Contents Acknowledgements VI Transliteration Table vn Introduction IX Abbreviations/References xvin Manuscripts (A-Z) Indices Arabic Script Titles 169 Main Subjects 175 Authors and Translators 187 Scribes and Calligraphers 194 Patrons and Former Owners 197 Painted Decorations 198 Painted Illustrations 198 Book Covers of Interest 198 Dated MSS 199 Concordance of Shelf and Catalogue Numbers 201 — A — ArbaTn-i JamI see Muraqqa" Ash'ar-i Suhayl see Divan-i Suhayl al-'Awamil al-mi'ah see_ Manzumah-i Mi'at "amil and Sharh-i Mi'at 'amil 1 Adab-i" AbbasI (Tarjamah-i Miftah al-falah) Author: Baha' al-DIn Muhammad ibn Husayn al-'Amill (d. 1030 /1621) On ethics.— (BWL 89).— ff.168, 18 x 10 / 12 x 5 cm., 13 lin.—European paper.— Persian nastaliq.— Dated Jum.II 1053/1643 (colophon in Arabic).— Ref. GAL II, 546; Dharf ah, 1, no. 127. Afirinish-namah Author: anon. Adventures of the prophet Muhammad's father A Abd Allah. — (BWL 93)— Incipit: ... (^) ou^ c> 'j^ ^ ^ ^ 0^ ... ^ -^. — ff. 119b- 133a, 22.5 x 12 / 16.5 x 8 cm., 13 lin.— Indian nastaliq.— NA. (13/19th cent.).— Preceded by Dalil al-ihsan (q.v.). Afsanah-i Shah-i Hind Author: anon. (BWL 24).— Incipit: ... -^ ^SJUA ^L^al j:> A£ X& ciu\Z*. (no preface, text begins abruptly).— ff.9, 24 x 15 / 16.5 x 8 cm., 17 lin.— Indian shikastah.— N.d. (13/19th cent.).— Incomplete at end.— Wormed. Ahkam-i nikah Author: anon. (BWL 131).—Incipit: ... ^ ^ A£ ^ S j C l ^ ^» . — ff.363b-381a, 22.5 x 12 / 17.5 x 7.5 cm., 11 lin.— Indian nastaTiq.— Copied for Navvab 'All Mardan Khan by Jukman in Shav.1215/1801 (f.388b).— Followed by (ff.381a-395b) an anon, tract on cabbalistic meaning of letters, propitious days, etc. 5 "Aja'ib al-makhluqat (tarjamah) Author: Zakariya ibn Muhammad al-QazwInl (d.692/1283, GAL SI, 882) 1 (RBD 32).— ff.30, 27 x 16.5 / 20.5 x 11 cm.. 17 lin.— Indian nastaliq.— Two illustrations.— N.d. (12 18th cent.).— Fragment containing leaves 32-56,146, and 181-186. 2 (RBD 33).— ff.35, same hand as RBD 32 (above).— Fragment containing leaves 106-138.— 38 illustrations and drawings of various plants.—N.d. (12/18th cent). 3 (BWL W12).— Incipit: ... <4* k ^ -^ ^J *kj^j ^ -ut«Ji._ Translator's name not known.— Dedicated to Tzz al-DIn Shah Pur ibn "Usman.— ff.401, 24.5 x 15 / 17 x 9.5 cm.. 13 lin.— Indian nastaliq.— Many small illustrations.— N.d. (end of 11/17 cent.). 4 (OL 8874).— Incipit: ... AHVI 3 ± ^ ^ \ . —ff.323. 32 x 19 / 22 x 12 cm.. 20 lin.— Contains numerous but somewhat unrefined illustrations.— Indian nastaliq with elements of shikastah.— Dated 1891 (thus, probably A.D.). Ref. Storey. II 1. 124-8. "Aja'ib al-sadr Author: Sadr al-Dln Muhammad ibn Zabardast Khan, known as Fa'iz (d.l 151/1738, DIPL, 161; Storey, 1/2, 1093) 1 On cosmography.— (BWL 15).— Incipit: ... <^-^ J^ IJJI^ j* o ^ •— Divided into 14 chapters (tariq) and conclusion (khatimah).— ff.43, 24.5 x 13.5 / 17 x 7.5 cm., 16 lin.— Elegant Indian nastaliq.— Text collated (balagha muqabalatan, see Fig.4).— Copied before 1134/1721 or 2 (see wtf^-seal on f.la). Akhbar al-ajal Author: Ghulam Husayn On funeral rites and ceremonies, in verse.— (BWL 75).— Incipit: > ... i& A£I Ja. A£ I J > «i,™.— Composed in 1199/1784-5 (author's name is a chronogram).— ff.177, 20.5 x 11 / 13.5 x 6.5 cm., 15 lin.— Indian nastaliq.— N.d. (13/19th cent.). 8 Akhlaq-i MuhsinI Author: Husayn ibn 'All Kashifi (d.910/1504 or 5) (BWL 88).— ff. 146, 21 x 11.5 / 15 x 8 cm., 15 lin.— Persian nasta liq.— Copied by Haydar ibn 'Abd al-Hamld al-Qayinl in Sha'b. 946/1539 (colophon mostly in Arabic).— Incomplete at beginning.— Damaged by water and worms. Ref. Munzavl, 2/2, 1591-3 (= Javahir al-asrar); Dharfah, 1, no. 1963; Ivanow (1924), no. 1386. See also Maria E. Subtelny, "A late medieval Persian Summa on ethics: Kashifi's Akhlaq-i Muhsini", Iranian studies, 36, no.4 (2003): 601-614. Akhlaq-i Nasiri Author: Nasir al-Dln Muhammad ibn Muhammad TusI (d. 672/1273) 1 (ISL 51).— ff.167, 24.5 x 14.5 / 16 x 7.5 cm., 19 lin.— Elegant nasta liq hand.— N.d. (11/17th cent.).— Last leaf wanting. 2 (ISL 108).—ff.229, 19 x 11 / 13.5 x 5.5 cm., 14 lin.— Elegant nasta liq hand.— N.d. (11/1 Vth cent.).— First 10 leaves supplied later; last folio missing. 3 (ISL 119).— ff.159, 22 x 13 / 17 x 8 cm., 17 lin.— Some leaves tinted light-brown.— Neat nasta liq hand (first 20 folios or so supplied by a different hand).— N.d. (12/18th cent.).— Last 9 folios damaged at the bottom.— Incomplete at end. Ref. Munzavl, 2/2, 1534-8; Dharfah, 1, no.1973. 10 Anhar al-asrar Author: 'Allm Allah al-Husaynl al-Chishtl al-Janland'harl (d. 1202/1787, DIPL, 72-3) Commentary on SaMl's Bustdn (no.27).— (BWL 51).— Incipit: ^ ^^ ... <jU JIIUJJJ j:> A£ JJJJJ.— Composed in 1130/1718 (see chronogram on f.8a).— ff.273, 26.5 x 15.5 / 20 x 10 cm., 17 lin.— Indian nastaliq.— Transcribed by Nur Muhammad ibn Muhammad Hasan ibn Hafiz Ahmad Kalam Allah in 1226/1811. 11 Anls al-talibln Author: 'Abd al-Karlm ibn Muhammad Muqlm Ray-Barllavl NagramI (d. 1248/1832, Tazkirah, 131) Sufism.— (BWL 105).— Incipit: ^jS ^ A^JJ ^ - j o^^ ^u e> J ^ (^) ... .— Divided into two main chapters (as/)-— ff.87, 24.5 x 15.5 / 16.5 x 9.5 cm., 15 lin.— Indian nastaliq.— N.d. (13/19th cent.). 12 Anls al-xushshaq Author: Sharaf al-DIn Hasan ibn Muhammad Rami (d.795/1392 or 3) Ornate prose.— (BWL 25).— ff.lb-52b, 20 x 13 / 13 x 6.5 cm., 11 lin.— Indian nastaliq.— Copied by Murad 'All valad-i "Abd al-Baql in Muh. 1255/1839.—Ref. Storey, III/2, 250-1. 13 Ansab al-a'immah Author: anon, (perhaps same as the scribe, see_ below) (BWL 147).— Incipit: ... ^ j ^ ^ S& AAS ±**1\ — Composed for Miyan FatrT All Khan.— ff. 13, 24.5 x 14.5/ 18 x 10 cm., 17 lin.—Indian nastaliq.— Copied by Afzal 'All Rizavl al-Muhanl, in Safar (year not given, 13/19th cent.). 14 Aqa'id al-Islam (Tarjamah-i Kitab-i Aqa'id al-Islam) Author: Ahmad ibn Muhammad Ardablll (d. 993/1585, see GAL SII, 582), transl. from the Turkish by Ismail ibn Husayn Tabrlzl (ISL 144).— ff.122, 16 x 10 / 13 x 7.5 cm., 15-18 lin.— Nasta liq/shikastah hand.— Holograph.— Translated (?) in Jum.II 1322/1904.—Dated Ram. 1328/1910.—Ref. Dharfah, 15,nos 1834 and 1835. 15 Ash'ar-i "Abd al-Ahad Author: 'Abd al-Ahad ibn Mu'azzam 'All ibn Plr 'All, known as 'Umar Daraz ibn MunshI Tufayl 'All (BWL 79).— Collection begins with 7 poems (qasidah), Haft khvan, in praise of 'All ibn Abl Talib.— ff.76, 27.5 x 21 / 23.5 x 15 cm., 12 lin.— Indian nastaliq.— N.d. (probably shortly after 1289/1873, see preface).— Perhaps author's own copy. 16 Ashi"at al-Lama'at Author: ' Abd al-Rahman JamI (d.898/1492) Commentary on the Lama^at of Fakhr al-DIn Ibrahim al-Traql (d.686/1287, see GAL SI, 793).— (BWL 108).— ff.29b-121b, 27 x 16.5 / 18.5 x 10 cm., 13 lin.— Indian nastaliq.— Dated Zu al-H.1226/1812.— Ref. Munzavl, 3/2, 1032-3; Ivanow (1924), no. 612(29). 7 17 Ayn al-dava' (Tazkirah-i kahhall) Author: Shams al-DIn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Kahhal, known as Bavard. Most probably same as Shams al-DIn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Kamal (!) ibn Jamal al-DIn, the author of Shifa' al- ^ayn (see Elgood, 68) (OL 389/31). —Incipit: ... A£ \J J U ^ J bjS^ju^ .— pp. 1-105, 27.5 x 17 / 21.5 x 11 cm., 25 lin.— Divided into 79 chapters (bakhsh).— Extensive quotations from Shifa' aWayn by Galen (!).— Clear naskh hand.— Laid European paper.— Contains a number of drawings at the beginning (Fig.5).— Numerous blanks intended for illustrations.— Copied in Safar 1102/1690 by Ibn Hajl Muhammad Zaman Nasir. Followed by two other treatises on diseases of the head and on fevers and poisons. Both are without prefaces.— The first one (pp. 108-136) consists of 59 chapters (bab) and begins: ^ IJ >- jl L^&l J ^j^c JA CAC J^ ... ^c ^> ... £t-^» j^ Jj* v>W J <^l*^j .— The second work has 61 chapters (bab) and begins with a table of contents, after which it proceeds directly to chapter one: ^J^-J <"Ui^y s-1^ ^&\j^jl. B Baz-namah (Muhammad Riza) see Dastur al-sayd Bur' al-sa'ah see Tjalat al-'ilaj 18 Bab al-zamlr Author: Mu'In al-DIn ibn ' Abd al-MajId Jami'I On divination.— (BWL 132).— Composed in 1086/1675-6 (title- chronogram) and dedicated to the Emperor Aurangzlb.— Incipit: J <*-. ... ^lc jLiiu» ^^ij .— ff. 13b- 18b.— Indian nastaliq.— N.d. (ca. 1221/1806, see f.5b). 19 Bahar-i danish Author: 'Inayat Allah Kanbu (d. 1082/1671, DIPL, 258) Collection of tales.— 1 (BWL Wl).— ff.317, 25.5 x 14 / 21.5 x 10 cm.. 16 lin.— Laid Kashmiri paper.— Indian nastaliq.— Illuminated frame.— Copied in 1830 (thus).