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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
Khusraw kills a lion
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Sa'di, "Two Lovers Lost at Sea"
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
The Div Akvan throws Rustam into the sea
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Ruba'is by Hafiz
Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Anonymous Arabic and Persian poetic verses
Library of Congress
Persian
Verses on the beloved
munshi ram · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Nizami's "Iskandarnamah"
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
The feast of Iskandar and Nushabah
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Two Bayts (verses) on modesty
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Verses in Persian and Chaghatay
Library of Congress · 1600
Persian
Verses on tragic love
shah muhammad al-mashhadi · Library of Congress · 1560
Persian
Two textual excerpts
jamal-i nuri · Library of Congress · 18??
Persian
Illuminated sarloh (frontispiece)
Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Love's throws
muhyi · Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Quatrain on unity of lovers
pir muhammad b. dust muhammad · Library of Congress
Persian
Two verses of poetry
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Laylah and Majnun meet in school
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Fragmentary poem of Hafiz (?)
Library of Congress · 14??
Persian
Verses on hidden love
mir 'imad (al-hasani) al-qazvini · Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
An Arabic poem
vassal · Library of Congress · 1842
Persian
Moral lesson (hikayat) on friendship
Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Beginning of Sa'di's "Gulistan"
Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
The battle of Mazandaran
Library of Congress · 1564
Persian
A friend's letter
Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
The sound of insanity
munshi ram · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Three Ghazals by Tabib Isfahani
Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Quatrain on reaching divine unity
imad al-hasani · Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Quatrain on true knowledge
imad al-hasani · Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Prayer for God's mercy
Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Verses by Hilali
mir 'ali and sultan bayazid · Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
The lover's lament
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Muraqqa' of Poetical Excerpts
mirza quli mayli · Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Id (feast day) Quatrain
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Shi'i invocation to a ruler
hafiz nur allah · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Painting of Khusraw in battle; Shirin looks for Khusraw
Library of Congress · 19??
Persian
Quatrain of Kamal al-Din Isma'il
imad al-hasani · Library of Congress · 16??
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