Lacunose 16th-century copy of a 12th-century romance about the life of Bahrām Gūr, a 5th-century king of Iran; its title (in English, Seven beauties or Seven images) refers to the seven princesses that Bahrām marries, each of whom tells the king a story as part of the narrative.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 440Origin: Dates in dated pieces range from 1006 [1597 or 8] to 1252 [1843 or 4]. Some pieces possibly earlier. Binding late 19th or early 20th century, likely produced in Yıldız Palace workshop and certainly not earlier than 1882 when the arma was finalized by Sultan Abdülhamit II.Former shelfmark: "208" inscribed in pencil on opening panel.Binding: Heavy boards covered in red leather ; Western style binding ; interior of boards (and facing panels) lined with white, textured paper (satin-like pattern) ; upper and lower covers carry central panel gold-stamped with the Ottoman arms (upper cover) or crescent and star (lower cover) at center, outlined in gold-tooled stars and bordered in gold-stamped (with olive green leather onlays) decorative panels in vegetal designs with crescents gold-stamped on olive green leather onlays at the four corners ; board edges heavily beveled and gold-tooled ; edges of panels gold-painted ; sewn in heavy pink cord ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion, lifting and losses of onlays, etc.Support: Calligraphic pieces on assorted laid papers, well-burnished ; some decorative papers, tinted, marbled or silhouette ; each mounted in heavy pasteboards (panels) covered in dark green coated and textured paper (resembling reptile hide) with edges gold-painted.Decoration: Varies by piece ; use of gold and colored pigments in frames, decorative borders, textual dividers and accents (mainly rosettes).Script: Naskh (nesih), thuluth (sülüs), tawqīʻ (tevki'), and nastaʻlīq (talik), varying by piece ; superb Ottoman and Persian calligraphic hands.Layout: Varies greatly by piece.Collation: Twenty-one heavy panels (pasteboards) attached via red cloth stubs (supported by further board).Title from upper cover.Ms. codex.42. fol.21b : [blank].41. fol.21a : piece in divani signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Recai (كتبه الحاج محمد رجائى رئيس الكتاب سابقا) and dated 1186 [1772 or 3].40. fol.20b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.39. fol.20a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated (with area left unfilled, perhaps for colophon or icazet text).38. fol.19b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.37. fol.19a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.36. fol.18b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.35. fol.18a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.34. fol.17b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Ḥusayn ʻAlī (العبد حسين على كاتب) and undated (set in a border of silhouette paper with floral motifs).33. fol.17a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Ḥusayn ʻAlī (العبد حسين على كاتب) and undated (set in a border of silhouette paper with animal motifs).32. fol.16b : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq, undated (set in border of silhouette paper with bird motifs).31. fol.16a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Aḥmad al-Ḥusaynī (كتبه المذنب احمد الحسينى) and undated (set in border of silhouette paper with bird motifs).30. fol.15b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.29. fol.15a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) (الفقير محمد اسعد اليسارى) and undated.28. fol.14b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hafız Ahmet (مشقه المذنب الخاظئ السيد حافظ احمد المعروف بتوفيقى) and dated 1196 [1781 or 2].27. fol.14a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher “جزائري” and dated 1107 [1692 or 3].26. fol.13b : unsigned piece in naskh, undated.25. fol.13a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh (opening of müfredat exercises), undated.24. fol.12b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Kasim (محمد قاسم) and undated.23. fol.12a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Şevki Efendi (d.1887) (كتبه العبد الضعيف السيد محمد شوقى) and undated.22. fol.11b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher İmamzade [possibly Eğrikapılı Mehmet Râsim Efendi (d.1756) who early in his career signed İmamzade] (كتبه امام زاده) and undated.21. fol.11a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated (likely accompanying piece on fol.11b).20. fol.10b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.19. fol.10a : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq, undated (set in border of silhouette paper with floral motifs).18. fol.9b : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq, undated (set in border of silhouette paper with floral motifs).17. fol.9a : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq, undated (set in border of silhouette paper with dragon motifs).16. fol.8b : piece in thuluth and naskh approaching tawqīʻ signed by the calligrapher Hafız Osman Efendi (d.1698) (مشقه الفقير عثمان المشتهر بحافظ القرآن) and dated 1098 [1686 or 7].15. fol.8a : unsigned piece in naskh, undated.14. fol.7b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Muhammad (محمد) and undated.13. fol.7a : piece in thuluth and signed by the calligrapher Afif (كتبه عفيف) [possibly İbrahim Afif, d.1767] and undated.12. fol.6b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Salıh Namık [?] (سوده صالح نامق) and undated.11. fol.6a : piece in thuluth and naskh with icazetname signed by the calligrapher Şekerzade Mehmet Efendi (d.1753) authorizing the student who executed the piece (اجزت لصاحب هذه القطعة الشريفة وضع الكتبة فما كتبه وانا الفقير السيد محمد المعروف بشكر زاده) and dated 1155 [1742 or 3].10. fol.5b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hafız Ahmet (حرره السيد حافظ احمد) and dated 1197 [1782 or 3].9. fol.5a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.8. fol.4b : unsigned frontispiece with excerpt (اول از بالای کرسی بر زمین آمد سخن او دگر ...) in thuluth at center of shamsah, undated.7. fol.4a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.6. fol.3b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Ahmet Çelebi (احمد چلبی) dated 1006 [1597 or 8].5. fol.3a : unsigned composite piece in nastaʻlīq of different sizes, undated.4. fol.2b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Mahmut Celalettin (Mahmud Celaleddin Efendi d.1829, نمقه الفقير محمود المعروف بجلال الدين) and undated.3. fol.2a : piece in naskh and thuluth signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Şefik Bey (d.1879) (كتبه محمد شفيق عن خلفا الحاج مصطفى عزت) and signed 1259 [1843 or 4].2. fol.1b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Zeynelâbidin Haşimi (حرره المذنب محمد زين العابدين الهاشمى) and undated.1. fol.1a : [blank].Exquisite album of assorted calligraphic specimens (40 kıt'alar / pieces), likely assembled and bound for Sultan Abdülhamit II (r.1876-1909). Contents briefly addressed by Muhittin Serin in "Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’ndeki Bazı Kütüphanelerde Bulunan İslam El Yazma Eserleri ve Michigan Üniversitesi II. Abdülhamid Koleksiyonu." Contributions to the cataloguing from Marion Frenger, Mamoun Sakkal, and Irvin Schick.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 438Origin: Dated pieces range from 914 [1508 or 9] to 1317 [1899 or 1900]. Binding late 19th or early 20th century, likely produced in Yıldız Palace workshop and certainly not earlier than 1882 when the arma was finalized by Sultan Abdülhamit II.Former shelfmark: "210" inscribed in pencil on opening panel.Binding: Heavy boards covered in red leather ; Western style binding ; interior of boards (and facing panels) lined with white, textured paper (satin-like pattern) ; upper and lower covers carry central panel with the Ottoman arms (upper cover) or crescent and star (lower cover) gold-stamped on bright green satin, outlined in gold-tooled stars and bordered in gold-stamped (with light green-gold onlays) decorative panels in vegetal designs with crescents gold-stamped on mint-green silk onlays at the four corners ; board edges heavily beveled and gold-tooled ; edges of panels gold-painted ; sewn in heavy pink cord ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion, lifting and losses of silk onlays, etc.Support: Calligraphic pieces on assorted laid papers, well-burnished ; some decorative papers, tinted or marbled ; each mounted in heavy pasteboards (panels) covered in dark green coated and textured paper with edges gold-painted.Decoration: Varies by piece ; use of gold and colored pigments in frames, decorative borders, textual dividers and accents (mainly rosettes) ; two miniatures, one in Indian style, the other Persian, each featuring a pair of lovers.Script: Naskh (nesih), thuluth (sülüs) and nastaʻlīq (talik), varying by piece ; superb Ottoman and Persian calligraphic hands.Layout: Varies greatly by piece.Collation: Twenty-two heavy panels (pasteboards) attached via red cloth stubs (supported by further board).Title from upper cover.Ms. codex.44. fol.22b : [blank].43. fol.22a : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq executed in filigree / cut-work, undated (compare Calligraphie islamique: Textes sacrés et profanes, no.140).42. fol.21b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Dedezade (مشقه الفقير الحقير دده زاده) and undated.41. fol.21a : piece in naskh with icazetname for a student of es-Seyyid Mustafa Efendi (من تلاميذ السيد مصطفى افندى) authorizing the student to sign his name to his work and to teach others, undated.40. fol.20b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Asad Allāh Shīrāzī (العبد المذنب اسد الله شيرازى) and dated 1254 [1838 or 9].39. fol.20a : piece in celi sülüs signed by the calligrapher Mahmut Celalettin (Mahmud Celaleddin Efendi, d.1829, حرره محمود جلال الدين) and undated.38. fol.19b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Mustafa b. Osman Keskin (fl.1758) (الفقير مصطفى بن عثمان المعروف بكسكين) and dated 1172 [1758 or 9].37. fol.19a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Mīr ʻImād al-Ḥasanī (d.1615) (مشقه عماد الحسنى) and undated (compare Calligraphy and the decorative arts of Islam, no.7).36. fol.18b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Faqīr ʻAlī (فقير على) and undated (compare Calligraphy and the decorative arts of Islam, no.8).35. fol.18a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Ahmet b. Ali Kütâhî (سوده احمد بن على المعروف بالكوتاهى) dated 1100 [1688 or 9].34. fol.17b : piece in naskh signed by the calligrapher Hocazade Ahmet (كتبه الفقير الى رحمة القدير السيد احمد المعروف بخواجه زاده) and dated 1161 [1748].33. fol.17a : piece in naskh signed by the calligrapher Derviş Ali [possibly İkinci Derviş Ali, d.1716] (الحقير درويش على) and undated.32. fol.16b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Muḥammad Muhtadī (الحقر المذنب محمد مهتدى) and undated.31. fol.16a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.30. fol.15b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher al-Sayyid ʻAbd Allāh (likely Yedikuleli Seyyid Abdullah, d.1731, "كتبه السيد عبد الله") and undated.29. fol.15a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher İsmail (اسمعيل, possibly Ağakapılı İsmail Efendi, d.1706) and undated.28. fol.14b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher İsmail (اسمعيل, possibly Ağakapılı İsmail Efendi, d.1706) and undated.27. fol.14a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Muʻizz al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī (كتبه معز الدين محمد الحسينى) and dated 986 [1578 or 9].26. fol.13b : piece in thluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hocazade Mehmet (d.1695) (كتبت له اذنا وانا الفقير محمد خواجه زاده) and dated 1162 [1749].25. fol.13a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Şekerzâde Mehmet Efendi (d.1753) (كتبه السيد محمد المعروف بشكر زاده) and dated 1144 [1731 or 2].24. fol.12b : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq, undated.23. fol.12a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher ʻAbd al-Bāqī (Abdülbâki / الفقير المذنب عبد الباقى) and undated.22. fol.11b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Yedikuleli Seyyid Abdullah (d.1731) (كتبه العبد الفقير السيد عبد الله المعروف بالامام) and dated 1114 [1702 or 3].21. fol.11a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Aḥmad Rashīd (الفقير احمد رشيد) and dated 1194 [1780].20. fol.10b : unsigned piece in naskh, undated.19. fol.10a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Muḥammad Amīn al-Ḥusaynī al-Tirmidhī (مشقه المذنب محمد امين الحسينى الترمذى) dated 1010 [1601 or 2].18. fol.9b: piece in thluth signed by the calligrapher Hulusi (پر تقصير خلوصى) and dated 1128 [1715 or 16].17. fol.9a : piece in thuluth signed by the calligrapher Hulusi (الفقير خلوصى) and dated 1128 [1715 or 16].16. fol.8b : piece in naskh appearing to be the opening of the piece on fol.8a.15. fol.8a : piece in naskh (appearing to be the continuation of the piece on fol.8b) signed by the calligrapher Yedikuleli Seyyid Abdullah (d.1731) (كتبه العبد الفقير السيد عبد الله المعروف بالامام) and dated 1120 [1708 or 9 ].14. fol.7b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Maḥmūd Isḥāq Shihābī (مشقه محمود اسحق شهابى) and undated.13. fol.7a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher ʻAbd al-Jabbār (الفقير الحقير المذنب الراجي عبد الجبار غفر له) and undated.12. fol.6b : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq, undated.11. fol.6a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Kazasker (Kadıasker) Mustafa İzzet Efendi (d.1876) (حرره السيد الحاج مصطفى عزت المعروف برئيس العلماء) and dated 1288 [1871 or 2].10. fol.5b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hulusi (الفقير خلوصى) and undated.9. fol.5a : piece with text in nastaʻlīq (possibly signed ʻAbd al-Raḥmān) surrounding oval with unfinished drawing.8. fol.4b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Mīr ʻAlī ("مشقه المذنب مير على") and undated.7. fol.4a : painting of two lovers, likely Safavid.6. fol.3b : painting of two lovers, in Mughal style.5. fol.3a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Badīʻ al-Zamān Quṭbʹshāhī (بديع الزمان قطبشاهى) and undated.4. fol.2b : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq.3. fol.2a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Sulṭān Muḥammad Khandān (سلطان محمد خندان) and dated 914 [1508 or 9].2. fol.1b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Hilmi (محمد حلمى) and dated 1283 [1866 or 7] with illuminations signed by the illuminator Osman Yümni Efendi (d.1919) (عثمان يمنى) and dated 1317 [1899 or 1900].1. fol.1a : [blank].Exquisite album of assorted calligraphic specimens (42 kıt'alar / pieces), many signed, likely assembled and bound for Sultan Abdülhamit II (r.1876-1909). Contents briefly addressed by Muhittin Serin in "Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’ndeki Bazı Kütüphanelerde Bulunan İslam El Yazma Eserleri ve Michigan Üniversitesi II. Abdülhamid Koleksiyonu." Contributions to the cataloguing from Mamoun Sakkal.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 439Origin: Dates in dated pieces range from 1009 [1600 or 1] to 1211 [1796 or 7]. Some pieces possibly earlier. Binding late 19th or early 20th century, likely produced in Yıldız Palace workshop and certainly not earlier than 1882 when the arma was finalized by Sultan Abdülhamit II.Former shelfmark: "211" inscribed in pencil on opening panel.Binding: Heavy boards covered in red leather ; Western style binding ; interior of boards (and facing panels) lined with white, textured paper (satin-like pattern) ; upper and lower covers carry central panel with the Ottoman arms (upper cover) or crescent and star (lower cover) gold-stamped on bright green satin, outlined in gold-tooled stars and bordered in gold-stamped (with dark green leather onlays) cartouches with crescent and star accents ; board edges heavily beveled and gold-tooled ; edges of panels gold-painted ; sewn in heavy pink cord ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion, lifting and losses of onlays, etc.Support: Calligraphic pieces on assorted laid papers, well-burnished ; some decorative papers, tinted or marbled ; each mounted in heavy pasteboards (panels) covered in dark green coated and textured paper with edges gold-painted.Decoration: Varies by piece ; use of gold and colored pigments in frames, decorative borders, textual dividers and accents (mainly rosettes).Script: Naskh (nesih), thuluth (sülüs) and nastaʻlīq (talik), varying by piece ; superb Ottoman and Persian calligraphic hands.Layout: Varies greatly by piece.Collation: 19 heavy panels (pasteboards) attached via red cloth stubs (supported by further board).Title from upper cover.Ms. codex.38. fol.19b : [blank].37. fol.19a : unsigned piece in nastaliq, undated.36. fol.18b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher İsmail Zühtü (İsmail Zühdi d.1806, نمقه الفقير اسمعيل الزهدى) and undated.35. fol.18a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher İbrahim Afif (d.1767) (سوده ابراهيم عفيف) and undated.34. fol.17b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Şeyhülislam Veliüddin Efendi (d.1768) (العبد الداعى ولى الدين المفتش باوقاف الحرمين) and dated 1142 [1729 or 30].33. fol.17a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Usturacızade Mehmet Şehri (d.1740) (سوده الفقير محمد المعروف بشهرى) and undated.32. fol.16b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher İsmail Zühtü (İsmail Zühdi d.1806, كتبه العبد الضعيف اسمعيل الزهدى) and undated.31. fol.16a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.30. fol.15b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Şeyhizade Mehmet Şihabuddin (الفقير حرقه شريفه شيخى زاده السيد محمد شهاب الدين) dated 1211 [1796 or 7].29. fol.15a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.28. fol.14b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed “بنده درگاه صفی” and dated 1182 [1768 or 9].27. fol.14a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hüseyin Hamid (d. after 1787) (كتبه العبد الضعيف السيد حسين الحامد) and dated 1181 [1767 or 8].26. fol.13b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Sulṭān Ḥusayn (نمقه سلطان حسين) and undated.25. fol.13a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hafız Yusuf Efendi (d.1787) (كتبها عبد مذنب لا طاعة له يوسف المعروف بحافظ القرآن) and undated.24. fol.12b : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq (talik), undated.23. fol.12a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.22. fol.11b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.21. fol.11a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Mīr ʻImād al-Ḥasanī (d.1615) (الفقير الحقير المذنب عماد الحسنى) and dated 1009 [1600 or 1].20. fol.10b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Muḥammad ʻAlī (الفقير محمد على) and undated.19. fol.10a: piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Refi Efendi (d.1769) (الفقير المذنب محمد رفيع) and undated.18. fol.9b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Ebubekir Raşit (d.1782) (سوده اضعف المذنبين ابو بكر راشد) and undated.17. fol.9a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Shāh Maḥmūd al-Nishāpūrī (fl.1517-1572) (كتبه المذنب شاه محمود النشابورى) and undated, on textile.16. fol.8b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.15. fol.8a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.14. fol.7b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.13. fol.7a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher İsmail Zühtü (İsmail Zühdi d.1806, كتبه اسماعيل الزهدى) and undated.12. fol.6b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Durmuşzade Ahmet (d.1717) (الفقير المذنب احمد المدعو بطورمش زاده) and dated 1107 [1695 or 6].11. fol.6a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Durmuşzade Ahmet (d.1717) (الفقير المذنب احمد المدعو بطورمش زاده) and dated 1107 [1695 or 6].10. fol.5b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Aḥmad al-Ḥusaynī (كتبه العبد احمد الحسينى) and undated.9. fol.5a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Eğrikapılı Mehmet Râsim Efendi (d.1756) (حرره الفقير الى رحمة ربه القدير محمد راسم) and undated.8. fol.4b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Eğrikapılı Mehmet Râsim Efendi (d.1756) (نمقه الفقير محمد راسم) and undated.7. fol.4a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Eğrikapılı Mehmet Râsim Efendi (d.1756) (حرره الفقير محمد راسم) and undated.6. fol.3b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Eğrikapılı Mehmet Râsim Efendi (d.1756) (نمقه محمد راسم) and undated.5. fol.3a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Eğrikapılı Mehmet Râsim Efendi (d.1756) (حرره محمد راسم) and undated.4. fol.2b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Eğrikapılı Mehmet Râsim Efendi (d.1756) (نمقه محمد راسم) and undated.3. fol.2a : unsigned piece in nastaliq, undated.2. fol.1b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Nuri Musa Efendizade (العبد المذنب محمد نورى بحافظ القرآن موسى افندى زاده) dated 1193 [1779 or 80].1. fol.1a : [blank].Exquisite album of assorted calligraphic specimens (36 kıt'alar / pieces), likely assembled and bound for Sultan Abdülhamit II (r.1876-1909). Contents briefly addressed by Muhittin Serin in "Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’ndeki Bazı Kütüphanelerde Bulunan İslam El Yazma Eserleri ve Michigan Üniversitesi II. Abdülhamid Koleksiyonu." Contributions to the cataloguing from Mamoun Sakkal.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 441Origin: Origin: Dates in dated pieces range from 1080 [1669 or 70] to 1323 [1905 or 6]. Some pieces possibly earlier. Binding late 19th or early 20th century, likely produced in Yıldız Palace workshop and certainly not earlier than 1882 when the arma was finalized by Sultan Abdülhamit II.Former shelfmark: "208" inscribed in pencil on opening panel.Binding: Heavy boards covered in red leather ; Western style binding ; interior of boards (and facing panels) lined with white, textured paper (satin-like pattern) ; upper and lower covers carry central panel gold-stamped with the Ottoman arms (upper cover) or crescent and star (lower cover) at center, outlined in gold-tooled stars and bordered in gold-stamped (with olive green leather onlays) decorative panels in vegetal designs with crescents gold-stamped on olive green leather onlays at the four corners ; board edges heavily beveled and gold-tooled ; edges of panels gold-painted ; sewn in heavy pink cord ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion, lifting and losses of onlays, etc.Support: Calligraphic pieces on assorted laid papers, well-burnished ; some decorative papers, tinted, marbled or silhouette ; each mounted in heavy pasteboards (panels) covered in dark green coated and textured paper (resembling reptile hide) with edges gold-painted.Decoration: Varies by piece ; use of gold and colored pigments in frames, decorative borders, textual dividers and accents (mainly rosettes).Script: Muḥaqqaq (muhakkak), naskh (nesih), thuluth (sülüs) and nastaʻlīq (talik), varying by piece ; superb Ottoman and Persian calligraphic hands.Layout: Varies greatly by piece.Collation: Twenty-one heavy panels (pasteboards) attached via red cloth stubs (supported by further board).Title from upper cover.Ms. codex.42. fol.21b : [blank].41. fol.21a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Hilmi (نمقه السيد محمد حلمى) and dated 1287 [1870 or 1].40. fol.20b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding pieces (from fol.10a).39. fol.20a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.38. fol.19b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.37. fol.19a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.36. fol.18b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.35. fol.18a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.34. fol.17b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.33. fol.17a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.32. fol.16b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.31. fol.16a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.30. fol.15b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.29. fol.15a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.28. fol.14b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.27. fol.14a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.26. fol.13b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.25. fol.13a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.24. fol.12b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.23. fol.12a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.22. fol.11b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.21. fol.11a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.20. fol.10b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.19. fol.10a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) (الفقير محمد اسعد اليسارى) and undated, likely (with the following pieces fol.10b-20b) concluding piece of a meşk murakkaa.18. fol.9b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hocazade Mehmet (d.1695) (سوده الحقير محمد الشهر بخواجه زاده) and dated 1080 [1669 or 70].17. fol.9a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Kazasker (Kadıasker) Mustafa İzzet Efendi (d.1876) (بندۀ ال عبا سيد عزت مصطفى) and possibly dated 1278 [1861 or 2].16. fol.8b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hasan Rıza Efendi (d.1920) (حرره الحاج السيد حسن رضا ) and dated 1323 [1905 or 6].15. fol.8a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher İsmail b. Abdullah student of İbrahim Rodosi (d.1787) (مشقه العبد المذنب اسمعيل بن عبد الله من تلاميذ ابراهيم الردوسى) and undated.14. fol.7b : piece in thluth signed by the calligrapher Usturacızade Mehmet Şehri (d.1740) (سوده محمد الشهرى) and undated.13. fol.7a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hasan Rıza Efendi (d.1920) (حرره الحاج السيد حسن رضا ) and dated 1323 [1905 or 6].12. fol.6b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.11. fol.6a : piece in naskh signed by the calligrapher Deli Osman Afif Dâmâdı (d.1805) (كتبه الفقير السيد عثمان المعروف بداماد العفيف) and dated 1205 [1790 or 1].10. fol.5b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher İsmail Zühtü (İsmail Zühdi d.1806, كتبه اسمعيل الزهدى) and undated.9. fol.5a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Tevfiki [?] (كتبه توفيقى) and undated.8. fol.4b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher, most likely the Ottoman Sultan Murat IV (r.1623-1640) (كتبه مراد خان), and undated.7. fol.4a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hafız Yusuf Efendi (d.1787) (نمقه المذنب يوسف المعروف بحافظ القرآن) and unsigned.6. fol.3b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.5. fol.3a : piece in naskh signed by the calligrapher Eğrikapılı Mehmet Râsim Efendi (d.1756) (محمد راسم) and undated.4. fol.2b : unsigned piece in muḥaqqaq (continuation of the previous), undated.3. fol.2a : unsigned piece in muḥaqqaq, undated.2. fol.1b : impression of the seal (مهر) of Muḥammad Shāh Qājār (محمد شاه قاجار, r.1834-1848) with inscription “الملک لله محمد شاه غازی صاحب تاج و نگین آمد شکوه ملک و ملت رونق آیین دین آمد” and date 1250 [1834 or 5] set in illuminated four-lobed ornament.1. fol.1a : [blank].Exquisite album of assorted calligraphic specimens (40 kıt'alar / pieces), likely assembled and bound for Sultan Abdülhamit II (r.1876-1909). Contents briefly addressed by Muhittin Serin in "Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’ndeki Bazı Kütüphanelerde Bulunan İslam El Yazma Eserleri ve Michigan Üniversitesi II. Abdülhamid Koleksiyonu." Contributions to the cataloguing from Mamoun Sakkal.
Manuscript. Persian. Caption title on fol. 1a. Written by ʻAbbāsʻalī [illegible]. Gift of Amir Jafar and Parvindokt Hasheminejad, donated by their son, Mehdi Hasheminejad, item belonged to Amir Jafar Hasheminejad's collection and originated from Qajar era minister, Mehdi Lahooti, Badaye Negar's holdings. May 31, 2019. Written in Iran. Paper; coarse, unpolished, light greyish tan color commercial paper; black ink; catchwords. Nastaʻlīq; 10 lines in written area 13.5 x 6 cm. Fol. 1b-51a. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, [unnumbered]. Binding; thin brown leather over cardboard; leather lacking on spine. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Manuscript. Persian. Title from title page (Folio 1a). Scribe not identified. Date of acquisition by former owner on fol. 1a: 18 shahr-i Ṣafar al-khayr 1335 [14 December 1916] Gift of Cyrus Ebrahim Zadeh, Nov. 9, 2009. Written in Iran? Paper: bluish, polished laid paper with horizontal chain line and visible watermarks; some pages have Russian countermark SUTF; floral unwan in gold, blue, green, red and pink; paper water damage to foredge; minor worm damage with no loss of text; black ink with rubrication and overlining in red; no catchwords. Naskh; 18 lines in written area 16 x 10 cm. Painted floral design on folios 1b and 170a; tabular charts in red and black ink on fol. 113b-114b and 140a-141a. Folio 1a-192b. Library of Congress. Manuscript, [unnumbered]. Binding: black leather binding with embossed frame lines, many gatherings loose.
According to the colophon (f. 117v), copy completed in the hand of ʻAbd al-Razzāq ibn Muḥammad Ḥusayn al-Yazdī in 1240 AH [December 1824-5 AD].The text is followed by a short text with the title "Suʼāl" (p. 118r-121r), written by the same scribe.Written in one column, 24 lines per page, in black and red ink, framed within triple golden and grey lines. First leave illuminated.Bound in black leather, gilt.MS Persian 36. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Persian.Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library Digital Imaging Group, 2008. (Open Collections Program at Harvard University. Islamic Heritage Project).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1003Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, hand, etc. may suggest 19th century.Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 152Binding: Boards covered in dark green textured cloth with dark green leather over spine (quarter binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetal pattern in green ; spine gold-stamped with "الصراح في الغريب | جمال القرشي | J.H.D." ; now sewn in white thread over recessed cords, false raised bands at spine ; overall in fairly good condition with minor fraying of cloth at board corners.Support: non-European laid paper with 7 lines per cm. and chain lines unclear, cloudy formation with fibers visible, lightly burnished ; final leaf anomalous, European paper with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines horizonal spaced 28 mm. apart ; insect damage throughout (small holes), some repaired with paper fills (sometimes partially obscuring text) ; edges and corners of some pages filled with non-European paper ; first page re-mounted on non-European paper ; water-damage (discoloration, cockled pages) ; on bottom corners of last few quires old adhesive from repairs causing several pages to stick together at edges.Decoration: Occasional keywords and section headings rubricated ; overlining in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; several hands ; all mainly serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, contrast in thickness between vertical and horizontal strokes, horizontal lengthening of letters, pointing in conjoined dots and stroke looking like upside down comma, use of hāʼ makhṭūfah for initial hāʼ and hāʼ mudghamah for medial hāʼ ; at pp.559-560 hand changes abruptly to much thinner line, more condensed with more words per line.Layout: Written in 23-25 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: 66 IV (528), IV+3 (539) ; exclusively quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of oblique strokes in black ink on top outer corner of right-hand page and bottom outer corner of left-hand page (sometimes one vertical stroke and one diagonal) ; catchwords present ; irregular Western numerals in pencil appear in top left corner of some rectos (see p.21, 81, 161, 201, etc.), reverse of text direction ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "الدخول كانهم اي من اجل الدخول و توضع موضوع علي قوله تع و منهم من"Incipit: "قال الفقير الى مولاه الغني ... ابو الفضل محمد بن عمر بن خالد المدعو بجمال القرشي ... احمد الله وهو المحمود بكل اللغات وجلها واشكره وهو المشكور على كثير الهان ... وبعد فان صحاح اللغة دواء العلة لسقام الجهل وشقاء الغلة ازوي الفعل ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Fine copy of the abridgement and rendering into Persian by Abū al-Faz̤l Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar ibn Khālid Jamāl al-Qarshī of the renowned Arabic lexicon, Tāj al-lughah wa-ṣiḥāḥ al-ʻArabīyah, commonly known as al-Ṣiḥāḥ, by Abū Naṣr Ismāʻīl ibn Ḥammād al-Jawharī (d.1009?). Description provided mainly by Sarah Mirza.
An illustrated translation into Persian of a collection of stories of the patriarchs and prophets from the creation to the time of Muḥammad. This collection begins by saying the translation was requested by the (fictitious) Sulṭān Ghiyāth al-Dīn Muẓaffar Khān.
Manuscript. Persian. Title from fol. 1a. Ghulām Nabī walad Miyān ʻAbd al-Ghafūr. Copied in Pir Ramzan Ghazi neighborhood, Multan, Pakistan. Paper: glossy laid paper of varying thickness with no visible chain-lines or watermarks; small unwan in red, green, gold and black ink with a thick black border; black ink, section headings in red ink; catchwords on rectos. Nastaʻliq; 13 lines in written area 14.5 x 8.3 cm. Folios 1b-135a. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, 1. Contemporary red Indian binding. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website. Incipit: هذه النسخة المسماة هشت بهشت من تصنيف ختم الشعراء وافصح الفصحاء دركاه اله امير خسرو ... Colophon: تمت تمام كتاب هشت بهشت از يد فقير حقير پير تقصير غلام نبي ولد ميان عبد الغفور ... ساكن محله پير رمضان غازي ...
Manuscript. Persian Caption title. Scribe not identified. Gift of Cyrus Ebrahim Zadeh, Nov. 9, 2009. Written in Iran? Paper: yellowish, polished cream color commercial paper with no visible watermarks; black ink, with rubrication and overlining in red; catchwords. Nastaʻliq; 15 lines in written area 13 x 6 cm. 1b-104a. Library of Congress. Manuscript, M306. Binding: brown leather frame and spine with embossed edges and red center panel.
Manuscript. Persian. Title from fol. 1a. Name of scribe not indicated. Probably written in India. Paper; cream-color, unpolished laid-paper; with horizontal chain lines and no visible watermarks; manuscript appears to be an older manuscript (perhaps 18th century) with missing sections and conclusion added by a later hand and dated 1238 [1822 or 1823], paper of newer section is also laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no watermarks but of a more recent date; older section has text within a ruled border in gold and red ink; newer sections lack border; some interleaved pages; both sections written in black ink with rubrication; numerous marginal glosses; catchwords on some leaves. Nastaʻliq and naskh; 11 lines (nastaʻliq pages), and 13 lines (naskh pages); in written area 15.3 x 10 cm. Text: fol. 2b-136b. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M81b. Disbound; original marbled cardboard binding included in case. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Written by Abī Turāb al-Sirḥānī. Gift of Cyrus Ebrahim Zadeh, Nov. 9, 2009. Possibly written in northern Iran. Paper: tan colored glazed laid paper with horizontal chain line and obscured armorial watermark, and countermark G M ; black ink in Naskh; catchwords; lacuna from Folio 1-10 caused by worm damage at top of page, with no loss of text. Naskh; 13 lines in written area 15 x 8.5 cm. Folio 1b-9b; 10a notes. With: Hāz̲ā kitāb-i Sirr-i bakhyah. [December 1853, Year of the Rat]. Bound together subsequent to publication. Library of Congress. Manuscript, M307b. Binding: medium brown leather with embossed gold center medallions front and back.
Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Gift of Cyrus Ebrahim Zadeh, Nov. 9, 2009. Possibly written in northern Iran. Paper: tan colored glazed laid paper with horizontal chain line and obscured armorial watermark, and countermark G M ; black ink in cursive Nastaʻliq; catchwords; lacuna from Folio 1-26 caused by insect or rodent damage, with some loss of text. Nastaʻliq; 13 lines in written area 17 x 9 cm. Folio 1b-65b; 66a notes in Persian and Armenian. With: Badīʻī Tabrīzī. Hāz̲ā kitāb-i Mus̲allas̲ah. [May 1867]. Library of Congress. Manuscript, M307a. Binding: medium brown leather with embossed gold center medallions front and back.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 321Origin: As appears in colophon on p.373, copied by Muḥammad al-Sāvajī with transcription completed 1280 [1863 or 4].Former shelfmark: "214 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf ; "25 / 13" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards covered in gray leather (pebbled quality of shagreen) ; Type III binding (without flap), two-piece binding (overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; doublures in red leather with gold-painted rule-borders ; upper and lower covers carry traces of gold-painted (now gone to green) rectangular panel and border ; sewn in lime green and red thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, good condition ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, etc. ; upper cover fully detached with spine flange intact ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct) and chains occasionally visible, quite sturdy though transluscent, extremely well-burnished to glossy.Decoration: Exquisitely rich illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title in red ( "هذا كتاب خواجه حافظ شيرازى عليه الرحمه" ) flanked by gold accents with swirling arabesque red-orange, pink, green, etc. on fields of black and blue (lapis lazuli), surmounted by tall scalloped w-shaped piece with inset domes all filled with elaborate swirling arabesques with floral accents in gold, white, turquoise, red, pink, yellow, etc. on fields of blue (lapis lazuli) and gold, itself set into an elaborate well of bands in turquoise, red, white, and red-orange with arabesque and chī cloud design on black ground ; entire piece bordered by gold interlace or ropework border ; incipit and facing page carry richly executed illuminated marginal decoration in the form of swirling arabesques over various shapes in gold, red, black, turquoise, lapis lazuli, pink, lavender, green, white, etc. ; written area throughout surrounded by a heavy frame of gold, red, blue and turquoise bands with outermost blue rule ; area of margins outlined in red and gold ; text of incipit and facing page set off with gold cloud-bands ; occasional floral vegetal accents gold etc. appear occasionally between sections of text.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 ; written area divided to two columns to set-off poetry ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, V (10), 4 IV(42), V (52), 2 II(60), 13 IV(164), II (168), 2 IV(184), II (188) ; chiefly quaternions and binions ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, in Arabic, reads "مشقه العبد المذنب الفقير الحقير العاصى محمد الساوجى سنه ۱۲۸۰"Explicit: "خاموش نشین که وقت خاموشی تست دم در کش و صراحی می و پر می کن"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.Richly elegant copy of the Dīvān of the masterful poet Ḥāfiẓ (Khvājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, d.1390?).
Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, hand, etc. would suggest 18th century.Former shelfmark: "42" in pencil on front flyleaf.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1057Binding: Pasteboards covered in light brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap), two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible on spine) ; present pastedowns and flyleaves (as well as lining of envelope flap) in marbled paper (blue, lavender, yellow and pink) ; upper and lower cover carry gold-stamped mandorla (gold applied to orange onlays, scalloped and filled with floral composition), as well as gold-painted border of rules, rosettes and accent strokes (frame lightly stamped with geometric design) ; design continues on flap ; sewn in white thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in purple and white, primaries / tie downs also in white, quite good condition ; overall in good condition with minor abrasion, losses of gold, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persianate) laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, some curving and sagging) and faint traces of chain lines only occasionally visible ; somewhat cloudy formation with inclusions and clumps of fiber visible ; well-burnished to glossy and likely surface sized, thin and crisp though sturdy, medium beige in color ; slip of lavender wove paper interleaved between fol.1-2, presumably to protect illuminated headpiece.Decoration: Added illuminated titlepiece in gold and blue on fol.1a ; elegant and finely executed illuminated headpiece at opening on fol.1b consisting of w-shaped piece filled with swirling vegetal designs in gold outlined in orange on a blue ground set off by delicate floral accents in blue, white, pink, lavender, red and orange, all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and set in a well of gold and black interlace flanked by orange and white bands with contrasting red and blue crosses ; written area gold-flecked and surrounded by frame consisting of a gold band outlined in black fillets ; keywords and headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; chiefly an elegant Persianate hand in a thin line ; small, characteristically serifless with gentle effect of words descending to baseline ; elongation and slight contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes ; elegant shaqq / sar-kash (gently curving upward) on even final kāf ; pointing in distinct dots, though somewhat casual with occasional dots omitted ; point of final and free-standing nūn set down at center of somewhat narrow, angled bowl ; ʻalāmat ihmāl of three dots regularly appears under sīn.Layout: Written mainly in 19 lines per page (single column) ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 11 IV(88), 3 III(106), 3 IV(130), III (136), 3 IV(160), III (166), 4 IV(198), III (204), 2 IV(220), III+1 (227), III (233), IV (241), I (243), 2 III(255), III+1 (262), 6 III(298), IV (306), 3 III(324), I (326), ii ; chiefly quaternions and ternions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Dedication: As appears in opening matter on fol.3b, composed for Sulṭān Saʻīd Bahādur Khān (سلطان سعيد بهادر خان).Incipit: "فهرست قسم علمى از كتاب تحفه خانى مصنف حضرت ايشان سلمه الله و ابقاه [ابغاه] برءوس [رؤوس] العالمين الى يوم الدين باب اول در بيان قسم علمى كتاب و اين باب مشتمل بر نود و سه مقاله است ... الحمد لله الذى خلق الانسان فى احسن تقويم و هو يحيى العظام و هى رميم و الصلوة والسلام على حبيبه ونبيه شفى آلام الضلاله و اسقام الجهالة و على اله و اصحابه هم الهادين الى طريق الحق و سبيل الداله اما بعد عرض مدارد راقم اين سواد حقير قليل البضاعه محمود بن محمد عبد الله بن محمود نور الله انار الله مضاجعه كه جون در اوان شباب بواسطه كثرت طريان بعضى امراض مراين ضعيف را ..."Title from illuminated titlepiece (chrysographed inscription set off by blue and gold cloudbands) on fol.1a (‘title page’).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of a Persian medical treatise by Maḥmūd ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻUbayd Allāh ibn Maḥmūd Nūr Allāh (fl. 15th century), followed by an appendix (ẕayl, cf. fol.283 to close). Compare Kitābkhānah-i Millī no.2876, Fihrist-i nusakh-i khaṭṭī-i Kitābkhānah-i Millī (Iran), v.6, pp.553-4.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 670Origin: As appears in colophon on p.753, copied by ʻImād ibn Muḥamad ʻImād. Date of transcription not specified. Paper, decoration, etc. suggests 16th or early 17th century. Ownership statement provides a terminus ante quem of 1629.Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas.Former shelfmark: From upper board lining and spine label, "IL 9" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap, now fully detached) ; currently two piece binding (overlapping flanges visible at spine, may represent repair / reback) ; board linings in peach laid paper, hinges in yellow paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (and once gold-painted) scalloped mandorla filled with vegetal composition (compare Déroche class. OAi 7) set off by gold-painted strokes, tooled rosettes and chain border ; design continues on flap ; sewn in golden yellow thread, two stations, sewing failing ; worked endbands in golden yellow and metallic threads, only primaries and core with a few threads of headband remain, primaries sewn through textile spine lining ; overall in somewhat poor condition with flap fully detached from lower cover, cover almost fully detached from text block at spine except for intact primaries at headband, extensive abrasion, some lifting and losses of leather, etc. ; extensive repairs (also damaged) in brown leather including edging (which has been tooled in a series of s-shaped stamps) on upper and lower covers as well as head and tail of fore edge flap and likely reback ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, fairly straight) and chain lines (possibly grouped in pairs) occasionally visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; back flyleaf in European laid paper with anchor in circle watermark.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.30 consisting of rectangular piece with almond-shaped gold cartouche carrying title and flanking pieces all evoking bookcover design, set in field of dark blue with delicate vegital motifs in gold, green, red, white, light blue and yellow, bordered in band of dark blue with white crosses and dots flanked by two narrow gold bands ; written area and ruled margins surrounded by gold frame with outermost blue rule, narrower gold band defines central written area and triangular accents on margins within (occasionally filled with floral motifs) ; keywords rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of three dots in redScript: Nastaʻlīq ; small compact Persianate hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with slight effect of inclination to the left and of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dotsLayout: Written in 51 lines per page, 17 lines in central written area and 34 lines of gloss on the diagonal in the ruled margins ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV-2 (6), 21 IV (174), IV+1 (183), III (189), III+1 (196), 2 III (202), 5 IV (248), III + 1 (255), 14 IV (372), III-1 (376), i ; leaves between opening contents listing and opening of text originally left blank (pp.21-29) ; middle of the quire marks in the form of ه (numeral khamsah or letter hāʼ) in black ink in the upper outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals from pp.353-377 and in black ink from pp.379-753, beginning with Arabic numeral 38 ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," mainly Arabic, reads "تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب والحمد لله اولا واخرا وظاهرا وباطنا وصلى الله على محمد واله الطيبين وعترته الطاهرين اجمعين وسلم تسليما كثيرا كثيرا على يد الفقير الحقير تراب اقدام الفضلا عماد بن محمد عماد ... گر بهم برزده بینی خط من عیب مکن که مرا محنت ایام بهم برزده است"Incipit: [matn] "بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم رب سهل و تمم بالخیر الحمد لمن وفقنا امداد حمد بی عد و اعداد سپاس بی قیاس مبدعی را که آثار ابداع او بر هر ورقی از اوراق و شجری از اشجار سمت ..." ; [ḥashiyah] "و به نستعين حمد و سپاس عتاری را جل جلاله و عم نواله و عظم شانه ..."Title from rubricated inscription on 'title page' (p.29).Ms. codex.Fine copy of a work of materia medica (pharmacopoeia) by ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Anṣārī known as Ḥājjī Zayn al-ʻAṭṭār (d.1403 or 4) with extensive gloss on the margins. Opens with acephalous contents listing (p.1-21). Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.
Abstract: Leaf from chapter 29 of the Mūnis al-aḥrār, a collection of poetry. Each verse alternates with a corresponding illustration as follows: battle gear; weapons; fruit trees; four types of doves; peacock, parrot, and nightingale; and jewelry.Ms. leaf.Physical description: Written in large thuluth and medium naskh in gold, blue, black, and red. Each line of verse alternates with an illustration. The leaf is damaged along the bottom; it was cut out of its original frame and glued onto another page of a different text that now forms its margins.Origin: This page is from chapter 29 of a ms. which is now scattered. The ms. is dated Ramaḍān 741 H February-March 1341 and was copied and illustrated in Isfahan according to its colophon (Swietochowski and Carboni, p. 25).
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon of first work. Pagination: 1st work: fol. 1b-105a (18 lines); 2nd work: fol. 105b-155b (16-18 lines); 3rd work: fol. 157a-249b (14 lines) First work written by Muḥammad Mahdī al-Kāshānī. Gift of Cyrus Ebrahim Zadeh, Nov. 9, 2009. Written in India? Paper: yellowish, polished cream color commercial paper with no visible watermarks; black ink; catchwords. 1st work: Naskh; 18 lines in written area 15 x 9.5 cm.; 2nd work: Naskh; 16-18 lines in written area 14.5 x 10 cm.; 3rd work: Nastaʻliq; 14 lines in written area 16.5 x 13 cm. Folio 1b-95a; 95b-105a poems; 105b-155b; 157a-249b. Library of Congress. Manuscript, [unnumbered]. Binding: black leather.
An incomplete compilation including an Arabic treatise on the sultanate and caliphate based on a hadith of Kaʻb al-Akhbār with an interlinear Persian translation, an Arabic treatise on the legal division of human actions into lawful and unlawful, and two unidentified poems in Persian; the last of the poems is incomplete.
Manuscript. Persian with passages in Arabic. Title supplied by cataloger. Scribe not identified. Written in either Iran or India. Paper; cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and watermark of a cross within a circle; black ink with minimal rubrication and some red overlining; catchwords. Naskh; 14 lines in written area 14 x 9.5 cm. Fol. 1a-69b. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M140. Flexible brown leather binding. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 870Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. suggest mid to late 16th or early 18th century dating ; dated ownership statement (see p.15, 184, etc.) provides terminus ante quem of 1750.Accompanying materials: a. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Hari-Karana, son of Mathurā-dāsa, Multānī. | Inshā. | Cat. of Pers. Bks. in BM Cat. several editions | n. f. in Mich. MSS." and (in hand of G. Meredith-Owens ?) "A work on epistolary style." -- b. Slip with note "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- c. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) Husselman notes"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 19Binding: Boards covered in shell 'marbled' paper (mainly in pink, blue and yellow) with orange-brown leather over spine and board corners (approaching half-binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in grey paper ; spine gold-stamped with "HER | KERN" and decorative bands ; edges of text block flecked with red ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands ; overall in somewhat poor condition with much abrasion, deterioration of leather, lifting and losses of spine leather, etc.Support: European and non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper ; opening gathering in a paper with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct, curving) and no laid lines clearly visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, burnished, grayish tint ; thereafter (from p.31) in a European laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical), chain lines spaced 24 mm. apart (vertical or horizontal), and watermarks of three crescents (roughly 72 mm. long, parallel to chains, see p.40, 78, 112, etc.) and mount of six coupeaux with star above (see p.102, 126, 154, etc.), sturdy, medium cream in color, well-burnished.Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated (text to be entered in red entered in inner margins) ; overlining in red ; occasional textual dividers in the form of red hāʼ.Script: Shikastah-taʻlīq (taʻlīq with elements of shikastah) ; bold, elegant Indian [?] chancery hand in a heavy line ; partially seriffed with left-sloping head-serifs and highly ligatured with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, occasional reversed or recurved final descenders, etc.Layout: Written in roughly 10 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 6 (6), IV (14), 11 III(80), III-1 (85), 6 (91), ii ; almost exclusively ternions ; 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 ; some added leaves (six each at the opening and close of the codex) bound in upside down ; catchwords present ; pagination initially in black ink, continued in pencil, Western numerals (every other leaf) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inner flyleaves and added leaves).Incipit: "بعد از حمد وثنای مر حضرت ایزد متعال ذو الحلال والافضال ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.15).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the collection of model letters of appointment and other official documents compiled (certainly after 1625, possibly after 1645) by Harkarn [Harkaran] ibn Mathurādās of Multān, secretary (munshī) of Iʻtibār Khān (d.1625). Contribution to the cataloguing from Hossein Mottaghi.
Second volume of the history of Jahangir and his predecessors, containing a history of Emperor Akbar. This volume begins with the ascension of Akbar and continues through the 45th year of his reign. 54 illustrations; partially rubricated.
Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon. Name of scribe not indicated. Written in India. Papaer; thick unpolished Indian paper; some pages colored pink; text within ruled border of three fine lines in black and red ink; black ink, section headings in red; numerous marginal and interlinear notes and comments; beginning of the poem on fol. 1b is in a much later hand; 6 leaves of writing at end in various hands; catchwords. Nastaʻliq; 15 lines in written area 18 x 8.5 cm. 1, fol. 1b-226b, 6. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M15. Text block separated from binding in separate container; binding is contemporary tan leather in poor condition; no medallions or other decoration. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Tables used in an astrological technique for determining auspicious times for carrying out various activities. Also includes geographical illustrations and diagrams and half of a horoscope diagram for a location in northern Afghanistan dated Friday, 27 Shawwāl 912 (12 March 1507).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 275Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; decoration, hand, etc. may suggest late 15th or even 16th century.Former shelfmark: "423 T.D.M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on interior of upper cover.Binding: Marbled laid paper (ebru in light blue, pink, yellow, dark blue) with dark blue cloth over spine ; limp (no boards) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; reverse of paper is undecorated and untinted ; sewn in black thread, two stations ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion, staining, etc. ; textblock has certainly been trimmed (with attempt to avoid loss of catchwords) and carries traces of an envelope flap from a previous (if not the original) cover.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly indistinct) and no clear chain lines visible ; cloudy formation, sturdy, cream in color, well-burnished ; repairs to some leaves.Decoration: Fine illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2, consisting of rectangular piece with cartouche in lapis lazuli carrying a form of the basmalah ("باسمه سبحانه و تعالى") flanked by rosette pendants in black and surrounded by elegant swirling floral vegetal composition in red, yellow, turquoise, pink, etc. on a gold ground with lapis accents, all surrounded by borders of gold and lapis bands and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in lapis ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by gold frame with outermost blue rule ; keywords and section headings rubricated ; two-teeth stroke abbreviation symbol (overlining keywords) in red ; numerous diagrams (addressing meters, etc.) in red and black ink (see p.25, 26, 27, 28, 62, 64, 65).Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant hand ; serifless, with slight effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: V-1 (9), 2 V(29), V+1 (40) ; quinions (first and last anomalous) ; p.64 left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "هر كس كه علم قافيه اين مقدار بداند او را كفايت باشد تم"Incipit: "شکر و سپاس واجب التعظيمى را كه بتشريف نطق انسان را مشرف ساخت ... اما بعد اين مختصر يست از منشات وحيد تبريزى در علم عروض و قافيه و صنايع شعر ... و اين را جمع مختصر نام نهاد و بالله التوفيق ..."Title from opening matter on p.2.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the brief treatise on Persian prosody by Vaḥīd al-Dīn Tabrīzī (fl. 1417).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 853Origin: As appears in colophon on p.232, transcription of opening work completed 2 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1259 [ca. 24 December 1843] in Amīnʹpūr. As appears in colophon on p.424, final work copied by Muḥammad Bakhsh valad-i Muḥammad ʻAẓīm (likely the same copyist who executed Isl. Ms. 852 and Isl. Ms. 854) with transcription completed 15 Rajab 1244 [ca. 21 January 1829].Accompanying materials: a. Sheet of ruled paper with notes in pencil "First part | 'Jenghis-name' | Dated '1259 which corresponds to 1888' in Aminpur | Second part | Completed 1888 in same place. | Title not mentioned in colophon. Religious history" and in pen "PERSIAN SCRIPT" -- b. Card with typed description "K240 | 17301 | Indian [struck through] Persian [struck through] Mogul (?) manuscript book, leather binding with paper faces. | Amritsar." and in pen "PERSIAN SCRIPT" -- c. Photocopy of card with typed description "17301 | 865 Amritsor, India | 1 Indian manuscript book | Original no. K240. Leather binding; date 1888. | Univ., of Mich., Div. of Fine Arts | Walter Koelz, 1932-33 | March 19, 1934" -- d. Scrap with verses between pp.10-11 -- e. Torn scrap with notes between pp.64-65 -- f. Scrap torn from a page itself torn from a printed New Testament in Urdu (page appears at close of volume) between pp.92-93 -- g. Yet another torn scrap with prayer between pp.200-201 -- h. Yet another scrap with verses between pp.214-215 -- i. Page torn from a printed New Testament in Urdu (carries verses from the Gospel according to Luke) following p.424 at close of codex.Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 2Binding: Pasteboards faced in now dull yellow laid paper with dark red leather over spine and board edges (paper faced, leather edged framed binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in light brown laid paper ; same dark red leather also used for inner hinges, to which textile spine lining has been glued and both sandwiched in paper ; upper and lower covers inner and outer triple-rule painted borders in silvery gray ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in light blue and cream, now further down on the spine, in fairly good condition though with some losses of thread and ends of rolled paper cores exposed, primaries sewn through spine lining ; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of spine leather, upper joint split explosing spine lining and leather of inner hinge, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Indian) laid paper with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, indistinct, curving) and chain lines occasionally visible, quite cloudy formation, inclusions, fairly thick and sturdy though transluscent, only lightly burnished, light brown in color ; bit of blue thread / yarn visible in p.235.Decoration: Section headings and keywords rubricated throughout ; text to be entered in red provided in margins.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant Indian hand in a thin to medium line ; in opening work, large and spacious, in final word smaller and more compact though appears to be the same hand ; characteristically serifless with gentle effect of words descending to baseline, inclination to the right, elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing (for two and three dots) in strokes rather than distinct dots, yāʼ always pointed, point of final nūn often set down within wide bowl ; naskh employed for transcription of some Arabic passages (see opening of final work on p.236).Layout: Written in 25 (opening work) and 18 (final work) lines per page, with written area for opening work divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 14 IV(112), II (116), 12 IV(212), i ; almost exclusively quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of oblique strokes in black in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: [Jangnāmah] "Scribal," triangular, reads " ثم تم تمام شد نسخه متبرکه کتاب جنگ نامه از تصنیف حامد بتاریخ دویم دویم ماه دالحج بروز یکشنبه بوقت سپهر سنه ١٢٥٩ هجری سنه ١٨٩٨ در موضع امین پور تحریر یافت بحرمت النبی و اله الامجاد تمام تمام تم شد تم تم شد" ; [Durr al-majālis]"Scribal," triangular, reads "بید خط فقیر حقیر پر تقصیر مفتی محمد بخش ولد محمد عظیم غفر الله له بتاریخ پانزدهم ماه رجب المرجب بروز پنج شنبه سنه ۱۲۴۴ ۱۸۸۵ در ماه ماکیه در موضع امین پور در خانۀ دیوا سینگه هنابل تحریر یافت والله اعلم بالصواب تمام شد"Incipit: [Jangnāmah] "لکھ لکھ حمد الاه نون جینی کل جهاں ..." ; [Durr al-majālis] "یا ایها الذین آمنوا صلوا علیه و سلموا تسلیما پیغامبری که خلعت در عالم علوی و سفلی بطفیل عظمت وجود اوست که مقر انبیا ولایت اوست و مقر اولیاء بهدایت اوست قوله تعالی فاتبعونی یحببکم الله زهی محبوب ازل که امان نامه عذاب امت را ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from colophon on p.232 and opening on p.236.Ms. codex.3. p.236-p.424 : Durr al-majālis / Sayf Ẓafar ʻAlī Nawbahārī.2. p.233-p.235 : [originally left blank now some leaves carry elegiac poetic excerpts (مرثیه از نصیر الحق, etc.) and prayer].1. p.4-p. 232 : Jangnāmah / Hāmida Shāha Abbāsī.Careful copy of a lengthy Panjabi poem on the martyrdom of Imām Ḥusayn and Durr al-majālis a Persian prose work on ethics. Extensive contributions to the cataloguing from Connie Bobroff, Arif Naushahi, Ali Rafi and Hossein Mottaghi. Further contributions to the physical description from Elizabeth Kunze.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.1Origin: As appears in colophon on p.574 (see also inscription on p.3), copied by Sayyid Mihr ʻAlī Raz̤avī with transcription completed 4 Rabīʻ I 1241 [ca. 17 October 1825].Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- b. Slip with notes characterizing contents of the entire manuscript (all 8 volumes) in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "M.O. 8. Rawẓat al-ṣafā in 8 volumes. Several copied in 1241 by Sayyid Mahdī Qulī (?) Riẓavī. Vol 4 dated 1070. Vol.7 is dated 1250. Vol.8 is dated 1099. (last folio bound upside down)" -- c. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- d. Partially damaged slip with notes [in hand of Elinor M. Husselman ?] describing contents "[Muḥammad] ibn Khāvand Shāh, ... Mīr Khvānd. Rawẓat al-ṣafā. A general history from creation. 8 v. (v. 7 here ?) of varying ... and hands. 19th cent. ... MS. in Mich. Collection #15"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.1Binding: Boards covered in light orange-brown leather decorated in "marble calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in a light-blue surface-dyed wove paper ; spine in green and brown leather (now detached) gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA I" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; Western style worked endbands, damaged with tailband core split and headband detaching and core split ; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion and deterioration of leather, spine leather fully detached (exposing printed wasted lining) ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Indian, "هندوستانی" i.e. "Hindūstānī" according to note on front flyleaf, p.3) laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct, curved) and faint chain lines occasionally visible, some inclusions, somewhat thin and transluscent though sturdy, dark cream in color, well-burnished.Decoration: Keywords, headings and abbreviation symbols (mainly two-teeth stroke above keywords) rubricated ; some overlining also in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq with elements of shikastah ; fine hand in a thin line ; serifless and compact with effect of words descending to baseline and tilt to the right, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing casual and in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 2 (2), 22 IV(178), IV+1 (187), 11 IV(275), V (285), 2 (287), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "هذا تمام شد جلد اول روضة الصفا بتاریخ چهارم شهر ربیع الاول سنه ۱۲۴۱ ... تحریر نمود بخط خام سید مهر [؟] علی رضوی فقط"Incipit: "زیب فهرست نسخه مفاخر انبیاء عالی مکان ..."Title from heading of table of contents on p.5 and colophon on p.574.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the first volume, addressing the creation to Yazdegerd, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498). Table of contents at opening (pp.5-8).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.7Origin: As appears in colophon on p.164 (and inscription on inner front flyleaf, p.1), transcription completed 24 Rabīʻ I 1250 [ca. 31 July 1834]. Likely executed by copyist responsible for volumes 1, 3 and possibly 2 of this set, Sayyid Mihr ʻAlī Raz̤avī (سيد مهر على رضوى ).Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- b. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- c. Scrap with title and date in ink "Rawḍat al-Ṣafā | vol. 7 AH 1250"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.7Binding: Boards covered in light orange-brown leather decorated in "marbled calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in light-blue surface-dyed wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather, gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 7" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; Western style worked endbands, good condition ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion and deterioration of leather, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, curved) and rare chain lines faintly visible, fairly transluscent though sturdy, cream in color, well-burnished ; flyleaves in European wove paper.Decoration: Keywords, headings and abbreviation symbols (mainly two-teeth strokes over certain keywords) rubricated ; written area surrounded by red double rule-border (except for pp.103-110, 115 to close) ; overlining in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq with elements of shikastah ; large, fine hand in a thin line ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline and tilt to the right, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing casual and in strokes rather than distinct dots (for two and three dots).Layout: Written in 13 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 9 IV(72), V (82), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inner flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "تمت جلد السابع روضة الصفا بتاریخ بیست چهارم شهر ربیع الاول سنه ۱۲٥٠ هجری"Incipit: "خاتمه در بدایع و صنایع و آنچه نکاشته کلک قدرت اوست ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the final (typically eighth) volume or Khātimah of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498) and completed by his nephew Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn Khvāndamīr (d.1535). Appears to lack the closing panegyric for Mīr ʻAlī Shīr Navāʼī (Ali Şir Nevai, d.1501). Apparently when the set of manuscripts now comprising Isl. Ms. 860 v.1-v.8 was compiled, this manuscript was mistaken for a copy of the section of the work addressing Sulṭān Ḥusayn Bāyqarā and his sons to 929 [1522-3] (typically found in the seventh volume). Title in colophon and an inscription on the inner front flyleaf (p.1) providing the title, contents, etc. identifies this as the seventh volume but the contents (even as described) are clearly that of the Khātimah or what is typically the eighth volume.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.5Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; dated seal impression provides only rough terminus ante quem of 1723 ; paper, etc. may suggest late 17th century.Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- b. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.5Binding: Boards covered in light orange-brown leather decorated in "marbled calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in light-blue surface-dyed wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather, gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 5" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over recessed cords ; Western style worked endbands, fair condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with minor abrasion and deterioration of leather, spine leather detaching, minor delamination of boards, etc.Support: non-European (Persian) laid paper (characterized in inscription on inner front flyleaf (p.3) as "كاغذ ایرانی") with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, curving) and chain lines occasionally visible, dark cream to beige in color, thin and sturdy, well-burnished.Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a thin line ; serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline and tilt to the right, elongation and somewhat exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 3 VI(36), V+1 (47), 2 VI(71), 3 (74), 5 VI(134), II (138), VI (150), V+1 (161), 2 VI(185), V+1 (196), VI (208), IV-1 (215), ii ; chiefly senions ; sewing difficult to examine but middle of the quire marks in the form of black strokes appear in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Incipit: "آرایش دیباجه مناقب و تاثیر [سلاطین] رفیع مقدار ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the fifth volume, addressing Chingiz Khān and his successors to the time of Tīmūr, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.6Origin: Lacks dated colophon (i.e. colophon does not specify date of transcription) though ownership statement and seal impression in name of Mīr Jumlah provide terminus ante quem of roughly 1663 ; paper, hand, etc. would suggest 17th century.Accompanying materials: a. Card with description in pencil "rowẓat al-ṣafā | (MS) | vol. 6 (pages unnumbered) | Date: 1118 AH [crossed out]" -- b. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- c. Slip with note "'Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.6Binding: Boards covered in light orange brown leather decorated in "marbled calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in light blue-green surface-dyed wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather, gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 6" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; worked Western style endbands, in fair condition though headband is detaching ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion and deterioration of leather, upper cover and spine leather detaching, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper ; mainly a type with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, some curving) and irregular chain lines faintly visible, thin and crisp though sturdy, dark cream to beige in color, well-burnished ; minor pest damage ; several repairs.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.6 consisting of rectangular piece with basmalah surrounded by gold 'cloud-bands' with blue accents, surmounted by scalloped dome with floral vegetal decoration in blue, lavender, red, etc. on a gold ground, set into a well of red and gold bands bordering a series of blue crosses ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by frame of gold and red bands with outermost blue rule ; illuminated marginal decoration in a band of gold vegetal design on incipit and facing page ; written area elsewhere surrounded by triple rule-border in red and blue fillets ; keywords and headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a bold line ; serifless with effect tilt to the right, slight effect of words descending to baseline, exaggerated thickness and elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct or conjoined dots, letterforms spaciously arranged though medium in size.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 64 IV(512), IV-1 (519), ii ; exclusively quaternions ; 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 ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and skips two pages each between pp.609-610 and 893-894).Colophon: "Scribal," reads "تمت کتابت الکتاب عن دفتر السادس من روضة الصفا"Incipit: "جواهر حمد و سپاس و لالی شکر بی قیاس ..."Title from inscription on front flyleaf (p.1) and inscription on 'title page' (p.5).Ms. codex.Fine copy of the sixth volume, addressing Tīmūr and his successors to the death of Abū Saʻīd, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.3Origin: As appears in colophon on p.372 (and in inscription on inner front flyleaf, p.3), copied by Sayyid Mihr ʻAlī Raz̤avī (who also executed the transcription for vol.1, Isl. Ms. 860 v.1) with transcription completed 9 Rajab 1241 [ca. 17 February 1826].Accompanying materials: Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- b. Scrap with "Rawḍat al-Safā | vol.3 A.H. 1241" between pp.174-175.Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.3Binding: Boards covered in light orange-brown leather decorated in "marble calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in a light-blue surface-dyed wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 3" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; Western style worked endbands, fairly good condition though core of headband is split ; overall in poor condition with abrasion and deterioration of leather, upper cover fully detached, spine leather detaching, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian) laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct, curved) and faint chain lines occasionally visible, some inclusions, somewhat thin and transluscent though sturdy, dark cream in color, well-burnished ; some staining and minor pest damage (with repairs).Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of three 'dots' in red ; written area surrounded by triple rule-border (black fillet between two red fillets).Script: Nastaʻlīq with elements of shikastah ; fine hand in a thin line ; serifless and compact with effect of words descending to baseline and tilt to the right, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing casual and in strokes rather than distinct dots (for two and three dots).Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 2 (2), 23 IV(186), ii ; exclusively quaternions with added leaves carrying table of contents ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, mainly in Arabic, reads "تمت المجلد الثالث بعون الله وحسن توفیقه الحمد لله رب العالمین بتاریخ نهم شهر رجب المرجب سنه احدی واربعین و مائتین بعد الالف ... احقر العباد سید مهر علی رضوی ..."Incipit: "حمد و ثنای که سبحان ملاء اعلی از اداء شمسه ازان عاجز آنید ..."Title from inscription on inner front flyleaf (p.3).Ms. codex.Fine copy of the third volume, addressing the twelve Imāms, the Umayyads and the ʻAbbāsids, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498). Table of contents at opening (pp.5-8).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 880Origin: Colophon on fol.66a (p.121) does not specify date or place of transcription, nor identify copyist ; paper would suggest early to mid 19th century.Accompanying materials: a. Slip of paper with notes in handwriting of Meredith-Owens, marked 'MO. 1 PERSIAN' reads: "Medical prescriptions by Yūsuf b. Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Ṭabīb. (author of the well-known Ṭibb-i Yūsufī). XIXth century."-- b. Slip of paper 'Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes' -- c. Slip of paper 'Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report'.Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 29 ; inscription in pencil on interior of upper cover "BL 6679"Binding: Pasteboards covered in red leather (sheep) with band painted black ; Type III binding (without flap) ; upper and lower covers bear series of simple gold-painted rulings ; board linings in laid paper ; doublure hinges in same red leather ; red and white (cream to yellow) chevron endbands ; difficult to discern original sewing, appears to have been oversewn at some point ; in good condition with only some abrasion, wear, staining, and some negative draw in upper and lower covers (slightly warped).Support: European laid paper (likely early to mid 19th century, see watermark), with chain lines running horizontally spaced roughly 27 mm. apart and "laid lines" forming a crosshatch with roughly 12-14 laid lines per cm. in the vertical and horizontal directions (resembling machine laid) ; essentially unburnished ; watermark "scrollwork" shield with eagle above castle "GIOR MAGNANI" (Compare Heawood 3748).Decoration: Textual dividers in the form of inverted commas (three, etc.) appear occasionally; text rubricated with key words, overlining, and some headings in red.Script: Naskh-nastaʻlīq ; Persianate or Indian hand in a medium line ; virtually serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, some flattened, elongation descenders (rāʼ in particular), shaqq / sarkash of kāf sweeping dramatically upward (approach vertical) with a gentle curve, pointing for two and three dots in strokes or conjoined dots (rather than distinct dots).Layout: Written in 12 lines per page ; frame-ruled with impression of ruling board evident.Collation: ii, 7 IV (56), V (66), ii ; chiefly quaternions; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (supplied during cataloguing).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, partly in Arabic, reads: "تمت تمام شد كار من نظام شد وصلى الله على محمد واله اجمعين"Explicit: "صاف كنند و بده درم قند شيرين كرده ده درم روغن زيت يا روغن گاو اضافه نموده ونيم گرم بياشامند و خوردن روغن وشير گاو افراط كردن دفع مضرت جميع زهر هه بكند تمت تمام شد"Incipit: "رب يسر وتمم بالخير والظفرحمد نا محدود حكيمى را كه بقانون حكمت و كامل الصناعت رحمت دافع انواع امراض و رافع اصناف اعراض ست جلت الاؤه و عمت انعامه ودر ود بيعد رسولى را كه بجاده رسالت و زبده نبوت طبيب عيوب است و شفاء صدور هلت ست صلى الله عليه وسلم اجمعين الى يوم الدين اما بعد چنين گويد بنده ضعيف وكمينه نحيف المستفاد بعلم النافع المجيب يوسف ابن محمد ابن يوسف الطبيب ستر الله تعالى عيوبه وغفر ذنوبه كه چون بتوفيق حضرت فياض جل جلاله رساله علاج الامراض كه علاج هر مرض و دوائ هر عرض در وي مسطور ومذكور ست صورة ... اشاره فرمودند كه كتابى در شرح مشكلات و طريق ترتيب مركبات كه درين رساله مبين و بيان شده با زوائد فوائد علامات امراض و امارات اعراض و غيرها ... لا جرم عنان قلم بصورت اين مرقوم كه بجامع الفوائد موسوم ست مصروف گشته..."Title from opening on fol.2a (p.3).Ms. codex.Neat copy of Yūsufī's commentary on his versified treatise of therapeutics, ʻIlāj al-amrāz̤.
Summary of the branches of knowledge, including the Qurʼān, ḥadīth, and history of Islam; grammar, rhetoric, and logic; medicine, anatomy, and pharmacology; gems and talismans; agriculture and veterinary science; geometry, geodesy, weight, arithmetic, and algebra; music; astronomy, astrology, and magic; theology, ethics, and political science. Marginal notes in a later hand. Pages missing at beginning and end.
Manuscript of Niẓāmī's Khamsah containing his five major poems: Makhzan al-Asrār, Khusraw va Shīrīn, Laylà va Majnūn, Haft Paykar, and Iskandarʹnāmah. The manuscript is lavishly illuminated with thirty illustrations painted in Indian style, and has fully decorated headpieces marking the beginning of each poem. The manuscript is undated, but it was probably copied in the 11th century A.H. / 17th century C.E.Layout: 17 lines, 4 columns to the pageScript: Clear Indian Taʿlīq
Neatly written, illustrated copy containing sections from all 5 works; begins abruptly; some illustrations and headpieces have been removed, so text is also missing.
Incomplete copy of the Khamsah containing small portions of Makhzan al-asrār, most of Laylī va Majnūn, about half of Khusraw va Shirīn, and the first third of Haft Paykar; Iskandarnāmah is missing. 24 color illustrations, some unfinished.