Autograph of James Macpherson. Ex libris Thomas Munro. Purchased in February, 1948., Copied in Kashmir in A.H. 1163 [A.D. 1749 or 1750]., Ethe, H. India Office,, Good nastaliq; unwan in gold and colors on folio 1 verso, smaller unwans elsewhere; gilt flowered border on folio 2 recto., Masnavi poem; part of the Khamsah quintet., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Sadi., creator Shirazi, Pur Husayn ibn Pur Hasan al-Katib
Published / Created:
[1538]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 165
Image Count:
4
Description:
Collected poems., Copied in A.H. Zu al-Hijjah 944 [A.D.1538] by Pur Husayn ibn Pur Hasan al-Katib al-Shirazi., Ethe, H. India Office,, Good nastaliq, in black, blue, and gold; unwans in gold and colors., Islamic binding, in red, with flap., Leaves 1-2, 17-18, 374-376 wanting; leaves 193-199 misbound after leaf 208, and leaves 209-214 after leaf 238., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Khaqani, Afzal al-Din Shirvani, ca. 1126-1198 or 9, creator
Published / Created:
[1547]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 25
Image Count:
2
Description:
Collected poems., Copied in A.H. 954 [A.D. 1547]., Ethe, H. India Office,, Ex libris Thomas Munro. Gift of the DeForest Bookshop, 1948., Fair nastaliq, in red and black; unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Collected poems., Copied in A. H. Rajab 1096 [A.H. 1685]., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq, in red and black; unwans in gold and colors; with colored miniatures., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Copied on A.H. 8 Rabīʻ al-S̲ānī 1244 [A.D. 1828]., Ethé, H. India Office, 972(3), Good nastaʻlīq, in red and black; ʻunwān in colors on leaf 1 verso; with crude full-page miniatures., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Illuminated manuscript, on paper, of Maktabī Shīrāzī's Laylī va Majnūn, a poem in mathnawi style tells the romantic love story of Layla and Majnun
Alternative Title:
Laylī va Majnūn.
Description:
In Persian., Title assigned by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Double columns of 10 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Nasta'līq., Binding: Dark brown leather over paper pasteboards; gold-tooled inlaid central mandorla with pendants, cornerpieces and frames; light brown leather doublures., Decoration: Volume is paginated, so Illuminated miniatures with scenes from the story are on "pp. 9, 47, 158, 174, 194, 212. Illuminated headpiece, cloudbands, floral page decorations; text frames in blue and gold., and Contemporary pagination.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish, Manuscripts, Persian, and Persian poetry
Copied on A.H. 17 Rabi al-Avval 1103 [A.H. 1692] in Jalalabad., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq, in red and black; with several miniatures in colors., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art, and The love of Mihr (Sun) and Mushtari (Jupiter), a romance in verse. Beginning missing.
Fair modern (18th century) nastaliq; crude unwans in colors., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Selected works, in prose and verse., Shah Rustam Shah-i Gadai is also known as Khaki Barlasi Bidil., Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art, The author's full name is found in the silsilah at the beginning of the last third of the volume., The date A.H. 1113 [A.D. 1701 or 1702] is found in a margin; the date A.H. 1133 [A.D. 1720 or 1721] is found in an original colophon., and Title supplied in later hand on leaf 1 recto.
Firdawsi., creator Zanji, Ibn Shah Mahmud, Jamal al-Din
Published / Created:
[1622 or 1623]
Call Number:
Persian MSS +89
Image Count:
6
Description:
Copied in A.H. 1032 [A.D. 1622 or 1623] by Ibn Shah Mahmud Jamal al-Din Zangi., Epic poem; beginning missing., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq, in red and black; unwans in gold and colors; numerous large miniatures in colors., Islamic binding, in green., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Firdawsi., creator Ibn Abi al-Qasim, Abd al-Muzannib Hajji Muhammad ibn Nur al-Din Muhammad
Published / Created:
[1653]
Call Number:
Persian MSS +87
Image Count:
3
Description:
Copied on A.H. 22 Rajab 1063 [A.D. 1653] by Abd al-Muzannib Hajji Muhammad ibn Nur al-Din Muhammad ibn Hajji Muhammad ibn Abu [sic] al-Qasim., Epic poem; beginning missing., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq, in red and black; with two large miniatures., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
