Zoroaster from BL YT 28, f. 51 - Public domain dedication image
Detail of a mminiature of Zoroaster with two demons, from Pseudo-Aristotle's Secreta secretorum. Image taken from f. 51 of Secreta secretorum (ff. 1-43); Il Tesoro (translation of Li Livres dou Tresor) (ff. 43v... More
Jamshîd enthroned flanked by an angel and a swordbearer.
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Rustam kills Alkûs. - Persian manuscript
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The baby Rustam in swaddling clothes is suckled by one of his ten wet ...
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Garshâsp hits a lion with his mace.
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Rûdâba giving birth to Rustam. - Public domain dedication image
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"Rustam Lassos Rakhsh," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firda...
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Rustam slays Qulûn. - Persian manuscript
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Cyrus, king of Persia, sees a vine coming from the mouth of his sleepi...
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes is unable to take a Persian city (Elimais, Pers...
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Giovanni Boccaccio - Xerxes from BL Royal 14 E V, f. 139, illuminated ...
Detail of a miniature of the death of Xerxes, at the beginning of chapter 6 of book 3. Image taken from f. 139 of De casibus virorum illustrium in French translation (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fem... More
![Nûh [Noah] on the Ark. - Public domain dedication image](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn6/L3Bob3RvLzE1NzcvMTIvMzEvbnVoLW5vYWgtb24tdGhlLWFyay1jZDY4NmYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "Nûh [Noah] on the Ark. - Public domain dedication image")
Nûh [Noah] on the Ark. - Public domain dedication image
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Persarum imperium. Historic map, Library of Congress
Shows Iran and adjacent counties. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
![architecture from "[Indian Antiquities: or, Dissertations relative to the ancient geographical divisions, the ... primeval theology, the grand code of civil laws, the original form of government, and the ... literature of Hindostan, compared ... with the religion, laws, government and literature of Persia, Egypt and Greece. The whole intended as introductory to ... the History of Hindostan.]"](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn2/L3Bob3RvLzE4MDYvMTIvMzEvYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlLWZyb20taW5kaWFuLWFudGlxdWl0aWVzLW9yLWRpc3NlcnRhdGlvbnMtcmVsYXRpdmUtdG8tdGhlLWFuY2llbnQtMzExYWRkLTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "architecture from \"[Indian Antiquities: or, Dissertations relative to the ancient geographical divisions, the ... primeval theology, the grand code of civil laws, the original form of government, and the ... literature of Hindostan, compared ... with the religion, laws, government and literature of Persia, Egypt and Greece. The whole intended as introductory to ... the History of Hindostan.]\"")
architecture from "[Indian Antiquities: or, Dissertations relative to ...
This image has been taken from scan 000282 from volume 02 of "[Indian Antiquities: or, Dissertations relative to the ancient geographical divisions, the ... primeval theology, the grand code of civil laws, the ... More
![Zoroastrianism from "[Indian Antiquities: or, Dissertations relative to the ancient geographical divisions, the ... primeval theology, the grand code of civil laws, the original form of government, and the ... literature of Hindostan, compared ... with the religion, laws, government and literature of Persia, Egypt and Greece. The whole intended as introductory to ... the History of Hindostan.]"](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn2/L3Bob3RvLzE4MDYvMTIvMzEvem9yb2FzdHJpYW5pc20tZnJvbS1pbmRpYW4tYW50aXF1aXRpZXMtb3ItZGlzc2VydGF0aW9ucy1yZWxhdGl2ZS10by10aGUtYW5jaWVudC05ZWRhNmYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/58/webp "Zoroastrianism from \"[Indian Antiquities: or, Dissertations relative to the ancient geographical divisions, the ... primeval theology, the grand code of civil laws, the original form of government, and the ... literature of Hindostan, compared ... with the religion, laws, government and literature of Persia, Egypt and Greece. The whole intended as introductory to ... the History of Hindostan.]\"")
Zoroastrianism from "[Indian Antiquities: or, Dissertations relative t...
This image has been taken from scan 000318 from volume 01 of "[Indian Antiquities: or, Dissertations relative to the ancient geographical divisions, the ... primeval theology, the grand code of civil laws, the ... More
Map of Persia and adjacent countries, for Sir John Malcolm's History o...
Covers Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, most of Pakistan, portions of Turkey and Syria, and the surrounding countries. LC copy imperfect: Chipped on edges. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a r... More
![Zoroastrian from "[Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, etc.]"](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn8/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzAvMTIvMzEvem9yb2FzdHJpYW4tZnJvbS10cmF2ZWxzLWluLWFzc3lyaWEtbWVkaWEtYW5kLXBlcnNpYS1ldGMtZmM4OTcyLTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "Zoroastrian from \"[Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, etc.]\"")
Zoroastrian from "[Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, etc.]"
This image has been taken from scan 000565 from volume 01 of "[Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, etc.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the Bri... More
Reception of a Persian Ambassador by a Mughal Prince
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Assyria - Head of Portal Guardian from Nimroud. British Museum
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Perzië, Daliki rivier bij Shiraz-Bushire
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Persian ruins from "La Perse. Géographie, histoire, mœurs, gouverneme...
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![[Persian house in the History of Habitation exhibit, Paris Exposition, 1889]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTMvcGVyc2lhbi1ob3VzZS1pbi10aGUtaGlzdG9yeS1vZi1oYWJpdGF0aW9uLWV4aGliaXQtcGFyaXMtZXhwb3NpdGlvbi0xODg5LTdjNmFlNC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Persian house in the History of Habitation exhibit, Paris Exposition, 1889]")
[Persian house in the History of Habitation exhibit, Paris Exposition,...
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![[History of Habitation exhibit showing from left to right, Assyrian, Phoenician, Hebrew, Etruscian, Hindu, Persian dwellings and a Germanic log house, Paris Exposition, 1889]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODkvMDEvMDEvaGlzdG9yeS1vZi1oYWJpdGF0aW9uLWV4aGliaXQtc2hvd2luZy1mcm9tLWxlZnQtdG8tcmlnaHQtYXNzeXJpYW4tcGhvZW5pY2lhbi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[History of Habitation exhibit showing from left to right, Assyrian, Phoenician, Hebrew, Etruscian, Hindu, Persian dwellings and a Germanic log house, Paris Exposition, 1889]")
[History of Habitation exhibit showing from left to right, Assyrian, P...
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Persia - Mohmammedan priests - A group of men in turbans pose for a pi...
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Iran persepolis ancient building. A close up of a statue of a man with...
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A large stone slab with carvings on it. Mesopotamia assyria sumerian.
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A close up of a statue of a man wearing a hat. Ancient iran history.
A close - up of a relief of a man with a beard and a book / Relief of a man with a beard sculpture.
A group of men standing next to each other on a wall. Assyria mesopota...
Bas relief of the persian empire / A relief depicting the history of the british museum - public domain art photo.
A close up of a statue of a man wearing a hat. Ancient iran history.
A relief of a man wearing a crown / A relief of the head of an ancient man sculpture.
Persepolis iran ancient building. A wall with a number of carvings on ...
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The sîmurgh aids the wounded Rustam and Rakhsh.
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Habit of a Persian lady in 1568. Dame Persanne.
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The history of the feminine costume in the world. The sumptuous Persia...
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Ayyûb (Job) talks with the angel Jibrâ'îl, who comes to minister to hi...
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Habit of a Persian gentleman in 1700. Persien.
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Tour de Mamacenis, Chiraz. - A picture of a view of a town in the dist...
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Cour intérieure de la Grande Mosquée, (Ispahan).
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al-Mujallad al-avval min kalām Mīr Khvand ʻalayhi al-raḥmah
Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Probably written in India. Paper; thin, polished laid paper with horizontal laid lines and no visible chain lines or watermarks; both sections have alm... More
Pādishāhnāmah - Persian manuscript
Contains a biography of Shāhjahān from his birth through the first 10 years of his reign by Qazvīnī. This work is followed by the second and third parts of Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh's ʻAmāl-i Ṣāliḥ's h... More
Collection of short texts or extracts from various manuscripts in Pers...
Collection of texts concerning the reign of Mahmud Begara, Sultan of Gujarat. Manuscript. Persian and Arabic. Card inserted in manuscript: "Events during Mahmud Shah of India--Arabic and Persian; Mogul period -... More
Sharḥ-i Jām-i jahān numā
Book of historical and other anecdotes, beginning with anecdotes about nature. Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon. Written by Sayyid Raḥim ʻAlī and Shaykh Walī Muḥammad ibn Manṣūr. Date from colopho... More
Waqiat-i-Nadiri (History of Nadir Shah)
Historical study of Iran and Afghanistan during the reign of Nādir Shāh, 1688-1747. Manuscript. Persian. Title from frontispiece. "The manuscript WAQA-I-NADIRI contains memoirs of Nadir Shah compiled by Moham... More
Tārīkh-i Nādirī - Persian manuscript
Manuscript is incomplete; text breaks off abruptly at second word of line 5, leaf 257a. Manuscript. Persian Title from frontispiece. Former owner's bookplate pasted inside front cover, "Thomas Munro, 23." Place... More
Nuskhah--i Tavārīkh-i Sind
Manuscript. Persian. Title from fol. 1a. Written by Muḥammad Tahsīn. Fol. 1a has name of former owner David Anderson. Written in India. Paper; thin, cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no v... More
Kitāb-i qiṣṣah-ʼi Kāmʹrūp - Public domain document scan
Manuscript. Persian Caption title. Name of scribe not indicated; perhaps written by Captain William Franklin. Written in India. Paper; think, polished, cream-color laid paper; no visible chain lines or watermar... More
Shāh Jihān - Persian manuscript
Biography of the Mogul Emperor Shahjahan. Manuscript. Persian. Title from container; label and pencilled information in manuscript erroneously identifies the work as the Shāhnāmah of Firdawsī. Name of scribe... More
Maṭlaʻ al-saʻdayn - Persian manuscript
The first volume of a two volume work which in all covers 170 years. The first volume covers the years from the birth of the last Mongol ruler of Persia Abū Saʻīd (704/1304/5) until the death of Abū S aʻīd,... More
Jild-i avval Siyar al-mutaʼakhkhirīn, taṣnīf-i Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Kh...
History of India in the 18th century. Manuscript. Persian. Title from flyleaf. Scribe not indicated. India. Paper; cream-color Indian paper; black ink, some rubrication; text enclosed within border of two thin ... More
al-Muʻjam fī ās̲ār mulūk al-ʻajam
Treatise on the deeds of the Persian kings. Manuscript. Persian. Title from container; based on comparison with other printings of the same work. Name of scribe not indicated. Probably written in Iran or India.... More
Malfūẓāt - Persian manuscript - Abū Ṭālib al Ḥusaynī
Memoirs of Timur originally written in Chagatay, now lost, translated into Persian by the Mughal scholar Abū Ṭālib al-Ḥusaynī. Manuscript. Persian. Title from folio 2a No statement of responsibility. Possi... More
Tārīkh-i Quṭb-i Shāhīyah - Public domain document scan
History of Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah, Sultan of Golconda and the Qutb Shahi dynasty and includes the historical, political and social events prevalent in Hyderabadi during the Qutb Shahi period. Manuscript. Per... More
Dar bayān-i kayfiyat-i madd va jazr-i Islām
Versified short history of Islam. Manuscript. Probably written in Afghanistan. Paper is light cream; written in black ink. Nastalīq script; written area 29.2 x 16.3 cm. Colophon dated Dalv 1312 [January/Februa... More
al-Mujallad al-avval min kalām Mīr Khvand ʻalayhi al-raḥmah
Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Probably written in India. Paper; thin, polished laid paper with horizontal laid lines and no visible chain lines or watermarks; both sections have alm... More
Pādishāhnāmah - Persian manuscript
Contains a biography of Shāhjahān from his birth through the first 10 years of his reign by Qazvīnī. This work is followed by the second and third parts of Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh's ʻAmāl-i Ṣāliḥ's h... More
Collection of short texts or extracts from various manuscripts in Pers...
Collection of texts concerning the reign of Mahmud Begara, Sultan of Gujarat. Manuscript. Persian and Arabic. Card inserted in manuscript: "Events during Mahmud Shah of India--Arabic and Persian; Mogul period -... More
Waqiat-i-Nadiri (History of Nadir Shah)
Historical study of Iran and Afghanistan during the reign of Nādir Shāh, 1688-1747. Manuscript. Persian. Title from frontispiece. "The manuscript WAQA-I-NADIRI contains memoirs of Nadir Shah compiled by Moham... More
Sharḥ-i Jām-i jahān numā
Book of historical and other anecdotes, beginning with anecdotes about nature. Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon. Written by Sayyid Raḥim ʻAlī and Shaykh Walī Muḥammad ibn Manṣūr. Date from colopho... More
Tārīkh-i Nādirī - Persian manuscript
Manuscript is incomplete; text breaks off abruptly at second word of line 5, leaf 257a. Manuscript. Persian Title from frontispiece. Former owner's bookplate pasted inside front cover, "Thomas Munro, 23." Place... More
Nuskhah--i Tavārīkh-i Sind
Manuscript. Persian. Title from fol. 1a. Written by Muḥammad Tahsīn. Fol. 1a has name of former owner David Anderson. Written in India. Paper; thin, cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no v... More
Kitāb-i qiṣṣah-ʼi Kāmʹrūp - Public domain document scan
Manuscript. Persian Caption title. Name of scribe not indicated; perhaps written by Captain William Franklin. Written in India. Paper; think, polished, cream-color laid paper; no visible chain lines or watermar... More
Shāh Jihān - Persian manuscript
Biography of the Mogul Emperor Shahjahan. Manuscript. Persian. Title from container; label and pencilled information in manuscript erroneously identifies the work as the Shāhnāmah of Firdawsī. Name of scribe... More
Jild-i avval Siyar al-mutaʼakhkhirīn, taṣnīf-i Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Kh...
History of India in the 18th century. Manuscript. Persian. Title from flyleaf. Scribe not indicated. India. Paper; cream-color Indian paper; black ink, some rubrication; text enclosed within border of two thin ... More
Maṭlaʻ al-saʻdayn - Persian manuscript
The first volume of a two volume work which in all covers 170 years. The first volume covers the years from the birth of the last Mongol ruler of Persia Abū Saʻīd (704/1304/5) until the death of Abū S aʻīd,... More
al-Muʻjam fī ās̲ār mulūk al-ʻajam
Treatise on the deeds of the Persian kings. Manuscript. Persian. Title from container; based on comparison with other printings of the same work. Name of scribe not indicated. Probably written in Iran or India.... More
Malfūẓāt - Persian manuscript - Abū Ṭālib al Ḥusaynī
Memoirs of Timur originally written in Chagatay, now lost, translated into Persian by the Mughal scholar Abū Ṭālib al-Ḥusaynī. Manuscript. Persian. Title from folio 2a No statement of responsibility. Possi... More
Tārīkh-i Quṭb-i Shāhīyah - Public domain document scan
History of Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah, Sultan of Golconda and the Qutb Shahi dynasty and includes the historical, political and social events prevalent in Hyderabadi during the Qutb Shahi period. Manuscript. Per... More
Dar bayān-i kayfiyat-i madd va jazr-i Islām
Versified short history of Islam. Manuscript. Probably written in Afghanistan. Paper is light cream; written in black ink. Nastalīq script; written area 29.2 x 16.3 cm. Colophon dated Dalv 1312 [January/Februa... More
al-Mujallad al-avval min kalām Mīr Khvand ʻalayhi al-raḥmah
Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Probably written in India. Paper; thin, polished laid paper with horizontal laid lines and no visible chain lines or watermarks; both sections have alm... More
Pādishāhnāmah - Persian manuscript
Contains a biography of Shāhjahān from his birth through the first 10 years of his reign by Qazvīnī. This work is followed by the second and third parts of Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh's ʻAmāl-i Ṣāliḥ's h... More
Collection of short texts or extracts from various manuscripts in Pers...
Collection of texts concerning the reign of Mahmud Begara, Sultan of Gujarat. Manuscript. Persian and Arabic. Card inserted in manuscript: "Events during Mahmud Shah of India--Arabic and Persian; Mogul period -... More
Waqiat-i-Nadiri (History of Nadir Shah)
Historical study of Iran and Afghanistan during the reign of Nādir Shāh, 1688-1747. Manuscript. Persian. Title from frontispiece. "The manuscript WAQA-I-NADIRI contains memoirs of Nadir Shah compiled by Moham... More
Sharḥ-i Jām-i jahān numā
Book of historical and other anecdotes, beginning with anecdotes about nature. Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon. Written by Sayyid Raḥim ʻAlī and Shaykh Walī Muḥammad ibn Manṣūr. Date from colopho... More
Tārīkh-i Nādirī - Persian manuscript
Manuscript is incomplete; text breaks off abruptly at second word of line 5, leaf 257a. Manuscript. Persian Title from frontispiece. Former owner's bookplate pasted inside front cover, "Thomas Munro, 23." Place... More
Nuskhah--i Tavārīkh-i Sind
Manuscript. Persian. Title from fol. 1a. Written by Muḥammad Tahsīn. Fol. 1a has name of former owner David Anderson. Written in India. Paper; thin, cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no v... More
Kitāb-i qiṣṣah-ʼi Kāmʹrūp - Public domain document scan
Manuscript. Persian Caption title. Name of scribe not indicated; perhaps written by Captain William Franklin. Written in India. Paper; think, polished, cream-color laid paper; no visible chain lines or watermar... More
Shāh Jihān - Persian manuscript
Biography of the Mogul Emperor Shahjahan. Manuscript. Persian. Title from container; label and pencilled information in manuscript erroneously identifies the work as the Shāhnāmah of Firdawsī. Name of scribe... More
Jild-i avval Siyar al-mutaʼakhkhirīn, taṣnīf-i Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Kh...
History of India in the 18th century. Manuscript. Persian. Title from flyleaf. Scribe not indicated. India. Paper; cream-color Indian paper; black ink, some rubrication; text enclosed within border of two thin ... More
Maṭlaʻ al-saʻdayn - Persian manuscript
The first volume of a two volume work which in all covers 170 years. The first volume covers the years from the birth of the last Mongol ruler of Persia Abū Saʻīd (704/1304/5) until the death of Abū S aʻīd,... More
al-Muʻjam fī ās̲ār mulūk al-ʻajam
Treatise on the deeds of the Persian kings. Manuscript. Persian. Title from container; based on comparison with other printings of the same work. Name of scribe not indicated. Probably written in Iran or India.... More
Malfūẓāt - Persian manuscript - Abū Ṭālib al Ḥusaynī
Memoirs of Timur originally written in Chagatay, now lost, translated into Persian by the Mughal scholar Abū Ṭālib al-Ḥusaynī. Manuscript. Persian. Title from folio 2a No statement of responsibility. Possi... More
Tārīkh-i Quṭb-i Shāhīyah - Public domain document scan
History of Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah, Sultan of Golconda and the Qutb Shahi dynasty and includes the historical, political and social events prevalent in Hyderabadi during the Qutb Shahi period. Manuscript. Per... More
Dar bayān-i kayfiyat-i madd va jazr-i Islām
Versified short history of Islam. Manuscript. Probably written in Afghanistan. Paper is light cream; written in black ink. Nastalīq script; written area 29.2 x 16.3 cm. Colophon dated Dalv 1312 [January/Februa... More
al-Mujallad al-avval min kalām Mīr Khvand ʻalayhi al-raḥmah
Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Probably written in India. Paper; thin, polished laid paper with horizontal laid lines and no visible chain lines or watermarks; both sections have alm... More
Pādishāhnāmah - Persian manuscript
Contains a biography of Shāhjahān from his birth through the first 10 years of his reign by Qazvīnī. This work is followed by the second and third parts of Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh's ʻAmāl-i Ṣāliḥ's h... More
Collection of short texts or extracts from various manuscripts in Pers...
Collection of texts concerning the reign of Mahmud Begara, Sultan of Gujarat. Manuscript. Persian and Arabic. Card inserted in manuscript: "Events during Mahmud Shah of India--Arabic and Persian; Mogul period -... More
Waqiat-i-Nadiri (History of Nadir Shah)
Historical study of Iran and Afghanistan during the reign of Nādir Shāh, 1688-1747. Manuscript. Persian. Title from frontispiece. "The manuscript WAQA-I-NADIRI contains memoirs of Nadir Shah compiled by Moham... More
Sharḥ-i Jām-i jahān numā
Book of historical and other anecdotes, beginning with anecdotes about nature. Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon. Written by Sayyid Raḥim ʻAlī and Shaykh Walī Muḥammad ibn Manṣūr. Date from colopho... More
Tārīkh-i Nādirī - Persian manuscript
Manuscript is incomplete; text breaks off abruptly at second word of line 5, leaf 257a. Manuscript. Persian Title from frontispiece. Former owner's bookplate pasted inside front cover, "Thomas Munro, 23." Place... More
Nuskhah--i Tavārīkh-i Sind
Manuscript. Persian. Title from fol. 1a. Written by Muḥammad Tahsīn. Fol. 1a has name of former owner David Anderson. Written in India. Paper; thin, cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no v... More
Kitāb-i qiṣṣah-ʼi Kāmʹrūp - Public domain document scan
Manuscript. Persian Caption title. Name of scribe not indicated; perhaps written by Captain William Franklin. Written in India. Paper; think, polished, cream-color laid paper; no visible chain lines or watermar... More
Shāh Jihān - Persian manuscript
Biography of the Mogul Emperor Shahjahan. Manuscript. Persian. Title from container; label and pencilled information in manuscript erroneously identifies the work as the Shāhnāmah of Firdawsī. Name of scribe... More
Jild-i avval Siyar al-mutaʼakhkhirīn, taṣnīf-i Sayyid Ghulām Ḥusayn Kh...
History of India in the 18th century. Manuscript. Persian. Title from flyleaf. Scribe not indicated. India. Paper; cream-color Indian paper; black ink, some rubrication; text enclosed within border of two thin ... More
Maṭlaʻ al-saʻdayn - Persian manuscript
The first volume of a two volume work which in all covers 170 years. The first volume covers the years from the birth of the last Mongol ruler of Persia Abū Saʻīd (704/1304/5) until the death of Abū S aʻīd,... More
al-Muʻjam fī ās̲ār mulūk al-ʻajam
Treatise on the deeds of the Persian kings. Manuscript. Persian. Title from container; based on comparison with other printings of the same work. Name of scribe not indicated. Probably written in Iran or India.... More
Malfūẓāt - Persian manuscript - Abū Ṭālib al Ḥusaynī
Memoirs of Timur originally written in Chagatay, now lost, translated into Persian by the Mughal scholar Abū Ṭālib al-Ḥusaynī. Manuscript. Persian. Title from folio 2a No statement of responsibility. Possi... More
Tārīkh-i Quṭb-i Shāhīyah - Public domain document scan
History of Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah, Sultan of Golconda and the Qutb Shahi dynasty and includes the historical, political and social events prevalent in Hyderabadi during the Qutb Shahi period. Manuscript. Per... More
Dar bayān-i kayfiyat-i madd va jazr-i Islām
Versified short history of Islam. Manuscript. Probably written in Afghanistan. Paper is light cream; written in black ink. Nastalīq script; written area 29.2 x 16.3 cm. Colophon dated Dalv 1312 [January/Februa... More
al-Mujallad al-avval min kalām Mīr Khvand ʻalayhi al-raḥmah
Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Probably written in India. Paper; thin, polished laid paper with horizontal laid lines and no visible chain lines or watermarks; both sections have alm... More
Pādishāhnāmah - Persian manuscript
Contains a biography of Shāhjahān from his birth through the first 10 years of his reign by Qazvīnī. This work is followed by the second and third parts of Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh's ʻAmāl-i Ṣāliḥ's h... More