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Handwritten works in Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Ottoman Turkish from libraries around the world — gathered in one place, arranged by subject and author, and readable page by page right here.
18773manuscripts
7libraries
4languages
Persian
Khusraw kills a lion
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Sa'di, "Two Lovers Lost at Sea"
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Quatrain for a king
mir 'ali heravi (attr.) · Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
The Div Akvan throws Rustam into the sea
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Ruba'is by Hafiz
Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
The ephemerality of the world
Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Invocation of 'Ali
ahmad al-husayni · Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Sharḥ al-Miftāḥ
mansuri collection (library of congress); jurjānī, ʻalī ibn… · Library of Congress · 1469
Persian
Nizami's "Iskandarnamah"
Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Risālah fī Nūr al-insān fī ishtiqāq lafẓ al-insān
ibn al-ḥanbalī, muḥammad ibn ibrāhīm; manṣūrī, maḥmūd al-im… · Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Qur'anic verses
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
The feast of Iskandar and Nushabah
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Two Bayts (verses) on modesty
Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Arabic Firmans 301-376. Deeds.
Library of Congress · 1460
Arabic
al-Risālah al-Shamsīyah fī al-qawāʻid al-manṭiqīyah
mansuri collection (library of congress); qazwīnī, ʻalī ibn… · Library of Congress · 1500
Persian
Arabic Manuscripts 693. Saadi Shirazi.
saadi shirazi · Library of Congress · 1470
Persian
Quatrain on divine mercy
mir 'ali heravi (attr.) · Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Love's throws
muhyi · Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Kharīdat al-ʻajāyib wa-tuḥfat al-gharāyib
ibn al-wardī, sirāj al-dīn abū ḥafṣ ʻumar; ibn al-wardī, za… · Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Safavid Qur'an (2:11-27)
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Verses by Baba Tahir
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Three bayts (verses) to a loved one
mir 'ali al-katib · Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Two verses of poetry
Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Sharḥ Mawāqif
mansuri collection (library of congress); jurjānī, ʻalī ibn… · Library of Congress · 1482
Persian
Laylah and Majnun meet in school
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Quatrain on separation
abdallah (isfahani) · Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Verses on hidden love
mir 'imad (al-hasani) al-qazvini · Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Kitāb matn al-Lumaʻ fī ʻilm al-ḥisāb
mansuri collection (library of congress); ibn al-hāʼim, aḥm… · Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Qur'anic verses
Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Surat al-Nas and Du'a
Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Arabic Firmans 49-162. Decrees and Firmans.
Library of Congress · 1413
Arabic
Sharḥ Mawāqif lil-Sayyid al-Sharīf
mansuri collection (library of congress); jurjānī, ʻalī ibn… · Library of Congress · 1500
Persian
Verses by Jami
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Verses by Hilali
mir 'ali and sultan bayazid · Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
The lover's lament
Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
[Two supercommentaries on Quṭb al-Taḥtānī's commentary on al-Qazwīnī's Risālah al-Shamsīyah.]
ʻabd al-ẓāhir; mansuri collection (library of congress); ab… · Library of Congress · 1489
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