Binding: Lacquered boards with floral decoration.Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDecoration: Miniatures, borders, unwan.Hand: Very clear and beautiful 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 WorldDecoration: Carpet pages, decorative borders, ten miniatures.Dimensions: 10⅜ × 7⅛ in.Hand: Large and 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.
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDecoration: Carpet page. Unwan. Miniatures. Decorative borders.Dimensions: 15¾ × 9¾ in.Hand: Small 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.
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.
Contents note: A complete copy.Hand: Small, 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.
Manuscript. Persian. Caption title on fol. 1a. Written by ʻAbbāsʻalī [illegible]. Gift of Amir Jafar and Parvindokt Hasheminejad, donated by their son, Mehdi Hasheminejad, item belonged to Amir Jafar Hasheminejad's collection and originated from Qajar era minister, Mehdi Lahooti, Badaye Negar's holdings. May 31, 2019. Written in Iran. Paper; coarse, unpolished, light greyish tan color commercial paper; black ink; catchwords. Nastaʻlīq; 10 lines in written area 13.5 x 6 cm. Fol. 1b-51a. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, [unnumbered]. Binding; thin brown leather over cardboard; leather lacking on spine. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Manuscript. Persian; first 67 leaves have Turkish translation and there is a brief poem in Ottoman Turkish at end. Title based on comparison with printed editions of Saʻdī's Gulistān. Name of scribe not indicated. Probably written in Iran. Paper; cream color lightly polished laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication; manuscript is incomplete lacking an unknown number of leaves at the beginning; leaves 1a-67b have interlinear Turkish translation and extensive marginal notes; catchwords. Nastaʻliq; 13 lines in written area Fol. 1a-134a, 2 leaves. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript. Contemporary brown leather binding with embossed center medallions.
Manuscript. Persian Title from fol. 2a. Scribe not identified. Written in Iran? Paper; unpolished cream color paper with not visible watermarks; text of fol. 1b-3a enclosed in ruled border of blue and gold, rest of manuscript is without borders; black ink with rubrication and red overlining; numerous notes, corrections, etc. written on squares of very thin blue paper and pasted over parts of the text; catchwords. Rieu, C. Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts, I, 337 Nastaʻliq; 37 lines in written area 30.5 x 14 cm. Fol. 1b-348b (incomplete). Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M95. Disbound; originally bound at top edge. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Manuscript. Persian. Title from unwan. Name of scribe not indicated. Written in Iran or India. Paper: cream color laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; elaborate unwan and gold highlighting between lines of text on first two leaves; black ink with red section titles; blue and gold borders; few marginal corrections and additions; catchwords on rectos. Nastaʻliq; 12 lines in written area 10.5 x 5.5 cm. Folios 1b-129a. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M57. Contemporary dark brown leather binding; exterior is elaborately embossed, interior embossed with gold and blue medallions in center and at corners. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Manuscript. Chagatai; some Persian. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Probably written in Iran; possibly between Tabriz and Shiraz. Paper; cream color laid paper; opening page (detached) has unwan in blue and gold; text enclosed in ruled border of blue and gold; pages divided into two columns separating the text, each framed with a blue and gold border; black ink. Nastaʻliq; 15 lines. Library of Congress. Turkic manuscript, M33. Binding; binding is dark brown leather with originally gold, now bronze color embossed medallions; front cover and opening pages completely detached; inside covers also brown leather decorated with blue medallions; end papers have grafitti. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Abstract: Collection of two treatises on uṣūl al-dīn. The first is entitled Mukhtaṣar uṣūl al-dīn in the ms. and is identical with al-Masāʼil al-khamsūn fī uṣūl al-dīn. The second, Ithbāt al-wājib, is dedicated to Ḥasan Pāshā (see fol. 22a), and is identical with Risālah fī Mabdaʼ al-awwal wa-ṣifātih (Kash al-ẓunūn. Ed. Fluegel, III, 437). Both titles appear in the ms.Binding note: Brown leather over pasteboards for upper and lower covers and envelope flap. Gold-stamped central mandorla with two pendants on the vertical axis with an outer frame made of a gold running pattern and a single fillet on upper and lower covers. Similar outer frame on the envelope flap with a small stamp on its pointe.Contents: 1. fol. 2b-18b: Mukhtaṣar uṣūl al-dīn / Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī.Contents: 2. fol. 20b-76a: Ithbāt al-wājib or: Risālah fī mabdaʼ al-awwal wa-ṣifatih / Ḥusayn al-Khalkhālī.Ms. codex.Title from note on fol. 1a (see also fol. 2a). The second title is crossed out, with the mention "Risālah fī mabdaʼ al-awwal wa-ṣifātih lil-Khalkhālī" added by another hand.Text 1 is written in small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red, 21 lines to the page, on glazed European paper with watermark, with marginal annotations by the same hand as the main text. Text 2 is written in medium small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red, with a frame made of gold, black and blue lines and an illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) in blue and gold (fol. 20b), 11 lines to the page, on glazed paper, with marginal annotations by the same hand as the main text. Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "ʻAqāʼid 19". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "ḥāʼ 91".Collation: Paper, fol. 78 ; 1¹⁶ 2⁴ 3-8⁸ 9⁸ (+2, fol. 77-78) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDecoration: Unwan. Miniatures. Decorative borders.Dimensions: 12⅞ × 7⅞ in.Hand: Small 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.