Selections from two poets including qaṣāʼid, ghazalīyāt, rubāʼiyāt and muqaṭṭiʻāt; two leaves are replacement leaves and are quite brittle and damaged (f. 45-46); some leaves missing from the end; dampstaining throughout.
Clearly written copy with one preface and 45 thickly painted miniatures; the colophon is missing from the end. An introductory illustration shows Firdawsī meeting Sulṭān Maḥmūd Ghaznavī (f. 1r). Labels in the illustrations identifying some of the characters were added by a later hand. One page is in its unfinished state with a blank left for the illustration (f. 477v) and all pages subsequent to that are missing rubrications and some rules.
Complete, illustrated copy of the Shāhnāmah with 4 miniatures; textblock is written on darker paper that has been reset into lighter frames; catchwords have been trimmed around, but not pasted down; some section headings are missing.
Genealogical tables of the Prophets, followed by Eastern and Persian dynasties up to Fatḥ-ʻAlī Shah of the Qajar dynasty. The author says this work is based on an abridged Turkish translation he saw of a Persian text by Yūsuf ibn ʻAbd al-Laṭīf called Tavārīkh va siyar-i anbiyā va akhbār-i sulūk-i mulūk. Since the Persian had been lost, but the Turkish text was recognized as being a translation from Persian, it was decided to translate it back into Persian (f. 1v). The copy then seems to have been expanded to include up to the second Qajar ruler.
Deccani portrait album beginning with the Mughal emperors, proceeding to the Deccani kings, then closing with the Safavid shahs; the images are labeled in Persian in the lower corner with Latin script titles added near the shoulder of each person. Possibly produced during the reign of Abul Hasan Qutb Shah (r. 1672-1687) the last ruler of the Golconda sultanate. The album is bound to be viewed left to right; probably for export to Europe.