Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 271Origin: Versified chronogram at end (fol.182b, "اخلاق محسنى") gives dating for completion of composition; this reading, without the preposition "ز", yields the more widely accepted date of 900 H. As appears in colophon on fol.182b, copied by Maḥmūd ibn Najīb. Transcription finished ("tamma al-kitāb bi-ʻawn al-Malik al-Wahhāb taḥrīran fī tārīkh...") 12 Rabīʻ I 922 [ca. 15 April 1516].Binding: Pasteboard covered in red-brown leather; Type II binding (with flap); upper and lower covers bear gold-stamped central mandorla (Déroche class. NSh1) with pendants and simple gold rule-border; smaller mandorla on envelope flap; doublures in light-blue coated paper embossed with vegetal pattern; in good condition.Support: Persian laid paper; laid lines oriented vertically but too faint to count; chain lines not visible; flyleaves are fashioned from a light-blue coated paper, embossed with a vegetal pattern, that is also used for the doublures.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece on fol.2b; marvelously rendered in two rectangular panels; lower panel contains the basmalah, executed in red nastaʻlīq, in a central cartouche flanked by two, smaller palmette-like lozenges; lower panel is framed by an elaborite golden braid; background is predominantly lapis-lazuli, with vegetal/floral patterns executed in gold, red, pink, green, black, and white; upper panel continues the background motif and color palette; three small, predominantly black, palmette-like lozenges serve as the pivot for the repeating vegetal pattern in this panel, but these are subdued figures and are rather absorbed into the lapis-lazuli background and intriquate vine patterns; upper panel is surmounted by five verticle, decorative stalks; written area framed by a rule-border in dark blue, black, and gold; gold frames set off verses and some chapter titles; text is polychrome, with main text in black, Arabic quotations in dark blue, gold, and occasionally red, and chapter titles in dark blue or gold; the words "شعر" and "بيت" as they occur throughout the text introducing verses of poetry are rendered in red and blue, and occasionally, gold; main text of incipit page decorated with gilt cloudbands.Script: Main text in nastaʻlīq; chapter headings in tawqīʻ; Arabic quotations of Qur'anic verses and Hadith in naskh and vocalized; basmalah in cartouche of illuminated headpiece in nastaʻlīq.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page.Collation: ii, 23 IV (184), i; quaternions; cacthwords present; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, referenced in cataloguing; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, begins with ١ on fol.3a (Western pagination) and concludes with ١۸۰ on fol.182a; fihrist of chapter titles (fol.6a-7a) corresponds with foliation.Dedication: Composed for Shāh Abū al-Muḥsin (شاه ابو المحسن ), one of the sons of the Tīmūrid pādishāh Ḥusayn Bāyqarā, on the occasion of his coming to court (in Herat) from Marv (see fol.4a-4b, Western pagination).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, in Arabic, reads: "رب اختم بالخير والحسنى تمت [كذا] الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب تحريرا في تاريخ اثنى عشر شهر ربيع الاول سنه اثنى عشرين و تسعمايه بخط العبد الحبيب [المجيب ؟] محمود بن نجيب"Explicit: "با خامه گفتم ای كه زهر ساختى قدم وز مقدم تو چشم سخن يافت روشنى اخلاق محسنى بتامى نوشته تاريخ هم نويس ز اخلاق محسنى"Incipit: "حضرت يادشاه على الاطلاق غرت كلمته و جلت عظمته منشور دولت سلطان المرسلين"Title from opening on fol.5a.Ms. codex.A work on ethics in 40 chapters, composed by Kāshifī for Shāh Abū al-Muḥsin, a son of Sulṭān Ḥusayn Bāyqarā. Description provided by Derek Mancini-Lander.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 431Origin: As appears in colophon on p.16, executed by Sulṭān ʻAlī [possibly Sulṭān ʻAlī Mashhadī?] ; date of transcription not specified ; decoration, hand, etc. suggest early 16th century.Former shelfmark: "450 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of both front flyleaves.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark purple leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in light-blue textured paper ; upper and lower covers bear gold-painted central floral motif with tooled borders in gold (two different shades) ; sewn in heavy yellow thread, four stations ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of leather and paper, etc.Support: Written area mounted in lovely silhouette paper (floral designs in pink) in leaves of non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct) and no chain lines visible, thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished ; some staining and tide lines.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche and surrounding floral vegetal accents in gold, red, lavender, orange, pink, light blue, white, etc. on a field of lapis lazuli bordered in bands of lapis, gold and orange-red, surmounted by a scalloped triangular piece or hasp set in a narrow rectangular piece continuing the floral vegetal design and itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in lapis lazuli ; written area throughout surrounded by frame in bands of green and gold with outermost blue rule ; panels within written area (and entire written area of incipit page) gold-flecked ; ḥadīth text in light-blue and white ink.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless with characteristic descent of words to baseline and superscripting of final words and letters ; elongation of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in roughly 9 lines per page, three of ḥadīth text and six of the Persian verse paraphrase with the hemistiches of four lines of verse divided and arranged on the diagonal ; written area divided to set off the ḥadīth text and elucidation ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV (8), ii ; single quaternion ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," reads "احقر العباد سلطان على"Explicit: "ومن كلامه صلى الله عليه و آله لا يشبع المؤمن من دون جاره هر که در خطه مسلمانی باشد از نقد دین گر انمایه ... تمت ترجمه هذه الاربعين بتوفيق من هو ناصر ومعين سنه ست و ثمانين و ثمانمائة متع الله بها كل فريق فيه و الحمد لله على الاتمام و الصلوه و السلام على محمد و آله البررة الكرام اربعینهاى سالکان جامی هست بهر وصول صدر قبول منست از فضل حق عجیب و غریب که بدین اربعین رسی بوصول"Incipit: "صحیح ترین حدیثى که راویان مجالس دین ... این چهل کلمه است ازان کلمات که سهولت فهم و حفظ را بنظم فارسی ترجمه گر ده مي آید امید ... لا يؤمن احدكم حتى يحب لاخيه ما يحب لنفسه هر کسی را لقب مکن مؤمن گرچه از سعی جان وتن کاهد ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of Jāmī's verse paraphrase of forty ḥadīth, possibly executed by renowned Timurid calligrapher Sulṭān ʻAlī Mashhadī (d.1520).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 430Origin: Lacks dated scribal colophon ; decoration, paper, etc. suggest 16th century.Former shelfmark: "524 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on interior of upper cover ; "231" inscribed in pencil on 'title page’ (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards faced in marbled paper (in red and green) with red leather over spine, fore edge of upper board, and fore edge flap ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in untinted European laid paper ; sewn in dark pink thread, four stations ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of leather and paper, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, indistinct) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, quite thin though sturdy, burnished ; staining and tide lines ; back flyleaf in European laid paper with "GFA" under eagle watermark.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the basmalah flanked by floral vegetal accents in gold, yellow, red and white on a field of blue (approaching lapis lazuli), surmounted by larger rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche and surrounding floral vegetal accents in gold, red, and light blue on a field of blue bordered in bands of red and heavy gold interlace, itself surmounted by a scalloped triangular piece or hasp continuing the floral vegetal design ; larger rectangular piece and triangular piece are set in an elaborate well of gold, red, green, and blue bands and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area throughout gold-flecked and surrounded by a gold frame with outer gold and blue rules.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless with characteristic descent of words to baseline and superscripting of final words and letters ; elongation of horizontal strokes ; contrast in thickness of horizontal and vertical strokes.Layout: Written in roughly 9 lines per page, three of ḥadīth text and six of the Persian verse paraphrase with the hemistiches of four lines of verse divided and arranged on the diagonal ; written area divided to set off the ḥadīth text and elucidation ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV-1 (7), I (9), i ; quaternion (anomalous, "missing leaf" possibly pasted to leaf carrying incipit page) followed by single bifolium ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "لا يشبع المؤمن من دون جاره صدق هر که در خطه مسلمانی باشد از نقد دین گر انمایه... اربعینهاى سالکان جامی هست بهر وصول صدر قبول منست از فضل حق عجیب و غریب که بدین اربعین رسی بوصول"Incipit: "صحیح ترین حدیثی که راویان مجالس دین ... این چهل کلمه است ازان کلمات که سهولت فهم و حفظ را بنظم فارسی ترجمه گر ده می آید امید ... لا ؤمن احدكم حتى يحب لاخيه ما يحب لنفسه هر کسی را لقب مکن مؤمن گرچه از سعی جان وتن کاهد ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of Jāmī's verse paraphrase of forty ḥadīth.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 432Origin: As appears in colophon, copied by Muḥammad Zakarīyā Samarqandī with transcription completed in the year 1256 [1840 or 41].Former shelfmark: "548 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf ; "233" inscribed in pencil on 'title page'.Binding: Heavy pasteboards covered in painted lacquerwork, spine in black leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in fine painted lacquerwork of composition evoking book cover design with central mandorla and pendants (filled with flowers and leaves in shades of pink and green on a black ground) set in a red ground with swirling floral vegetal pattern in gold and surrounded by border in black with white dots and flanking gold fillets (composition of upper doublure mirrors that of lower doublure) ; upper and lower covers bear paintings of nearly identical floral composition in mirror image to one another on an orange or bronze background, namely a central cluster of peonies, poppies, etc. with roses, poppies, buds, and other floral forms all in shades of pink and white with leaves in various shades of green, and surrounded by decorative bands with floral motifs in various sizes on bands of red and black ; sewn in pink thread, four stations ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and losses to lacquerwork and pasteboard, text block almost fully detached from cover, etc. ; cover large for textblock and perhaps not original.Support: Quite heavy wove paper ; surfaced dyed pale blue and pale green.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening consisting of rectangular piece with empty cartouche and flanking vegetal accents (all in gold) set between heavy gold bands and surmounted by a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) all in gold ; written area (and panels within) surrounded by gold rule-border ; ḥadīth text, preface and closing matter chrysographed.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless with characteristic descent of words to baseline and superscripting of final words and letters ; elongation of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written mainly in 9 lines per page, three of ḥadīth text and six of the Persian verse paraphrase with the hemistiches of four lines of verse divided and arranged on the diagonal ; written area divided to set off the ḥadīth text and elucidation ; text of preface in 8 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: V+I (12) ; quinion with added single bifolium ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "على يد ضعيف الفقير الحقير كتبه العبد المذنب محمد زكرياى سمرقندى غفر الله تعالى ذنوبه ١٢٥۶"Explicit: "لا يشبع المؤمن من دون جاره صدق النبي هر که در خطه مسلمانی باشد از نقد دین گر انمایه ... تمت الاربعين حديث مع ترجمه اربعینهاى سالکان جامی هست بهر وصول صدر قبول بنود از فضل حق عجیب و غریب که بدین اربعین رسی بوصول ... ما تازه گناهیم و عطای تو قدیم است"Incipit: "صحیح ترین حدیثی که راویان مجالس دین ... اما بعد این چهل حدیث کلمه است ازان کلمات که سهولت فهم و حفظ را بنظم فارسی ترجمه گر ده مي آید امید ... لا يؤمن احدكم حتى يحب لاخيه ما يحب لنفسه هر کسی را لقب مکن مؤمن گرچه از سعی جان وتن کاهد ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of Jāmī's verse paraphrase of forty ḥadīth.
Manuscript. Persian and Arabic. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Gift of A.A. Kachif, Nov. 20, 1930. Written in Iran. Paper; thick, polished light cream color paper with no watermarks; elaborate floral unwan in gold, blue, red, and white with wide borders of a similar floral pattern and similar colors of fol. 1b and 2a; an outer border of two very thin lines accompanies all the text on facing pages; the text itself is enclosed in a border of black, white, gold, and red; floral section headings in gold, red and blue; lines of the text are separated by a cloud design in gold; text in black ink with small red overlining of some letters; catchwords. Nastaʻliq; in written area 13 x 7.5 cm. Fol. 1b-24a. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M100. Binding; dark brown half leather with lacquered papier-mâché floral design on a copper colored background surrounded by contrasting green, red and green borders also with floral designs; inner sides of cover also lacquered with a paintings of dark pink roses on a brown background. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Shiite prayer book; consists of prayers to be said on the visitation of Caliph ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib's tomb. This manuscript of Durrat al-tāj (The crown jewel) is a Shiite prayer book, consisting of prayers to be said when making a visitation to the tomb of Caliph ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (circa 601-61). 'Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib is one of the most revered religious and holy figures of Islam. In Iran, he is referred to by the honorary name Amir al-Muʼminin, which translates from Arabic as “Commander of the Faithful” and is used to refer to him in Persian. Written works by 'Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib and sayings attributed to him are sacred to the Shiite faithful, particularly among Persian speakers. The manuscript was probably written in Iran, possibly in the 17th century. The paper is of a thick, cream-colored polished Middle Eastern style, without distinctive chain or laid lines, and no watermark. The text is written in black ink in naskhī script, nine lines on each page, with gold decorations between lines. The borders of the written area are lined with black ink, with profuse decoration outside of the written area. The text is rubricated. The title was added by a later hand. There is no colophon. The binding is referred to as chahargusheh, meaning a frame binding made around a Kashmiri shawl dating from the first half of the 1700s (circa 1740s). World Digital Library.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 440Origin: Dates in dated pieces range from 1006 [1597 or 8] to 1252 [1843 or 4]. Some pieces possibly earlier. Binding late 19th or early 20th century, likely produced in Yıldız Palace workshop and certainly not earlier than 1882 when the arma was finalized by Sultan Abdülhamit II.Former shelfmark: "208" inscribed in pencil on opening panel.Binding: Heavy boards covered in red leather ; Western style binding ; interior of boards (and facing panels) lined with white, textured paper (satin-like pattern) ; upper and lower covers carry central panel gold-stamped with the Ottoman arms (upper cover) or crescent and star (lower cover) at center, outlined in gold-tooled stars and bordered in gold-stamped (with olive green leather onlays) decorative panels in vegetal designs with crescents gold-stamped on olive green leather onlays at the four corners ; board edges heavily beveled and gold-tooled ; edges of panels gold-painted ; sewn in heavy pink cord ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion, lifting and losses of onlays, etc.Support: Calligraphic pieces on assorted laid papers, well-burnished ; some decorative papers, tinted, marbled or silhouette ; each mounted in heavy pasteboards (panels) covered in dark green coated and textured paper (resembling reptile hide) with edges gold-painted.Decoration: Varies by piece ; use of gold and colored pigments in frames, decorative borders, textual dividers and accents (mainly rosettes).Script: Naskh (nesih), thuluth (sülüs), tawqīʻ (tevki'), and nastaʻlīq (talik), varying by piece ; superb Ottoman and Persian calligraphic hands.Layout: Varies greatly by piece.Collation: Twenty-one heavy panels (pasteboards) attached via red cloth stubs (supported by further board).Title from upper cover.Ms. codex.42. fol.21b : [blank].41. fol.21a : piece in divani signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Recai (كتبه الحاج محمد رجائى رئيس الكتاب سابقا) and dated 1186 [1772 or 3].40. fol.20b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.39. fol.20a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated (with area left unfilled, perhaps for colophon or icazet text).38. fol.19b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.37. fol.19a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.36. fol.18b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.35. fol.18a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.34. fol.17b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Ḥusayn ʻAlī (العبد حسين على كاتب) and undated (set in a border of silhouette paper with floral motifs).33. fol.17a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Ḥusayn ʻAlī (العبد حسين على كاتب) and undated (set in a border of silhouette paper with animal motifs).32. fol.16b : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq, undated (set in border of silhouette paper with bird motifs).31. fol.16a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Aḥmad al-Ḥusaynī (كتبه المذنب احمد الحسينى) and undated (set in border of silhouette paper with bird motifs).30. fol.15b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.29. fol.15a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) (الفقير محمد اسعد اليسارى) and undated.28. fol.14b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hafız Ahmet (مشقه المذنب الخاظئ السيد حافظ احمد المعروف بتوفيقى) and dated 1196 [1781 or 2].27. fol.14a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher “جزائري” and dated 1107 [1692 or 3].26. fol.13b : unsigned piece in naskh, undated.25. fol.13a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh (opening of müfredat exercises), undated.24. fol.12b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Kasim (محمد قاسم) and undated.23. fol.12a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Şevki Efendi (d.1887) (كتبه العبد الضعيف السيد محمد شوقى) and undated.22. fol.11b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher İmamzade [possibly Eğrikapılı Mehmet Râsim Efendi (d.1756) who early in his career signed İmamzade] (كتبه امام زاده) and undated.21. fol.11a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated (likely accompanying piece on fol.11b).20. fol.10b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.19. fol.10a : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq, undated (set in border of silhouette paper with floral motifs).18. fol.9b : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq, undated (set in border of silhouette paper with floral motifs).17. fol.9a : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq, undated (set in border of silhouette paper with dragon motifs).16. fol.8b : piece in thuluth and naskh approaching tawqīʻ signed by the calligrapher Hafız Osman Efendi (d.1698) (مشقه الفقير عثمان المشتهر بحافظ القرآن) and dated 1098 [1686 or 7].15. fol.8a : unsigned piece in naskh, undated.14. fol.7b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Muhammad (محمد) and undated.13. fol.7a : piece in thuluth and signed by the calligrapher Afif (كتبه عفيف) [possibly İbrahim Afif, d.1767] and undated.12. fol.6b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Salıh Namık [?] (سوده صالح نامق) and undated.11. fol.6a : piece in thuluth and naskh with icazetname signed by the calligrapher Şekerzade Mehmet Efendi (d.1753) authorizing the student who executed the piece (اجزت لصاحب هذه القطعة الشريفة وضع الكتبة فما كتبه وانا الفقير السيد محمد المعروف بشكر زاده) and dated 1155 [1742 or 3].10. fol.5b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hafız Ahmet (حرره السيد حافظ احمد) and dated 1197 [1782 or 3].9. fol.5a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.8. fol.4b : unsigned frontispiece with excerpt (اول از بالای کرسی بر زمین آمد سخن او دگر ...) in thuluth at center of shamsah, undated.7. fol.4a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.6. fol.3b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Ahmet Çelebi (احمد چلبی) dated 1006 [1597 or 8].5. fol.3a : unsigned composite piece in nastaʻlīq of different sizes, undated.4. fol.2b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Mahmut Celalettin (Mahmud Celaleddin Efendi d.1829, نمقه الفقير محمود المعروف بجلال الدين) and undated.3. fol.2a : piece in naskh and thuluth signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Şefik Bey (d.1879) (كتبه محمد شفيق عن خلفا الحاج مصطفى عزت) and signed 1259 [1843 or 4].2. fol.1b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Zeynelâbidin Haşimi (حرره المذنب محمد زين العابدين الهاشمى) and undated.1. fol.1a : [blank].Exquisite album of assorted calligraphic specimens (40 kıt'alar / pieces), likely assembled and bound for Sultan Abdülhamit II (r.1876-1909). Contents briefly addressed by Muhittin Serin in "Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’ndeki Bazı Kütüphanelerde Bulunan İslam El Yazma Eserleri ve Michigan Üniversitesi II. Abdülhamid Koleksiyonu." Contributions to the cataloguing from Marion Frenger, Mamoun Sakkal, and Irvin Schick.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 438Origin: Dated pieces range from 914 [1508 or 9] to 1317 [1899 or 1900]. Binding late 19th or early 20th century, likely produced in Yıldız Palace workshop and certainly not earlier than 1882 when the arma was finalized by Sultan Abdülhamit II.Former shelfmark: "210" inscribed in pencil on opening panel.Binding: Heavy boards covered in red leather ; Western style binding ; interior of boards (and facing panels) lined with white, textured paper (satin-like pattern) ; upper and lower covers carry central panel with the Ottoman arms (upper cover) or crescent and star (lower cover) gold-stamped on bright green satin, outlined in gold-tooled stars and bordered in gold-stamped (with light green-gold onlays) decorative panels in vegetal designs with crescents gold-stamped on mint-green silk onlays at the four corners ; board edges heavily beveled and gold-tooled ; edges of panels gold-painted ; sewn in heavy pink cord ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion, lifting and losses of silk onlays, etc.Support: Calligraphic pieces on assorted laid papers, well-burnished ; some decorative papers, tinted or marbled ; each mounted in heavy pasteboards (panels) covered in dark green coated and textured paper with edges gold-painted.Decoration: Varies by piece ; use of gold and colored pigments in frames, decorative borders, textual dividers and accents (mainly rosettes) ; two miniatures, one in Indian style, the other Persian, each featuring a pair of lovers.Script: Naskh (nesih), thuluth (sülüs) and nastaʻlīq (talik), varying by piece ; superb Ottoman and Persian calligraphic hands.Layout: Varies greatly by piece.Collation: Twenty-two heavy panels (pasteboards) attached via red cloth stubs (supported by further board).Title from upper cover.Ms. codex.44. fol.22b : [blank].43. fol.22a : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq executed in filigree / cut-work, undated (compare Calligraphie islamique: Textes sacrés et profanes, no.140).42. fol.21b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Dedezade (مشقه الفقير الحقير دده زاده) and undated.41. fol.21a : piece in naskh with icazetname for a student of es-Seyyid Mustafa Efendi (من تلاميذ السيد مصطفى افندى) authorizing the student to sign his name to his work and to teach others, undated.40. fol.20b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Asad Allāh Shīrāzī (العبد المذنب اسد الله شيرازى) and dated 1254 [1838 or 9].39. fol.20a : piece in celi sülüs signed by the calligrapher Mahmut Celalettin (Mahmud Celaleddin Efendi, d.1829, حرره محمود جلال الدين) and undated.38. fol.19b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Mustafa b. Osman Keskin (fl.1758) (الفقير مصطفى بن عثمان المعروف بكسكين) and dated 1172 [1758 or 9].37. fol.19a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Mīr ʻImād al-Ḥasanī (d.1615) (مشقه عماد الحسنى) and undated (compare Calligraphy and the decorative arts of Islam, no.7).36. fol.18b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Faqīr ʻAlī (فقير على) and undated (compare Calligraphy and the decorative arts of Islam, no.8).35. fol.18a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Ahmet b. Ali Kütâhî (سوده احمد بن على المعروف بالكوتاهى) dated 1100 [1688 or 9].34. fol.17b : piece in naskh signed by the calligrapher Hocazade Ahmet (كتبه الفقير الى رحمة القدير السيد احمد المعروف بخواجه زاده) and dated 1161 [1748].33. fol.17a : piece in naskh signed by the calligrapher Derviş Ali [possibly İkinci Derviş Ali, d.1716] (الحقير درويش على) and undated.32. fol.16b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Muḥammad Muhtadī (الحقر المذنب محمد مهتدى) and undated.31. fol.16a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.30. fol.15b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher al-Sayyid ʻAbd Allāh (likely Yedikuleli Seyyid Abdullah, d.1731, "كتبه السيد عبد الله") and undated.29. fol.15a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher İsmail (اسمعيل, possibly Ağakapılı İsmail Efendi, d.1706) and undated.28. fol.14b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher İsmail (اسمعيل, possibly Ağakapılı İsmail Efendi, d.1706) and undated.27. fol.14a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Muʻizz al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī (كتبه معز الدين محمد الحسينى) and dated 986 [1578 or 9].26. fol.13b : piece in thluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hocazade Mehmet (d.1695) (كتبت له اذنا وانا الفقير محمد خواجه زاده) and dated 1162 [1749].25. fol.13a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Şekerzâde Mehmet Efendi (d.1753) (كتبه السيد محمد المعروف بشكر زاده) and dated 1144 [1731 or 2].24. fol.12b : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq, undated.23. fol.12a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher ʻAbd al-Bāqī (Abdülbâki / الفقير المذنب عبد الباقى) and undated.22. fol.11b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Yedikuleli Seyyid Abdullah (d.1731) (كتبه العبد الفقير السيد عبد الله المعروف بالامام) and dated 1114 [1702 or 3].21. fol.11a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Aḥmad Rashīd (الفقير احمد رشيد) and dated 1194 [1780].20. fol.10b : unsigned piece in naskh, undated.19. fol.10a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Muḥammad Amīn al-Ḥusaynī al-Tirmidhī (مشقه المذنب محمد امين الحسينى الترمذى) dated 1010 [1601 or 2].18. fol.9b: piece in thluth signed by the calligrapher Hulusi (پر تقصير خلوصى) and dated 1128 [1715 or 16].17. fol.9a : piece in thuluth signed by the calligrapher Hulusi (الفقير خلوصى) and dated 1128 [1715 or 16].16. fol.8b : piece in naskh appearing to be the opening of the piece on fol.8a.15. fol.8a : piece in naskh (appearing to be the continuation of the piece on fol.8b) signed by the calligrapher Yedikuleli Seyyid Abdullah (d.1731) (كتبه العبد الفقير السيد عبد الله المعروف بالامام) and dated 1120 [1708 or 9 ].14. fol.7b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Maḥmūd Isḥāq Shihābī (مشقه محمود اسحق شهابى) and undated.13. fol.7a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher ʻAbd al-Jabbār (الفقير الحقير المذنب الراجي عبد الجبار غفر له) and undated.12. fol.6b : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq, undated.11. fol.6a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Kazasker (Kadıasker) Mustafa İzzet Efendi (d.1876) (حرره السيد الحاج مصطفى عزت المعروف برئيس العلماء) and dated 1288 [1871 or 2].10. fol.5b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hulusi (الفقير خلوصى) and undated.9. fol.5a : piece with text in nastaʻlīq (possibly signed ʻAbd al-Raḥmān) surrounding oval with unfinished drawing.8. fol.4b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Mīr ʻAlī ("مشقه المذنب مير على") and undated.7. fol.4a : painting of two lovers, likely Safavid.6. fol.3b : painting of two lovers, in Mughal style.5. fol.3a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Badīʻ al-Zamān Quṭbʹshāhī (بديع الزمان قطبشاهى) and undated.4. fol.2b : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq.3. fol.2a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Sulṭān Muḥammad Khandān (سلطان محمد خندان) and dated 914 [1508 or 9].2. fol.1b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Hilmi (محمد حلمى) and dated 1283 [1866 or 7] with illuminations signed by the illuminator Osman Yümni Efendi (d.1919) (عثمان يمنى) and dated 1317 [1899 or 1900].1. fol.1a : [blank].Exquisite album of assorted calligraphic specimens (42 kıt'alar / pieces), many signed, likely assembled and bound for Sultan Abdülhamit II (r.1876-1909). Contents briefly addressed by Muhittin Serin in "Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’ndeki Bazı Kütüphanelerde Bulunan İslam El Yazma Eserleri ve Michigan Üniversitesi II. Abdülhamid Koleksiyonu." Contributions to the cataloguing from Mamoun Sakkal.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 439Origin: Dates in dated pieces range from 1009 [1600 or 1] to 1211 [1796 or 7]. Some pieces possibly earlier. Binding late 19th or early 20th century, likely produced in Yıldız Palace workshop and certainly not earlier than 1882 when the arma was finalized by Sultan Abdülhamit II.Former shelfmark: "211" inscribed in pencil on opening panel.Binding: Heavy boards covered in red leather ; Western style binding ; interior of boards (and facing panels) lined with white, textured paper (satin-like pattern) ; upper and lower covers carry central panel with the Ottoman arms (upper cover) or crescent and star (lower cover) gold-stamped on bright green satin, outlined in gold-tooled stars and bordered in gold-stamped (with dark green leather onlays) cartouches with crescent and star accents ; board edges heavily beveled and gold-tooled ; edges of panels gold-painted ; sewn in heavy pink cord ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion, lifting and losses of onlays, etc.Support: Calligraphic pieces on assorted laid papers, well-burnished ; some decorative papers, tinted or marbled ; each mounted in heavy pasteboards (panels) covered in dark green coated and textured paper with edges gold-painted.Decoration: Varies by piece ; use of gold and colored pigments in frames, decorative borders, textual dividers and accents (mainly rosettes).Script: Naskh (nesih), thuluth (sülüs) and nastaʻlīq (talik), varying by piece ; superb Ottoman and Persian calligraphic hands.Layout: Varies greatly by piece.Collation: 19 heavy panels (pasteboards) attached via red cloth stubs (supported by further board).Title from upper cover.Ms. codex.38. fol.19b : [blank].37. fol.19a : unsigned piece in nastaliq, undated.36. fol.18b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher İsmail Zühtü (İsmail Zühdi d.1806, نمقه الفقير اسمعيل الزهدى) and undated.35. fol.18a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher İbrahim Afif (d.1767) (سوده ابراهيم عفيف) and undated.34. fol.17b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Şeyhülislam Veliüddin Efendi (d.1768) (العبد الداعى ولى الدين المفتش باوقاف الحرمين) and dated 1142 [1729 or 30].33. fol.17a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Usturacızade Mehmet Şehri (d.1740) (سوده الفقير محمد المعروف بشهرى) and undated.32. fol.16b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher İsmail Zühtü (İsmail Zühdi d.1806, كتبه العبد الضعيف اسمعيل الزهدى) and undated.31. fol.16a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.30. fol.15b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Şeyhizade Mehmet Şihabuddin (الفقير حرقه شريفه شيخى زاده السيد محمد شهاب الدين) dated 1211 [1796 or 7].29. fol.15a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.28. fol.14b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed “بنده درگاه صفی” and dated 1182 [1768 or 9].27. fol.14a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hüseyin Hamid (d. after 1787) (كتبه العبد الضعيف السيد حسين الحامد) and dated 1181 [1767 or 8].26. fol.13b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Sulṭān Ḥusayn (نمقه سلطان حسين) and undated.25. fol.13a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hafız Yusuf Efendi (d.1787) (كتبها عبد مذنب لا طاعة له يوسف المعروف بحافظ القرآن) and undated.24. fol.12b : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq (talik), undated.23. fol.12a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.22. fol.11b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.21. fol.11a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Mīr ʻImād al-Ḥasanī (d.1615) (الفقير الحقير المذنب عماد الحسنى) and dated 1009 [1600 or 1].20. fol.10b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Muḥammad ʻAlī (الفقير محمد على) and undated.19. fol.10a: piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Refi Efendi (d.1769) (الفقير المذنب محمد رفيع) and undated.18. fol.9b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Ebubekir Raşit (d.1782) (سوده اضعف المذنبين ابو بكر راشد) and undated.17. fol.9a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Shāh Maḥmūd al-Nishāpūrī (fl.1517-1572) (كتبه المذنب شاه محمود النشابورى) and undated, on textile.16. fol.8b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.15. fol.8a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.14. fol.7b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.13. fol.7a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher İsmail Zühtü (İsmail Zühdi d.1806, كتبه اسماعيل الزهدى) and undated.12. fol.6b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Durmuşzade Ahmet (d.1717) (الفقير المذنب احمد المدعو بطورمش زاده) and dated 1107 [1695 or 6].11. fol.6a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Durmuşzade Ahmet (d.1717) (الفقير المذنب احمد المدعو بطورمش زاده) and dated 1107 [1695 or 6].10. fol.5b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Aḥmad al-Ḥusaynī (كتبه العبد احمد الحسينى) and undated.9. fol.5a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Eğrikapılı Mehmet Râsim Efendi (d.1756) (حرره الفقير الى رحمة ربه القدير محمد راسم) and undated.8. fol.4b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Eğrikapılı Mehmet Râsim Efendi (d.1756) (نمقه الفقير محمد راسم) and undated.7. fol.4a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Eğrikapılı Mehmet Râsim Efendi (d.1756) (حرره الفقير محمد راسم) and undated.6. fol.3b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Eğrikapılı Mehmet Râsim Efendi (d.1756) (نمقه محمد راسم) and undated.5. fol.3a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Eğrikapılı Mehmet Râsim Efendi (d.1756) (حرره محمد راسم) and undated.4. fol.2b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Eğrikapılı Mehmet Râsim Efendi (d.1756) (نمقه محمد راسم) and undated.3. fol.2a : unsigned piece in nastaliq, undated.2. fol.1b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Nuri Musa Efendizade (العبد المذنب محمد نورى بحافظ القرآن موسى افندى زاده) dated 1193 [1779 or 80].1. fol.1a : [blank].Exquisite album of assorted calligraphic specimens (36 kıt'alar / pieces), likely assembled and bound for Sultan Abdülhamit II (r.1876-1909). Contents briefly addressed by Muhittin Serin in "Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’ndeki Bazı Kütüphanelerde Bulunan İslam El Yazma Eserleri ve Michigan Üniversitesi II. Abdülhamid Koleksiyonu." Contributions to the cataloguing from Mamoun Sakkal.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 441Origin: Origin: Dates in dated pieces range from 1080 [1669 or 70] to 1323 [1905 or 6]. Some pieces possibly earlier. Binding late 19th or early 20th century, likely produced in Yıldız Palace workshop and certainly not earlier than 1882 when the arma was finalized by Sultan Abdülhamit II.Former shelfmark: "208" inscribed in pencil on opening panel.Binding: Heavy boards covered in red leather ; Western style binding ; interior of boards (and facing panels) lined with white, textured paper (satin-like pattern) ; upper and lower covers carry central panel gold-stamped with the Ottoman arms (upper cover) or crescent and star (lower cover) at center, outlined in gold-tooled stars and bordered in gold-stamped (with olive green leather onlays) decorative panels in vegetal designs with crescents gold-stamped on olive green leather onlays at the four corners ; board edges heavily beveled and gold-tooled ; edges of panels gold-painted ; sewn in heavy pink cord ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion, lifting and losses of onlays, etc.Support: Calligraphic pieces on assorted laid papers, well-burnished ; some decorative papers, tinted, marbled or silhouette ; each mounted in heavy pasteboards (panels) covered in dark green coated and textured paper (resembling reptile hide) with edges gold-painted.Decoration: Varies by piece ; use of gold and colored pigments in frames, decorative borders, textual dividers and accents (mainly rosettes).Script: Muḥaqqaq (muhakkak), naskh (nesih), thuluth (sülüs) and nastaʻlīq (talik), varying by piece ; superb Ottoman and Persian calligraphic hands.Layout: Varies greatly by piece.Collation: Twenty-one heavy panels (pasteboards) attached via red cloth stubs (supported by further board).Title from upper cover.Ms. codex.42. fol.21b : [blank].41. fol.21a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Hilmi (نمقه السيد محمد حلمى) and dated 1287 [1870 or 1].40. fol.20b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding pieces (from fol.10a).39. fol.20a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.38. fol.19b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.37. fol.19a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.36. fol.18b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.35. fol.18a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.34. fol.17b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.33. fol.17a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.32. fol.16b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.31. fol.16a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.30. fol.15b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.29. fol.15a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.28. fol.14b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.27. fol.14a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.26. fol.13b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.25. fol.13a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.24. fol.12b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.23. fol.12a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.22. fol.11b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.21. fol.11a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.20. fol.10b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) likely by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) and belonging to the preceding and following pieces.19. fol.10a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) (الفقير محمد اسعد اليسارى) and undated, likely (with the following pieces fol.10b-20b) concluding piece of a meşk murakkaa.18. fol.9b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hocazade Mehmet (d.1695) (سوده الحقير محمد الشهر بخواجه زاده) and dated 1080 [1669 or 70].17. fol.9a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Kazasker (Kadıasker) Mustafa İzzet Efendi (d.1876) (بندۀ ال عبا سيد عزت مصطفى) and possibly dated 1278 [1861 or 2].16. fol.8b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hasan Rıza Efendi (d.1920) (حرره الحاج السيد حسن رضا ) and dated 1323 [1905 or 6].15. fol.8a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher İsmail b. Abdullah student of İbrahim Rodosi (d.1787) (مشقه العبد المذنب اسمعيل بن عبد الله من تلاميذ ابراهيم الردوسى) and undated.14. fol.7b : piece in thluth signed by the calligrapher Usturacızade Mehmet Şehri (d.1740) (سوده محمد الشهرى) and undated.13. fol.7a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hasan Rıza Efendi (d.1920) (حرره الحاج السيد حسن رضا ) and dated 1323 [1905 or 6].12. fol.6b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.11. fol.6a : piece in naskh signed by the calligrapher Deli Osman Afif Dâmâdı (d.1805) (كتبه الفقير السيد عثمان المعروف بداماد العفيف) and dated 1205 [1790 or 1].10. fol.5b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher İsmail Zühtü (İsmail Zühdi d.1806, كتبه اسمعيل الزهدى) and undated.9. fol.5a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Tevfiki [?] (كتبه توفيقى) and undated.8. fol.4b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher, most likely the Ottoman Sultan Murat IV (r.1623-1640) (كتبه مراد خان), and undated.7. fol.4a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hafız Yusuf Efendi (d.1787) (نمقه المذنب يوسف المعروف بحافظ القرآن) and unsigned.6. fol.3b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.5. fol.3a : piece in naskh signed by the calligrapher Eğrikapılı Mehmet Râsim Efendi (d.1756) (محمد راسم) and undated.4. fol.2b : unsigned piece in muḥaqqaq (continuation of the previous), undated.3. fol.2a : unsigned piece in muḥaqqaq, undated.2. fol.1b : impression of the seal (مهر) of Muḥammad Shāh Qājār (محمد شاه قاجار, r.1834-1848) with inscription “الملک لله محمد شاه غازی صاحب تاج و نگین آمد شکوه ملک و ملت رونق آیین دین آمد” and date 1250 [1834 or 5] set in illuminated four-lobed ornament.1. fol.1a : [blank].Exquisite album of assorted calligraphic specimens (40 kıt'alar / pieces), likely assembled and bound for Sultan Abdülhamit II (r.1876-1909). Contents briefly addressed by Muhittin Serin in "Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’ndeki Bazı Kütüphanelerde Bulunan İslam El Yazma Eserleri ve Michigan Üniversitesi II. Abdülhamid Koleksiyonu." Contributions to the cataloguing from Mamoun Sakkal.
According to the colophon (f. 117v), copy completed in the hand of ʻAbd al-Razzāq ibn Muḥammad Ḥusayn al-Yazdī in 1240 AH [December 1824-5 AD].The text is followed by a short text with the title "Suʼāl" (p. 118r-121r), written by the same scribe.Written in one column, 24 lines per page, in black and red ink, framed within triple golden and grey lines. First leave illuminated.Bound in black leather, gilt.MS Persian 36. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Persian.Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library Digital Imaging Group, 2008. (Open Collections Program at Harvard University. Islamic Heritage Project).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 670Origin: As appears in colophon on p.753, copied by ʻImād ibn Muḥamad ʻImād. Date of transcription not specified. Paper, decoration, etc. suggests 16th or early 17th century. Ownership statement provides a terminus ante quem of 1629.Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas.Former shelfmark: From upper board lining and spine label, "IL 9" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap, now fully detached) ; currently two piece binding (overlapping flanges visible at spine, may represent repair / reback) ; board linings in peach laid paper, hinges in yellow paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (and once gold-painted) scalloped mandorla filled with vegetal composition (compare Déroche class. OAi 7) set off by gold-painted strokes, tooled rosettes and chain border ; design continues on flap ; sewn in golden yellow thread, two stations, sewing failing ; worked endbands in golden yellow and metallic threads, only primaries and core with a few threads of headband remain, primaries sewn through textile spine lining ; overall in somewhat poor condition with flap fully detached from lower cover, cover almost fully detached from text block at spine except for intact primaries at headband, extensive abrasion, some lifting and losses of leather, etc. ; extensive repairs (also damaged) in brown leather including edging (which has been tooled in a series of s-shaped stamps) on upper and lower covers as well as head and tail of fore edge flap and likely reback ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, fairly straight) and chain lines (possibly grouped in pairs) occasionally visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; back flyleaf in European laid paper with anchor in circle watermark.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.30 consisting of rectangular piece with almond-shaped gold cartouche carrying title and flanking pieces all evoking bookcover design, set in field of dark blue with delicate vegital motifs in gold, green, red, white, light blue and yellow, bordered in band of dark blue with white crosses and dots flanked by two narrow gold bands ; written area and ruled margins surrounded by gold frame with outermost blue rule, narrower gold band defines central written area and triangular accents on margins within (occasionally filled with floral motifs) ; keywords rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of three dots in redScript: Nastaʻlīq ; small compact Persianate hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with slight effect of inclination to the left and of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dotsLayout: Written in 51 lines per page, 17 lines in central written area and 34 lines of gloss on the diagonal in the ruled margins ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV-2 (6), 21 IV (174), IV+1 (183), III (189), III+1 (196), 2 III (202), 5 IV (248), III + 1 (255), 14 IV (372), III-1 (376), i ; leaves between opening contents listing and opening of text originally left blank (pp.21-29) ; middle of the quire marks in the form of ه (numeral khamsah or letter hāʼ) in black ink in the upper outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals from pp.353-377 and in black ink from pp.379-753, beginning with Arabic numeral 38 ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," mainly Arabic, reads "تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب والحمد لله اولا واخرا وظاهرا وباطنا وصلى الله على محمد واله الطيبين وعترته الطاهرين اجمعين وسلم تسليما كثيرا كثيرا على يد الفقير الحقير تراب اقدام الفضلا عماد بن محمد عماد ... گر بهم برزده بینی خط من عیب مکن که مرا محنت ایام بهم برزده است"Incipit: [matn] "بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم رب سهل و تمم بالخیر الحمد لمن وفقنا امداد حمد بی عد و اعداد سپاس بی قیاس مبدعی را که آثار ابداع او بر هر ورقی از اوراق و شجری از اشجار سمت ..." ; [ḥashiyah] "و به نستعين حمد و سپاس عتاری را جل جلاله و عم نواله و عظم شانه ..."Title from rubricated inscription on 'title page' (p.29).Ms. codex.Fine copy of a work of materia medica (pharmacopoeia) by ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Anṣārī known as Ḥājjī Zayn al-ʻAṭṭār (d.1403 or 4) with extensive gloss on the margins. Opens with acephalous contents listing (p.1-21). Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.
An incomplete compilation including an Arabic treatise on the sultanate and caliphate based on a hadith of Kaʻb al-Akhbār with an interlinear Persian translation, an Arabic treatise on the legal division of human actions into lawful and unlawful, and two unidentified poems in Persian; the last of the poems is incomplete.
Manuscript. Persian with passages in Arabic. Title supplied by cataloger. Scribe not identified. Written in either Iran or India. Paper; cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and watermark of a cross within a circle; black ink with minimal rubrication and some red overlining; catchwords. Naskh; 14 lines in written area 14 x 9.5 cm. Fol. 1a-69b. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M140. Flexible brown leather binding. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Gift of the United States Naval Academy, January 25, 1931.Ownership statement by al-Sayyid ʻUbayd Allāh Muḥammad b. al-Sayyid Muṣṭafá. Seal of the same person reads Muḥammad ʻUbayd Allāh.MS Arab 12. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Arabic, Persian and Turkish.Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library Digital Imaging Group, 2010. (Open Collections Program at Harvard University. Islamic Heritage Project).Table of Contents: 1. Tarih-i Al-i Osman bin Ertuğrul (dates of Ottoman Sultans) (f. 1r) -- 2. Suret-i arzname (ff. 1v--2v) -- 3. Arabic poem, awāʼil Muḥarram 804 [August 11-20, 1401] (copied by Ḥājjī Aḥmad ibn ... al-B.f.l.ghānī) (ff. 3r-11r) -- 4. Taʻrīfāt ʻilm usūl fiqh, Shawwāl 804 [May 1402] (ff. 11v-16v) -- 5. Arabic glossary (explanations in Arabic and Persian), 804 [1402] (copied by Idrīs b. Ḥasan b. Bayram) (ff. 17r-52r) -- 6. Sharḥ al-Farāʼiḍ al-Sirājīyah / ʻAbd al-Karīm b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Hamadānī al-Tabrīzī, awāsiṭ Dhī al-Ḥijja 804 [July 1402] (copied by Idrīs b. Ḥasan b. Bayram) (ff. 52v-94r) -- 7. Lughat-i ḥurūf (ff. 94v-95r) -- 8. Mufradāt-i Pārsī (A list of Persian verbs) (ff. 95v-97v).
Written in one or two columns, 15 lines per page, in black and red.One of the works dated 1182 AH [1768 AD] according to colophon (f. 43r) and the other 1171 AH [1757 AD]. Copied by Ghulām Khālid walad-i Shaykh Karīm (or Karam)-bakhsh ibn al-Shaykh Muḥammad Shafīʻ, who was also the owner of the book.A note on f. 102r dated 1226 AH [1811 AD], followed by a seal that reads ʻIzzat ʻAlī, 1226.MS Persian 40. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Persian and Arabic.Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library Digital Imaging Group, 2008. (Open Collections Program at Harvard University. Islamic Heritage Project).Table of Contents: 1. Badīʻ al-niṣāb / Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī (ff. 2v-11v) -- 2. Niṣāb-i ikhwān / Mawlānā Muṭahhar (ff. 12v-15v) -- 3. Nuskhah-ʼi ikhwān (ff. 16r-21v) -- 4. Niṣāb-i nuzhat al-ṣibyān / ʻAbd al-Majīd (ff. 22r-43r) -- 5. Nān va ḥalvā / Bahāʼ al-Dīn ʻĀmilī (ff. 44r-55r) -- 6. Poems (ff. 56v-103v).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 865Origin: As appears in colophon on p.73, transcription [and composition ?] completed 17 Jumādá I 1219 [ca. 24 August 1804]. As appears in opening matter on p.25, date of composition appears to be represented by a chronogram, the value of which has been entered as ۱۲۱۹ below "جادۀ آخرت" (which would actually seem to have a value of 1214 or 1216). Paper, etc. do suggest 19th century for date of transcription.Accompanying materials: a. Slip of paper with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" (pp.1-2) -- b. Slip of paper with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report' (pp.3-4) -- c. Slip of paper with notes describing contents in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "MO 13 Manāzil al-ḥajj | copied in 1219 (The date of composition)" (pp.5-6).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 14Binding: Boards covered in mauve paper (blotched design evoking marbling) with red-brown leather over spine and board corners (half binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted laid paper ; head edge of text block gilt ; spine gold-stamped with title "MS. | MANĀZILU L-HADJ̲DJ̲" ; sewn in white thread over four recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands in green, red and white stripes ; overall in good condition ; original cover material has been bound in (see pp.11-12, etc. and note on upper pastedown).Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, some curving) and chain lines faintly visible, cloudy formation, quite sturdy, dark cream in color, well-burnished ; some pest damage.Decoration: Keywords rubricated or overlined in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; large, elegant hand ; serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline, some elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 11 lines per page.Collation: ii, ii, 3 IV(24), III (30), 2 II(38), ii, ii ; chiefly quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black strokes, upper outer corner of right-hand leaf, lower outer corner of left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in greyish black ink, Western numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts, flyleaves and added leaves).Colophon: "تمت تمام شد کتاب منازل الحج و بتاریخ هفدهم جمادی الاول سنه ۱۲۱۹ هجری از تحریر فراغ یافت"Explicit: "این حروف باین جهت بشرح آنها نپرداخت"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذى جعل منازل الحج وسيله للشهود واكرم الحجاج من سائر قافله الوجود الذى انزل فى شان الكعبه ... اما بعد بر ارباب الباب مخفى و محتجب ...که سیاح بلاد باصلاح و سداد خیر ... عبارت ازام القری مکه و حجاز و بطحی باشد "Title from opening matter (p.25).Ms. codex.Fine copy of the author's account of his pilgrimage from Baghdad to Mecca and Medina as well as holy sites in Iraq (see in al-Dharīʻah, no.6893 v.22 p.245).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 421Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper would suggest first half of 17th century ; ownership statement provides terminus ante quem of 1863.Former shelfmark: "533 T.De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf and opening leaf (p.2).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap, though now lost) ; doublures in dark red brown leather with delicately tooled dimond-shaped interlace central ornament and chain pendants with gold-painted rule-borders ; flyleaves and hinges now in pink-tinted laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry large, stamped (with recessed onlays) central mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OAi 6), pendants, and cornerpieces with gold-painted accents, as well as tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps ; sewn in yellow thread, two stations, sewing failing ; worked chevron endbands in red and yellow, only headband and primaries remain ; overall in somewhat poor condition with loss of flap, abrasion, lifting and losses of leather (particularly spine and onlays of lower cover), cracking and delamination of boards, cover detached from text block at spine, etc. ; spine rebacked in straight-grain brown leather (repair also damaged with portion of spine lining exposed) ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper with roughly 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 23-25 mm. apart (vertical) and watermark of crossbow in circle with trefoil above (see p.14, 16, 46, 144, etc. and compare Picard nos. 123860 / Mantua 1628 and 123861 / Roverato 1624), thin crisp and transluscent though sturdy, dark cream in color, well-burnished ; flyleaves in two other European papers (inner with three crescent watermark, outer with three stars in shield watermark).Decoration: Section headings and keywords rubricated ; overlining in red ink ; astronomical diagrams in red and black ink (see pp.3, 4, 5, 8, 18, 138).Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand in a medium line ; serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, pointing mainly in strokes (rather than distinct dots), some elongation of horizontal strokes, kāf mashqūqah (mashkūlah) preferred with dramatically sweeping shaqq, final yāʼ often mardūdah.Layout: Written in as many as 23-25 lines per page, with occasional glosses on the diagonal in the margin, in two columns in some places ; sections with poetic excerpts also arranged in two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, V (10), 4 (14), V (24), II (28), III+1 (35), IV (43), 2 III(55), 2 IV(71), IV+2 (81), ii ; miscellany of quinions, ternions, quaternions, etc. ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes some flyleaves).Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.21. p.154-p.162 : [assorted poetic excerpts of Adli, Fevri, etc.].20. p.145-p.153 : ["Hādhihi Silsilat sanadinā bi-talqīn al-dhikr al-sharīf wa-al-sirr al-laṭīf wa-al-khirqah al-mubārakah...] / ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī al-Bisṭāmī.19. p.140-p.144 : [assorted excerpts on muʻjizāt al-Nabī, ʻilm al-ḥurūf, etc.].18. p.138-p.140 : [astronomical work].17. p.137-p.138 : Şerh-i Rical-i gayb.16. p.136 : Fasl fi rüyet-i Allah.15. p.130-p.136 : Ḥall al-abyāt allatī waqaʻat fī Khizānat al-anfās al-Qudsīyah.14. p.127-p.129 : [assorted excerpts].13. p.125-p.127 : [Sharḥ Dībāchat al-Miṣbāḥ].12. p.121-p.125 : Dībāchah-ʼi Tārīkh-i Tāj-i Salmān.11. p.66-p.120 : [assorted poetic excerpts of Fevri, Şemsi, and many others].10. p.64-p.65 : Sūrat Alif lām mīm sharḥ Makkīyah min Tafāsīr Abū al-Saʻūd / Ebüssuud Efendi.9. p.54-p.63 : [assorted poetic excerpts of Nati, etc.].8. p.40-p.53 : [Qaṣīdat al-Burdah with interlinear and marginal takhmīs].7. p.31-p.40 : [assorted poetic excerpts of Niẓāmī, Figanî Ramazan Çelebi, etc.].6. p.25-p.30 : [assorted excerpts].5. p.19-p.24 : Haza Kitab-ı Sultan Mahmut.4. p.18 : Der beyan-ı kavis-i kuzah.3. p.9-p.18 : Der beyan-ı menazil-i kamer.2. p.5-p.8 : Der beyan-ı eflak ve menzil-i büruc.1. p.4 : Der beyan-ı seyr-i eflak ve nücum.Careful copy of a collection (mecmua / majmūʻah ) of excerpts and brief works on astronomy, tafsīr, grammar, Ṣūfī thought, etc. along with a great assortment of poetic excerpts, mainly in Turkish but also in Arabic and Persian. Additional excerpts appear in the margins.
Caliph 'Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (circa 601-61) is one of the most revered religious and holy figures of Islam. In Iran, he is referred to by the honorary name Amir al-Muʼminin, which translates from Arabic as “Commander of the Faithful” and is used to refer to him in Persian. Written works by 'Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib and sayings attributed to him are sacred to the Shiite faithful, particularly among Persian speakers. Shown here is an illuminated 18th-century manuscript copy of the Munājāt (Supplication) of ʻAli ibn Abī Ṭālib. Included are both the original Arabic and a translation into Persian. The text is written on a moderately heavy cream-colored paper in gold (folio 1b and 2a) and black ink (folio 2b to the end) within five borders. The borders are colored in, from the outermost to the innermost, in blue, red, gold, red, and green. The pages are divided into four boxes to accommodate the main text and the translation, three containing two lines and one containing one line, or seven lines for each page. The Arabic text, in naskhi script, is in larger boxes with elaborate interlinear decoration; the Persian translation, in nastaʻlīq script, is in narrower boxes with panels of floral decoration on either side. An unknown Persian text appears on folio 1a, part of which is missing along the left margin due to trimming and on the upper-right margin due to damage to the first folio (mended with some loss of this text but no damage to main text). The name and date "Vahīd Ḥusaynī 1209" (1794 or 1795) appears at the lower-left corner of the written area of folio 7b; an unknown Persian text in a later hand appears on the endpaper. World Digital Library. Munājāt (Supplication) of ʻAli ibn Abī Ṭālib.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 437Origin: As appears in colophon at close of on fol.4a, Munājāt ʻAlī executed in Istanbul for Hoca Sadettin Efendi (d.1599), renowned şeyhülislâm and tutor of Sultan Murat III (r.1574-1595), by Mehmet Rıza, Rıza-yi Enesi [of Enez in Edirne?]. Poetic excerpts appear to be dated Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1138 [July-August 1726] (see fol.12b, fol.22a, etc.) and 15 Muḥarram 1139 [ca. 12 September 1726] (see fol.1a).Former shelfmark: "198 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of opening leaf ('title page').Binding: Pasteboards covered in black leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in brown leather, doublure hinges (extending under doublures) in scalloped marbled paper (in blue and white) ; upper and lower covers carry gold-tooled ornament (octagonal or lobed diamond shape) built up from interlace pattern, along with tooled and gold-painted border in a series of s-shaped stamps ; sewn in white thread, four stations ; overall in fairly good condition with minor staining, etc. ; repair to spine (rebacked) in black leather (gone to gray).Support: non-European laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct) and occasional chain lines faintly visible, cloudy formation, thick and sturdy, well-burnished ; "leaves" mainly composed of two (occasionally more) leaves layered together, delaminating in several instances, with several now hinged together / guarded with strips of striped textile ; some leaves tinted (mainly yellow) and gold or silver flecked ; seal impressions mounted on decorative papers.Decoration: Gold-flecked bands surround lines of text [Munājāt ʻAlī] ; written area surrounded by gold frame ; seal impressions set in decorative, multi-colored mounts, mainly octagonal, rectangular, oval, sun / star, etc. in shape, cut from assorted papers.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; a large, exquisite hand with elongation and somewhat exaggerated constrast in thickness between horizontal and vertical strokes ; later excerpts in nastaʻlīq and in ruqʻah.Layout: Munājāt ʻAlī written in 10 lines per page ; frame-ruled ; remaining poetic and prose excerpts vary widely, though most are written on the diagonal.Collation: I (2), 4 II(18), I+1 (21), I (23) ; mainly binions and single bifolia ; pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals.Dedication: As appears on fol.4a, Munājāt ʻAlī executed for Hoca Sadettin Efendi (d.1599), renowned şeyhülislâm and tutor of Sultan Murat III (r.1574-1595).Colophon: [Munājāt ʻAlī] "كتبت لحضرة سلطان العلماء برهان الفضلاء خواجه السلطان الاعظم مالك رقاب الامم السلطان مراد خان دام في حفظ ربنا المستعان سعد الدين افندى لا زالت محامده مذكورة ومأثره مشهورة الى انقراض الزمان الفقير المذنب محمد رضاى انسى النسب في سنة اربع وتسعين وتسعمائة بمحروسۀ قسطنطنية"Explicit: [Munājāt ʻAlī] "وصل عليه ما دعاك موحد وناجاك اخيار ببابك ركع"Incipit: [Munājāt ʻAlī] "لك الحمد يا ذا الجود والمجد والعلى تباركت تعطي من تشاء وتمنع ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.7. fol.23a-fol.23b : [mainly blank].6. fol.13b-fol.22b : [assorted former owners' marks and excerpts in verse and prose (including Nâbî, Kāshānī, etc.) with occasional leaves left blank].5. fol.13a : [blank].4. fol.12b : [dated statement].3. fol.10b-fol.12a : [blank].2. fol.4b-fol.10a : [collection of seal impressions].1. fol.1b-fol.4a : [Munājāt ʻAlī] / ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib.Elegant copy of a majmūʻah with the qaṣīdah in ʻayn, Munājāt ʻAlī, from the dīwān attributed to ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (ca. 600-661), followed by a collection of seal impressions (decoratively mounted) and a later assortement of excerpts in verse and prose, in Persian and Turkish. Contribution to the cataloguing from Ali Rafi.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 442Origin: As appears in colophon at close, copy executed by al-Ḥājj Muḥammad Zakarīyā-yi Samarqandī. Date of transcription not specified ; paper, etc. may suggest 18th century.Former shelfmark: "543 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on upper board lining ; "111" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (recto of leaf carrying incipit page).Binding: Pasteboards (thin, semi-limp) faced in blue-green textile with dark red leather over spine and edges / turn-ins (textile faced, leather edged, framed binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in untinted laid paper ; sewn in red thread, two stations ; overall in fair condition with minor staining and abrasion, sewing failing, cover detached at spine, etc.Support: European and non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper, all highly sized and burnished ; bifolia appear to be composed of two leaves laminated together and mould markings are therefore difficult to examine in all but the second to last bifolium (which also carries a watermark, difficult to make out) ; some leaves tinted (green-blue / aquamarine and pale yellow ) with facing pages in the same color ; opening added bifolium (serving as flyleaves) in a paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, quite distinct) and no chain lines or watermarks visible), beige in color.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by swirling arabesque in gold with floral motifs in orange-red and pink all on a light-blue ground, surmounted by a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with same manner of swirling arabesque and floral motifs (in gold, orange-red, pink) on a light-blue ground, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in gold with light-blue accents, and entire piece set in a heavy well of gold ; written area throughout surrounded by heavy frame in a series of narrow gold bands outlined by black fillets ; margin and panels within the written area also outlined in gold bands ; in the first few leaves (through fol.4a), elucidation in Persian surrounded by border evoking the design of the ʻunwān / sarlawḥ, a band of the same falls at the center of the written area ; written area (including outlined margin) gold-flecked to varying degrees.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; verses in a large, exquisite Indian style hand with elongation and somewhat exaggerated constrast in thickness between horizontal and vertical strokes ; elucidation in much smaller and compact hand.Layout: Written mainly in 4 lines of verse and 8 lines of elucidation per page, with lines of verse flanking lines of elucidation (written on the diagonal).Collation: ii, 4 I(8) ; catchwords present.Colophon: "Scribal," reads "تمت نسخۀ مناجات حضرت علي رضي الله تعالى عنه على يد اضعف الحقير العبد المذنب الحاج محمد زكرياى سمرقندى غفر له"Explicit: "وناجاك اخيار ببابك ركع يا رب ز توبر رسول صلوه سلام ... بر در كه تو ركوع آرند و قيام"Incipit: "لك الحمد يا ذا الجود والمجد والعلى تباركت تعطي من تشاء وتمنع ای صاحب جود مر ترا حمد و ثنا هستی تو بزرگوار با مجد و علا ..."Title from colophon.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the qaṣīdah in ʻayn, Munājāt ʻAlī, from the dīwān attributed to ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (ca. 600-661), accompanied by elucidation in Persian, possibly of Ḥaqīrī Tabrīzī (see al-Dharīʻah no.6860, vol.22, pp.237-238). Contributions to the cataloguing from Abbas Zarei Mehrvarz and Hossein Mottaghi.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 504Origin: According to colophon on fol.69b, copied by ʻAbd Allāh ibn Khalīl Chāvush (Abdullah b. Halil Çavuş). Copying of first work completed 3 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1125 [ca. 21 December 1713] (see fol.69b). Copying of second work completed 20 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1125 [ca. 7 January 1714] (see fol.74a). No date given for completion of copying for third work.Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda.Former shelfmark: From inner front cover and spine label, "IL 357" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip); head of textblock inscribed "۹۳".Binding: Thin pasteboards covered in red leather; Type III binding (without flap); board linings and flyleaves of machine wove paper; blind-tooled decorative border on upper and lower covers; pasted label on spine; sewn in blue thread, two stations; worked chevron endbands in magenta and dark blue [?], good condition; overall in good condition.Support: European laid paper with roughly 12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced 20-24 mm. apart, and watermark of three crescents (tre lune, perpendicular to chains, roughly 85 mm. long, see p.14, 74, etc.), thin though sturdy, dark cream in color, well-burnished.Decoration: Red rule-borders throughout; red discs and geometric figures serve as textual dividers in the final work of the codex; section headings rubricated ; overlining in red.Script: Naskh; very fine, clear, Turkish hand, rounded and tilting slightly to the left with free standing alif sans serif and letters such as lām, ṭāʼ, ẓāʼ serrifed, though inconsistently; unusual form for lām alif ligatures where serif of alif closes to form a round loop not unlike the numeral "۹" (see fol.3b, etc.); all three texts copied in the same hand.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page.Collation: 2 (2), 7 V (72), I (74), IV (82); chiefly quinions; catchwords present; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, begins with folio following the incipit page; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "خاتمة الكتاب اربعينهاى سالكان جامى هست بهر وصول صدر قبول نبود [كذا] فضل حق عجيب وغريب كه ازبعين [كذا] رسى بوصول اثر اربعين اهل سلوك قرب حق رتبه سن قيلور حاصل اوفر تركيسم فضولى مسكين اوله بو اربعينله واصل تمت الكتاب"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي عم البلاد بنعمته وارفاده وخص العباد بهدايته وخلق النهار بانواره والليل بسواده والغيم بامطاره والسحاب بارعاده... اما بعد لما رايت قصور همم الناس في طلب العلم ... هداني ذلك ان اجمع لهم مختصرا نافعا في العبادات"Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.6. fol. 74b-82b : Tarjamat arbaʻīn ḥadīthan / Mawlānā Nūr al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī ; Mehmet bin Süleyman Fuzulî.5. fol. 69b-74a : Kitāb Fiqh al-akbar / [Abū Ḥanifah].4. fol. 3b-69b : [Muqaddimat al-Ghaznawī] / Aḥmad al-Ghaznawī.3. fol. 3a : [blank with later notes].2. fol. 1b-2b : [table of contents].1. fol. 1a : [blank with later notes].Contains three works, mainly of Ḥanafī fiqh, including [1] al-Ghaznawī's work on ʻibādāt and [2] al-Fiqh al-Akbar attributed to Abū Ḥanīfah, followed by [3] Jāmī's collection of commentary on forty hadith accompanied by Fuzulî's elucidation in Turkish.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 866Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.38a, first work copied by Bābā [?] Valad Āghā Shihāb. Copying finished Jumādá I 1222 [July-August 1807]. Anthology lacks a formal colophon, though a few dates appear (1206 [1791 or 2], 1211 [1796 or 7] p.241), likely also early 19th century.Accompanying materials: a. Slip in hand of Meredith-Owens marked "MO 11" describing contents and suggested dating reads "MO 11 Niṣāb al-ṣibyān of Abū Naṣr Farāhī. A rhymed Arabic-Persian vocabulary. Followed by a verse anthology and the Dīvān of Mīrzā Muḥammad Ismāʻīl of Shīrāz. Undated but probably XIXth century" b. Slip reading "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" c. Slip reading "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 15Binding: Pasteboards (quite spongy) covered in brown (with orange tones) leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in black leather ; white and pink threads ; two sewing stations ; endbands in yellow with a chevron pattern ; in poor condition, with much wear, repair on spine ; lower cover has fully detached at spine ; extensive page repairs at beginning of ms. unfortunately obscure text in many places and make transcription of incipit difficult ; quite soiled with dirt, wax, food, and other stains ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper of several types with watermarks including scrollwork with initials below (p.22, etc.), three hats (top hats) with feathers (p.50, 52, etc.), three hats (tre cappelli, p.198, 284, etc.), and lion passant guardant (p.436, 438, etc.) ; front and back flyleaves (each an inserted single bifolium) in still other European laid paper with no watermarks visible.Decoration: Textual dividers in the form of red circles (similar to numeral ٥) appear in first work at the end of each line ; first work rubricated with section headings, textual dividers, etc. in red ; anthology partially rubricated with titles, section headings, dedications, etc. in red.Script: Supplied in two main hands ; first work in Naskh ; large, neatly executed, Persianate or Indian hand ; virtually serifless though occasional left-sloping barbed head-serif on alif of lām alif ligature and occasional final lām ; occasional right-sloping barbed head-serif on bar of kāf mashkūlah ; many closed counters ; line thickness changes though hand appears not to (though opening and a few leaves at the center have slightly different character) ; essentially fully pointed, often with two dots often positioned one above the other rather than beside ; many mistakes in the pointing ; partially vocalized ; often final letters or entire final word of each line is superscript ; anthology is supplied in several hands of a kind of shikāstah nastaʻlīq script ; serifless ; interesting hāʼ mudghamah looking like two inverted commas one atop the other ; sweeping descenders ; free use of ligatures ; words sloping to baseline ; final letters or final word of each line often superscript ; line thickness, size, and hand all change frequently.Layout: First work written in 9 lines per page ; anthology ruled in two columns with number of lines per page varying widely from 4 to 12 ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board quite evident).Collation: ii, V(10), V+2(22), V(32), III(38), IV+1(47), 2 IV(63), 2 I(67), 2 IV(91), IV+2 (101), IV-1(108), IV(116), I(118), I+1(121), IV(129), IV-1(136), 3 IV(160), I(162), IV+1(171), IV(179), I(181), IV(189), VI(201), IV(209), 5 (214), III+2(222), II(226), ii ; catchwords present in first work, but appear irregularly in anthology ; several folia in anthology are left blank or partially blank, indicating division of contents and not missing text ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (supplied during cataloguing).Colophon: [Niṣāb al-ṣibyān] "Scribal," triangular, reads: "تمام كتاب نصاب بتاريخ شهر جمادى اول بخط حقير فقير اغا بابا [؟] ولد اغا شهاب سنة ١٢٢٢"Explicit: [Niṣāb al-ṣibyān] "ناس و انس و اناس ادمیان پدر مادر ادم و حوا"Incipit: [Niṣāb al-ṣibyān] "الحمد لله رب العالمين [والصلاة] والسلام على خير خلقه محمد ... اما بعد حنين گويد ... ابو نصر فراهي حسد حافده وحفد حاسده ما حركت الشمال لنخل الدقيق ... صبيانرا پيش از تعلم لغت عرب رغبت مى افتد باشعار فارسي ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. composite codex.3. fol.40b-226b : [Collected works of poetry].2. fol.39a-40a : [blank].1. fol.1a-38b : Niṣāb al-ṣibyān / Abū Naṣr Farāhī.Abū Naṣr al-Farāhī's versified Arabic-Persian vocabulary followed by a collection (majmūʻah) of poetry in Persian, beginning with rubāʻīyāt and including works attributed to Mīrzā Muḥammad Ismāʻīl and Rashīd al-Dīn Vaṭvāṭ, somewhat haphazardly copied toward the end.
Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldRecord origin: "Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team."
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 436Origin: As appears in colophon at close, copy executed by Safr ʻAlī ibn Khudāwirdī al-Kaffawī (Sefer Ali bin Hüdaverdi el-Kefevî) with transcription completed mid-Dhū al-Ḥijjah 962 [October-November 1555].Former shelfmark: "120 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on interior of upper cover.Binding: Pasteboards covered in purplish maroon cloth with brown leather over spine (quarter binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in pinkish paper with red fibers ; sewn in white thread, six stations, apparently over two wide tapes ; overall in fairly good condition with only minor abrasion, small split in spine leather, etc.Support: European laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced roughly 30 mm. apart and watermark of anchor (two line) in circle with six-pointed star above, mainly cream in color (a few leaves tinted pale yellow), quite sturdy though transluscent, burnished ; one bifolium marbled (blue and white) on only one surface.Decoration: Written area surrounded by frame consisting of a series of gold bands outlined in black fillets with additional colored bands and rules (in green, blue, red) ; triangular accent pieces appear in opposite corners of the written area, for opening leaves contain text in white (nearly lost) on a gold ground with arabesque border in blue or green, but mainly contain chī cloud or arabesque design in black, red, etc. on gold ground with arabesque border in blue, green, black, etc. ; elucidation (Persian) often rubricated or in green ; textual dividers in the form of gold rosettes with blue, red, or green accents ; text of incipit page set off by cloud-bands in red lines ; margins of incipit and facing page gold-flecked.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; large, elegant Crimean [?] hand ; serifless with characteristic elongation of horizontal strokes, effect of words descending to baseline, etc.Layout: Written mainly in 3 hemistiches (in six lines) alternating with 5-7 lines of Persian commentary / elucidation per page, all on the diagonal ; occasionally additional lines appear in the accent pieces of the opposite outer corners.Collation: i, III-1 (5), 3 III(23), i ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "تمت الكتاب المجموع في اواسط ذي الحجة المبارك كتبه [كذا] عن يد الضعيف النحيف المحتاج الى رحمة الله تعالى غفر الله ذنوبه سفير على بن خداوردى الكفوى في تاريخ سنه ٩٦٢ تم"Explicit: "جامی ارباب و فاجر زه عشقس نروند جوهر خود می شناس ار در وجودت جوهر است سر مبادت کرا زین رآه قدم بار کشی"Incipit: "[بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اعظم اسماء علیم حکیم] محترمان حرم انس را کوس شه خالی و بانک غافلش دردسرست تازه حدیثیست ز عهد قدیم ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of a selection of poems by Jāmī (d.1492) in Persian and Arabic with interlinear commentary / elucidation in Persian and occasional added elucidation in Turkish.
Manuscript. Arabic and Persian; colophon in Turkish (Arabic script). Title from container. Scribe not identified. Probably written in Iran. Paper; cream color paper with no visible watermarks; elaborate unwans on fol. 1b and 2a with text enclosed in a wide ruled border of gold red and green; remainder of text enclosed in ruled border in gold black and red; interlinear Persian translation in red ink; verses are separated by gold discs. Individual sūrahs have titles in red and gold; extensive commentary in Persian in the margins throughout; black ink; Persian translation in red ink; catchwords. The Holy Koran in the Library of Congress, 17 Naskh (Qurʼānic text); nastaʻliq (Persian translation); 12 lines in written area 21 x 11.5 cm. Fol. 1b-325a. Library of Congress. Arabic manuscript, M133. Binding lacking; marbled endpapers in pastel colors and tan. Explicit/Colophon: Kemal Paşa merhumun ve çocuğum vakf olunmuṣtur, sene 1304, Recep. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 260Origin: Lacks dated scribal colophon ; decoration, paper, etc. may suggest 16th century ; authorial colophon on p.418 indicates date of composition Ṣafar 890 [February-March 1485].Accompanying materials: a. Slip with notes (paginated pp.17-18) -- b. Blank slip (paginated pp.53-54) -- c. Slip with notes (paginated pp.99-100).Former shelfmark: "١٢٦" possible former inventory mark on recto of front flyleaf ; "331 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark maroon leather with black leather over spine, fore edge flap, and edges/turn-ins (likely repairs) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures in dark brown leather with central gold-painted four-lobed floral motif ; fore edge flap lined in green silk ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted scalloped mandorla (filled with vegetal decoration, compare Déroche OAi 6), pendants, and corner pieces, along with gold-painted border ; sewn in dark green-blue thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in brown and cream (head) and dark green and cream (tail), fair condition ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (Persian) laid paper mainly with 6 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and no chain lines clearly visible, well-burnished to glossy, sturdy, transluscent, medium to dark cream in color ; toward close another crisp type with many inclusions (see p.387 to close) ; flyleaves in European laid paper (surface-dyed lavender and gold-flecked) ; added leaves at opening on European laid paper with watermarks of eagle, "GFA" and lion rampant in arms (see pp.1-4) ; staining and tide lines.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) appears at opening on p.6, consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the basmalah in white, overlaid with arabesque in green, surrounded by further vegetal decoration in gold, pink, blue, yellow, green, etc. on a field of lapis lazuli, and surounded by decorative band with blue crosses on a field of white and band of interlace in gold ; surmounted by another narrow rectangular piece containing similar vegetal design evoking arabesque on a field of lapis lazuli and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; keywords, abbreviation symbols, and text being commented upon in rubricated (light and dark red) ; textual dividers in the form inverted commas, letter hāʼ, etc. in red ; written area throughout surrounded by frame consisting of gold band flanked by black fillets with outermost blue rule (frame on incipit and facing page includes additional gold band) ; occasional diagrams in red and black (see p.20, 57, 87).Script: Nastaʻlīq and naskh ; text of sharḥ in nastaʻlīq, excerpts of Arabic poetry being commented upon in naskh ; nastaʻlīq compact with slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, letterforms characteristic of nastaʻlīq ; Persianate naskh mainly serifless, quite vertical and somewhat stiff though descenders are mainly curvilinear, with pointing in distinct dots.Layout: Written mainly in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, I (2), *IV (9), 24 IV(201), IV+1 (210), i ; almost exclusively quaternions ; first two leaves of opening quaternion affixed to each other ; added leaves at opening of codex ruled for table of contents but left blank ; on pp.43-44 area within written area left blank (perhaps for diagrams or illustrations never realized) ; catchwords present ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and added leaves and skips two pages each between pp.239-240, 237-238, and 267-268).Explicit: "مهما ترى صف عقد من مديحهم في نظمه ود زهر الحق تضمينا"Incipit: "سپاس وسعادة اساس وشكر عبادة لباس معبودى را كه اعلام نبوة وولاية در ميدان فتوة وهداية ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.5).Ms. codex.Fine copy of the commentary by Qāḍī Mīr Ḥusayn ibn Muʻīn al-Dīn al-Maybūdī al-Yazdī (d.1504?) on the collection (dīwān) of Arabic poetry attributed to ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (ca. 600-661), opening with the Favātiḥ-i sabʻah.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 684Origin: As appears in colophon on p.629, copied by Abū al-Qāsim ibn Āghā Jān bin Baz [?] with transcription completed 14 Rajab [?] 1063 [ca. 10 June 1653]. As appears in preceding authorial colophon (also on p.629), composition completed in Ṣafar 890 [1485].Accompanying materials: a. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- c. Portion of a printed page with list of titles in Arabic script, perhaps torn from a catalogue -- d. Slip ruled with a red grid (between pp.112-113).Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover and spine label, "IL 22" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in black (upper cover, which appears to be a replacement for the original) and brown (lower cover and spine) leathers ; Type II (with flap, though now lost) ; upper board lining in untinted wove paper ; lower doublure in red-brown leather ; lower cover carries blind-stamped (with recessed onlay) scalloped mandorla (filled with scene of two antelopes and a flowering tree) and pendants, as well as tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps flanked by tooled fillets ; sewn in red thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in light yellow and pink, only portion of tailband remains ; overall in quite poor condition with flap lost, extensive abrasion, lifting and losses of leather (especially to replacement upper cover), staining, severe moisture damage and shrinkage in upper cover, fills to upper cover in bits of black leather and pink textile, etc.Support: European laid paper ; mainly with 13 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 24-27 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of crown above fleur de lis (see p.25, etc.), extremely well sized and burnished (quite glossy), transluscent and quite crisp, though sturdy ; another type with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 23 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of an inverted teardrop shape with cross (see p.452, etc.) ; burnisher's marks visible.Decoration: Keywords (فتح، ميقرمايد، الخ), headings for excerpts from the dīwān attributed to ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, and abbreviation symbols (sigla, etc.) rubricated ; most Arabic excerpts overlined in red ; textual dividers in the form of 'three inverted commas' conjoined to form a single stroke ; a few diagrams in red and black ink (see pp.49-51, 67, 112).Script: Nastaʻlīq and naskh ; elegant Persianate hand ; nastaʻlīq sans serif with slight effect of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, sweeping horizontal strokes, pointing in strokes or conjoined dots ; Arabic excerpts mainly in a medium naskh, serifless and fairly vertical but with slight effect of tilt to the left, quite rounded with curvilinear descenders, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 19 lines per page, occasionally divided to two columns to set off poetry ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV+1 (9), 37 IV(305), V (315) ; almost exclusively quaternions ; quires marked in black ink ("رب يسر") at the head of the recto of the opening leaf of each quire ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals.Colophon: "Scribal," reads "تمت الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب بتاريخ ۱۴ شهر رجب المرجب سنه ۱۰۶۳ م م م المحتاج الى رحمة الله الغني ابو القاسم بن آغا جان بن بز"Explicit: "ارجو النجا بكم يوم المعادون حبت نداى من الذنب الافانينا"Incipit: "اهل فقر همت طلبیم آینه ذات حق چو درویشانند ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.2. p.153-p.629 : [continuation of Sharḥ-i Dīvān-i mansūb bih Amīr al-Muʼminīn ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib] / Qāḍī Mīr Ḥusayn ibn Muʻīn al-Dīn al-Maybudī.1. p.1-p.153 : Favātiḥ-i sabʻah / Qāḍī Mīr Ḥusayn ibn Muʻīn al-Dīn al-Maybudī.Elegant but acephalous copy (opening in the first Fātiḥah, compare p.18 of the 2000 Tihrān edition) of the commentary by Qāḍī Mīr Ḥusayn ibn Muʻīn al-Dīn al-Manṭiqī al-Maybudī al-Yazdī (d.1504?) upon the dīwān attributed to ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (ca. 600-661), opening with the Favātiḥ-i sabʻah.
Written in one column, from 19 (ff. 1r-92v) to 21 (ff. 93r-114v) lines per page, in black now faded and red.According to the colophon (f. 115r), copy completed on 17 Jumādá al-Ākhirah 649 AH [September 5, 1251 AD] in Qūnyah [Konya] in the hand of Muḥammad ibn ʻUthmān ibn Muḥammad ibn K.mār (?) al-Mūqānī (?).Ownership statement on f. 1r: "li-Sayyid Sulaymān al-mudarris bi-Madrasat Ḥamza Bek fī Brūsah."MS Arab 16. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Arabic and Persian.Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library Digital Imaging Group, 2008. (Open Collections Program at Harvard University. Islamic Heritage Project).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 447Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; decoration, paper, etc. would suggest 16th century.Former shelfmark: "576 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "123" inscribed in pencil on 'title page’ (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards faced in blue cut velvet with red leather over spine and edges / turn-ins (velvet faced, leather edged, framed binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in dark yellow surface-dyed gold-flecked laid paper ; sewn in pink thread, four stations ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and lifting of leather, text block fully detached from cover.Support: non-European (likely Persianate) laid paper with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat distinct) and occasional pairs of chain lines (see p.6), sturdy, well-burnished (burnisher's marks visible), dark cream to beige in color ; flyleaves in European laid paper with watermarks "GHIGLIOTTI" (outer front flyleaf), shield with crown above and likely lion rampant within (front inner flyleaf), and eagle with wings spread (back inner flyleaf).Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening (p.2) of rectangular piece with cartouche in gold carrying title in white ترجمۀ چهل حديث accented by swirling vegetal pattern reminiscent of arabesque in pink, light blue, gold, red, orange, and white on fields of blue and gold ; surmounting the rectangular piece, a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) set against another rectangular piece (both filled with similar vegetal pattern to that seen in lower piece) is itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area of incipit page surrounded by frame consisting of gold and green bands with outermost blue fillet ; elsewhere writen area surrounded by frame consisting of a narrow gold bank outlined in black with outermost blue fillet ; preface and text of elucidation/paraphrase chrysographed ; ḥadīth text in blue.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless with characteristic descent of words to baseline and superscripting of final words and letters ; elongation of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in roughly 9 lines per page, three of ḥadīth text and six of Chagatai elucidation with two of these divided to hemistiches and arranged on the diagonal ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV+1 (9), ii ; a composed anomalous quaternion formed of two joined single leaves, two whole bifolia, and a single leaf joined to a whole bifolium.Explicit: "تمت ترجمه هذه الاربعين اى كه شخصينگى خالق فتاح ... كه بو نوع ايكى اربعين موجود بولسه شايد كه تاپقاسين مقصود يتسه مقصود مدعا بيرلا منى ياد ايتكاسين دعا بيرلا كه نواييغه اول دعا يتكاى بلبل روحىغه نواييتكاى"Incipit: "صحیح ترین حدیثی که راویان مجالس دین ... این چهل کلمه است ازان کلمات فهم و حفظ را بر نظم ترکی ترجمه گر ده می آید امید ... لا يؤمن احدكم حتى يحب لاخيه ما يحب لنفسه مؤمن اير ماستور وركه ايماندين روزگاريده يوز صفا كورگاى..."Title from headpiece at opening (fol.1b).Ms. codex.Fine copy of Mir Ali Şîr Nevâî's [Navāʼī] Chagatai Turkish verse paraphrase of Jāmī's rendering of forty ḥadīth, with Persian preface, Arabic ḥadīth text, and Chagatai elucidation.
Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDimensions: 15⅛ × 10 in (size of leaf).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.
Collection of texts in Persian and Arabic, mostly unidentified, two works with titles are Bayaẓ-i Adʻiyah in praise of the Mogul hero Muḥammad Bahādūr Sirāj al-Dīn; and the other, al-Majlisī's Ḥulyat al-muttaqīn
Manuscript. Persian and Arabic. Title devised by cataloger. Written in Iran. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M207. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Manuscript. Arabic and Persian. Title supplied by cataloger. Written by Aḥmad al-Nayrīzī. Written in Iran. Paper; thin, cream color polished paper with no watermarks; elaborate floral unwan in gold, black, blue and red; fol. 1b and 2a have gold floral design in borders; in remainder of the work, the text is enclosed in an elaborate ruled border of blue, gold, red and blue; the text has an interlinear Persian translation in red ink from the beginning to the end of Sūrat al-Baqarah, 278; verses separated by gold medallions; black ink; catchwords. Naskh; 12 lines in written area 25 x 13.5 cm. Fol. 1b-336b. Library of Congress. Arabic manuscript, M132. Binding is black laquer with orangish gold floral designs; border around center panel contains Qur'anic verses. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website. Explicit/Colophon: حرره الداعي لابود الدولة القاهرة الماهرة احمد النيريزي في 1120.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Manuscript. Arabic and Persian. Title supplied by cataloger. Written by "Ibn ʻAlī". Gift of Cyrus Ebrahim Zadeh, Nov. 9, 2009. Written in Iran? Text proceeded by 2 lithographed fragments pasted front and back; the second one, facing first page of manuscript, is lithograph of Sūrat al-fātiḥah from unidentified edition of the Qurʼān. Paper: yellowish, polished cream color laid paper with horizontal chain line and no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication; interlinear Persian translation in cursive Naskh; catchwords. Naskh; 11 lines in written area 15.5 x 9 cm. Folio 1b-337a; 337b-338 notes and a poem. Library of Congress. Manuscript, [unnumbered]. Binding: black leather with embossed gold center medallions front and back, spine repaired, rebacked in tan leather.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Manuscript. Persian and Arabic. Title supplied by cataloger. Gift of Cyrus Ebrahim Zadeh, Nov. 9, 2009. Written in India? Paper: yellowish, polished cream color commercial paper with no visible watermarks; black ink; catchwords. Naskh; 15 lines in written area 15 x 9 cm. Folio 1b-119b. Library of Congress. Manuscript, [unnumbered]. Binding: brown leather, spine repaired, rebacked in Morocco leather. With: Kirmānī, Muḥammad Karīm Khān. Kitāb-i mustaṭāb-i Sulṭānīyah. Bumbay : Dādūmiyān Dahāyilī, 1277 [1861]. Bound together subsequent to publication.