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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
Arabic
Arabic Manuscripts 696. Covenant of the Prophet.
Library of Congress · 1561
Arabic
Levha
muzaffar 'ali · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Siyah Mashq
Library of Congress · 18??
Arabic
Arabic Firmans 885-1042. Current affairs, Letters, Proclamations, Inventories, Accounts, Bills, Receipts, Miscellanea and Addendum.
Library of Congress · 1019
Persian
Letter exercises
mir 'imad al-hasani · Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Letter exercise
Library of Congress · 17??
Arabic
Arabic Manuscripts. 85. Apocalypse.
Library of Congress · 1100
Arabic
Arabic Firmans 1043-1067. Addendum.
Library of Congress · 1239
Arabic
Arabic Manuscripts 691. Receipt Book.
Library of Congress · 1653
Persian
Protocol of address
Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Insha'
khan zaman · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Quatrain for a king
mir 'ali heravi (attr.) · Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt (MS Nn.3.74)
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, ca. 1203-1283 · Cambridge University Library · 974 AH / 1566 CE
Arabic
[Qurʼān]
Library of Congress · 1739
Arabic
Taʻrīf al-fiʼah bi-ajwibat al-asʼilah al-miʼah
manṣūrī, maḥmūd al-imām; mansuri collection (library of con… · Library of Congress
Arabic
Saying about Imam Husayn
Library of Congress · 18??
Arabic
Bal'ami's Persian translation of al-Tabari's "Ta'rikh"
Library of Congress · 12??
Arabic
Arabic Firmans 1-48. Covenants of the Prophet and Decrees.
Library of Congress · 1109
Persian
Insha'
mir kalan · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Siyah Mashq
Library of Congress · 18??
Persian
Şerh-i Gülistân
bosnavı̂ sudi · Library of Congress · 17??
Ottoman Turkish
Mufradat page
Library of Congress · 18??
Arabic
Introduction (Muqadimmah)
muhammad ja'far · Library of Congress · 19??
Persian
Mufradat exercises
Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Sāqīʹnāmah
ishrāq, ʻabd al-fattāh · Library of Congress · 1777
Persian
Siyah Mashq
Library of Congress · 18??
Urdu
Sample calligraphies
hakim sayyid hamid 'abbas al-taqawi al-bukhari · Library of Congress · 17??
Arabic
Arabic Firmans 301-376. Deeds.
Library of Congress · 1460
Arabic
Incomplete treatise on Shīʻah apologetics and the imams
Library of Congress · 1723
Persian
Siyah Mashq
Library of Congress · 18??
Persian
Quatrain on divine mercy
mir 'ali heravi (attr.) · Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Persian Royal Order granted to James L. Merrick
Library of Congress · 1839
Arabic
[Collection of alphabets and encoded correspondence]
Princeton University Library · 1400
Arabic
Sharḥ al-Amālī
qārī al-harawī, ʻalī ibn sulṭān muḥammad; mansuri collectio… · Library of Congress
Arabic
Arabic Firmans 682-884. Deeds, Proces Verbaux, Administrative Orders and Current Affairs.
Library of Congress · 1266
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