PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS

IN

THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PAKISTAN

AT

KARA CID

Prepared for the .central Committee of the Government of Pakistan for the celebration of the 2500th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Iranian Monarchy under the supervision of S. A. Naqvi, T. I . PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS

IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PAKISTAN

AT KARA CID

History, Biography, Tales and Legends, Geography and Travel

PREPARED

by

MOHAMMAD ASHRAF

1971 TA BLE OF CONTE NTS

I - HISTORY

(1) General History of the World.

Cat. Nos. Tarjumah-i-Tarikh-i-Tabari. 1-2 Tabaqat-i-Nasiri. 3 Tarikh-i-Muhammad Shahi. 4 Raudat al-Safa Vol. I. 5 Vol. II. 6 Vol. VI. 7-8 Vol. vm. 9 Habib aJ-Siyar Vol. Ill. 10 Tarikh-i-Humayuni (Tarikh-i-lbrahimi). 11 Nusakh-i-Jahan-Ara. 12 Mirat al-Alam. 13-15 Tarikh-i-Muharnrnadi. 16 Mirat-i-Aftab-Numa ('l yar-al-Muwarrikhin). 17 Tarikb. 18 (2) Islamic History (a) Prophets and P atriarchs Taj al-Qassas. 19 Tarikh-i-Musawi. 20 18 (b) The Holy Prophet. Siyar-i-Afifi. 2 1 Shawahid al-Nabuwwat . 22-23 Ma'arij-al-Nabuwwat. 24-27 Madarij-al-Nabuwwat. 28 Hilyah-i-Jaliyah' Hadrat Sayyid al-MursaH n. 29 Surur al-Mahzun. 30 (c) The Orthodox Caliphs. Futuh ibn-i-A'tham. 31-34 Matali al-Anwar fi Tarjumat al-Athar. 35- 37 Raudat al-Ahbab fi Sirat al-Nabi w-al-Ashab. 38- 42 Manaqib-i-Murtadawi. 43 Taiikh-i-Islam. 44 Tarikh-i-Islam. 45

(d) The Shi ~ah Imams. Raudat al-Shuhada. 46 Tarb al-Qulub. 47 Tuhfah-i-Maliki (Tarjumah Uyun Akbar al-Rida). 48 JaJa al-Uyun. 49 H ayat al-Qulub. 50-51 Tadhki.rat al-A'immah. 52 Asrar-i-Ahmadi. 53 Ansab-i-Athar. 54 Nihayat al-Su'ul fi Manaqibi } Raih.anit al-Rasul. 55 (3) History of Turkistan, Iran. Afghanistan etc. (a) Mongols (11-Khanids) Tajziyat al-Amsar wa Tazjiyat al-A'sar (Tarikh-i-Wassaf). 56-57 Zafar Namah. 58-60 Matla ul-Sa'dain wa Majma a l-Bahrain. 61-62 Tarikh (Raqim Bukhari). 63 Tuzuk-i-Timuri. 64 Malfuzat-i-Amir Timur (Tuzuk-i-Timuri or Malfuzat-i-Sahib Qiran). 65-66 Iran (b) Pre-JslaJllic. Al-Mu'jam fi Athar Muluk al-Ajam. 67

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(c) Safawids. Tarikh-i-Shah Abbas Thani. 68 (d) Afsharids. Bayan+Waqi. 69 Tarikh+Jahan Kusha'i. 70 (e) Afghanistan. Makhzan-i-Afghani. 71 Kha.timah Kitab Tawarikh Khan-i-Jahan wa Amir Timur. 72 Khulasat al-Ansab. 73 Maharabah-i-Kabul. 74 Tarikh-i-Kabul. 75 Tuhfat al-Habib. 76

(4) India - Pakistan. (a) General History. Gulshan-i-Ibrahimi (Tarikh-i-Firishtah). 77 - 81 Lubb al-Tawarikh-i-Hind. 82 Khulasat al-Tawarikh. 83-92 Majmu'ah: Nizam al-Tawarikh l Tarikh-i-Raqim 93 Tadhkirah-i-Muqim Khani Majmu'ah·i-Mirza Mahdi Khan. 94 Muntakhab al-Lubab. 95 Tarikh-i-Hind (Rustam Ali) 96 Chahar Oulshan. 97 Tarikh-i-Hind (Anonymous) 98-99 tb) Sultans of D elhi. Ta'rikh-i-Firuz Shahi. 100 (c) Suris. Tarikh Sher Shahi (Tuhfah-i-Akbar Shahi) 101 (d) Timurids. (i) Akbar. Akbar-Namah. 102-109 Ain-i-Akbari. 110-114 (ii) Jahangir. Waqa'i Jashn-i-Jahangir Badshah. 115 Sash Fath Kangrah. 116 Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri. 117 20

Iqbal Namah-i-Jahangiri. 118-123 Ma'athir-i-Jahangi.ri. 124 (iii) Shah Jahau. Padshah-Namah. (Amina-i-Qazwlni) 125-126 Badshah-Namah (Abd al-Hamid Lahori) 127 Badshah-Namah (Fadil Khan) 128 Thhtisar Shah Jahan Namah. 129 Tntikhab-i-Akbar-Namah } Intikhab-i-Shah Jahau Namah 130 (iv) Alamgir. Waqiat-i-Alamgiri. 131-132 Alamgir-Namah (Kazinl). 133-135 Alamgir-Namah (Hatim Khan) 136 (v) Later Mugbals. Jang-Namah ('Ali). 137-140 Shah Namah Munawwar Kalam. 141 Bada'i Waqa'i. 142 Tadhkirah-i-Anaud Ram Mukhlis. 143 Miftah al-Iqbal Muhammad Shahi. 144-145 Tarikh-i-Shakir Khani. 146 Mulakkhas al-Tawarikh. 147 Shah Alam-Namah. 148 Tarikh-i-Muzaffari. 149-150 Naiyar-i-Akbari. 151 Mafatih al-Riyasat. 152-153 Majmuah : (a) Maktubat wa Faramin l (b} Tarikh 154 (c) Mutafarriqat' (e) Local Histories. (i) Arcot. Tuzuk-i-Walajahi. 155 (U) Bijapur. Basatin aJ-Salatin. 156 (iii) Gujarat. Mirat-i-Ahmadi. 157 (iv) Haidarabad. Khulasat al-Hisab Mamalik-i-Dakkan wa Khulasat al-Salatin Lubb-i-Lubab. 158

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Wasiyat-Namah Asif Jah. 159 Tuzuk-r-Asifi (Tuzuk-i-Asifiyah or Asif-Namah) 160-161 Hadiqat al-Alam. 162-163 Tarikh-i-Dakkau. 164 Ta1ikh-Qutb Shalti. 165 Tuzuk-i-Baharistao. 166 Tawarikh-i-Farkhundah wa Halat-i-Nawwab Shahid. 167 (v) lndore. Kitab-i-Nusratain (Waqai Holkar). 168 (vi) Kashmir. Tarikh-i-Kaslunir (Haidar Malik). 169 Tarikh-i-Kashmir (Ajiz) 170 Tarikh-i-Kashmir (Ghulam Hasan). 171 Waqiat-i-Kashmir. 172 (vii) Malwah. Tarikh-Nasir Shahi. 173 (viii) Oudh. Jmad al-Sa'adat. 174 Waqai Dilpidhir. 175 (ix) Panjab. Zafar-Namah-i-Ranjit Singh. 176 (x) Rohilkhand. Tarikh Faid Bakhsh. 177 (xi) Sin d. Cbach-Namah (Fath Namah). 178 Tarikh-i-Sind. 179 (xii) Ton k. Amir-Namah. 180-182 (5) Historical Dates and Chronogroms. Makhzan al-A'ras. 183-184 II-BIOGRAPHY {a) Saints. Tadhkirat al-Auliya. 185-191 Siyar al-Auliya fi Muhabbat al-Haqq Jalla wa' ala. 192 Takmilah (Tarjumah Khulasat al-Mafakhir). 193 Siyar-i-Muhammadi. 194 Nafahat al-Uns min Hadarat al-Quds. 195-199 22

Tadhkirah-i-Chishtiyah wa Maududiyah. 200 Rashhat Ayn al-Hayat. 201-202 Siyar al-Arllin (Abd al-Muqtadir Khan). 203 Thamarat al-Quds min Shajarat al-Uns. 204- 206 Zubdat al-Maqamat. 207 Safinat al-Auliya. 208- 209 Sakinat al-Auliya. 210 Munis al-Arwah. 211 Matlub al-Talibin. 212 Tadhkirah-i-Nur-Namah. 213 Tarikh-i-Qadiriyah. 214 Inayat-i-Ilahiyah. 215 Shajrat al-Anwar-i-Fakhri. 216 Manaqib Shaikh Abd al-Qadir Jilani. 217 Tadhkirah? 218 (b) Amirs. Dastur al-Wuzara. 219 (c) Poets. Tadhkirat-a1-Shu 'ara. 220- 225 Tarju.m.ah Majalis al-Nafa'is. 226 Tadhkirah-i-Ahbab. 227 Mirat al-Khayal. 228 Kalimat al-Shu'ara. 229-234 Char Bagh : Tadhkirah Tahir Nasrabadi l Tuhfah-i-Sami 235 Diwan-i-Kalim Diwan-i-Salim Riyad al-Shu'ara. 236 Majma al-Nafa'is. 237 Tadhkirat al-Ahwal. 238 Tadhkirat al-Mu'asirin. 239-240 Sarw Azad. 241- 242 Tuhfat al-Shu'ara. 243 Atish Kadah-i-Adhar. 244-246 Tadhkirah-i-Sarwar. 247 Nata'ij al Afkar. 248 {d) Miscellaneous. Majalis al-Mu'minin. 249 Shajrat al-Ansab. 250

. --~- r"o. - . 23 III-TALES, LEGENDS AND ANECDOTES 1. Religious. Qasas al-Anbiya. 251-253 Shams al-Majalis (Uns al-Muridin). 254-255 Jang-Namah Hadrat Amir Hamzah. 256 Dastan-i-Amir Hamzah. 257 2. Historical. Waqa'i Haidarabad wa Golkundah. 258--263 3. Moral, Didactic & Fairy Tales. (a) Version of Kalilab Wa Dimoah. Anwar-i-Suhaili. 264-265 lyar Danish. 266-269 (b) Ve1·sion of Tuti-Namah. Hakayat al-Darayat (Tuti Namah). 270-273 Tuti Namah (Qadiri). 274 (c) Other collections of tales and anecdotes. Qissah-i-Chahar Darwish. 275 Gulshan-i-Rangin. 276 Karistan (Wala Akhtar). 277 Bihar Danish. 278- 284 Farhang-i-Bihar Danish. 285 Gushayash Namah. 286 Qissah-i-Mihr wa Mah. 287-288 Qissah Gul-i-Bakawali. 289 Qissah Hir wa Ranjah. 290 Ishrat Kada-i-Afaq. 291 Qissah Gul wa Sanubar. 292 Haft Sair-i-Hatim (Qissah-i-Hatim Ta'i). 293-295 Hatim Namah {or Qissah-i-Hatim Ta'i). 296 Qissah Minuchchir wa Mah Sima. 297 Nal wa Daman. 298 Qissah Shahzadi-i-Rum. 299

IV - COSMOGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHY, TRAVELS AND TOPOGRAPHY. Aja'ib al-Makhluqat wa Ghara'ib al-Maujudat. 300 Majma al-Ghara'ib. 301 24

Haft Iqlim. 302-304 Shuja-i-Haidari. 305 Hadiqat al-Aqalim. 306 Khatimah Hadiqat al-Aqalim. 307-308 Masir-i-Talibi fi Bilad-i-Afrangi. 309 Sirastan-i-Mubadharat a1-Daulah. 310 Safar-Nam.ah Nasir al-Din Shah Qachar. 311 Tarikh-i-Akbarabad. 312 Imarat-i-Akbarabad. 313 Ahwal-i-Imarat-i-Akbarabad. 314 Ahwal-i-Imarat-i-Akbarabad. 315-316

INDICES - I to VII

Index - I Authors, Compilers and Translators.

Index - II Titles of Works.

Index - III Names of Copyists.

Index - IV Places of Transcription.

Index - V Dates of Transcription.

Index - VI Names and Dates found on Seals. Index - VII Concordance of Catalogue Numbers and Accession Numbers.

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