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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
Kitāb Dalāʼil al-khayrāt
jazūlī, muḥammad ibn sulaymān; batchelder, john davis; mawl… · Library of Congress · 1772
Arabic
Qur'anic Verses
Library of Congress · 10??
Arabic
Qur'anic verses
Library of Congress · 08??
Arabic
Qur'anic verses
Library of Congress
Arabic
Levha
muzaffar 'ali · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Siyah Mashq
Library of Congress · 18??
Arabic
Wise saying (hikmah)
Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Letter exercises
mir 'imad al-hasani · Library of Congress · 16??
Arabic
Qur'anic Verses
Library of Congress · 08??
Arabic
Kitāb Anwār al-tanzīl wa-asrār al-tāwīl
azharī, aḥmad ibn ʻalī ibn ʻabd allāh al-bānūbī; bayḍāwī, ʻ… · Library of Congress
Persian
Khusraw kills a lion
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Page from the "Farhang-i Jahangiri"
Library of Congress · 1619
Arabic
Qur'anic Verses
Library of Congress · 11??
Arabic
Kitāb qurrat al-ʻayn fī tasyīr al-nayyirayn
mansuri collection (library of congress); manṣūrī, maḥmūd a… · Library of Congress · 1525
Arabic
Kitāb Mā lā yasaʻu al-ṭabīb jahluh
ibn al-kutubī, yūsuf ibn ismaʻīl; ibn ʻabd al-nabī, ʻabd al… · Library of Congress · 1682
Arabic
Ḥāshiyat al-ʻallāmah Ḥasan al-Zībārī ʻalá ʻIṣām ʻalá al-Samarqandīyah
zībārī, ḥasan ibn muḥammad; manṣūrī, maḥmūd al-imām; mansur… · Library of Congress · 1932
Arabic
Qur'anic verses
Library of Congress · 10??
Arabic
Qur'anic verses
Library of Congress · 09??
Persian
Sa'di, "Two Lovers Lost at Sea"
Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Qur'anic Verses
Library of Congress · 11??
Arabic
Qur'anic Verses
Library of Congress · 08??
Arabic
[Qurʼān]
Library of Congress · 1739
Arabic
[Qurʼān]
Library of Congress · 1695
Arabic
The ephemerality of the world
Library of Congress · 15??
Arabic
Id blessings
muhammad) 'ali · Library of Congress · 1729
Arabic
Qur'anic verses
Library of Congress · 10??
Arabic
Sharḥ al-Lumaʻ fī ʻilm al-ḥisāb
mansuri collection (library of congress); manṣūrī, maḥmūd a… · Library of Congress · 1761
Persian
Siyah Mashq
Library of Congress · 18??
Persian
Verses by Jami
hajji yadigar al-katib · Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Verses on the beloved
munshi ram · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Muntakhab-i Shāhʹnāmah-i Ḥakīm Abū al-Qāsim Firdawsī, ʻalayhi al-raḥmah va al-maghfirah
firdawsī · Library of Congress · 1618
Persian
Şerh-i Gülistân
bosnavı̂ sudi · Library of Congress · 17??
Ottoman Turkish
Kitâb-i tezkiret ül-evliyâ
harawī, muḥammad; ʻaṭṭār, farīd al-dīn · Library of Congress
Ottoman Turkish
[Incomplete manuscript of the Ottoman Turkish translation of ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt of Qazwīnī]
qazwīnī, zakarīyā ibn muḥammad · Library of Congress · 1553
Ottoman Turkish
Hâzâ nazm-i Risale-yi Bilgili Mehmet Efendi
birgivî mehmet efendi · Library of Congress
Arabic
Introduction (Muqadimmah)
muhammad ja'far · Library of Congress · 19??
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