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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
[Collection of Arabic religious and ascetic sayings and adages with Persian explanations.]
Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Siyah Mashq
Library of Congress · 18??
Arabic
Hādhā Kitāb Gharīb al-Qurʼān
manṣūrī, maḥmūd al-imām; sijistānī, muḥammad ibn ʻuzayr; ma… · Library of Congress
Persian
Letter exercises
mir 'imad al-hasani · Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Letter exercise
Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
الصحاح العجمية.
Muḥammad ibn Hindūshāh Nakhjavānī, active 1328-1358 · Princeton University Library · 1700-1799
Persian
Khusraw kills a lion
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Page from the "Farhang-i Jahangiri"
Library of Congress · 1619
Persian
[رشحات عين الحياه].
Ṣafī, ʻAlī ibn Ḥusayn Kāshifī, 1463-1532 or 1533 · Princeton University Library · 1681
Persian
Sa'di, "Two Lovers Lost at Sea"
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Insha'
khan zaman · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Hilye mounted on a wooden panel
dihya salim al-fahim · Library of Congress · 1718
Persian
Quatrain for a king
mir 'ali heravi (attr.) · Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Kullīyāt-i ashʻār va ghazalīyāt-i Mīrzā Maḥmūd Khān Bālāʹḥiṣārī Kābulī al-mutakhalliṣ bih (Sālik)
sālik, mīrzā maḥmūd khān · Library of Congress · 1938
Persian
The Div Akvan throws Rustam into the sea
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Ruba'is by Hafiz
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
al-Muʻjam fī ās̲ār mulūk al-ʻajam
ḥusaynī qazvīnī, sharaf al-dīn faz̤l allāh · Library of Congress · 1825
Persian
A collection of mystical and theological treatises (MS Gg.5.17)
Ignacio Sanchez, Yasmin Faghihi · Cambridge University Library · 1000 A.H. / 1592 C.E.
Persian
ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt (MS Nn.3.74)
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, ca. 1203-1283 · Cambridge University Library · 974 AH / 1566 CE
Arabic
Anonymous Arabic and Persian poetic verses
Library of Congress
Arabic
[Qurʼān]
Library of Congress · 1695
Arabic
The ephemerality of the world
Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Bal'ami's Persian translation of al-Tabari's "Ta'rikh"
Library of Congress · 12??
Arabic
Invocation of 'Ali
ahmad al-husayni · Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Hāz̲ā duʻā-yi ṣanamay-i Quraysh az Mawlānā Amīr al-Muʼminīn
shīrāzī, abū al-qāsim; ʻalī ibn abī ṭālib · Library of Congress · 1808
Persian
Insha'
mir kalan · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Siyah Mashq
Library of Congress · 18??
Persian
Nuskhah--i Tavārīkh-i Sind
maʻṣūm, mīr muḥammad · Library of Congress · 1768
Persian
Protocol of address
Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Verses by Jami
hajji yadigar al-katib · Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Invocations to 'Ali
hafiz muhammad sa'd al-din · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Verses on the beloved
munshi ram · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Nizami's "Iskandarnamah"
Library of Congress · 15??
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