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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
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
Sa'di's "Gulistan" (The Rose Garden)
Library of Congress · 14??
Persian
Verses by Baba Tahir
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Namāz va duʻā
Library of Congress · 18??
Persian
Jahan Malak Khatun's prayer for power
Library of Congress · 18??
Arabic
Munājāt
vahīd ḥusaynī; ʻalī ibn abī ṭālib · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
[Collection of miscellaneous texts in Persian and Arabic inluding prayers]
Library of Congress · 1856
Persian
Shiʻah prayer manual, 19th century
Library of Congress · 1826
Persian
Prayers for safety and success
mir 'ali · Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Prayers for the New Year (Noruz)
muhammad bakhsh · Library of Congress · 1796
Arabic
Eulogy to a ruler
kamal al-din (ikhtiyar al-munshi) · Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Sharh-i namaz
ṭālib nizhād · Library of Congress · 1825
Persian
Munajat" of 'Abdallah Ansari
malik (daylami) · Library of Congress · 1550
Arabic
Gulzar calligraphic panel
husayn zarrin qalam · Library of Congress · 1797
Arabic
Az̲ān-i ṣuḥb
Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
ʻAhdʹnāmah
Library of Congress · 17??
Arabic
Durrat al-tāj
ibn rustam khān ṣafī qulī · Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Prayer (du'a) for a king
kamal al-din (ikhtiyar al-munshi) · Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
[Qajar cosmological talismanic work]
Library of Congress · 1700
Arabic
Zubūr Āl Muḥammad
ʻalī ibn abī ṭālib; zayn al-ʻābidīn ʻalī ibn al-ḥusayn · Library of Congress · 1654
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