1. Būstān

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 303Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.163b, copying completed in the year 989 [1581 or 1582] in Qazvīn.Binding: Pasteboard (quite thin) covered in dark brown leather; Type III binding (without flap); upper and lower covers bear a gold-tooled central crosshatched diamond figure with emanating vertical lines that evoke pendants; doublures covered in orange paper; initial and final leaves covered in blue marbled paper; likely not the original binding since traces of a flap are found on fol.1a; in good condition.Support: non-European (Persian) laid paper with laid lines running horizontally at roughly 8 laid lines per cm., chain lines running vertically and evenly spaced 30 mm. apart.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece on incipit page (fol.1b) consists of two rectangular panels; the lower panel contains an empty gold cartouche on a lapis lazuli field flanked by two palmettes and vegetal accents, dominant colors are gold, red, light blue, white; upper panel features a semi-circular piece protruding through the top of the panel, executed in gold, black, red, lapis lazuli, and reddish-brown and decorated with vegetal designs including gold vines and flowers in light blue, red, pink, and some yellow; text is bordered by frame in red (reddish-orange), green, black, and gold; frame of incipit page adds light blue band and eliminates green band; text of incipit and facing pages is decorated with gold cloud-bands; text on all pages following the incipit and facing pages is set in a field of light blue flecked with gold; hemistiches are separated by two fine golden bands; text partially rubricated with headings in red and yellow (or gold), now faded.Script: Nasta‘līq; single hand.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page; single column of text, each line comprising a verse of poetry, with the two hemstitches of each verse divided by two thin, golden, bands.Collation: 20 IV (160), II (164); chiefly quaternions with one binion; catchwords lacking; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (referenced in cataloguing).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads: "تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب على يد الفقير الحقير المحتاج الى رحمة الله الغني عزيز في شهور سنة ۹۸۹ بدار السلطنة القزوين"Explicit: "جز اين اعتمادم بيارى تست اميدم به آمرزگارى تست بضاعت نيارم الا اميد خدايا ز عفوم مكن نااميد"Incipit: " بنام خداوند جان آفرين حكيم سخن در زبان آفرين خداوند بخشنده دسنگير كريم خطابخش و پوزش پذير"Title from preface fol.5a.Ms. codex.Fine copy of Saʻdī's Būstān. Description provided by Derek Mancini-Lander.

2. Daftar-i chahārum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.4Origin: As appears in colophon on p.541, transcription completed Rajab 1070 [March-April 1660].Accompanying materials: a. Recycled card with note "Exchange - note of previous owner | College of Fort William (India)" -- b. Card with note describing contents "(MS) روضة الصفا | rowẓatt al-ṣafā | vol.4 | Date: 1070 AH (1651 ±)" -- c. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- d. Scrap with title and date in ink "Rawḍat al-Safā | vol. 4 AH 1075 ?"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.4Binding: Boards covered in light brown leather decorated in "marble calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather, gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 4" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over recessed cords ; Western style worked endbands, fair condition ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion and deterioration of leather, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, curving) and chain lines only faintly visible, cloudy formation, somewhat thin though sturdy, beige to light brown in color, well-burnished ; some breakage and minor pest damage (with repairs).Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of three inverted commas, etc. (in red) ; occasional overlining in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a medium line ; serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline and tilt to the right, elongation and somewhat exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing in strokes or conjoined dots (for two and three dots).Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 33 IV(264), IV-2 (370), i ; exclusively quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black strokes in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and the lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," triangulare, reads "تمت المجلد الرابع بعون الله تعالى وحسن توفيقه والحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على نبيه محمد واله اجمعين الطيبين الطاهرين تحريرا فى شهر رجب المرجب سنه ۱۰۷۰ هجرى"Incipit: "فهرست نسخه سعادات ابدی و دیباجه مجموعه کرامات سرمدی ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.3).Ms. codex.Fine copy of the fourth volume, addressing the dynasties contemporary with the ʻAbbāsids, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498).

3. Daftar-i duvvum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.2Origin: As appears in colophon on p.1156 (and in inscription on inner front flyleaf, p.1), latter section (p.679 to close) copied by Sayyid Mihr ʻAlī ʻAẓīmābādī with transcription completed 19 Shawwāl 1241 [ca. 27 May 1826]. Opening section likely copied around the same time.Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- b. Slip with note "12-29-65 Mr. Partington just brought in these 2 v. of MSS D" -- c. Scrap with note in black ink "Rawḍat al-Safā vol. 2 AH 1241"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.2Binding: Boards covered in light orange-brown leather decorated in "marbled calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in a light-blue surface-dyed wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather, gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 2" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; worked Western style endbands in fair condition with tailband detaching ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and deterioration of leather, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper of two main types ; opening type (carrying pp.9-678) with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical, somewhat indistinct, some curving) and chain lines irregularly visible, somewhat cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, burnished, dark cream in color ; opening three leaves and leaves carrying p.679 to close mainly in a paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, somewhat indistinct, curving) and no chain lines clearly visible, somewhat cloudy formation, sturdy, well-burnished, cream in color.Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated ; overlining and occasional textual dividers in the form of three dots also in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; two main hands ; opening three leaves (pp.4-8) and final section (pp.679-1156) supplied in a fine hand in a medium line, serifless and compact with elements of shikastah, effect of words descending to baseline and tilt to the right, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots ; text of pp.9-678 in another much finer nastaʻlīq, serifless and spacious with horizontal strokes in a heavy line, somewhat exaggerated contrast in thickness of horizontal and vertical strokes, effect of words gently descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV+2 (10), 56 IV(458), IV+2 (468), 13 IV(572), III (578), ii ; almost exclusively quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of oblique black strokes in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and the lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf (through p.678) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," reads "تم المجلد الثانی ... بتاریخ نوزدهم شهر شوال سنه ۱۲۴۱ یکهزار و دو صد و چهل و یک تحریر على ید المذنب المحتاج سید مهر علی عظیم آبادی غفر الله له وستر عیوبهم وسلم تسلیما ..."Incipit: "عنوان صحیفه مرادات و فهرست مجموعه حادثات ..."Title from inscription on inner flyleaf (p.1).Ms. composite codex.Fine copy of the second volume, addressing the Prophet and al-Khulafāʼ al-Rāshidūn, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498).

4. Hâzâ Şerh-i Vaṣṣāf

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 384Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. suggest 18th century. Statement in red ink accompanied by dated seal impression on 'title page' (p.3) provides a terminus ante quem of 1846 (i.e. 12 Jumādá II 1262 = ca. 8 May 1846).Former shelfmark: "584 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap), likely two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges barely visible at spine) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in an elegant marbled paper (mainly in red and dark blue or green) ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. NSd 7) and pendants, as well as a tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps evoking guilloché roll in gold ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in deep pink and pale yellow (or cream), good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with flap fully detached, some staining, minor abrasion, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian) and European laid paper of several types ; first half of codex mainly in non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (mainly vertical, fairly distinct) and occasional chain lines visible, quite thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream in color ; second half of the codex in several European laid papers, mainly with raisin watermarks including paper with 11-12 laid lines per cm. (mainly horizontal), chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart (mainly vertical) and watermarks of grapes under name and crown (see p.546, 552, etc.) and names (see p.542, 550, etc.) and paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of grapes under crown (see p.714, etc.) ; flyleaves in European laid paper (watermark of lion guardant visible in front flyleaf, p.2) ; significant breakthrough at frames (border at inner margin toward gutter in practically every leaf in the first four gatherings) ; leaf carrying p.471-472 delaminating.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4, consisting of scalloped w-shaped piece with central gold cartouche (carrying the title in white "هذا شرح وصاف") surrounded by swirling floral vegetal composition in gold, pink, light blue, white, orange, red, etc. on a pale gold ground, surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in dark blue with gold accents, entire piece set in a well consisting of bands of red with white accents, white with dark blue accents, and heavy gold interlace with red and white accents ; other similar illuminated headpieces at the openings of other sections on p.262 and 444 ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by heavy "gold" frame defined by black fillets, elsewhere written area surrounded by narrower gold frame black fillets ; keywords rubricated ; passages being commented upon (matn of Tārīkh-i Vaṣṣāf) overlined in red ; textual dividers in the form of red discs.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with slight effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, elongated horizontal strokes, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 27 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 34 V(340), IV (348), VI (360), IV+1 (369), i ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; page between first and second volume left blank (p.261) ; quire numbering in the form of Hindu-Arabic numerals in black ink, recto of opening leaf of each from the second ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inner front flyleaf and skips two pages each between pp.83-84, 103-104, 353-354).Explicit: "العباد شايان اولدوغى كبى ومثل هذا التسهيل قد سهل الله سبحانه وتعالى علينا ما رمناه من المقاصد الغالية والحمد كل الحمد لربنا رب المبدعات من العشرة العالية ... ونستغفره ونتوب اليه ونسأله العفو والعاقبة انه هو البر الرحيم تم"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي رفع سبع طباق الخضراء بغير عمد ترونها واوحى بمقتضى حكمته في كل سماء امرها ... وبعد دل ارباب ذوى اللب والالباب ... كه بوندن اقدم شهرت يافتۀ اشتهار آفتاب عالمتاب اولان تاريخ وصاف عبارات مشكله وفقرات معضله ولغات عربيۀ مختلفه يعنى عربيه وفارسيه وچاغتالى ومغلى وخوارزمى ومصطلحات علوم صرف ونحو وعروض ومسيقى وايقاع وهندسه وحساب ومنطق وحكمت وكلام وساير مصطلح غريب اوزرينه ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening (p.4).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the commentary by Bagdatlı Nazmizade Hüseyin Murtaza Efendi (d.1721 or 2?) on Vaṣṣāf’s Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-aʻṣār or Tārīkh-i Vaṣṣāf, a history of the Īlkhāns intended as a continuation of ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn ʻAṭā Malik Juvaynī’s (d.1283) Tārīkh-i Jahāngushā (Jahān-gushāy) and renowned for its form and style. Several volumes in one. Contributions to the cataloguing from Eren Miyasoğlu and Hossein Mottaghi.

5. Ikhtiyārāt-i badīʻī

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 670Origin: As appears in colophon on p.753, copied by ʻImād ibn Muḥamad ʻImād. Date of transcription not specified. Paper, decoration, etc. suggests 16th or early 17th century. Ownership statement provides a terminus ante quem of 1629.Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas.Former shelfmark: From upper board lining and spine label, "IL 9" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap, now fully detached) ; currently two piece binding (overlapping flanges visible at spine, may represent repair / reback) ; board linings in peach laid paper, hinges in yellow paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (and once gold-painted) scalloped mandorla filled with vegetal composition (compare Déroche class. OAi 7) set off by gold-painted strokes, tooled rosettes and chain border ; design continues on flap ; sewn in golden yellow thread, two stations, sewing failing ; worked endbands in golden yellow and metallic threads, only primaries and core with a few threads of headband remain, primaries sewn through textile spine lining ; overall in somewhat poor condition with flap fully detached from lower cover, cover almost fully detached from text block at spine except for intact primaries at headband, extensive abrasion, some lifting and losses of leather, etc. ; extensive repairs (also damaged) in brown leather including edging (which has been tooled in a series of s-shaped stamps) on upper and lower covers as well as head and tail of fore edge flap and likely reback ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, fairly straight) and chain lines (possibly grouped in pairs) occasionally visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; back flyleaf in European laid paper with anchor in circle watermark.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.30 consisting of rectangular piece with almond-shaped gold cartouche carrying title and flanking pieces all evoking bookcover design, set in field of dark blue with delicate vegital motifs in gold, green, red, white, light blue and yellow, bordered in band of dark blue with white crosses and dots flanked by two narrow gold bands ; written area and ruled margins surrounded by gold frame with outermost blue rule, narrower gold band defines central written area and triangular accents on margins within (occasionally filled with floral motifs) ; keywords rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of three dots in redScript: Nastaʻlīq ; small compact Persianate hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with slight effect of inclination to the left and of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dotsLayout: Written in 51 lines per page, 17 lines in central written area and 34 lines of gloss on the diagonal in the ruled margins ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV-2 (6), 21 IV (174), IV+1 (183), III (189), III+1 (196), 2 III (202), 5 IV (248), III + 1 (255), 14 IV (372), III-1 (376), i ; leaves between opening contents listing and opening of text originally left blank (pp.21-29) ; middle of the quire marks in the form of ه (numeral khamsah or letter hāʼ) in black ink in the upper outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals from pp.353-377 and in black ink from pp.379-753, beginning with Arabic numeral 38 ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," mainly Arabic, reads "تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب والحمد لله اولا واخرا وظاهرا وباطنا وصلى الله على محمد واله الطيبين وعترته الطاهرين اجمعين وسلم تسليما كثيرا كثيرا على يد الفقير الحقير تراب اقدام الفضلا عماد بن محمد عماد ... گر بهم برزده بینی خط من عیب مکن که مرا محنت ایام بهم برزده است"Incipit: [matn] "بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم رب سهل و تمم بالخیر الحمد لمن وفقنا امداد حمد بی عد و اعداد سپاس بی قیاس مبدعی را که آثار ابداع او بر هر ورقی از اوراق و شجری از اشجار سمت ..." ; [ḥashiyah] "و به نستعين حمد و سپاس عتاری را جل جلاله و عم نواله و عظم شانه ..."Title from rubricated inscription on 'title page' (p.29).Ms. codex.Fine copy of a work of materia medica (pharmacopoeia) by ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Anṣārī known as Ḥājjī Zayn al-ʻAṭṭār (d.1403 or 4) with extensive gloss on the margins. Opens with acephalous contents listing (p.1-21). Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.

6. Jild-i avval-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.1Origin: As appears in colophon on p.574 (see also inscription on p.3), copied by Sayyid Mihr ʻAlī Raz̤avī with transcription completed 4 Rabīʻ I 1241 [ca. 17 October 1825].Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- b. Slip with notes characterizing contents of the entire manuscript (all 8 volumes) in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "M.O. 8. Rawẓat al-ṣafā in 8 volumes. Several copied in 1241 by Sayyid Mahdī Qulī (?) Riẓavī. Vol 4 dated 1070. Vol.7 is dated 1250. Vol.8 is dated 1099. (last folio bound upside down)" -- c. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- d. Partially damaged slip with notes [in hand of Elinor M. Husselman ?] describing contents "[Muḥammad] ibn Khāvand Shāh, ... Mīr Khvānd. Rawẓat al-ṣafā. A general history from creation. 8 v. (v. 7 here ?) of varying ... and hands. 19th cent. ... MS. in Mich. Collection #15"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.1Binding: Boards covered in light orange-brown leather decorated in "marble calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in a light-blue surface-dyed wove paper ; spine in green and brown leather (now detached) gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA I" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; Western style worked endbands, damaged with tailband core split and headband detaching and core split ; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion and deterioration of leather, spine leather fully detached (exposing printed wasted lining) ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Indian, "هندوستانی" i.e. "Hindūstānī" according to note on front flyleaf, p.3) laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct, curved) and faint chain lines occasionally visible, some inclusions, somewhat thin and transluscent though sturdy, dark cream in color, well-burnished.Decoration: Keywords, headings and abbreviation symbols (mainly two-teeth stroke above keywords) rubricated ; some overlining also in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq with elements of shikastah ; fine hand in a thin line ; serifless and compact with effect of words descending to baseline and tilt to the right, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing casual and in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 2 (2), 22 IV(178), IV+1 (187), 11 IV(275), V (285), 2 (287), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "هذا تمام شد جلد اول روضة الصفا بتاریخ چهارم شهر ربیع الاول سنه ۱۲۴۱ ... تحریر نمود بخط خام سید مهر [؟] علی رضوی فقط"Incipit: "زیب فهرست نسخه مفاخر انبیاء عالی مکان ..."Title from heading of table of contents on p.5 and colophon on p.574.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the first volume, addressing the creation to Yazdegerd, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498). Table of contents at opening (pp.5-8).

7. Jild-i hashtum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.7Origin: As appears in colophon on p.164 (and inscription on inner front flyleaf, p.1), transcription completed 24 Rabīʻ I 1250 [ca. 31 July 1834]. Likely executed by copyist responsible for volumes 1, 3 and possibly 2 of this set, Sayyid Mihr ʻAlī Raz̤avī (سيد مهر على رضوى ).Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- b. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- c. Scrap with title and date in ink "Rawḍat al-Ṣafā | vol. 7 AH 1250"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.7Binding: Boards covered in light orange-brown leather decorated in "marbled calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in light-blue surface-dyed wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather, gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 7" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; Western style worked endbands, good condition ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion and deterioration of leather, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, curved) and rare chain lines faintly visible, fairly transluscent though sturdy, cream in color, well-burnished ; flyleaves in European wove paper.Decoration: Keywords, headings and abbreviation symbols (mainly two-teeth strokes over certain keywords) rubricated ; written area surrounded by red double rule-border (except for pp.103-110, 115 to close) ; overlining in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq with elements of shikastah ; large, fine hand in a thin line ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline and tilt to the right, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing casual and in strokes rather than distinct dots (for two and three dots).Layout: Written in 13 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 9 IV(72), V (82), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inner flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "تمت جلد السابع روضة الصفا بتاریخ بیست چهارم شهر ربیع الاول سنه ۱۲٥٠ هجری"Incipit: "خاتمه در بدایع و صنایع و آنچه نکاشته کلک قدرت اوست ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the final (typically eighth) volume or Khātimah of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498) and completed by his nephew Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn Khvāndamīr (d.1535). Appears to lack the closing panegyric for Mīr ʻAlī Shīr Navāʼī (Ali Şir Nevai, d.1501). Apparently when the set of manuscripts now comprising Isl. Ms. 860 v.1-v.8 was compiled, this manuscript was mistaken for a copy of the section of the work addressing Sulṭān Ḥusayn Bāyqarā and his sons to 929 [1522-3] (typically found in the seventh volume). Title in colophon and an inscription on the inner front flyleaf (p.1) providing the title, contents, etc. identifies this as the seventh volume but the contents (even as described) are clearly that of the Khātimah or what is typically the eighth volume.

8. Jild-i panjum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.5Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; dated seal impression provides only rough terminus ante quem of 1723 ; paper, etc. may suggest late 17th century.Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- b. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.5Binding: Boards covered in light orange-brown leather decorated in "marbled calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in light-blue surface-dyed wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather, gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 5" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over recessed cords ; Western style worked endbands, fair condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with minor abrasion and deterioration of leather, spine leather detaching, minor delamination of boards, etc.Support: non-European (Persian) laid paper (characterized in inscription on inner front flyleaf (p.3) as "كاغذ ایرانی") with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, curving) and chain lines occasionally visible, dark cream to beige in color, thin and sturdy, well-burnished.Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a thin line ; serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline and tilt to the right, elongation and somewhat exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 3 VI(36), V+1 (47), 2 VI(71), 3 (74), 5 VI(134), II (138), VI (150), V+1 (161), 2 VI(185), V+1 (196), VI (208), IV-1 (215), ii ; chiefly senions ; sewing difficult to examine but middle of the quire marks in the form of black strokes appear in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Incipit: "آرایش دیباجه مناقب و تاثیر [سلاطین] رفیع مقدار ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the fifth volume, addressing Chingiz Khān and his successors to the time of Tīmūr, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498).

9. Jild-i shishum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.6Origin: Lacks dated colophon (i.e. colophon does not specify date of transcription) though ownership statement and seal impression in name of Mīr Jumlah provide terminus ante quem of roughly 1663 ; paper, hand, etc. would suggest 17th century.Accompanying materials: a. Card with description in pencil "rowẓat al-ṣafā | (MS) | vol. 6 (pages unnumbered) | Date: 1118 AH [crossed out]" -- b. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- c. Slip with note "'Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.6Binding: Boards covered in light orange brown leather decorated in "marbled calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in light blue-green surface-dyed wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather, gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 6" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; worked Western style endbands, in fair condition though headband is detaching ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion and deterioration of leather, upper cover and spine leather detaching, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper ; mainly a type with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, some curving) and irregular chain lines faintly visible, thin and crisp though sturdy, dark cream to beige in color, well-burnished ; minor pest damage ; several repairs.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.6 consisting of rectangular piece with basmalah surrounded by gold 'cloud-bands' with blue accents, surmounted by scalloped dome with floral vegetal decoration in blue, lavender, red, etc. on a gold ground, set into a well of red and gold bands bordering a series of blue crosses ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by frame of gold and red bands with outermost blue rule ; illuminated marginal decoration in a band of gold vegetal design on incipit and facing page ; written area elsewhere surrounded by triple rule-border in red and blue fillets ; keywords and headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a bold line ; serifless with effect tilt to the right, slight effect of words descending to baseline, exaggerated thickness and elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct or conjoined dots, letterforms spaciously arranged though medium in size.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 64 IV(512), IV-1 (519), ii ; exclusively quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black oblique strokes in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and the lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and skips two pages each between pp.609-610 and 893-894).Colophon: "Scribal," reads "تمت کتابت الکتاب عن دفتر السادس من روضة الصفا"Incipit: "جواهر حمد و سپاس و لالی شکر بی قیاس ..."Title from inscription on front flyleaf (p.1) and inscription on 'title page' (p.5).Ms. codex.Fine copy of the sixth volume, addressing Tīmūr and his successors to the death of Abū Saʻīd, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498).

10. Jild-i sivvum-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.3Origin: As appears in colophon on p.372 (and in inscription on inner front flyleaf, p.3), copied by Sayyid Mihr ʻAlī Raz̤avī (who also executed the transcription for vol.1, Isl. Ms. 860 v.1) with transcription completed 9 Rajab 1241 [ca. 17 February 1826].Accompanying materials: Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- b. Scrap with "Rawḍat al-Safā | vol.3 A.H. 1241" between pp.174-175.Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.3Binding: Boards covered in light orange-brown leather decorated in "marble calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in a light-blue surface-dyed wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 3" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; Western style worked endbands, fairly good condition though core of headband is split ; overall in poor condition with abrasion and deterioration of leather, upper cover fully detached, spine leather detaching, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian) laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct, curved) and faint chain lines occasionally visible, some inclusions, somewhat thin and transluscent though sturdy, dark cream in color, well-burnished ; some staining and minor pest damage (with repairs).Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of three 'dots' in red ; written area surrounded by triple rule-border (black fillet between two red fillets).Script: Nastaʻlīq with elements of shikastah ; fine hand in a thin line ; serifless and compact with effect of words descending to baseline and tilt to the right, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing casual and in strokes rather than distinct dots (for two and three dots).Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 2 (2), 23 IV(186), ii ; exclusively quaternions with added leaves carrying table of contents ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, mainly in Arabic, reads "تمت المجلد الثالث بعون الله وحسن توفیقه الحمد لله رب العالمین بتاریخ نهم شهر رجب المرجب سنه احدی واربعین و مائتین بعد الالف ... احقر العباد سید مهر علی رضوی ..."Incipit: "حمد و ثنای که سبحان ملاء اعلی از اداء شمسه ازان عاجز آنید ..."Title from inscription on inner front flyleaf (p.3).Ms. codex.Fine copy of the third volume, addressing the twelve Imāms, the Umayyads and the ʻAbbāsids, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498). Table of contents at opening (pp.5-8).

11. Khātimah-ʼi Tārīkh-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.8Origin: As appears in colophon on p.279, transcription completed 12 Jumādá I 1095 [ca. 27 April 1684] (where numeral khamsah looks like reverse B).Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- b. Scrap with inscription in ink describing contents "Rawḍat al-Safā vol. 6 [crossed through] 8 A.H. 1089" -- c. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes".Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.8Binding: Boards covered in light brown leather perhaps once decorated in "marbled calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in a dark blue wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather, gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 8" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over four recessed cords ; worked Western style endbands, fairly good condition ; overall in fair condition though with deterioration of treated leather, joints splitting, etc. ; repairs to joints in light brown leather.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper of two main types ; opening (through p.98) in a type with 6-7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct) and single chain lines occasionally visible, thin and transluscent though quite sturdy, buff to beige in color, well-burnished ; thereafter (p.98 to close) in a type with 6 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat distinct) and single chain lines faintly visible, cloudy formation, somewhat thick, sturdy, burnished, beige in color ; some pest damage, staining and tide lines.Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated ; overlining in red ; textual dividers in the form of inverted commas.Script: Naskh and nastaʻlīq ; two elegant and compact Persianate hands ; opening through p.98 in naskh, partially but irregularly seriffed with slight effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, kāf mashkūlah (mashqūqah) preferred, pointing (for two and three dots) in strokes rather than distinct dots, closed and open counters ; p.99 to close in fine nastaʻlīq, serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation and somewhat exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 23 and 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 6 IV(48), IV-1 (55), 5 IV(95), IV-1 (102), 4 IV(134), IV-3 (139), ii ; exclusively quaternions ; quite tightly bound with sewing difficult to examine but middle of the quire marks in the form of black oblique strokes appear in the four outer corners of the central opening of each gathering ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inner flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," reads "السلام تاریخ شد تمام بتاریخ ١٢ شهر جمادى الاول سنه ١٠٩٥"Explicit: "سیر فلک یاد بکامش مدام نامه امید بنامش تمام"Incipit: "خاتمه در بدایع و صنایع و آنچه نکاشته کلک قدرت اوست ..."Title from rubricated heading at opening on p.4.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the eighth volume or Khātimah of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498) and completed by his nephew Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn Khvāndamīr (d.1535).

12. Kitāb Nuzhat al-qulūb

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 274Origin: As appears in colophon at close on p.542, copied by Muḥammad Zamān ibn Sayyid Murād al-Ḥusaynī with transcription completed 5 Shaʻbān 1051 [ca. 9 November 1641].Accompanying materials: Scrap with notes between pp.416-417.Former shelfmark: "534 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil and "5/3" in ink on 'title page' (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards (quite heavy) faced in light brown leather and edged in dark red leather (leather faced and edged binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in brown leather ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped (with recessed paper onlays) mandorla, pendants and cornerpieces (each filled with vegetal composition) ; sewn in dark blue thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with much abrasion, delamination, staining, moisture damage, lifting and losses of leather, shrinkage, etc.Support: non-European (Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct, some curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, sturdy though crisp and transluscent, quite well-burnished, some inclusions.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ ) at opening on p.2 consisting of small rectangular panel carrying the basmalah surrounded by gilt cloud-bands and flanked by swirling floral vegetal pattern in green, pink, lavender, yellow, white, etc. on fields of gold, surmounted by larger rectangular panel evoking book cover design with empty gold central cartouche (or mandorla) flanked by pendants and surrounded by swirling floral vegetal pattern on a lapis lazuli ground, surmounted by a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with the same floral vegetal designs on fields of lapis lazuli and gold ; entire piece surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and set into a well of gold with black vegetal design ; written area surrounded by frame consisting of innermost gold band flanked by black fillets with outermost red and blue rules ; keywords and some abbreviation symbols (stroke above notable words, etc.) rubricated ; overlining in red ; textual dividers in the form of inverted commas and discs in red ; numerous tables and line diagrams in red and black (see p.30, 64, 65, 67-69, 70, 71, 72, 83, 344, 346) ; two maps (including world with 7 iqlīms, seas, cities, locales, etc. see p.340-341 and p.496-497).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand, characteristically serifless and with descent of words to baseline, exaggerated thickness of elongated horizontal strokes ; Arabic excerpts in a compact, elegant naskh, fairly vertical and adhering to baseline ; occasional vocalization.Layout: Written in 19 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: 34 IV (272), I (274) ; almost exclusively quaternions ; lacuna on pp.28-29 (pages left partially blank) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips two pages between pp.33-34).Colophon: "Scribal," reads "تم الكتابة على يد الفقير محمد زمان ابن سيد مراد الحسيني ستر عيوبهما وغفر ذنوبهما في خامس شهر شعبان سنه ١٠٥١ تم تم تم تم تم تم"Explicit: "و ختم سخن و دعا را برين كلمات اختصار رفت ... نجز الكتاب والحمد لله اولا واخرا وظاهرا وباطنا وصلى الله على محمد المصطفى طاهرا وافيا والسلام"Incipit: "چون واهب مواهب بى علت علت كلمته كه مبدع محژعات ومحژع مبدعاتست ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the important cosmographical and geographical work by Ḥamd Allāh Mustawfī Qazvīnī (d. after 1340), particularly significant for the human geography of the last period of the Īlkhān empire. Contributions to the cataloguing from Hossein Alizadeh and David Hughes.

13. Kitāb Tārīkh al-Waṣṣāf al-musammá bi-Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-Aʻṣār

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 265Origin: As appears in colophon on p.218, transcription of second volume completed 20 Ramaḍān 921 [ca. 28 October 1515]. As appears in colophon on p.601, copied by ʻAlī ibn Ismāʻīl ibn Ḥamzah in the city of "اركروقصرى" (i.e. Eğri Kasri, Gjirokastra, Gjirokastër in Albania) with transcription of fifth volume completed mid-Rajab 922 [August 1516].Accompanying materials: Slip with handwritten text in script reminiscent of Greek alphabet (between pp.134-135).Former shelfmark: "454 T. De M." [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis] in pencil on lower flyleaf (p.607).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather, with light brown leather over spine (rebacked) ; Type II binding (with flap, though now lost) ; board linings in pale green laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted mandorla with orange recessed onlays (filled with vegetal decoration reminiscent of Déroche class. NSd 7) with gold-tooled rosette accents (pendants, etc.) and gold-tooled border ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and pink, fair condition ; overall in poor condition with entire flap lost, significant abrasion, lifting and some losses of leather, etc. ; appears to have been repaired (covers reattached) with once upper cover now lower cover ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (perhaps Arab) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines possibly grouped in threes (see p.432, 433, etc.) with 10-12 mm. between chains and 35-46 mm. between groups, thin, crisp and transluscent though sturdy, extremely well-burnished to glossy, numerous repairs (even used of marbled paper, see p.19) ; replacement leaves (pp.11-18) on European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 25 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of scrollwork / coat of arms with three bars (see p.14, 16, etc. and compare Armoiries (16) A. Indéterminées dated 1673-1717 in Velkov, Les Filigranes dans les documents Ottomans), sturdy and well-burnished ; flyleaves and leaves set between mujallads in other European laid papers, one type with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 27 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of crown-star-crescent (see p.10, 608), another crown-star-crescent (see p.606) and anchor in circle (see p.118) watermarks also appear.Decoration: Keywords, headings, abbreviation symbols, etc. rubricated ; incipit and facing page surrounded by frame consisting of gold band flanked by black fillets ; textual dividers in the form of inverted commas, three commas, etc. in red.Script: Naskh-nastaʻlīq (talik) ; at least two distinct Turkish / Caucasian hands ; mainly in a clear naskh-nastaʻlīq (talik), compact and serifless, quite rounded, with only slight effect of words descending to baseline (occasionally more exaggerated) and some elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing (for two and three dots) in conjoined dots, point of final nūn usually joined with bowl ; headings in a serifed script reminiscent of riqāʻ with leftward tail on free-standing alif ; opening replacement leaves (pp.11-18) in a nastaʻlīq (talik) of thinner line, quite open and elongated in the horizontal, with pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 27 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: v, II (4), V+1 (15), 3 V(45), V+1 (56), 4 V(96), V-1 (105), 6 V(165), V+1 (176), 10 V(276), 2 IV(292), II (296), iii ; chiefly quinions ; several added leaves at opening and close of codex left blank ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: [mujallad 2] "Scribal, triangular and rectangular, in Arabic, reads: "قد تم المجلد الثاني ويتلوه المجلد الثالث كما يتلو المثاني المثالث فى يوم العشرين من شهر رمضان سنة احدى وعشرين وتسعمائة اللهم صل على سيدنا ونبينا محمد ... يا غفار يا جبار" ; [mujallad 5] "Scribal," triangular, in Arabic, reads: "ثم تم ... تم هذا المجلد الخامس من الكتاب الذي هو دستور الكتاب وليس له نظير عند العاقل البصير والعالم الخرير بمن من من ويمن بمن آمن بارسال الذي انزل عليه القرآن وتوفيق الله الذي لا يشغله شان عن شان ولا يحتاج الى الزمان والمكان ونور قلوب احبائه بنور الفرقان واسكنهم فراديس الجنان تعالى شانه اتفق الفراغ من نظم زمر لآ لى [؟] الفضل في سلك التحرير بمدينه اركرو قصرى خلد الله تعالى ملك مالكها في اليوم السبت في اواسط شهر رجب المرجب سنه اثنى وعشرين وتسعمائة على يد علي بن اسماعيل بن حمزه غفر الله لهم ولجميع المسلمين والمسلمات والمؤمنين والمؤمنات الاحياء والاموات ورحم الله لمن دعا لمصنفه ولكاتبه لصاحبه بالخير ولمن قال آمين تم تم"Explicit: "توفيق در افاضت احسان كه كفيل عمر ثانيست لا يزال روزگار دولتيار مخدوم جهانيانر اگر امت باد شعر وهذا دعاء لو سكت كفيته لاني سألت الله قبل [فيك] وقد فعل والحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على رسول الله محمد وآله الطيبين"Incipit: "حمد و ستايشى كه انوار اخلاصش آفاق و انفس را چون فاتحۀ صبح صادق متلالى سازد ..."Title from 'title page' (p.11) where the entry for this work from Kashf al-ẓunūn has been transcribed.Ms. codex.Fine copy of Vaṣṣāf's Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-aʻṣār, a history of the Īlkhāns intended as a continuation of ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn ʻAṭā Malik Juvaynī's (d.1283) Tārīkh-i Jahāngushā (Jahān-gushāy) and renowned for its form and style. Five volumes (mujallad) in one. Contents listing appears on lower flyleaf (p.608).

14. Majmūʻah

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 884Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; dated seal impression can provide only rough terminus ante quem ; likely late 17th or early 18th century.Accompanying materials: a. Card with notes in pencil, "no. 16? generating figures at end | note on this made by E. Savage- Smith" -- b. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes" -- c. Slip with notes in ink affixed to verso of front flyleaf "14 (16) A Persian Bayaz in prose & verse big thick volume. The list of contents enumerates about 111 names some of which items are very famous & rare. Clear nastalik, red & black ink, binding broken. No date early 18th century. This Bayaz belonged to a nawab Yakub Khan who has made an entry of his illness under the date 1131 A.H. Some of the contents are (1) Risala sihat wa mardh (2) Mathnavi Haji Muhammed Rasai (3) Poems of Ali Razai Tajalli Shirazi (4) complete Rubaiyyat Omar Khayyam (5) Sozogudaz Noi (6) Mahmud ayaz Anis Shamlu (7) Mir Walihi an Aka Beg (8) Rubaiyyat Wahib (9) Poems of Mirza Badia (10) Anji's poems (10) Rubaiyyats of Adham (11) of Yahya (12) of Wirki Kummi (13) of Sufi (14) Poems of Abu Turab"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 33 ; "No (16)" on opening added leaf p.3, etc.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in dark red leather ; sewn in heavy cream thread, two stations, many threads broken leaving loose gatherings ; in quite poor condition with significant shrinkage, cracking and losses of leather in upper and lower covers (now extremely ill-fitting), spine lining fully exposed, cloth hinges damaged, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper, mainly with roughly 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct, slight curving) and occasional chain lines visible, sturdy though thin and transluscent, burnished, some leaves beige or dusky pink in color.Decoration: Headings and keywords rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red hāʼ.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; clear, careful hand in a medium line ; serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct dots.Layout: Varies widely, though lines typically arranged on the diagonal, in 12-18 lines per page ; often divided to two or three columns to set off poetry.Collation: vi, 3, IV (8), V+1 (19), 2 II (27), 60 IV(507), IV+1 (516), 2 IV(532), III (538), IV (546), III (552), vi ; almost exclusively quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of strokes or cross in red ink, upper outer corner of right-hand leaf, lower-outer corner of left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; some leaves between sections left blank ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and mistakenly skips two pages between pp.773-774).Incipit: "خطبه بیاض من منشآت رموزان دقایق سخندانی نصیرای همدانی بیت المعمور سپاس آلهی ازان با یه برتر است ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Careful copy of a vast majmūʻah of prose (inshāʼ) and verse, including copies of several letters (maktūb) from Shāh Jahān (r.1628-57), Shāh ʻAbbās II (r.1642–1666), etc., with detailed contents listing added at opening (pp.15-18). Opens with excerpts from the munshiʼāt of Naṣīrā-yi Hamadānī ( خواجه نصیرالدین محمد یزدگری همدانی هندی). Contributions to the cataloguing from Kathryn Babayan and Abdullah Ghouchani.

15. Mas̲navī-yi ʻIbratʹnāmah va Mas̲navī dar hajv-i yakī az ḥukkām

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 357Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; decoration, etc. suggest mid to late 19th century.Former shelfmark: "503 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on upper board lining ; "(٩)" on 'title page' (flyleaf pasted to recto of opening leaf, p.1).Binding: Pasteboards covered in light brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; likely two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; board linings in yellow wove paper, hinges in yellow wove paper of a lighter shade, flyleaves (now pasted to opening and closing leaves) in magenta wove paper ; upper and lower covers blind-tooled in mitred-panel style with outer border in a series of s-shaped stamps framed by double rules ; sewn in white thread, two stations, somewhat tightly bound ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and red, good condition ; overall in good condition with minor abrasion and staining.Support: European and non-European (likely Persian) laid paper ; bulk of first two gatherings (and a few folia of other gatherings) in European laid paper with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), and single chain lines (vertical) spaced 23-26 mm. apart, with no watermark distinctly visible (perhaps lost in folding / trimming), heavily sized and burnished to glossy, sturdy though transluscent, cream in color ; folia of other gatherings chiefly in non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 6 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat diffuse and indistinct) and no chain lines clearly visible, cloudy formation, inclusions, heavily sized and burnished, sturdy though transluscent, dark cream in color ; some staining, excess adhesive, repairs, cockling.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2, consisting of rectangular piece with basmalah in red set off by gold cloud-bands and gold flanking panels, surmounted by elongated piece with central knotted arabesques (in pink with red and black on a dark blue ground and gold with red and black) surrounded by swirling floral forms in light blue (outlined in dark blue), pink (outlined in lavender), orange, red, bright green and yellow on a gold ground, all set in a heavy well with red band overlaid with delicate repeating vegetal motifs in white, light blue and yellow and a heavy band of gold interlace defined by bright green bands ; written area throughout surrounded by gold frame with outermost blue rule, divisions within and margins defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black ; glosses and opening section heading rubricated (elsewhere division between sections indicated by a line left blank).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand, small though spacious in a thin to medium line ; characteristically serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, superscripting of letters, elongation and exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct dots, point of final nūn set at opening of wide, angled bowl ; rubricated interlinear glosses in shikastah-nastaʻlīq.Layout: Written in 7 lines per page with written area divided to two lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: 5 IV(40) ; exclusively quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: [ʻIbratʹnāmah] "از خلوتیان اثر نیابی در بانانشان بدر نایابی" ; [Mas̲navī dar hajv-i yakī az ḥukkām / Tuḥfat al-ʻIrāqayn] "بادی ز دواهی سماوی چون دیک زناب ابن آوی"Incipit: [ʻIbratʹnāmah] "دیباچه این خجسته دیبا پیرایۀ این پرند زیبا نام ملک الملوک اعظم آرایش چار بالش جم ..." ; [Mas̲navī dar hajv-i yakī az ḥukkām / Tuḥfat al-ʻIrāqayn] "ای طایر عیسی آفرینش چون طایر عیسوی ببینش ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.2. p.65-p.78 : [Mas̲navī dar hajv-i yakī az ḥukkām] / Ṣabā, Fatḥ ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad.1. p.2-p.65: [Mas̲navī-yi ʻIbratʹnāmah] / Ṣabā, Fatḥ ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad.Elegant, pocket-sized copy of two satirical mas̲navīs from the collected works (kullīyāt / dīvān-i ashʻār) of Ṣabā-yi Kāshānī, Fatḥ ʻAlī Khān known as Malik al-Shuʻarāʼ (d.1822 or 3), namely the ʻIbratʹnāmah, denouncing individuals making mischief during the reign of Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qājār (r.1797-1834) followed (as though it were simply another section of the preceding) by Mas̲navī dar hajv-i yakī az ḥukkām also called Tuḥfat al-ʻIrāqayn.

16. Mā lā budda minhu lil-adīb min al-mashhūr wa-al-gharīb ʻalá Tārīkh Waṣṣāf

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 449Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; decoration, paper, etc. would certainly suggest 18th century and dated watermark would more specifically suggest ca. 1745 (within a couple of decades following).Accompanying materials: Blank slip of pink wove paper stamped with shelfmark "449" (paginated pp.335-336).Former shelfmark: "202 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in tan leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures in deep red leather with outline of mandorla and pendants (interior flecked with silver) as well as tooled border in gold ; flyleaves in pink surface-dyed European laid paper with design echoing that of the doublures ; upper and lower covers carry splendid stamped (recessed onlays in red leather) and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal decoration reminiscent of Déroche class. NSd 2) and pendants as well as gold-tooled accents and guilloché roll border ; sewn in dark pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in dark cream and pale yellow, good condition ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, upper joint splitting and cover detaching, joints at fore edge flap also damaged, etc.Support: European laid paper of several types, all with raisin watermarks and accompanying names ; one type with roughly 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 24-25 mm. apart (vertical), and watermarks of grapes (raisin) with cartouche and crown above (see p.12, 52, etc.) and of crown, grapes and name (see p.16, 18, 24, etc.), crisp and sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; another type with 11-12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 21-22 mm. apart (vertical) and watermark of large crown above name and grapes (see p.40, 192, 248, 310, 294, etc.) ; other watermarks include crown over cartouche with "P G" and grapes below (p.210, etc.) and watermark of grapes with crown, name and date "1745" above (see p.486, 488, 496) ; rare bifolia tinted pale pink, mint green, or bright yellow ; wax spilled on p.150.Decoration: Superbly executed illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.2 consisting of w-shaped piece with empty cartouche in gold surrounded by a rich floral vegetal pattern in shades of blue, pink, lavender, red, green, and white on a field of gold ; entire piece set into well of blue, red and gold and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and red ; margins of the incipit and facing page are filled with a swirling floral pattern in gold with pink accents ; section headings, keywords and letters, and abbreviation symbols rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red discs, letter hāʼ, etc. ; overlining in red ; written area surrounded by a heavy gold frame ; diagram on p.109.Script: Naskh ; fine, compact Turkish hand ; virtually serifless with curvilinear descenders ; freely ligatured with alif often joined to following lām, tail of waw or rāʼ assimilated with following hāʼ, point of nūn assimilated with bowl, etc. ; pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots ; some passages partially vocalized.Layout: Written in 35 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 29 V(290), i ; exclusively quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts).Explicit: "سايه مبارك پاينده بادشايان اولدوغى كبى وهكذا قد سهل الله سبحانه وتعالى علينا ما رمناه من المقاصد الغالية والحمد كل الحمد لربنا رب المبدعات من العشرة العالية والمكونات من التسع الدايرة والمحدثات من السفليات البالية والصلوة صفو الصلوة على سيد الصافات من النفوس الفاضلة وقوم الفارسات من العقول الهادية نبى جلا ويا جير الرنية [ويا خير البرية؟] وازال عمارها وعلى اله وصحبه ما انزلت السماء سماها واخرجت الارض سماءها"Incipit: "باب الالف فصل آا الممدودتين آءة اصلى آتى در قلب مكانى ايله يا تقديم اوهوب همزه يه قلب اهمشدر كليجى معناسنه زمان آتيه و اخبار مستقبله ده استعمال اولنور اذا اعلمتك الحادثات بما مضى اى من الشدايد والضيق ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Fine copy of the alphabetically arranged encyclopedic glossary on Vaṣṣāf’s renowned history, Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-aʻṣār, by Ahmet bin Mirza Mehmet bin Habib Nâilî Efendi (Aḥmad Nīlī [or Nāʼilī] ibn Mīrzā Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb, d.1748).

17. al-Maqṣad al-asná

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 536Origin: According to colophon on fol.40a, copied ("katabtuhu") in Shīrāz by al-ʻArshī, 746 [1345 or 1346].Accompanying materials: a. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas. -- b. Acquisitions slip from YahudaBinding: Covered in blue cloth without boards; Type III (without flap); modern, certainly not original.Support: non-European laid paper; laid lines sometimes run vertically, sometimes horizontally; no chain lines visible; 20 laid lines in 17mm; watermarked European laid paper is used for the substituted leaf at fol.28 as well as for the repairs at the top of fol.40; chain lines spaced roughly 21 mm. apart and running horizontally; watermark may be pot with grapes.Decoration: Text of fol.12a is rubricated.Script: Mainly naskh with elements of taʻlīq; medium Persian hand with words descending onto the baseline, partially pointed and with rare vocalization, somewhat difficult to read; fol.21 and fol.28 are in a small, neat Persian naskh.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page except for the inserted folia (fol. 21 and fol. 28) which range from 23-26 lines per page.Collation: iv, 4 V (40) ; chiefly quinions; catchwords present; pagination added later in pencil, Western numerals.Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads: "كتبته بشيراز سنة 746 العرشي غفر الله له"Explicit: "والفطنة والذكاء يشعر [كذا] بسرعة الادراك [؟] لما غاب عن المدرك والمعرفة قد [كذا] سبق نكرة فلا يمنع عن اطلاق شيء منه الا شيء مما ذكرناه فان حقق لفظ لا يوهم اصلا بين المتفاهمين ولم يرد الشرع بالمنع منه فانا نجوز اطلاقه قطعا والله اعلم بالصواب"Incipit: "قال الشيخ الامام حجة الاسلام ابو حامد محمد بن محمد بن محمد الغزالي نعمة الله ورضوانه عليه فالحمد لله المتفرد بكبريائه وعظمته المتوحد بتعاليه وصمديته الذي قصر اجنحة العقول ... بعد فقد سألني اخ في الله يعين [؟] في الدين اجابته شرح معاني اسماء الله الحسنى ..."Title from recto of first flyleaf.Ms. codex.Treatise on the divine attributes, or ninety-nine names of God, and whether men may imitate them. Description provided by Noah Gardiner.

19. al-Mujallad al-awwal ʻan kitāb al-mawsūm bi-Ikhtiyārāt

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1060Origin: As appears in colophon at close (p.451), transcription of this the first volume completed 12 Rabīʻ II 484 [ca. 29 July 1444].Accompanying materials: a. Slip of paper with note in Persian in pen identifying title, date of copying, and subject -- b. Index card with descriptive notes typed in German as well as transcription in clear black ink of note on other slip "اختيارات بديعى دائره المعارف طب"Binding: Heavy boards covered in brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; likely two piece binding (trace of seam of overlapping flanges visible on spine) ; board linings in European laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped central mandorla and pendants filled with symmetrical floral / vegetal decoration, set off by rules dividing cover to quadrants and border in a row of s-shaped stamps defined by blind rules ; now sewn in white thread, two stations, no traces of endbands (perhaps lost in rebinding), rather tightly bound ; slightly larger than textblock and likely not original ; subtle repair to spine in red brown leather, new hinges in dark brown leather ; sound and overall in fairly good condition with some abrasion.Support: non-European (possibly Persianate) laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly straight) and chain lines occasionally visible ; formation somewhat cloudy with many inclusions (plant matter, bits of fiber, etc.), thin though sturdy and quite well-burnished to glossy, beige to light brown in color ; flyleaves in European laid paper (potentially machine laid) with "GIOR MAGNANI" below scrollwork with bird above tower (compare Heawood 3748) ; numerous native page repairs in brown paper.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2, rectangular in shape with title "كتاب اختيارات بديعي" in gold tawqīʻ in cartouche over swirling vegetal ground, flanked by delicate vegetal motifs in gold on azure blue ground, surrounded by now oxidized bands (with paper breakthrough) and surmounted by further decorative band in blue, gold and white with red accents, itself surmounted by fine tīgh ; keywords and headings rubricated, along with two-teeth stroke abbreviation.Script: Naskh with some elements of nastaʻlīq ; elegant, spacious Turkic or Persianate hand in a medium line ; virtually serifless with elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, long but fairly straight shaqq on kāf, quite rounded with curvilinear descenders and terminating strokes of tāʼ, bāʼ, etc., pointing mainly in distinct dots but occasionally with stroke for two dots, point of final and free-standing nūn set down within tall, angled bowl (rightward stroke typically higher than leftward stroke which occasionally curves and nearly forms a complete circle around dot), rāʼ often set within preceding dāl (particularly in instances of در), some free assimilation of letters, etc.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page (single column) ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board evident).Collation: i, 2 IV(16), 2+IV (26), 9 IV(98), IV+1 (107), IV (115), III+1 (122), 13 IV(226), i ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; occasional foliation in pencil, Hindu-Arabic numerals, often toward the middle of the page in the outer margin ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "تمت المجلد الاول عن کتاب الموسوم باختیارات فی یوم 12 الجمعه عن [؟] ربیع الثانی سنه 848 هجریه م"Incipit: "امداد حمد بی عدد و اعداد سپاس بی قیاس مبدعی را که آثار ابداع او بر هر ورقی از اوراق و شجری از اشجار سمت ..."Title from colophon on p.451.Ms. codex.Elegant early copy of the first volume of Ikhtiyārāt-i badīʻī, a work of materia medica (pharmacopoeia) by ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Anṣārī known as Ḥājjī Zayn al-ʻAṭṭār (d.1403 or 4).

20. İran risalesi

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 392Origin: As appears at close of preface (p.2), composed end of Ṣafar 1291 [1874]. This copy likely executed shortly afterward.Former shelfmark: "156 [or 256 ?] T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" and "254" in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in painted lacquerwork with brown leather over spine ; Type III binding (without flap) ; two-piece binding (overlapping flanges visible at spine, exterior and interior) ; doublures each in painted lacquerwork, a solid red field ; upper and lower covers carry paintings depicting each of two gates of Tehran (Darvāzah-i Dawlat on upper cover, Darvāzah-i Nāṣirīyah on lower cover) as indicated by inscriptions "دروازه دولت در طهران" and "دروازه ناصريه در طهران" ; sewn in cream thread, eight and four stations ; overall in fairly good condition with minor losses of lacquer and paint.Support: Opening gathering in non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, curving, somewhat indistinct) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, inclusions, dense and fairly thick though transluscent, beige to gray in color, well-sized and burnished ; paintings on sturdy paper now affixed with adhesive to quite heavy, opaque sheets of paper, cream in color.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouch flanked by vegetal motifs in gold on fields of lapiswith bright green and red accents surmounted by a well of red with white crosses flanked by narrow green bands filled with swirling vegetal and floral motifs (saz leaves, etc.) in gold with white, red, blue and green accents set among an empty scalloped medallion and triangular edge pieces to give a vaguely w-shaped effect ; written area throughout surrounded by gold frame with outermost blue rule, margins also outlined in narrow gold bands defined by black fillets ; headings and vocalization in rubricated ; text followed by eight fine watercolor portraits of the envoys (compare figures as they appear in watercolors based on the life-size wall paintings at Nigāristān Palace, see AKM00502 Aga Khan Museum and no.34 in Diba, ed. Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch 1785-1925).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; exquisite hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with effect of words gently descending to baseline, elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct but conjoined dots, bowl of nūn wide and angled with dot set just down within.Layout: Written chiefly in 11 lines per page ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board evident).Collation: i, IV (8), 4 I(16), i ; single quaternion followed by composed "single bifolia" hinged together with strips of cloth ; catchwords present ; each painting mounted on the verso of a separate leaf with the recto left blank ; foliation in pencil, Hindu-Arabic numerals, appearing on recto of leaves carrying paintings (begins with ١ on first leaf, p.17) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "... اواخر رجبده نامه همايونك جوابنى اخذ ايله عودت ايلديلر"Incipit: "فتحعلى شاه زماننده رجال ومأمورين دولت عليه دن ايرانه كلمشن اولان بعض ددانك [ذواتك] تصويرلرى طهرانده شاه مشار اليهك انشا كرده سى اولان نكارستان كوشكى ديوارنده نقش اولنمش اولمغله تصاوير مذكوره و ايران تاريخلرنده بونلره متعلق دسترس اوله بيلديكم بعض معلومات اشبو رساله يه نقل و درج اولندى غرض نقشی است کز ما بازماند که هستی را نمی بینم بقایی فی اواخر سهر صفر من سنة الف ومأتین و واحد و تسعین يسجى زاده سيد عبد الوهاب افندى بيك ايكى يوز يكرمى التى سنه سنده شاكر وحيرت افندىلر دخى رفاقتده اولديغىحالده خاقان خلد آشيان سلطان محمود خان ثانى طرفندن سفارتله فتحعلى شاه نزدينه ارسال اولنوب ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.22. p.32 : عويف ابن السيد الحضرمى فرستاده والى يمن بنزد فتحعلى شاه.21. p.31 : [blank].20. p.30 : شيخ محمد سفير سعود ابن عبد العزيز الوهابى بنزد فتحعلى شاه.19. p.29 : [blank].18. p.28 : عبد الرحمن پاشا بابان.17. p.27 : [blank].16. p.26 : جلال الدين افندى سفير سلطان محمود خان ثانى بنزد فتحعلى شاه.15. p.25 : [blank].14. p.24 : سركاتب سيد عبد الوهاب افندى سفير سلطان محمود خان ثانى بنزد فتحعلى شاه.13. p.23 : [blank].12. p.22 : شاكر افندى مأمور معيت سيد عبد الوهاب افندى سفير عثمانى.11. p.21 : [blank].10. p.20 : حيرات افندى مأمور معيت سيد عبد الوهاب افندى سفير عثمانى.9. p.19 : [blank].8. p.18 : سيد عبد الوهاب افندى سفير سلطان محمود ثانى بنزد فتحعلى شاه.7. p.16-p.17 : [blank].6. p.15 : سليمان افندى.5. p.6-p.15 : عبد الرحمن پاشا بابان.4. p.4-p.6 : جلال الدين فندى.3. p.2-p.4 : يسجى زاده سيد عبد الوهاب افندى.2. p.2 : [preface].1. p.1 : [blank].Exquisite copy of a short treatise composed by Mehmet Tahir Münif Paşa (d.1910) (see p.28-29, Ek I (147-152), Ek V, Ek VIII in Akın, Münif Paşa ve Türk kültür tarihindeki yeri and p.435-436 in Budak, Batılılaşma sürecinde çok yönlü bir Osmanlı aydını : Münif Paşa) chiefly on envoys sent from the Ottoman sultan Mahmud II (r.1808 to 1839) to the court of Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qājār (r.1797-1834) and depicted in the wall paintings at Nigāristān Palace. Accompanied by fine watercolor portraits of these individuals and other envoys at the court. Addressed in the text are the ambassador Yescizade [Yasincizade] Seyyid Abdülvehhab Efendi (Seyit Abdülvahap Efendi) (d.1833), the ambassador Celalüddin Efendi, Aburrahman Paşa-yı Baban, and Süleyman Efendi. Addressed in the portraits are Abdülvahap Efendi, his attachés Hayret Efendi and Șakir Efendi and his serkatip, Celalüddin Efendi, Aburrahman Paşa-yı Baban, Shaykh Muḥammad (ambassador of Saʻūd ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz), and ʻUwayf ibn al-Sayyid al-Ḥaḍramī (envoy of the governor of Yemen).