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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
Letter exercise
Library of Congress · 17??
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??
Arabic
Sharḥ al-Amālī
qārī al-harawī, ʻalī ibn sulṭān muḥammad; mansuri collectio… · Library of Congress
Arabic
Hajj directions
yaqut · Library of Congress · 12??
Ottoman Turkish
Mufradat exercise
Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
[Two Persian miniatures].
Princeton University Library · 1800-1899
Arabic
Levha (panel) in honor of Imam 'Ali
farid al-din · Library of Congress · 18??
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
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??
Persian
Petition to a ruler
Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Mufradat exercises
Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Quatrain on freedom
muhammad riza kitabdar · Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
Kitāb-i Saḥr-i ḥalāl
shīrāzī, muḥammad · Library of Congress · 1545
Persian
Sample of a hopeful letter
abdallah · Library of Congress · 17??
Ottoman Turkish
Tughra of Sultan Ahmed III
Library of Congress · 1700
Arabic
[Calligraphic album].
Riżā, Ḥasan, active 1889 · Princeton University Library · 1889-1890
Arabic
Arabic prayer
ala' al-din tabrizi (attr.) · Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Good wishes for 'id (feast day)
Library of Congress · 1900
Persian
The seductivness of the world
Library of Congress · 15??
Persian
Poetic verses offering advice
Library of Congress · 16??
Persian
Verses on perceived value
muhammad mahdi husayni · Library of Congress · 1836
Arabic
كتاب عقد الفرائد فيما للمثلث من الفوائد / تاليف سيدي احمد الدمنهوري
Damanhūrī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Munʻim · Princeton University Library · 1734
Persian
[خمسه].
Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203 · Princeton University Library · 1600-1699
Persian
کتاب شرفنامۀ اسکندرى.
Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203 · Princeton University Library · 1550-1619
Persian
Id (feast day) Blessing
Library of Congress · 17??
Persian
[Pandnāmah.]
ʻaṭṭār, farīd al-dīn · Library of Congress · 17??
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