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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??
Persian
Siyah Mashq
Library of Congress · 18??
Persian
Letter exercises
mir 'imad al-hasani · Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Letter exercise
Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Insha'
khan zaman · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Quatrain for a king
mir 'ali heravi (attr.) · Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Saying about Imam Husayn
Library of Congress · 18??
Arabic
Bal'ami's Persian translation of al-Tabari's "Ta'rikh"
Library of Congress · 12??
Persian
Insha'
mir kalan · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Siyah Mashq
Library of Congress · 18??
Persian
Protocol of address
Library of Congress · 16??
Ottoman Turkish
Mufradat page
Library of Congress · 18??
Arabic
Introduction (Muqadimmah)
muhammad ja'far · Library of Congress · 19??
Persian
Mufradat exercises
Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Siyah Mashq
Library of Congress · 18??
Urdu
Sample calligraphies
hakim sayyid hamid 'abbas al-taqawi al-bukhari · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Siyah Mashq
Library of Congress · 18??
Persian
Quatrain on divine mercy
mir 'ali heravi (attr.) · Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Persian Royal Order granted to James L. Merrick
Library of Congress · 1839
Arabic
Hajj directions
yaqut · Library of Congress · 12??
Persian
Three bayts (verses) to a loved one
mir 'ali al-katib · Library of Congress · 15??
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
Nubdhah laṭīfah fī ʻilm al-kitābah wa-al-aḥbār
mansuri collection (library of congress); būnī, aḥmad ibn ʻ… · Library of Congress · 1852
Persian
On the lovers' passion
Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Quatrain on separation
abdallah (isfahani) · Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Levha (panel) in honor of Imam 'Ali
farid al-din · Library of Congress · 18??
Arabic
Spousal advice
abdallah (lahuri) · Library of Congress · 17??
Arabic
كتاب لمحة المختطف في صناعة الخط الصل / تأليف حسين بن ياسين بن محمد.
Dimashqī, Ḥusayn ibn Yāsīn, active 1378 · Princeton University Library · 1677-1677
Arabic
Levha (panel)
muhammad ibrahim · Library of Congress · 1721
Persian
Quatrain on the virtue of patience
muhammad muhsin lahuri · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Safinah fragment
imad al-hasani al-katib · Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Insha'
mir kalan · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Insha'
khan zaman · Library of Congress · 17??
Ottoman Turkish
Military document
muhibb 'ali · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
[Calligraphy samples in Persian].
Gulāb Rāʼī, Fadwá, active 19th century · Princeton University Library · 1823-1858
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