Copy of a series of branching questions and answers about religious philosophy and practice, divided into chapters by topic. This copy begins and ends abruptly. The first complete chapter is kitāb-i tawḥīd (beginning f. 2r) and the last, incomplete, chapter is kitāb-i qaz̤ā (beginning f. 155r).
A wedding invitation to celebrate the marriage of Aḥmad ʻAlī Khān Bahādur addressed to Dr. George Ranken of the East India Company and his wife Lady Agnes Allan Ranken. The invitation is on red paper, written in Persian, and the script in painted gold leaf. Accompanied by an envelope with a personal stamp of the sender addressed to Dr. Ranken.
Commentary on the Zīj-i jadīd-i Sulṭānī, which comprised tables of calendar calculations, trigonometry, planets, and stars compiled from observations made at the observatory in Samarqand, completed in 1447. Includes some tables, marginal commentary attributed to Mullah Muẓaffar (f. 239v), 7 generally contemporary diagrams tipped in, and 1 diagram and 1 small note laid in.
Illustrated herbal with detailed descriptions of the physical appearance and the medicinal effect of many plants, as well as some trees, minerals, and substances derived from animals. The manuscript is not complete: it comprises text and illustrations from parts of Chapter 1, substantial parts of Chapters 2-4, and parts of Chapter 5. Many leaves have extensive repairs at the edges or corners. The manuscript seems never to have been bound.
A versified Arabic-Persian glossary facilitating the study of Arabic language and prosody. Words are explained in the form of qiṭʻahs composed in various meters. This copy is missing a page between leaves 2 and 3
Description of eleven trades and crafts practiced in Bareilly, India; illustrated with 12 pen and ink drawings of tools and with five colored illustrations of craftspeople. Commissioned by Robert Glyn who was magistrate and judge of the district of Bareilly from 1818-1823. Craftsmen and tradesmen include glass maker, crimper, gram parcher, weaver, pansāri (vendor, this includes a price list for merchandise), wire maker, gold and silver thread and lace maker, kabāb maker (with recipes for making kabābs), and goldsmith.
Persian account of the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty, also known by the title Ẓafarnāmah. Marginal inscription above the illuminated headpiece is the opening of the basmalah.
Medical encyclopedia in 9 books, with discussions of physiology, anatomy, pathology, diagnosis, fevers, specific diseases, surgery, fractures, poisons, and antidotes. Includes indexes, although some leaves are missing. Most leaves re-margined with pink paper; a few leaves have original margins and extensive marginal notes or commentary (f. 255v-261r).
Copy, probably in the hand of the author, of an anatomy treatise originally written in 1396, with chapters on bones, nerves, veins, arteries and muscles, and complex organs. Some marginal notes.