Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldContents note: جواهر التواریخ (centre column). حكايتها (margin column).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.
Abstract: An incomplete copy of Ḥilyat al-muttaqīn, from bāb 2 to the end.Binding note: Full brown leather with stamped fillets; front cover partly detached.Ms. codex.Title from fol. 1a, 195a, by later hands.On front cover: "322" in Arabic script.Physical description: 20 lines per page; written in neat naskh by two hands in black on tan and beige glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords; Arabic quotations vocalized. Some marginal notes. Many leaves torn and/or repaired; fol. 1-26, 31-34 detached from textblock. Insert between fol. 132, 133. Some damp staining and smudging.Origin: Text completed in Rajab 1079 H. December 1668. This copy completed Rabīʻ al-Thānī, 1124 H. May 1712 (fol. 195b).
Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDecoration: Unwan. Four miniatures. Decorative borders.Dimensions: 10¾ × 7¼ in.Hand: Small but distinct 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.
A collection of five astronomical and mathematical treatises in Persian and Arabic. Folios 77v and 78r have been left blank.Contents:(1) al-Qūshjī (القوشجي),
Risālah dar ‘ilm-i hay’ah(رسالة در علم هيئة; ff. 1v-46r)(2) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي),
Tashrīḥ al-aflāk(تشريح الأفلاك; ff. 46v-56v);(3) al-Ṭūsī (الطوسي),
Risālah sī faṣl(رساله سي فصل; ff. 56v-77r);(4) al-Ṭūsī (الطوسي),
Bīst bāb dar ma‘rifat asṭurlāb(بيست باب در معرفت اسطرلاب; ff. 78v-103r);(5) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي),
Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb(خلاصة الحساب; ff. 103v-135v).Codex; ff. iv+135+vMaterial: Eastern laid paper; blue paper ff. 94-101Dimensions: 195 x 90 mm leaf [ff. 1v-79r 140 x 45 mm written; ff. 79v-135v 140 x 50 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling:
Misṭarah; 18 lines per page; vertical spacing 13 lines per 10 cmScript:
NaskhInk: Black ink, with rubrications and some diagrams and overlinings in redDecoration: Illuminated opening ff. 1v-2r; illuminated
‘unwānsff. 46v and 56v; titles in gold ink ff. 78v and 103vBinding: red leather binding mixing European and Islamic styles; blind-tooled medallion and pendantsCondition: Very good; some margins repaired (ff. 94-113); lower corner torn from f. 110Marginalia: Occasional notes and corrections; many on ff. 46v-59v and 104r-105rSeals: f. 1r
Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldHand: Nastaʻlīq.Record origin: "Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Persian manuscripts with additional enhancements by the Fihrist project team."
Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldContents: Makhzan al-asrār (ff. 1b-27a). Khusraw va-Shīrīn (ff. 28b-114a). Laylá va-Majnūn (ff. 114b-178a). Haft Paykar (ff. 179b-249a). Sharaf-nāmah-ʼi Iskandarī (ff. 249b-337a). Iqbāl-nāmah-ʼi Iskandarī (ff. 337b-388a).Decoration: Unwan. Miniatures. Decorative borders.Hand: Nastaʻlīq.Record origin: "Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Persian manuscripts with additional enhancements by the Fihrist project team."
Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldContents: Makhzan al-asrār (ff. 2a-32a). Khusraw va-Shīrīn (ff. 32b-101a). Laylá va-Majnūn (ff. 101b-158a). Haft Paykar (ff. 158b-221a). Kitāb-i Sharafnāmah-ʼi Iskandarī (ff. 221b-300a). Kitāb-i Iqbālnamah-ʼi Iskandarī (ff. 300b-346a).Decoration: Unwan. 42 miniatures.Dimensions: 11¼ × 6¼ in.Hand: Small 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.
Treatise on drugs by Taqī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ṣadr al-Dīn ‘Alī (تقي الدين محمد ابن صدر الدين علي, see f. 136v, line 5, fl. ca 1600).The treatise is followed by three folios (ff. 234r-236v) of Persian verse.Begins (f. 136v, lines 2-5):زيب ديباچه هر رساله تسباليش صانع حكيمى رو است كه قلوب ارباب عقول را بسناحث (؟)حکمت علمی وعملی هدايت نمود و زينت خطبه هر نسخه بدرود رسول كريمى نراست كه زنکعلت جرم دكاه از مرأت عقول أصحاب قلوب بصيقل (؟) عنيات زهد عليه وآله صلوات اللهالملك المعبود ...Ends (f. 233r, lines 5-11):... و اگر فرضًا عدد شربات سى باشد و وزنمركب و شربت ان مركب ثلث درم خواهد بود زيراكه نسبت ثلث درم بدهدرم چون نسبت واحد استبعدد شربات كه سىاست وعلى هذ[ا]القياستمتFf. 136r-237v
Abstract: Volume 1 of a text on Urdu grammar.Ms. codex.Title from colophon on leaf 241b. Note on leaf 1a indicates that this manuscript contains volume 1.Physical description: 15 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Paginated in Arabic script. Some staining; mild insect damage. Covers are detached; front cover bears a label reading "265 KE" in Western script.Origin: 9 Ramaḍān 1221 H 20 November 1806 (leaf 241b).Incipit: ثناى بى اندازه داورىرا سزاوار است که زبان آدمى را بلغت هاى گوناگون بنطق آورد و منت خاکى را بقدرت کامله گوىا کرد
Abstract: Two dīvāns of Persian poetry with 19th-century European plates.Binding note: Quarter cloth with leather covers.Contents: 138W, leaves 3b-28b: Dīvān-i Bīdil -- 139W, leaves 30b-161b: Dīvān-i Shams.Ms. composite codex.Title from leaf 1a and label on back cover by a later hand.Additional label on back cover reads "Deevanabadeel & Shumseetubrez.""Three 19th-century European plates from R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts have been inserted: Full Dress (between leaves 13-14)no. 73January 11822. A View of the Italian Opera House (between leaves 45-46)no. 81September 11822. Evening Dress (between leaves 143-144)August 11822 no number given."'Physical descriptiontext 1: 15 lines per pagein two columns; written in nastaʻliq with elements of shikastah in black on cream glazedlaid Arabic paper. Text framed in black and red with double red lines separating columns. Catchwords; text block has been trimmed. Insect damageresulting in occasional loss of text.'Physical description, text 2: 11 lines per page, in two columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on gray glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Insect damage.Origin: Text 2 dated 1 Jumādá 1 1249 H 16 September 1833, by Muḥammad Z̤iyāʾ al-Ḥaqq ibn Muḥammad Zayn al-Ḥaqq ʻAbbāsī al-Aḥmadābādī al-Gujarātī (leaf 161b). Text 1 likely from the early 19th century.
Abstract: "Şahidî İbrahim's Persian divanAbstract: together with his Tuhfe-yi ŞahidîAbstract: a Persian-Turkish dictionary in verse."Binding note: Olive cloth with embossed floral pattern and light green paper around borders on covers. Brown leather on spine and cover edges. Pastedowns in marbled paper.Contents: 1. Fol. 1b-51b: Dīvān-i Shāhidī.Contents: 2. Fol. 52a-74a: Tuhfe-yi Şahidî.Ms. composite codex.Title from fol. 1b.Text 1 is dated last 10 days of Ramaḍan 932 (1526) -- colophon (fol. 52b).Text 1 is written diagonally in two columns in small nastaʻlīq in black ink, with 7 lines per page. The text is is inside a gold leaf frame outlined in black ink. It has an illuminated head piece (ʻunwān) on fol. 1b, beautifully executed in gold leaf with blue, orange, black and white watercolors. Text 2 is written in two columns in very small naskh in black ink with use of red for rubrication and with 17 lines per page. The text is inside a frame outlined in red ink, except on ff. 52b-53a, where the frame is in gold leaf outlined in black ink. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed paper with visible chain lines, different for the two texts, with several olive colored leaves in text 1. Text 2 has a table of contents on fol. 52a, and has some marginal annotations throughout.
Abstract: Incomplete copy.Ms. codex.Title supplied by cataloger.Physical description: 17 lines per page, in two columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Catchwords. One insert. Damp staining, mainly marginal. Fol. 1-10, 463-472 ragged, with some paper tears and repairs. Incomplete at beginning and end.