Guide to the Islamic manuscripts collection Mss 207
Subjects and Indexing Terms
History
Shahnameh (Persian Book of the Kings), A.D. 1500s. [#6298]
Shahnamah (Persian Book of the Kings), A.H. 1228/A.D. 1810. Decorated Persian manuscript on paper. [#5028]
Shanama, ca. A.D. late 1700s or early 1800s. Single leaf, Persian miniature, from the chapter Kay Ka'us - the story of Siyavash, illustrating Siyavash's ordeal by fire. [#15890]
Shahnameh, A.D. 1852-1853. Two leaves, scribed by Baba Khalil Allah in Kashmir; written in Persian in the nasta'liq script. [#3770 and 3771]
Koran
Koran, A.H. 500/A.D. 1122. Single leaf from a Koran, Cairo, Egypt. [HBS23213].
Koran, ca. A.D. 1200. Single leaf from a Koran, produced in Mamluk, Syria [#19305]
Koran, ca. A.D. 1200. Single leaf from a Koran, possibly Persian, ca. 1200. Written in Cufic characters on recto and verso. The style of calligraphy suggests Mashad (Persia), although possibly from Arabia or Egypt. Description accompanying leaf notes that a few leaves from this manuscript are in the Oriental Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [HBS22173]
Koran, ca. A.D. 1200s. Single leaf from Koran, produced in Mamluk, Syria, Khafif al-Muhaqqaq script. [#19308]
Koran, ca. A.D. 1425. Single leaf from a Koran, India, state of Bihar, bihari script. [#17781]
Koran, ca. A.D. late 1400s. Single leaf from Koran, India, bihari script. [#32558]
Koran, ca. A.D. 1553-1558. Single leaf from a Koran, Persia. [#2110]
Koran, ca. A.D. late 1500s. Single leaf from a Koran, probably Heart or Bokhara [Uzbekistan]; surah headings are written in thuluth script. [#17205]
Koran, ca. A.D. late 1500s. Single leaf from a Koran, probably Heart or Bokhara [Uzbekistan]; muhaqqaq script (in gold) and nakshi script (in black ink). [#17104]
Koran, ca. A.D. 1600. Single leaf from a Koran, Turkey. [#15255]
Koran, A.D. 1616. Single leaf from a Koran, India. [#18750]
Koran, ca. A.D. 1600s. Single leaf from a Koran, Turkey. [#7323657297]
Koran, ca. A.D. 1600s/1700s. Single leaf from Koran, Sini script, probably China, Khanbalq (Beijing). [#33527]
Koran, ca. A.D. 1665. Two leaves, North Africa, written in Maghrebi script. [#7345040362 and #7328085476]
Koran, ca. A.D. 1700. Single leaf from a Koran, Meghribi script, Morocco. [#19125]
Koran, ca. A.D. 1700. Single leaf from a Koran, Meghribi script, Morocco. [#19214]
Koran, ca. A.D. 1700. Single leaf from a Koran, Persia. [#6266]
Koran, ca. A.D. mid-1700s. Single leaf from a Koran, nakshi script, Kashmir. [#7345078257]
Koran, ca. A.D. late 1700s. Single leaf from a Koran, Sini script, China. [#21402]
Koran, ca. A.D. mid-1800s. Two leaves from a Koran, scribed in Qajar [Gulf States], in Naskhi. [5356/5358]
Koranic commentary [?], 1 leaf, North Africa, written in Maghrebi script.
Poetry
Dewan, A.H. 879/A.D.1474-1475. Single leaf of the Dewan, written by Mohammed Shams od-Din Hafez [A.D. 1325-1399], a Sufi Muslim lyrical poet. [#18037]
Kamseh, A.D. 1553. Single leaf of the Kamseh, written by Elyan Usof Nezami Ganjavy, Persian romantic poet [A.D. 1141-1209], in nasta'liq script. [#18016]
Diwin, A.D. late 1500s. Two leaves of the Diwin by Shahi Subzuwari, Persian Sufi Muslim poet, in nasta'liq script. [#3792]
Kuliyat, ca. A.D. 1610. Single leaf from an edition of Sa'adi's works, compiled as a Kulliyat, in the Islamic Sufi tradition. [#2197]
Haft Awrang, A.D. 1614. Single leaf from the Haft Awrang or 'Seven Thorns', the didactic and romantic poems of Abd al-Rahman Jami, either India or Afghanistan, written in Persian, in nasta'liq script. [#2126]
Mathnawi of Jalalu'ddin Rumi, A.D. 1724. Single leaf, in Persian, Mughal India, probably Lucknow, nasta'liq script. [#17961]
Divan'I-Nawai, ca. A.D. 1750. Single leaf from a book of love lyrics by the 15th century poet Mir'Ali Shir Nawai, Kashmir or northern India, in Turki nasta'liq script. [#3792]
[Persian Epic Poetry genre], ca. A.D. mid-1700s. Single leaf, scribed in Persia or perhaps Afghanistan, nasta'liq script. [#6628]
[Persian Epic Poetry genre], ca. A.D. mid-1700s. Single leaf, scribed in Persia or perhaps Afghanistan, nasta'liq script. [#6629]
[Persian Epic Poetry genre], ca. A.D. mid-1700s. Single leaf, scribed in Persia or perhaps Afghanistan, nasta'liq script. [#18438]
[Poetry]. ca. A.D. mid-1700s. Single leaf, Afghanistan. [#7345249105]
[Anthology or Collection of Poems], ca. 1760. Single leaf, in nasta'liq script, of poems by Sa'di, amir Khusrao, Jami, and others. [#22650]
Farsi Poetry, ca. A.D. late-1700s. Single leaf, Safavid period, nasta'liq script. [#22114]
Prayers
Book of Prayers, A.D. 1689. Single leaf from the Al-Kamilat Al-Sajjadiyah, Prayers, composed by Zayn Al-Abidin 'Ali ibn al Husayn [#18721]
Al-Juzuli, Da ..., A.D. early 1700s. Single leaf from Al-Juzuli, Da; A'Il Al-Khayrat and other prayers in Arabic, Meghribi script, (Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria). [#19215]
Prayer Book, ca. A.D. 1740. Single leaf, written in India, naskh and nasta'liq scripts. [#2121]
Dala'il al-Khayrat, A.D. 1778. Pair of leaves from a devotional prayer book composed by Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli, in Arabic nasta'liq, with Persian translation. [#6583/6584]
Dala'il al-Kharat, ca. A.D. 1790. Single leaf, North Africa, written by bin Suleyman bin Yacoub al-Najjar at Talmasan in Maghribi script. [#24786]
Dala'il al-Khayrat, A.D. 1791. Three leaves, Morocco, written in Maghrebi script. [#7326602748, #7328305322 and #7328308747].
Book of Prayers, A.D. early 1800s. Two leaves, written during the Ottoman Empire in Turkey, in naskh script. [#17540 and 17541]
Dala'il al-Khayrat, A.D. 1878. Single leaf, India, written in Naskhi script. [#6277]
Miscellany
Persian [?] Manuscript, ca. A.D. 1600s [?]. Five leaves with illustrations.
Persian Manuscript, ca. A.D. 1800s. Two leaves with water color paintings, polo game. [HBS49159]
Persian Manuscript, ca. A.D. 1800s. Two leaves with water color paintings, wrestling scene. [HBS49159]
Unidentified
Unidentified. Single leaf in gilt frame.