Loose leaf copy of portions of a book of prayers divided by day. This copy contains parts of prayers said on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and is in catchword order, though leaves are missing. Some leaves have been replaced in a different hand, on modern, lined paper (text is written perpendicular to the lines).
Dual-page illuminated copy of al-Fātiḥah, the first sūrah of the Qurʼān. The leaves are both blank on the verso, are written on thin paper and have been remounted onto machine-made paper.
Illuminated and illustrated copy of Niẓāmī's collection of 5 poetic works; four dual-page illuminations, many illuminated headers and 24 full-page illustrations including two sets of scenes covering the full page-opening (f. 2v-3r, 370v-371r).
Large format, illuminated copy of prayers from Kitāb Duʻāʼ al-Jawshan and the Duʻāʼ al-Sayfī, attributed to ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib. The copy is dedicated to Qāʼit Bāy, the Sultan of Egypt and Syria (d. 1496). The first page of text gives the transmitter as Muḥammad ibn Zayn al-ʻArab Sharafshāh al-Ḥusaynī (p. [4]).
Collection of Jāmī's poems and prose writings. A table of contents has been written in (f. 1r) and some titles have been added by a later hand in black ink on the gold cartouches in the headpieces before each new work.
Loose leaf copy of a small portion of the Qurʼān, 9 leaves, verses 87-185 of al-Baqarah (2:87-185) along with 4 leaves containing portions of the first Maqāmāh of al-Ḥarīrī.
Composite manuscript containing 8 works and pages of notations, written in at least three hands. The majority of the works are related to Ḥadīth and other anecdotes related to Muḥammad and other prophets. Some of the paper is machine made; the flyleaves and blank pages have also been covered in notes; some pages have been removed.
Complete text of Qur'an written in black ink, Arabic gloss written in red ink. Between the time of its copying and its donation as waqf (pious donation), found in the margins of folio 2a, by Am?r Ahmad J?w?sh (d. 1786) to the al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, the manuscript underwent many repairs and emandations. Geometrically elaborated double page finispiece (212c and 213a) bears inscription: written and decorated by Mahm?d ibn al-Husayn al- Kirm?n?, the scribe, at the end of the month of Jumada the First, of the year 559 A.H. (April 25, 1164 AD). 215 folios.