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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
al-Muʻjam fī ās̲ār mulūk al-ʻajam
ḥusaynī qazvīnī, sharaf al-dīn faz̤l allāh · Library of Congress · 1825
Arabic
Bal'ami's Persian translation of al-Tabari's "Ta'rikh"
Library of Congress · 12??
Persian
Nuskhah--i Tavārīkh-i Sind
maʻṣūm, mīr muḥammad · Library of Congress · 1768
Persian
Nizami's "Iskandarnamah"
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Muḥammadnāmah (Or. 1394)
Muḥammad Ẓuhūr ibn Mawlawī Ẓuhūrīمحمد ظهور بن مولوي ظهوري · Cambridge University Library · 1183
Persian
[Collection of short texts or extracts from various manuscripts in Persian and Arabic concerning the reign of Maḥmūd Shāh]
Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Maṭlaʻ al-saʻdayn
ʻabd al-razzāq kamāl al-dīn ibn isḥāq al-samarqandī · Library of Congress · 18??
Persian
Two textual excerpts
jamal-i nuri · Library of Congress · 18??
Persian
Waqiat-i-Nadiri (History of Nadir Shah)
mahdī khān astarābādī · Library of Congress · 1759
Persian
[مختصر تاريخ کشمير].
ʻAjīz, Narāyan Kaul, active 17th century-18th century · Princeton University Library · 1700-1900
Persian
[Leaf from the Jāmiʻ al-tavārīkh depicting nine Chinese emperors].
Rashīd al-Dīn Ṭabīb, 1247?-1318 · Princeton University Library · 1400-1499
Persian
[Unidentified treatise on prosody by Maḥmūd ibn ʻUmar al-Najātī al-Nīsābūrī]
najātī, maḥmūd ibn ʻumar; jāmī; ibn jamīl, muḥammad ʻārif · Library of Congress · 1527
Persian
Kitāb-i Tārīkh-i ʻĀlamʹāra
iskandar munshī; kāzarūnī, ghulām ḥusayn ibn ʻaṭṭār ʻalīʻas… · Library of Congress · 1812
Persian
Jild-i avval Siyar al-mutaʼakhkhirīn, taṣnīf-i Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān ibn-i Sayyid Hidāyatʹʻalīkhān Ṭabāṭabāī Ḥusaynī
ghulām ḥusayn khān ṭabāṭabāʼī · Library of Congress · 1800
Persian
Navāb Vālā Maqām-i maqbūl
muhammad ali khan, umdat al-mulk anwar al-din · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
بهجة التوارىخ.
Rūmī, Shukr Allāh ibn Aḥmad, 1386?-1488 or 9. · Princeton University Library · 1548
Persian
Kitāb-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā
ibn fatḥ allāh mīrzā sayyid ṭabātabāʼī; mīr khvānd, muḥamma… · Library of Congress · 1558
Persian
[Lawyer's notebook from Iran]
Library of Congress · 1926
Persian
Sharafnāmah-ʼi Sharaf al-Dīn Bitlīsī (H. 10)
Ignacio Sanchez, Yasmin Faghihi · Cambridge University Library · 1027
Persian
جلد اول روضة الصفا.
Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh, 1433-1498 · Princeton University Library · 1616-1616
Persian
Pādishāhnāmah
muḥammad ṣāliḥ kambūh; muqīm, muḥammad; muḥammad amīn ibn a… · Library of Congress · 1650
Persian
ʻAlāmgīrnāmah
ellis, alexander george; muḥammad kāẓim ibn muḥammad amīn · Library of Congress · 18??
Persian
Rawz̤at al-ṣafā. Jild 3
Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh, 1433-1498 · Princeton University Library · 1638
Persian
المجلد الثالث من تاريخ خاوندشاه.
Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh, 1433-1498 · Princeton University Library
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