataloger.20 lines per page. Written in shikastah nastaʻlīq in black ink. Light cream glazed paper. Marginal notes. On fol. 1a: Table of contents (partly illegible; mentions a treatise by al-Suhrawardī). Seal on fol. 1b. Some leaves have been mended (see fol. 1). Foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Vertical label on the spine (half wanting; number "68" in Arabic numerals). Water damaged.Text 2 was copied in Ramaḍān 1063 or 64 (fol. 44b). Text 3 was copied on 3 Shaʻbān 1065 (fol. 91b).Collation: Paper, fol. 91 ; 1-4⁸ 5⁴ 6-11⁸ 12⁸ (-1, after fol. 91) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.

88. Fawāʼid wāfiyah bi-ḥall mushkilāt al-Kāfiyah

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 129Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.226a, copied by Murād Aṣl ibn ʻAbd Allāh. Copy completed ("khatamtu hādhā [kadhā] al-nuskhah...") in the year 1165 [1751 or 1752] or possibly 1149 [1736 or 1737]. Reading is questionable, though 1165 may fit better with the claim that the copy was completed in the time of Arslan Giray Han (ruled 1748-1756). Scribal verses adjacent to colophon read "الخط باقى والعمر فانى والعبد عاصى والرب عافى."Accompanying materials: Numerous inserted slips, some with writing some without, between fol. 23 and 24, fol. 47 and 48, fol. 48 and 49, fol. 105 and 106, fol. 134 and 135, fol. 193 and 194.Former shelfmark: British Museum, London. "No. 122. Jami's commentary on the Kafiyah."Binding: Pasteboard covered in black leather; Type II (with flap); upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped central mandorla and cornerpieces (design worn and no longer clearly visible but comparable to Déroche class. NA) along with decorative vegetal border and blind-tooled accents; pastedowns of pink paper; in good condition.Support: European laid paper; chain lines visible and running horizontally, spaced about 27 mm. apart; laid lines running vertically and spaced roughly 7 laid lines per cm; several quires in a second European laid paper with chain lines running horizontally and spaced roughly 23-24 mm. apart, laid lines running vertically spaced roughly 6-7 laid lines per cm.Decoration: Red rule-border frames portions of text and glosses.Script: Naskh, with influence of nastaʻlīq (talik); at least four or five distinct hands: hand of the first quire (fol. 1 - 10), hand of the eighth quire (fol. 124 - 134), hand of fol. 135 to the end, hand of fol. 70 to 89, etc.Layout: Written in 17 to 19 lines per page; frame-ruled.Collation: VI (12), 14 V (162), 4 IV (194), 5 III (214), 2 II (222), 2 I (226), 1 (227); catchwords present; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (referenced in cataloguing).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads: "ختمت هذا [كذا] النسخة الشريفة المباركة في يوم بشنبه وفي [الوقت ص] العشاء وفي مدرسة مصر ومدرسة باي محمد افندي وفي زمان ارسلان كراي خان خلد الله ملكه وسلطانته كاتبه مراد اصل الحقير الفقير المحتاج رحمة الله عليه اجمعين تاريخ سنة ١١٤٩ [؟]Explicit: "قد استراح من مكد الانتهاض لنقل هذا الشرح من السواد الى البياض العبد الفقير عبد الرضى عن الخير [؟] ... صاحب ومالك مراد اصل بن عبد الله كتبه مراد اصل ..."Incipit: "الحمد لله لوليه والصلوة على نبيه ... اما بعد فهذه فوائد وافية بحل مشكلات الكافية للعلامة المشتهر في المشارق "والمغارب الشيخ ابن الحاجبTitle from opening on fol.1b.Ms. codex.Jāmī's commentary, written for his son Ḍiyāʼ al-Dīn Yūsuf and also called al-Fawāʼid al-Ḍiyāʼīyah, on ʻUthmān ibn ʻUmar Ibn al-Ḥājib's grammar, al-Kāfiyah. Description provided by Alison Vacca.

89. Fetava-yi Ali Efendi...etc

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 683Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. suggests 18th century.Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas.Former shelfmark: From verso of front flyleaf "IL 362" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Boards covered in dark purple cloth with black leather over spine (quarter binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in paper printed with floral / landscape design in shades of blue, tan, olive green, and white ; upper and lower covers carry embossed central ornament (oval scrollwork design) ; raised bands on spine, accented with stamped (turquoise-colored onlays) bands and floral motifs ; sewn in white thread, five stations, stab sewn as well ; stuck-on endbands in black and yellow ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion and staining.Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (vertical), and watermarks of crown above grapes (see p.20, 24, etc.) alternating with "P S" (see p.22, 26, etc.), thin though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; some foxing, staining and tide lines.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.10 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by lavender floral motifs surmounted by scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling floral vegetal motifs in lavender, pink, salmon, white, etc. on a gold ground, entire piece surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and red and set in a well of pink with red accents ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by gold frame, elsewhere written area (including margin) surrounded by red rule-border ; keywords, section headings and abbreviation symbols (mainly two-teeth stroke over keywords) rubricated ; grid of table of contents outlined in red ; textual dividers in the form of gold discs on incipit and facing page ; overlining in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; two elegant Turkish hands ; opening two works in an elegant nastaʻlīq (talik), characteristically serifless with effect of tilt to the right and of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, letterforms characteristic of nastaʻlīq (talik) ; final work in another nastaʻlīq (talik) similar to the first hand but with greater effect of words descending to baseline, thicker line and exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 29 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, IV (8), V (18), V+1 (29), 23 V(259), i ; chiefly quinions ; fol.110-111 and 112-113 bound in reverse order ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (includes flyleaves).Incipit: [Fetava-yi Ali Efendi] "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على سيدنا محمد واله كتاب الطيبين الطاهرين الطهارة [الطيبين الطاهرين كتاب الطهارة] زيد جنب ايكن ذكر وتسبيح والصلوة على النبى ايتمك جائز اولورمى الجواب اولور ..." ; [Tarjīḥ al-bayānāt] ; "الحمد لله عظيم البرهان وعميم الاحسان ... فان افقر عباد الله السبحان عبد السيد الرحمن بن سليمان الشهير بخصالى بين الاجناب والاخوان قد اختصر هذا الرسالة بحسب الامكان في الكتب المعتبرة البيان ..." ; [Maruzat-ı Ebussuud] "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على سيدنا خاتم النبيين وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين اما بعد سعادتلى وفضيلتلى ومروتلى سلطانم حضرتلرينه عرض داعى منشالرى بو در كه بوندن اقدم مرحوم سيخ الاسلام ... حضرت ابو السعود ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.7. p.519-520 : [assorted excerpts].6. p.504-p.518 : [Maruzat-ı Ebussuud] / Ebussuud Efendi.5. p.482-p.503 : Tarjīḥ al-bayānāt / ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Sulaymān, al-shahīr bi-Khilāṣī.4. p.478-p.481 : [blank].3. p.10-p.477 : Fetava-yi Ali Efendi / Ali Efendi Çatalcalı.2. p.8-p.9 : [blank].1. p.3-p.7 : [added contents listing and table of contents].Fine copy of the collection of legal decisions (fetvas) by Ali Efendi (d.1692), followed by Tarjīḥ al-bayānāt, a work of fiqh in Arabic by Hisâlî Abdurrahman Çelebî bin Süleyman bin Eyüp Sârûhânî (d.1676) and Maruzat-ı Ebussuud, a collection of legal decisions (fetvas) issued by Abū al-Suʻūd al-ʻImādī (Ebussuud Efendi, d.1574) and sanctioned by Sultan Süleyman I (r.1520-1566).

90. Fetava-yı Ataullah

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 68Origin: As appears in colophon on p.772, transcription finished 29 Rabīʻ II 1125 [ca. 25 May 1713].Accompanying materials: Numerous inserts have been paginated including a few documents, scraps carrying notes or glosses, an entire bifolium from another manuscript, etc. ; several half-sheets, mainly blank, have been sewn in (see pp.147-148, pp.199-200, pp.475-476, etc.).Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 135. Legal decisions of Muh. Ata Allah."Binding: Limp dark brown leather (unusual grain) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; linings in laid paper ; upper and lower covers bear blind-tooled floral motifs for the central ornament, border and cornerpieces where they resemble carnations ; sewn in a red thread, two stations, though sewing often gone ; endbands entirely gone apart from traces of primaries ; in extremely poor condition with significant abrasion, moisture damage, shrinkage (lower cover in particular, which is quite ill-fitting), losses of spine leather, etc.Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines spaced 26-28 mm. apart ; flower (?) watermark ; much staining ; moisture and or oil damage ; burn (acidic?) to edges.Decoration: Keywords and section headings rubricated ; overlining and textual dividers in the form of discs in red ; written area in first few quires surrounded by red rule-border.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; bold Turkish hand ; sans serif with effect of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, many sweeping descenders and elongated horizontal strokes, exaggerated contrast in line thickness between horizontal and vertical strokes ; single quire near the end of the text (pp.623-642) supplied in a different hand, being quite a neat Ottoman naskh.Layout: Written in 29 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, III (6), VI (18), 34 V(358), V-8 (360), IV (368) ; chiefly quinions ; third quire from last appears to be missing (between pp.752-753, compare catchwords and foliation) ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaf and inserts, skips two pages each between pp.19-20, pp.109-110, pp.239-240).Colophon: "Scribal", rectangular, reads: "تمت الكتاب في شهر ربيع الاخر في ٢٩ سنة خمس وعشرين ومائة والف "Explicit: "حد قديم نه در الجواب برامردركه اولنى بيلور اولميه حد القديم ما لا يحفظه القران من محيط البرهاني في كتاب ما يمنع عنه الانسان ما لا يمنع. تم الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله واصحابه اجمعين والحمد لله رب العالمين تم الكتاب"Incipit: "حمد وسپاس وشكر بى قياس خداى لا يزالى [كذا] لا يزاله كه اختراع كرده انواع انسان"Title from inscription on incipit page (p.18).Ms. codex.Well-annotated and quite early copy of the collection of fatwás of Minkarizade Yahya Efendi compiled by Ataullah Mehmet Efendi (d.1715).

91. Fetava-yı Ataullah nisf-i sani

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 69Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.268b (p.537), copied ("ḥarrarahu...") by Aḥmad ibn Rajab ibn Bāyazīd al-Qaramānī. Transcription finished 4 Muḥarram 1149 [ca. 15 May 1736].Accompanying materials: Slip carrying notes between pp.214-215 (not paginated).Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 150. Legal decisions of Abd al-Ghani."Binding: Pasteboards covered in black leather ; Type II binding (with flap, flap now lost) ; board linings in laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped mandorla with floral vegetal composition ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; endbands in light blue and cream, fair condition ; overall in poor condition with much abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, delamination of boards, loss of flap, upper cover detaching, etc. ; repairs in brown leather.Support: European laid paper of several types ; early quires in a European paper having 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines spaced 28-30 mm. apart (horizontal), horn (?) watermark ; other quires in another thinner European paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart, scrollwork with pedestal watermark and "A C" countermark ; some leaves in still another European paper with 14 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart, watermark with grapes ; not heavily burnished.Decoration: Keywords, section headings, sigla, and occasional notabilia (side-heads) rubricated ; overlining and textual dividers in the form of discs in red ; written area surrounded by red rule-border.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; characteristically sans serif with effect of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, occasional sweeping descenders and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 2 V(20), VI (32), 15 V(182), V+2 (194), 7 V(264), 2 IV(280) ; chiefly quinions ; final quire following treatise of Abū al-Suʻūd mainly left blank ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals (begins with ۲۹٦ on opening folio of text/fol.2a/p.5) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaf, skips two pages between pp.505-506, skips p.536).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads: "حرره الفقير اليه سبحانه وتعالى احمد المدعو بمولانا ابن رجب [؟] بن بايزيد القرمانى رحمهم الله عليهم وعلى سائر الاقرباء والاصدقاء سنة تسع واربعين ومائة والف في اليوم الاربع من محرم الحرام"Explicit: "حد قديم نه در الجواب برامردركه اولنى بيلور اولميه حد القديم ما لا يحفظه القران من محيط البرهاني في كتاب ما يمنع عنه الانسان ما لا يمنع. تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب"Incipit: "باب الاجازة المؤجلة و المعجلة ... اقجه بدل [؟] مقابله سنده فراغ وتسليم ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.4. fol.273a-fol.280b : [all but one leaf carrying an excerpt blank].3. fol.268b-fol.272b : Maruzat-ı Ebussuud / Abū al-Suʻūd.2. fol.2a-fol.268b : [Fetava-yı Ataullah] / Minkarizade Yahya Efendi and Ataullah Mehmet Efendi.1. fol.1b : [table of contents].Despite spine and edge titles, appears to be an odd second volume of the collection of legal decisions (fetvas) of Minkarizade Yahya Efendi (d.1678) compiled by Ataullah Mehmet Efendi (d.1715), beginning in the latter part of Kitāb al-ijāzāt. Followed by Maruzat-ı Ebussuud, the collection of legal decisions (fetvas) issued by Abū al-Suʻūd al-ʻImādī (Ebussuud Efendi, d.1574) and sanctioned by Sultan Süleyman I (r.1520-1566).

92. Futūḥ al-Ḥaramayn

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 347Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, style of painting, etc. may suggest late 16th or early 17th century ; dated ownership statement provides terminus ante quem of 1195 [1780 or 81].Former shelfmark: "468 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" and "222" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap, now lost [traces of flap on upper board lining, front flyleaf and opening leaf, damage at fore edge of lower cover]) ; board linings in orange paper ; upper and lower covers carry gold-tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps ; sewn in yellow thread, two stations, sewing failing with most gatherings loose ; overall in somewhat poor condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, upper cover detaching, flap lost, etc. ; reinforcements at sewing stations ; ill-fitting (slightly small) and likely not original.Support: non-European laid paper, possibly of more than one type ; 7-9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), curving, quite faint and indistinct in many leaves ; rare single chain lines occasionally visible as short lengths ; sturdy and burnished ; flyleaves in well-burnished European laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 25-27 mm. apart (vertical), and watermarks of "VG" and "F" set among three stylized hats [?].Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with large, empty gold cartouche with flanking domes and swirling floral vegetal motifs in gold, white, orange, red, and blue on grounds of gold and blue, bordered in bands of gold, orange and blue ; written area of incipit page surrounded by frame of heavy red and turquoise [?] bands (here and throughout divisions within defined by black fillets), elsewhere written area surrounded by a faint gold frame with outermost turquoise rule ; keywords, section headings and illustration captions rubricated ; generously illustrated with 8 full-page and 12 half-page paintings in gold, red, turquoise, blue, lavender, yellow, dark green, etc. depicting in Mecca and vicinity: al-Masjid al-Ḥarām (p.38), al-masʻá between al-Ṣafāʼ and al-Marwah (p.41), Jabal Bū Qubays marked "محل شق القمر" (p.43), Sūq al-Layl with the birthplace of the Prophet, ʻAlī and speaking stones (p.44), Mudʻá or sūq al-mudʻá, here marked "مدعا" (p.45), Maʻlā with tombs (most prominently of Khadījah) and pools for the Egyptian and Syrian caravans (p.50), Shubaykah cemetery (p.51), Jabal Nūr with Ghār Ḥirāʼ (p.53), Jabal Thawr with Ghār Hijrat (p.54), ʻArafāt with pilgrim tents, banners and lampstands, Maṭbakh Ādam, Masjid Namīrah, four posts marking the place of the standing ritual, and Syrian, Egyptian and Yemeni maḥāmil (p.61), Muzdalifah (p.64), Minā with the jamarāt, place of the sacrifice, Masjid Khayf, cave where the Prophet was sheltered (غار والمرسلات), etc. (p.68) ; in Medina and vicinity: Jabal Mafraḥ (p.80), the Prophet's mosque / al-Masjid al-Nabawī (p.83), al-Baqīʻ cemetery (p.87), Masjid Qubā (p.88), Four mosques and the two-qiblah Mosque (p.90), Jabal Uḥud (p.91) and in Jerusalem: al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf (p.93) with al-Masjid al-Aqṣá, Qubbat al-Ṣakhrah, etc. and a sandal of the Prophet (p.94).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 5 IV(40), IV-1 (47), i ; exclusively quaternions (final anomalous) ; on pp.74-75 written area framed but left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "صل علی روضۀ خیر الانام خاتمه نسخه برین شد تمام تم تم تم تم تم تم تم تم تم"Incipit: "اى همه کس را بدرت التجا کعبۀ دل را ز تو نور و صفا ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant, richly illustrated copy of Muḥyī al-Dīn Lārī's renowned poetical description of the holy cities Mecca and Medina with a full account of the rites of pilgrimage (ḥajj).

93. Ganj al-maʻānī

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 350Origin: As appears in colophon on pp.346-347, copied by one Riz̤ā with transcription completed 24 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1156 [ca. 8 February 1744] apparently on the order of Navvāb (Nawāb) Shīr Jang Bahādur in Shāhjahānābād (Delhi).Former shelfmark: "365 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "١٤١" on tail edge of text block.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; doublures also in dark red leather painted in shades of blue and gold to define central mandorla, pendants and cornerpieces overlaid with elegant swirling vegetal decoration (stamped or appliqué design) ; hinges also in dark red leather, interior of spine in woven textile ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted mandorla, pendants and cornerpieces (each filled with vegetal compositions) as well as gold-painted and tooled borders, outermost on a blue-painted feild ; sewn in white thread, four stations plus primaries, somewhat loose but sound ; worked endbands in white, blue and a dark metallic thread ; overall in fairly good condition with some abrasion, minor pest damage, some gatherings loose, etc. ; subtle repair to replace lost pigment in border on upper cover.Support: Framing written area, a non-European (likely Indian) laid paper with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, distinct, curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, dense and sturdy, well-burnished, tinted blue in color and silver-flecked ; small rectangle of written area in another likely Indian laid paper, faintly marbled in pink (reminiscent of kumlu / kılçıklı ebru) and gold-flecked ; endpapers in still another paper (likely also of Indian manufacture), well-burnished, gray in tone ; subtle repairs in blue paper.Decoration: Fine illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of table of contents (فهرست) on p.4 and at opening of text on p.10, the latter consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying basmalah surmounted by w-shaped piece / scalloped dome filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in orange, blue, bright pistachio green, pink, white, and lavender on grounds of blue and gold, all set in a well of pink bands with lavender crosses and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; splendid illuminated marginal decoration (in floral and vegetal forms) completes illuminated double-page opening on pp.10-11 ; simpler headpieces (in the form of gold rectangular pieces) appear at headings of other sections throughout ; written area throughout surrounded by gold frame with outermost white rule ; margins and columns within also defined by gold bands outlined in black ; keywords rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; large, elegant Indian hand in a medium to heavy line ; characteristically serifless with gentle effect of words descending to baseline, superscripting of letters, elongation and exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct dots, occasionally set very close together or conjoined, dramatically sweeping shaqq or sarkash on many kāfs, point of final nūn set just down in wide, slightly angled bowl.Layout: Written in 7 lines per page with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, II (4), 15 IV(124), II (128), IV (136), IV+2 (146), 2 IV(162), IV-1 (169), III-1 (174), ii ; almost exclusively quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," reads "حرره العبد المذنب العاصی یحتاج الی رحمة الله الملک الاعلی رضا بتاریخ بیست و چهارم شهر ذی الحجه روزسه شنبه سنه ١١۵۶ هجری سمت اتمام پذیرفت این مجموعۀ جهان آرا مسمی بگنج المعانی که نواب شیر جنگ بهادر دام اقباله در سلک انتخاب کشیده و بندۀ درگاه بموجب امر اشرف در دار الخلافۀ شاهجهان آباد در عین بی سرانجافی ..."Incipit: "سر دفتر ستایش حمد خدا تویی بسم الله صحیفۀ هر مدعا تویی ..."Title from closing matter on p.347.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of a selection of Persian poetry with contents listing ("فهرست این نسخه اشعار منتخبات خاص") provided prior to opening of text (see pp.4-8). Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.

94. Ghazalīyāt-i Mawlānā Jāmī

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 277Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; decoration, etc. would suggest 17th century.Former shelfmark: "108 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis] on reverse of opening mounted leaf.Binding: Heavy pasteboards covered in dark blue leather ; accordion / concertina format ; board linings in green coated paper embossed with scroll / interlace pattern ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition, compare Déroche NSd 7) with tooled and gold-painted border ; sturdy leaves hinged together with green silk ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion (vegetal design in mandorla only partially visible), staining, lifting and losses of leather, etc. ; housed in sturdy slipcase covered in same dark blue leather with tooled and gold-painted borders and rosette accents, lined with yellow paper ; likely not original binding.Support: Written area in non-European (likely Persian) laid paper, well-burnished ; borders gold-flecked and tinted golden yellow with a slight pink hue ; written area of two leaves mounted on European laid paper.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by red pendants and set off by swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold, white, red, etc. on a bright blue (reminiscent of lapis) ground, surmounted by a scalloped dome / triangular piece or hasp set in rectangular piece all filled with similar floral vegetal decoration on fields of gold and blue with turquoise, black and light blue accents, entire piece surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) and bordered in bands of gold and blue ; written area gold-flecked and surrounded by rich border consisting of gold, white, blue, and turquoise bands flanking a heavy band of light blue with vegetal decoration in gold ; floral vegetal motifs set off opposite corners of written area ; margins heavily gold-flecked ; elegant illuminated tailpiece at close consisting of upper and lower rectangular pieces with empty gold cartouches (one rosette or mandorla-shaped, the other a scalloped lozenge) surrounded by floral vegetal designs in gold, white, blue and red on fields of blue with turquoise and gold accents surrounded by bands of gold, red, blue and heavy black and gold interlace.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, elegant hand in a medium line (fine specimen of calligraphy) ; serifless with characteristic descent of words to baseline and superscripting of final words and letters as well as elongation of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written mainly in 8 lines per page on the diagonal, a hemistich per line ; frame-ruled.Collation: Fourteen leaves or 'panels' hinged together with green silk in accordion format ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "هر طرف كان سوخ راند جامي بيصبر و دل از پيش افغان كنان چون دادخواهي بگذرد"Incipit: "از خارخار عشق تو در سینه دارم خارها هر دم شکفته بر رخم زان خارها گلزارها ..."Title from flap of slipcase.Ms. codex.Superb calligraphic specimen in accordion format employing ghazals of Jāmī (d.1492). Contributions to the cataloguing from Ali Rafi and Abdullah Ghouchani.

95. Gulistān

Description:: Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 895Origin: As appears in colophon on p.298, copied by Muḥammad Jaʻfar ibn Muḥammad Ādam in Chīnāpatan (چيناپتن, i.e. Madras or Chennai) with transcription completed in 1184 [1770 or 71] or 1185 [1771 or 2] ; likely 1185 as numerals appear to have been overwritten in red by the rubricator.Accompanying materials: a. Slip or tag with "#2" in red pencil (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Slip of ruled paper with inscription in ink "Chambers. See Ethé, Bodleian cat., col. 260." (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Slip with description in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "MO 15 Gulistān of Saʻdī | copied in 1185 (6 ?) in Chināpatan (?) by Muḥammad b. Jaʻfar b. Muḥammad" (paginated pp.5-6) -- d. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Muṣliḥ ibn ʻAbd Allāh, Musharrif al-Dīn, called Saʻdī, Shīrāzī. Gulistān. Copied A.H. 1185. Have several other MSS in U. of M. Isl. MSS." (paginated pp.7-8) -- e. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Husselman and Meredith-Owen notes" (paginated pp.9-10) -- f. Slip with note "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" (paginated pp.11-12) -- g. Card with description in pencil "Gulestān (MS) | Saʻdi | Date: 1185 AH (1766±) | Pages: 284" (paginated pp.13-14).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no 44Binding: Boards covered in reddish cloth with red-brown leather over spine (quarter binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in faintly marbled paper with a pinkish hue ; head edge of text block gilt ; spine blind-tooled with leaf and decorative lines as well as gold-stamped with "SAʻDĪ |GULISTĀN | MS. | A.H. 1185" ; sewn in white thread over five recessed cords ; overall in good condition.Support: non-European laid paper with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly indistinct, curving) and chain lines only faintly visible at roughly 25 mm. apart (see p.302, etc.), thin and crisp though sturdy, well-sized and burnished, stark white in color ; original leaves have been mounted in frames of wove paper (applied to the recto) which have then been sewn in the current rebinding ; outer edges of original leaves and mounts have been trimmed together ; minor pest damage in original leaves.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.22 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche (carrying the basmalah set off by cloud bands) flanked by floral vegetal motifs in gold, red and dark grey blue, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece with swirling floral vegetal designs in red, grey blue [or dark green?], and gold on fields of gold and grey blue, all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) grey blue and set in a well of gold and grey bands with red vegetal accents ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by frame consisting of a gold band defined by black fillets with outermost black and red rules ; elsewhere written area surrounded by triple rule-border in two red rules and one blue ; keywords, abbreviation symbols (mainly two-teeth stroke overlining some keywords), and vocalization rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of horizontal stroke with closed loop, three dots, etc.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant, somewhat compact hand in a medium line ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, many closed counters, pointing (two and three dots) mainly in strokes or conjoined dots.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: iv, 17 IV(136), II+1 (141), iv ; almost exclusively quaternions (though original sewing now impossible to discern, mid-quire marks designate centers of gatherings) ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black oblique strokes in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf ; final leaves ruled but left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in now light grey ink, Western numerals (every other leaf, not always visible) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "این کتاب مستطاب کلستان از معین واهب متعال ... بشب دوشنبه در سنه ۱۱۸۴ [۱۱۸۵] چیناپتن باتمام رسید کاتب الحروف محمد جعفر بن محمد ادم غفر الله ذنوبهى بیت ... تم"Incipit: "منت مر خدا یرا عز و جل که طاعتش موجب قربت است ..."Title from close on p.298.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Gulistān, celebrated collection of moralizing anecdotes in rhymed prose interspersed with verse (maqāmah form), composed in 1258 by the renowned Persian poet and prose writer, Saʻdī (d.1292).

96. Gulistān

Description:: Gift of Stephen Spaulding.Colophon states that the copy was made by Ghulām Ghawth in the city of ʻAzīmābād (also known as Patna, capital of the Bihar province of India) in the year one of an unidentifiable Mughul ruler's reign. Although no name is provided for this ruler, an epithet is present, which contains the word "khalīfah"; since only Akbar, Jahangīr, and Shāh Jahan referred to themselves as khalīfahs, it is likely that the text is referring to one of these three emperors. If so, the date of production would be either 1556, 1605, or 1627, which are the dates of the accessions of each of these three kings.First page of manuscript contains a note in English written by one owner, which reads: "I bought this at the sale of General Carnac's Books: it is the copy which the general lent to Sir WIlliam Jones when employed in compiling his Persian Grammar. A very correct copy." There is also a printed note pasted onto this page with the same information. Seventh page features the title of the work and table of contents hand-written in Latin.Written in black nastaʻlīq script. Rubricated. Text is bordered with thin blue and red lines.Reddish-brown soft leather bound codex with simple tooling on upper and lower covers. Binding may not be original; some folios of different paper seem to have been added at the front and back, which have been left blank.Written in 656/1258, the Gulistān is Saʻdī's most famous work, composed in rhymed prose with many verses interspersed throughout. The work, which is usually divided into eight sections, constists of entertaining anecdotes that illustrate ethical points.

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