Binding: Splendid binding.Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldContents note: Folio 2b contains the minuscule signature of Rūzbihān the Illuminator على يد العبد روزبهان المذهب.Decoration: Two richly coloured pictures at the beginning; the first two pages of the text most luxuriously adorned in blue and gold; all the headings throughout beautifully illuminated.Hand: Very small, distinct, and clear Nastaʻlīq.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 1889-1953.1 copy of Kullīyāt-i Saʻdī by Saʻdī.
Binding: Binding with flowers and arabesques, rich in gold.Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldContents: Ḥusayn ibn Ismāʻīl Gāzurgāhī, Majālis al-ʻushshāq (ff. 1a-197a).Decoration: Illustrated with 74 miniature paintings.Hand: Excellent Nastaʻlīq.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."An illustrated copy of Gāzurgāhī's Majālis al-ʻushshāq."
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldHand: Nastaʻlīq.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 1889-1953A treatise on Indian Music entitled Miftāḥ al-surūd.
Dimensions: 228 × 142 mm (size of leaf).Record origin: Emile Savage-Smith, A Descriptive Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts at St John’s College Oxford (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005)MS 122 is a heavily annotated copy of a compendium on the linguistic sciences written by al-Sakkākī. This manuscript was completed on 23 Rajab 732 = 20 April 1332.
Dimensions: 216 × 138 mm (size of leaf).Origin note: Earliest dated owner inscription from 1715.Record origin: Emilie Savage-Smith, A Descriptive Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts at St John’s College Oxford (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005).MS 370 is a complete copy of all 50 maqāmāt by al-Ḥarīrī. This copy was collated and vocalized by Jarmānūs Farḥāt (1670-1732), a Syrian grammarian.
مهر و مشتریBinding: Lacquered boards with floral decoration.Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDecoration: Carpet page, decorative borders, miniatures.Dimensions: 10 × 5⅝ in.Hand: Very distinct Nastaʻlīq.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.
نسخۀ ناسخۀ مثنويات سقيمهFull catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDecoration: Unwan.Dimensions: 10¾ × 6½ in.Hand: Nastaʻlīq.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.
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldContents: Dāstān-i Pīltan va-Pīlkan (ff. 4b-69a). Dāstān-i Fīrūz Shāh (ff. 69b-84a). Dāstān-i Rashk-i Khusravānī (ff. 84b-114a). Dāstān-i Dukhtar-i saʻlūk-i Pādishāh-i Zangbār (ff. 114b-171a).Decoration: 10 miniatures. Decorative borders etc.Dimensions: 12⅛ × 7½ in.Hand: Clear and distinct Nastaʻlīq.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.Folktales.
یوسف و زلیخاBinding: Gilt envelope binding.Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDecoration: Unwan. 3 miniatures.Hand: Clear Nastaʻlīq.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.
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldThis extensive and popular commentary on the Mūjiz composed by by Ibn al-Nafīs (d. 1288 CE) was given the title Ḥall al-Mūjiz because, according to the author, it resolves (yaḥullu) the problems and obscurities that occur in the Mūjiz. The copy was completed on 14 Ṣafar 972 AH/ 18 Sept 1564 CE by al-Laṭīf ibn Shams al-Dīn al-Ḥusaynī in the village of Maʿarr Ballīt in Syria.Leaf.
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldThis extensive and popular commentary on the Mūjiz composed by Ibn al-Nafīs (d. 1288 CE) was given the title Ḥall al-Mūjiz because, according to the author, it resolves (yaḥullu) the problems and obscurities that occur in the Mūjiz. This copy was completed in 906 AH/ 1500−1 CE in al-Madrasah al-Ikhlāṣiyah in Harāt (Herāt) by ’Abd Allāh ibn ’Abd al-Raḥmān al-Shirwānī.Leaf.
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World"This is a copy of Ḥall al-Mūjiz (The resolution of the Mūjiz) by Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Āqsarā’ī (d. 779/1379). It is an extensive and popular commentary on the Mūjizan epitome of the Ibn Sīnā’s (Avicenna's) Qānūn fī al-ṭibb composed by the Damascene physician Ibn al-Nafīs (d. 687/1288)."'This copy was completed on 9 Jumādá I 883 AH (7 Aug. 1478 CE) by ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Ḥasan al-Kātib. Written diagonally alongside the colophonin red inkis a statement providing the information that it was made in the Gawhar Shad Madrasahwhich was built in Herat in 1417-38 CE. Written diagonally on the right-hand side of the colophonthere is a statement that the volume was collated at the beginning of Jumādá II in 883 AH. Also on this folio there is a marginal note stating that on 12 Ramaḍān 988 AH (21 Oct. 1580 CE) there arrived an order from Constantinople to the effect that Jews and Christians were not to wear turbans but rather to wear high conical hats (taratir)red for Jews and black for Christiansand many turbans were removed throughout the Ottoman territories; however it resulted in many becoming ill because their heads were uncoveredsince it was in the middle of the autumn.'