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18773manuscripts
7libraries
4languages
Arabic
Qur'anic verses
Library of Congress · 13??
Persian
ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt (MS Nn.3.74)
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, ca. 1203-1283 · Cambridge University Library · 974 AH / 1566 CE
Persian
Insha'
mir kalan · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Verses by Jami
hajji yadigar al-katib · Library of Congress · 16??
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??
Arabic
Anonymous Arabic and Persian poetic verses
Library of Congress
Arabic
The ephemerality of the world
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Invocations to 'Ali
hafiz muhammad sa'd al-din · Library of Congress · 17??
Arabic
Bal'ami's Persian translation of al-Tabari's "Ta'rikh"
Library of Congress · 12??
Arabic
Marriage decree ('Aqd-namah)
Library of Congress · 1804
Persian
Sa'di's "Gulistan" (The Rose Garden)
Library of Congress · 14??
Persian
Maṭlaʻ al-saʻdayn
ʻabd al-razzāq kamāl al-dīn ibn isḥāq al-samarqandī · Library of Congress · 18??
Persian
Verses on tragic love
shah muhammad al-mashhadi · Library of Congress · 1560
Persian
Love's throws
muhyi · Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Quatrain on divine mercy
mir 'ali heravi (attr.) · Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Quatrain on unity of lovers
pir muhammad b. dust muhammad · Library of Congress
Arabic
Bihari Qur'an
Library of Congress · 14??
Persian
Beginning of Sa'di's "Gulistan"
Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Quatrain on separation
abdallah (isfahani) · Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
A friend's letter
Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Quatrain on reaching divine unity
imad al-hasani · Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Illuminated first page / identification note of the "Farhang-i Jahangiri"
Library of Congress · 1619
Persian
Quatrain on true knowledge
imad al-hasani · Library of Congress · 16??
Arabic
Levha (panel) in honor of Imam 'Ali
farid al-din · Library of Congress · 18??
Arabic
Qur'anic verses
Library of Congress · 10??
Persian
Safinah fragment
imad al-hasani al-katib · Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Id (feast day) Quatrain
Library of Congress · 15??
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
Jahan Malak Khatun's prayer for power
Library of Congress · 18??
Persian
Prayer for God's mercy
Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Muraqqa' of Poetical Excerpts
mirza quli mayli · Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Eulogy to a ruler
muhammad husayn · Library of Congress · 18??
Persian
Dīvān-i silsilah va al-z̲ahab min ashʻār
jāmī · Library of Congress · 1830
Persian
Prayers for safety and success
mir 'ali · Library of Congress · 15??
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