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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
Levha
muzaffar 'ali · Library of Congress · 17??
Arabic
Mihrab découpage panel
Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Letter exercise
Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Hilye mounted on a wooden panel
dihya salim al-fahim · Library of Congress · 1718
Ottoman Turkish
Mufradat page
Library of Congress · 18??
Persian
Mufradat exercises
Library of Congress · 16??
Ottoman Turkish
Mufradat exercise
Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Letter to the Marquis Wellesley (Add. 286)
Ignacio Sanchez, Yasmin Faghihi · Cambridge University Library · 1804
Arabic
Wall hanging
Library of Congress · 17??
Arabic
Mirror image of 'Ali wali Allah
mahmud ibrahim · Library of Congress · 172?
Arabic
Surat al-Nas and Du'a
Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Levha
Library of Congress · 17??
Arabic
Levha (panel) in honor of Imam 'Ali
farid al-din · Library of Congress · 18??
Ottoman Turkish
Military document
muhibb 'ali · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Mufradat exercises
Library of Congress · 16??
Arabic
al-ʻIqd al-thamīn fīmā yataʻallaqu bi-al-mawāzīn
manṣūrī, maḥmūd al-imām; jabartī, ḥasan ibn ibrāhīm; mansur… · Library of Congress · 1854
Persian
Bahram Gur in the yellow pavilion
Library of Congress · 15??
Ottoman Turkish
Tughra of Sultan Ahmed III
Library of Congress · 1700
Arabic
Ijazah (diploma)
ali ra'if efendi · Library of Congress · 1791
Persian
Fal-i Qur'an (divination by the Qur'an)
Library of Congress · 1550
Arabic
Qur'anic verse (14:7) on blue and white marble paper
abu muhammad khan al-ma'rashi · Library of Congress · 17??
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