Abstract: Treatise on uṣūl al-fiqh; incomplete at beginning.Binding note: Limp black leather.Ms. codex.Title supplied by cataloger, per Mach and Ormsby.Physical description: 23 lines per page; written in cramped nastaʻliq with elements of shikastah in black on blue glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Marginal damp-staining. First two and last two leaves particularly ragged, torn, and stained.Origin: Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1226 H November-December 1811, by Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī Aṣghar (leaf 129a).Incipit (1a, line 9): وسيلة اعلم انه اختلف الاصوليون في استعمال المشترك في اکثر من معنى
Abstract: Vaqıf document. Signatures and stamps of three judges on fol. 1a; witnesses listed on fol. 10b.Binding note: Full brown leather with flap; gold-stamped central mandorla and fillets.Ms. codex.Physical description: 11 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on heavy glazed, laid European paper. Catchwords. Some staining and smudging. In good condition.Decoration: On fol. 1b, illuminated unvan in gold and color. Text framed in double gold lines; phrase stops in the shape of gold disks with red and blue dots.Origin: 15 Muḥarram 1162 H 5 January 1749 (fol. 9b).
Abstract: Commentary on the work of al-Shahīd al-Awwal, completed in Iṣfahān, 6 Jumādá I, 1055 H (leaf 254b).Binding note: Limp, gold-painted leather with marbled paper doublures.Ms. codex.Title from leaf 2a, line 3.Physical description: 18 lines per page; written in casual nastaʻliq in black on machine-made paper. Rubrication and catchwords.Origin: 8 Rajab 1267 H 9 May 1851, by Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad (leaf 254b).Incipit: نحمدك ىا من اوضح لنا مناهج الوصول الى علم الاصول
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.
Manuscript. Persian. Marginalia dated 1827. Title from final section (daftar 7). Name of scribe not indicated. Probably written in India. Paper; (main section) light cream color unpolished laid paper; no visible chain lines or watermarks; unwans in gold, blue and green had the head of each daftar; text inclosed in ruled border of three lines in blue and red; black ink with rubrication; page divided into two colums with surrounding commentary; catchwords on rectos; (introduction and daftar 7) coarse laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; 15 lines; no borders; black ink with some rubrication. Nastaʻliq; main section, 18 lines in written area 18.5 x 8.2 cm, introductory and daftar 7 15 lines in written area 15.5 x 9 cm. Introduction folios 1b-8a; main section 8b-387b; final section (daftar 7) 388b-449b. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M71. Nineteenth century red morocco leather binding with small gold medallions front and back; on spine: Nawab Babu, Mumtazum Nissa, Begum sahbah. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Binding: Yellow and red goatskin, covered in lacquer, painted with birds, flowers and butterflies. Rebacked.Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldContents: Muḥammad ʻAṣṣār Tabrīzī, Mihr va-Mushtarī (ff. 1b-260a, centre columns). Ghazālī Mashhadī, Naqsh-i badīʻ (ff. 260b-287a). Saʻdī, Khulāṣah-ʼi Būstān (ff. 287b-298b). Niẓāmī Ganjavī, Khusraw va-Shīrīn (ff. 3b-270a, margin column).Decoration: Unwan. 9 miniatures. Decorative borders etc.Dimensions: 10 × 5⅝ 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 1889-1953.4 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry and love poetry
Abstract: Treatise on uṣūl al-fiqh; incomplete at end.Binding note: Half leather with paper covers; back cover detached.Ms. codex.Title from leaf 1b, line 9.Physical description: 15 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq with elements of shikastah in black on glazed, laid European paper. Some of the paper is dyed blue or orange-yellow. Rubrication and catchwords. Leaves 130b-133b are blank. Some staining; edges are roughly cut.Origin: Likely 19th century, before 1840.Incipit: الحمد لله الذي تنزهت حقيقته عن مجازية العقول القادسة
Abstract: Treatise on uṣūl al-fiqh.Binding note: Full brown leather with blind-stamped central mandorla, pendants, and fillets; black paper doublures.Ms. codex.Spine title.Manuscript erroneously foliated beginning on the second leaf. Record follows erroneous foliation.Physical description: 23 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq with elements of shikastah in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Some damp-staining, particularly toward end of manuscript, causing blurring of text on a few pages. A few repairs, with loss of text along the lower edge on leaf 6.Incipit: القسم الاول في قواعد الاصول الفقهية و فىه مقاصد المقصد الاول في الحکم
Abstract: Two glosses on Shiʻite law texts.Binding note: Three-quarter leather with marbled paper covers; salmon paper doublures.Ms. codex.Title from leaves 3b, 36b.Physical description: 21 lines per page; written in small naskh (text 1) and nastaʻliq (text 2) on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Leaves 51-81 dyed yellow. Rubrication and catchwords; a few marginal notes. First leaf detached. Marginal damp-staining.Origin: Text 1, 8 Shaʻbān 1020 H 16 October 1611 (leaf 36a). Text 2, 3 Jumādá II 1022 H 21 July 1613, by Ibn Muḥammad ... ʻAlī Riḍā (leaf 81b).1. leaves 3b-36a: Ḥāshiyat Shaykh Zayn al-Dīn Shahīd Thānī bar Alfīyah.2. leaves 36b-81a: Ḥāshiyat Shaykh ʻAlī bar Mukhtaṣar nāfiʻ.
Abstract: Treatise on Shiʻite fiqh, preceded and followed by notes and extracts on leaves 1a-2a, 105a-108b.Binding note: Full black leather with blind-stamped central mandorla.Ms. codex.Title from leaf 2b, line 7.Physical description: 21 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords; extensive interlinear and marginal notes. Extensive damp staining. Spine is broken and a few leaves are detached.Origin: 10 Rajab 960 H 22 June 1553 in Mashhad, by Ibrāhīm ibn ʻAlī al-Ḥasanī al-Kūrasarjī ? al-Ṭabasī (leaf 104b).Incipit: الحمد لله المتفرد بالقدم والدوام المتنزه عن مشابهة الاعراض والاجسام
Abstract: "Gloss on al-Shahīd al-Thānī's commentary on al-Lumʻah al-Dimashqīyah."Binding note: Full black leather with blind-stamped central mandorla, pendants, and fillets; yellow paper doublures.Ms. codex.Title from leaf 1a by a later hand.Physical description: 20 lines per page; written in small nastaʼliq in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords; marginal notes.Origin: Text completed Ramaḍān 1104 H May-June 1693; this copy completed Ramaḍān 1238 H May-June 1823 in Iṣfahān, by Ibn Muḥammad ʻAlī al-Lāhijī (leaf 228b).Incipit: الحمد لله ... في الحاشية ما کان متعلقة عاما اي من الافعال العامة
Binding note: Half-leather binding with flap; pasted boards with marbled paper.Contents: 1. fol. 1a-29b: Revnak ül-bustan. A work on gardening by Inayet Efendi, also known as Felâhatname.Contents: 2. fol. 33b-36a: Magical formulas.Contents: 3. fol. 38a-41b: Medicinal recipes.Ms. codex.Title from fol. 2b.Physical description: 20-23 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq script in black on white paper. Headings and overlinings in red; text on fol. 2b-29b bordered by red frame. Fol. 1b-2a contain a simple gold illumination and are framed in gold. Foliation written by a later hand is incorrect. Fol. 30a-33a, 36b-37b, 42 blank.Origin: Text 1 copied in Athens in 1009 A.H. (1600 or 1601) (fol. 29b); author is from Edirne (fol. 1a).