Abstract: Collection of two treatises on astronomy and astrology.Binding note: Dark brown leather over cardboards. Blind-tooled border.Contents: 1. fol. 2b-141a : Kifāyat al-taʻlīm dar ṣināʻat-i tanjīm / Muḥammad ibn Masʻūd al-Ghaznawī.Contents: 2. fol. 142b-181b : Kitāb-i S̲amarah-ʾi Baṭlamiyūs dar aḥkām-i nujūm / Muḥammad ibn Masʻūd al-Ghaznawī?.Ms. codex.Title supplied by cataloger, from the title of the first text in the collection.Physical description: European paper with watermark. Fol. 1 and 182 are later additions.Origin: According to colophons, copied in Shaʻbān 1232 June-July 1817 (fol. 141a, 181b)
Abstract: Treatise on medicine in two parts (see description of contents in the preamble of the text, fol. 3a-4b), also known as "Kifāyah-i Manṣūrī". The text is dedicated to Sulṭān Mujāhid al-Dīn Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn, i.e. Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn al-Muẓẓafarī, ruler of Fars, 786-789/1384-1387, according to the Mashhad catalogue. Rieu suggests that the dedicatee is rather Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn of Kashmīr, 823-875/1420-1470. There is no evidence however that the laqab of the latter is Mujāhid al-Dīn (Storey, C. Persian Literature).Binding note: Half bound in paper and purple cloth.Ms. codex.Title from inscription on the pastedown of the upper cover.Physical description: 17 lines per page. Written in medium small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red. Thin laid paper ; frame-ruled. Stained with water ; insect damage.Chiefly quaternions ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.Origin: The copy is not dated. The paper and the script suggest the 19th cent.Incipit: يا فتاح رب يسر وتمم بالخير بسم ... شكر وسپاس مر خالقي را كه در خلقت انساني دقايق حكمت او بي پايانستExplicit: با عسل بر ذكر طلا كنند همين عمل كند والله اعلم بالصواب تمام شد
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.
Abstract: Treatise on Arabic lexicography based on words of the Qurʼān. According to the beginning of the text, in 27 books (kitāb), arranged according to the first and last letters of a word. Incomplete at beginning and end.Binding note: Black leather (peeling) with blind tooling and stamping. Red-dyed paper pastedowns.Ms. codex.Title from spine label (horizontal).Physical description: 23 lines to the page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. The script gets larger towards the end of the copy, and tends towards nastaʻlīq. European paper with watermark.Inscription in Arabic numerals on a handmade label pasted on the upper cover: "326" (repeated in Western numerals on fol.1a).Beginning as extant: نسخه مسمى بكنز اللغات وبتوفيق قادر وهاب مرتبت بترتيب حروف ... اكنون بدانكه پيش از شروع در مقصود لا بد است از دانستن مقدمات چند اول انكه درين كتاب بقدر الوسعEnd as extant : ميخواند يغز وغزا ميكند يتموOther text on the margin on a similar topic (also incomplete at the beginning), with first bāb extant: باب الالف مع الالف انى واني واني ساعت والجمع انا انّا دريافتن كقوله تعالى غير ناظرين اناه
Abstract: Treatise on the drawing of magical squares (with numbers, letters, words, etc.) in three sections (lawḥ). This text is also attributed to Sharaf al-Dīn ʻAlī al-Yazdī (d. 858/1454).Binding note: Red leather over paper boards. Blind-stamped center and corner-pieces, with an outer frame consisting of two double-fillets.Ms. codex.Title from beginning of text (fol. 2a, l. 13).The name of the author appears at the beginning of the text (fol. 2a, l. 7) and in several squares, the latter in the form "ʻamal Yaʻqūb ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī" or "ʻamal Yaʻqūb ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭāʼūsī". See fol. 59a, 66a, 67b, 70a.Physical description: 21 lines per page. Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red, with squares, tables and circles in red, black and yellow ink. A few tables are left blank. The text is framed within a gold, black and red border, with an outer frame made of a single blue fillet. Simple illuminated headpieces in red and gold on fol. 1b, 35b and 60b. Laid paper ; glossy.Incipit: حمدى بر وفق اعداد نا متناهى مقرون تسبيح افراد وازواج مكوّنات
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.
Abstract: "Anthology of letters and short textsAbstract: concerning historical events and important figures related to IranAbstract: and Khurasān in particular. The text starts with short notes mentioning events in the history of Iran from 992 to 1006 H. (fol. 1a-b)Abstract: followed by copies of lettersAbstract: and other short texts attributed to several important figures. The text also contains what appears to be letter models or samplesAbstract: some attributed to Mīr Rūḥ Allāh (fol. 30a)Abstract: and a Fatḥnāmah-i Khurāsān (fol. 5b). On fol. 402bAbstract: beginning of a text by ʻAbd al-Razzāq ibn Isḥāq al-Samarqandī (d. 887/1482; the author's name appears on fol. 403a)Abstract: incomplete at end. On fol. 413a-418b are several short texts written by another handAbstract: including two Fatḥnāmah and a letter."Binding note: Bound in dark red leather, with flap. The covers and flap have an outer frame consisting of a guilloche outlined by fillets in gold (faded on the covers). Brown leather doublure with a frame consisting of a single fillet.Ms. codex.Title from tail of text block.Physical description: 23 lines per page. Written in medium small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red. Dark cream laid paper; glossy.Origin: The copy is not dated.Incipit (fol. 1a): 992 در ين سال نواب سلطان حمزه ميرزا در قزوين قشلاق فرمودند ... 2أٔ صورة رقعة بخط مرحوم ميرزاكانى كه به ولد شهريارى كاشى نوشته دو كلمه كه حضرتIncipit (fol. 402b): بسم ... فتح صحايف انشا وابداع وشرح لطايف املا واختراع حمد وثناى بنشى بر كمال كه بر قلم زرين مثال ... 403أ ... وبعد چنين كويد فقير حقير طالب مكارم اخلاق عبد الرزاق بن اسحق السمرقندى باب الله عليهما كه چون حكمت كامله الهى ورحمت شامله نا متناهى اقتضا فرمود
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 1889-1953
Abstract: Apparently autograph copy of a treatise in prose and verses on magic using numerals, astrology and the invocation of the names of God, comprising an introduction, seven chapters (bāb) and a conclusion (see description of content, fol. 7a). Incomplete at the beginning.Binding note: Upper and lower covers and envelope flap made of red leather over paper pasteboards. The upper and lower covers are similarly blind-tooled with a central mandorla and an outer frame made of several fillets, with small round stamps on the inner edge. The envelope flap has the same outer frame with a mandorla on its point. Doublure made of blue and yellow decorated paper.Contents: Bāb 1 : Dar ṭarīq waḍʻ aʻdād fard al-fard in table of contents, fol. 7a: Dar ṭarīq waḍʻ fard al-fard.Contents: Bāb 2 : Dar ṭarīq waḍʻ zawj al-zawj in table of contents: Dar ṭarīq zawj al-zawj.Contents: Bāb 3 : Dar ṭarīq waḍʻ zawj al-fard in table of contents: Dar ṭarīq zawj al-fard.Contents: Bāb 4 : Dar kayfīyat-i waḍʻ-i asmā dar alwāḥ bi-ṭarīq muḍmar kah ānrā taksīr-i kabīr khvānan In table of contents: ... dar ashkāl bi-ṭarīq ....Contents: Bāb 5 : Dar kayfiyat-i taksīr-i saghīr.Contents: Bāb 6 : Dar kayfiyat-i waḍʻ-i asmā dar ashkāl bi-ṭarīq muẓhar kah ānrā dhū al-kitābah khvānand.Contents: Bāb 7 : Dar sharf-i kawākib wa-sharḥ wa-kayfīyat-i aʻmāl-i ān.Ms. codex.Title from beginning of text (fol. 7a, l. 3).For the date 608 H. associated with the author, see fol. 1a, l. 2-3. al-Būnī (Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, d. 622/1225) is quoted in the text. However Ḥajjī Khalīfah mentions a Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ilyās al-Ḥanafī, fl. 912/1506 or 7 (ed. Fluegel, vol. III, p. 190, no. 4872).15 lines per page. Poetry in two columns. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Paper with laid lines visible (frame-ruled, 102 mm.). Contains magic squares and tables. A few marginal notes. Foliation using Arabic numerals (starts with "4" on fol. 2a). On fol. 175b : several inscriptions and magical tables. On a piece of paper pasted on the lower cover, inscription in Arabic: "(al-jafr al-ḥarfī) Miftāḥ al-maqāṣid bi-al-Fārisīyah qaṭʻ al-thaman al-kabīr al-masṭarah 15 khaṭṭ Fārisī katabahu Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ilyās sanah 609 (909 lā 609)".On the pastedown of the upper cover, small label with the inscription "12" in Arabic numerals ; label with the inscription: "ELS no. next line, in Arabic characters Miftāḥ al-maqāṣid next line, in Arabic characters fārisī next line, in Western numerals 909". Same label on the pastedown of the lower cover, adding "ELS no. 110".Copied by the author Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ilyās, on 4 Shawwāl 609 (colophon, fol. 175a). According to a label on the pastedown of the upper cover and a note on a paper pasted on the lower cover, this should be read as 909. This later date appears to be more likely.Incipit: كه مدّت بيست(؟) سال در اقطار عالم مسافرت كردم وبخدمت بسياري از كمال(؟) اولياExplicit: (الهى تا دانى بنرياد برس(؟
Abstract: Leaf from the Manāfiʻ al-ḥayawān, with a miniature depicting two crows, one of which stands on a rock, and a fruiting tree in the background.Ms. leaf.Title from heading.Physical description: 13 lines per page; written in medium naskh in black on tan Arabic paper. Text framed in double red lines. Rubrication and catchwords. Heading in large, dark blue Kufic script. Lower outer corner repaired. On verso is a miniature measuring 110 x 96 mm.Origin: According to Moghadam, the leaf is from the late 13th century; likely from Iran.
Binding: 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.