1. Shāhnāmah. Creator: FirdawsīFree Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts Date: between 1600 and 1799? Language: Persian Geographic region: India? Extent: After the first opening, pages generally laid out in 25 lines per page in 4 columns with gold double rules between each column; border-ruled and pages frame-ruled with a misṭarah.
2. Shāhnāmah. Creator: FirdawsīFree Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts Date: A.H. 1244 (1828 or 1829) Language: Persian Geographic region: India? Extent: Written in 24 lines in four columns; border-ruled and columns ruled.
3. Deccani portrait album. Creator: Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts Date: between 1670 and 1699? Language: Persian Geographic region: India? Extent: One central image on each page; border-ruled.
4. Laylī va Majnūn. Creator: Maktabī Shīrāzī, -1510 or 1511Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts Date: between 1800 and 1850? Language: Persian Geographic region: India? Extent: 15 lines in two columns; catchwords every verso, lower left.
5. Iqbālnāmah-ʼi Jahāngīrī. Creator: Muʻtamad Khān, Muḥammad Sharīf, -1639 or 1640Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts Date: 16--? Language: Persian Geographic region: India? Extent: 21 long lines; border-ruled.
6. Tārīkh-i ilāhī haz̤rat Akbar pādishāh. Creator: Muʻtamad Khān, Muḥammad Sharīf, -1639 or 1640Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts Date: between 1800 and 1899? Language: Persian Geographic region: India? Extent: Chiefly 22 long lines; border-ruled.
7. Nuzʹhat al-arvāḥ. Creator: Mīr Ḥusaynī Haravī, Ḥusayn ibn ʻĀlim, 1272 or 1273-approximately 1317Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis collection of Oriental Manuscripts Date: 1500? to 1582 Language: Persian Geographic region: India? Extent: 25 long lines.
8. Vāmiq va ʻAz̲rā. Creator: Mīrzā Ibrāhīm Ẓahīr Kirmānī, active 19th centuryFree Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts Date: 1890-1899 Language: Persian Geographic region: India? Extent: 15 long lines; border-ruled.
9. Khamsah. Creator: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts Date: between 1750 and 1850? Language: Persian Geographic region: India? Extent: Chiefly 21 lines in 4 columns; border-ruled.
10. Sharafnāmah. Creator: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts Date: A.H. 1248 (1832) Language: Persian Geographic region: India? Extent: 13 lines in two columns with 26 lines at angles along the three outer margins; border-ruled
11. ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt. Creator: Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts Date: A.H. 1243 (1827) Language: Persian Geographic region: India? Extent: 23 long lines; border-ruled; catchwords in the bottom left of the textblock; marginal headings.
12. Three poems on piety. Creator: Rājū Qitāl, Yūsuf, -1372 or 1373Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts Date: 1261 A.H. (1845) Language: Persian Geographic region: India? Extent: 10-13 lines, either two columns, or slightly staggered long lines.
