181
Qesas ol-Ambiya
قصص الانبياء
MC No.:-61/1 Subject:- History
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Per. 920/4
D/o. Inscription:- 1101 A.H.
Script:- Nasta©liq Lines:-19 Folios:-174 Language:-Persian
Beginning:-الحمد لله... عن محمّد بن اسماعيل بن ابراهيم البخاري رحمه الله
باسناد صحيح عن
ابيجعفر بن...
Remarks:- Thirty folios in between damaged. Consists of biographical narrationof
the Prophets. Begins with Hazrat Esmail ben Ebrahim and concludes at theverse
of Ashab-e Kahf'.
182
Emad os-Saadat
عماد السّعادت
MC No.:-61/4 Subject:- History
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Per. 955/4
Author:- Gholam Ali Naqavi ben Sayyed Muhammad Akmal Khan
D/o. Inscription:- 1892 A.H.
Script:- Nasta©liq Lines:-21 Folios:-103 Language:-Persian
Beginning:- نغمه فروشي منقار عندليبان بياد رخسار گليست كه رنگ و بوي
گلهاي بهاري تقليد...
Remarks:- Compiled in the year 1223 A.H./1808 A.D. Highlighting the history
ofNishaburi kings in the Awadh region in North India.
183
Majmua-ye Rasa'el
مجموعة رسائل
MC No.:-63/2/1/1-2 Subject:- Medicine
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Per. 616/28
Author:- Hasan Ali known as Saburi
D/o. Inscription:- 888-9 A.H.
Script:- Nasta©liqLines:-11 & 21
Folios:-255 Language:-Persian
Remarks:- This collection consists of two treatises with the followingcommentaries:
1. Asamiy-e Adviya-ye Mofidah8 Folios
1ـ اسامي ادوية مفيده
آغاز: ... چرك گوش، چربش گوشت چشمك، چشمك خروس، چشمهاي خرس...
Remarks: Damaged at the beginning
2. Ekhtiyarat-e Badii (selected)247 Folios
2ـ اختيارات بديعي (انتخاب)
آغاز: الحمد لله ربّ العالمين...امابعد بدانكه اين مركّبات مستعمل انتخاب
از كتاب...
Remarks: Original text by Zayn ol-Abedin Ali Attar, known as Haj Zaynol-Abedin
(d. 806 A.H/1403 A.D.)
184
Kholasat ot-Tawarikh
خلاصة التواريخ
MC No.:-63/3 Subject:- History
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Per. 954/10
Author:- Sojan Ray Bhandari (d. 1107 A.H./1695 A.D.)
D/o. Inscription:- 1226 A.H.
Script:- Nasta©liq Lines:-19 Folios:-321 Language:-Persian
Beginning:-ش نگار خانة كائنات و مصوّر كارگاه ممكنات چون اقتضاي آن كرد...نقا
Remarks:- History of India from ancient times up to the death of Aurangzibcompiled
in 1107 A.H./1694-5 in 3 parts.
1. Indian nationals and their traditions, Heads of States from Raja Yudheshtar
tillthe end of Hindu dynasties and from Soboktagin and his Rajas upto thesuccessors
of Soltan Bahlol Lodhi.
2. Taimurids from Babar till Aurangzib.
3. Civil war between Alamgir and his brothers and closure of the issue on thedeath
of Aurangzib.
185
Tabaqat-e Akbar Shahi = Tabaqat-e Akbari
طبقات اكبر شاهي = طبقات اكبري
MC No.:-65/1 Subject:- History
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Per. 954/3
Author:- Nezam oddin Ahmad ben Muhammad Moqim Heravi (d. 1003 A.H./1594-5 A.D.)
Script:- Naskh Lines:-25 Folios:-391 Language:-Persian
Beginning:-سپاس رفعت اساس... وجود عالي وجود فرمان روايان معدلت پيشه
و مملكت پيرايان...
Remarks:- Dedicated to the Taimurid emperor Akbar Shah of India. It consistsof
a preface «مقدمه», nine chapters«طبقات»and an end.
Introduction: Moqaddamah: Ghaznavids.
Chapter 1: Kings of Delhi. Chapter 2: Kings of Deccan. Chapter 3: Kings ofGujarat.
Chapter 4:Kings of Bengal. Chapter 5: Kings of Malwah. Chapter 6:Kings of Jaunpur.
Chapter 7: Kings of Kashmir. Chapter 8: Kings of Sind.Chapter 9: Kings of Multan.
186
Hada'eq ol-Balaghat
حدائق البلاغت
MC No.:-65/2 Subject:- Rhetorics
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Per. 891.5524
Author:- Mir Shams od-Din Faqir Shahjahanabadi (d. 1183 A.H./1769 A.D.)
Script:- Nasta©liq Lines:-11 Folios:-229 Language:-Persian
Beginning:- حمدي كه رخسار شاهد بيانرا غازة پيرائي نمايد و ستايشي كه قامت
دلفريب...
Remarks:- Written in the year 1168 A.H. in Five Hadiqas and a Conclusion':
S.No.1. Rhetorics«علم بيان». S.No.2. figures of speech«بدايع و صنايع».S.No.3.Prosody
«عروض».S.No.4. Rhyme «علم قوافي». S.No.5. Enigma«معمّا»Conclusion in pilfering
of couplets
187
Jang Namah = Jangnama-ye Bahadur Shah
جنگ نامه = جنگنامة بهادر شاه
MC No.:-65/3 Subject:- History
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanalllah Per. 954/5
Author:- Nur oddin Muhammad Shirazi known as Nemat Khan-eAli (d. 1121
A.H./ 1710-11 A.D.)
Script:- Nasta©liq Lines:-11 Folios:-29 Language:-Persian
Beginning:-زيب ديباچة سخن نيايش بينياز ست كه در بارگاه كبريايش...
Remarks:- The end is damaged. History of war in between MuhammadMoazzam Bahadur,
entitled as Shah Alam'', (1118-1124 A.H.) and his brotherMuhammad A'zam, sons
of Aurangzib.
188
[Tarikh-e Iran]
[تاريخ ايران]
MC No.:-66/1 Subject:- History
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Per. 955/5
Script:- Shekastah Lines:-19 Folios:-115 Language:-Persian
Beginning:- در بيان مجملي از احوال اواخر نادر شاه و سبب قتل او بدست
اهل ايران و سوانح...
Remarks:- Events and calamities happened during Zaman Ahmad Shah untoKarim
Khan Zand:
1. Description of the accession of Shah Rokh and events of those days
2. Description of the kings of Ebrahim Khan
3. Description of the Mir Sayyed Muhammad entitled as Shah Solayman and theprevalent
condidates.
4. Description of the arrival of Ahmad Shah
5. Situations arose during the era of Karim Khan Zand
189
Qasida-ye Bordah ba Tarjoma-ye Farsi
قصيدة برده با ترجمة فارسي
MC No.:-66/5 Subject:- Poem
Liby. S.No.:- Per. 297.7/27
Script:- Naskh & Nasta©liq Lines:-7
Folios:-48 Language:-Persian
Beginning:-
امّن تذكر جيران بذي سلممزجت دمعاً جري من مقلة بدم
اي زياد صحبت ياران كاندر ذي سلماشك چشم آميختي با خون روان گشته بهم
190
Manqabat-e Nezam dar Mad-h-e Ali (A)
منقبت نظام در مدح علي (ع)
MC No.:-66/6 Subject:- Poem
Liby. S.No.:- Per. 891.5512/8
Author:- Mir Osman Ali Khan (Seventh Nezam)
D/o. Inscription:- Around 1199 A.H.
Script:- Nasta©liq Lines:-18 Folios:-17 Language:-Persian
Beginning:- اي تو بر صدر خلافت مصطفي را جانشين اي امانت گاه سرّت صدر
جبرئيل امين
191
Jong
جُنگ
MC No.:-67/1/1 Subject:- Literary Text
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Per. 891.5528/35
Script:- Nasta©liq Lines:-13 Folios:-165 Language:-Persian
Beginning:-ديباچة كه مرزا جلالا بر ديوان ظفر خان نوشته.. سپاس حضرت غرّت
عزّت حضرته كه
نعمت بيمنش از وصمت منّت... امابعد فيض پرورده لطف خدايي...
Remarks:- The manuscripts includes the viewpoints of Mirza Jalal, MoullaToghra,
Mohsen Fani, Sarmadi and Sa'dollah Khan.
192
Shesh Fat-h-e Kangarah = Zafar Nama-ye Kangarah
شش فتح كانگره = ظفر نامة كانگره
MC No.:-67/1/2 Subject:- History
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Per. 891.5528/35
Author:- Jalal oddin Muhammad Tabataba'i Esfahani Qahpa'i Zavareh'i knownas
Mirza Jalala (d. before 1083 A.H./1623-4 A.D.)
Scribe:- Thakor Prashad
D/o. Inscription:- 1245 A.H.
Script:- Nasta©liq Lines:-13 Folios:-48 Language:-Persian
Beginning:-حضرت حكيم علي الاطلاق جل جلاله در ازل آزال پيش از آنكه...
Remarks:- War report and the victory of the Kangorah fort in the EasternPanjab
in the 13th year (1027 A.H./1618 A.D.) on the accession of EmperorJahangir,
under the command of Prince Shah Jahan who was Governor ofGujarat province
at that time. This account was written in the year 1037A.H./1628 A.D. after
the death of Jahangir in six Fath''
193
Tuzak-e Taimuri = Tuzak Taimuri
تزك تيموري = توزك تيموري
MC No.:-67/4 Subject:- History
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Per. 920/16
Author:- Amir Taimur Gorkan
D/o. Inscription:- 1252 A.H.
Script:- Shekastah Lines:-13 Folios:-31 Language:-Persian
Beginning:-... كنگاش امور ملك گيري و جهانداري و سكهشكني و دشمن را بدام
آوردن ودوست...
Remarks:- Damaged at the beginning. It is a self written auto-biographicalsketch
of Taimur in Turkish language and was never seen earlier. It wasattributed
to Amir Taimur Gorkan which was translated by Abu Taleb HussayniTorbati.
194
Dastur ol-Ensha'
دستور الانشاء
MC No.:-68/3 Subject:- Correspondence
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Per. 891.5528
Author:- Muhammad Qaderi
Scribe:- Gholam Emam Akram
D/o. Inscription:- 1231 A.H.
Script:- Shekastah Lines:-14 Folios:-70 Language:-Persian
Beginning:- ابتداي دستور انشاء بنام منشي بيهمتاكه زبان ناطقه از حمدش
محو تقرير و قلم...
Remarks:- Consists of four chapters and four sub-chapters:
Chapter 1: Divided into 4 sub-chapters.
i. Description of Persian
ii. Types of letters and Prose writing and script norms and principles.
iii. Correspondence containing orders.
iv. Correspondence covering battles.
Chapter 2. Divided into 4 sub-chapters:
i. Purchase of fruits and other cereals.
ii. Conveying compliments
iii. Paying religious duty
iv. Holding condolence etc.,
Chapter 3. Divided into 4 sub-chapters:
i. Etiquettes, manners of address.
ii. To ponder and estimate of the self.
iii. To highlight self welfare and to wish the welfare of others
iv. Personal remembrance and recallings.
Chapter 4. Divided in 4 sub-chapters:
i. Drawing attention for the non-receipt of the letters and makig request for
itscompliance.
ii. Replying the letter received earlier and acknowleging gratefully
iii. Highlighting regard for love with detail and clarification of the couplets
ofevery subjects.
iv. Conclusion of the book and praise to the Almighty Allah.
195
Lawame ol-Eshraq fi Makarem el-Akhlaq = Akhlaq-e Jalali
لوامع الاشراق في مكارم الاخلاق = اخلاق جلالي
MC No.:-69/3 Subject:- Ethics
Liby. S.No.:- Per. 891.5526/14
Author:- Jalal oddin Muhammad ben Asad Seddiqi Davvani (d. 908 A.H./1502-3
A.D.)
Script:- Shekastah Lines:-12 Folios:-119 Language:-Persian
Beginning:-افتتاح كلام بنام واجب الاعظام سلطاني سزد كه...
Remarks:- This manuscript was written for Bahadur Khan Soltan Awzun HasanBeg
Aq Qunilu (d. 871-882 A.H.) and his son Soltan Khalil, on practicalphilosophy
which consists of three Lame' «لامع»and every Lame' has beendivided into many
Lamah«لمعه»:
Lame' No.1: Cultural ethics
Lame' No.2: Manners, domestic issues and affairs
Lame' No.3: Manners, royal etiquettes and traditions.
196
Qasa'ed Orfi (selection)
قصائد عرفي (انتخاب)
MC No.:-69/1/2 Subject:- Poem
Liby. S.No.:- Per. 891.5528/34
Author:- Jamal oddin Muhammad ben Khwajah Zayn oddin Shirazi, pen namedOrfi'
(d. 999 A.H./1591 A.D.)
Scribe:- Khoda Bakhsh
D/o. Inscription:- 1251 Fasli.
Script:- Nasta©liq Lines:-15 Folios:-72Language:-Persian
Beginning:- اي متاع درد در بازار جان انداخته گوهر هر سود در جيب زيان
انداخته
197
Jam-e Jam
جام جم
MC No.:-70/3 Subject:- Poem
Liby. S.No.:- Per. 891.5514
Author:- Awhadi Maragheh-'i Esfahani (d. 737 A.H./1337 A.D.)
D/o. Inscription:- 1045 A.H.
Script:- Nasta©liq Lines:-15 Folios:-147Language:-Persian
Beginning:-قل هو الله لاءمرءٍ قد قال من له الحمد دائماً منوال
Remarks:- It has been composed in the name of Abu Said Bahadur andKhawjeh Ghayas
oddin Muhammad son of Rashid oddin Fazl ollah Vazir in theyear of 733 A.H./1336
A.D. It consists of 4500 couplets and the style of Sanai'sHadiqat ol-Haqiqah,
has been followed. It begins with Almighty's praise, anddeals with so many
topics like the qualities and merits of Khosraw, and SaidBahadur, the salient
features of Jama Masjed, theological institutes andmiraculous acts of Sufis.
198
Khamsa-ye Nezami = Panj Ganj
خمسة نظامي = پنج گنج
MC No.:-71/2 Subject:- Poem
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Per. 891.5514/51
Author:- Nezam oddin Elyas ben Yusof, pen named Nezami Ganjavi (d.between
607 & 615
A.H./1210 & 1218 A.D.)
Scribe:- Hussayn Abd ollah
D/o. Inscription:- 873 A.H.
Script:- Nasta©liq Lines:-23 Folios:-441 Language:-Persian
Beginning:-بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هست كليد در گنج حكيم
Remarks:- Folio one illuminated. Remaining m.c. with 72/1. Five masnavis arebound
together as mentioned below:
1. Makhzan ol-Asrar 2. Khosraw va Shirin
3. Lila va Majnun 4. Haft Paykar; also known as Bahram Namah' andHaft Gombad
5. Askandar Namah (2 parts) = Sharaf Namah va Eqbal Namah
199
Masnavi Qaza va Qadar
مثنوي قضا و قدر
MC No.:-73/5 Subject:- Poem
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Per. 891.5514/80
Author:- Naser Ali Sirhindi (d. 1108 A.H./1697 A.D.)
Script:- Nasta©liq Lines:-10 Folios:-87Language:-Persian
Beginning:-الهي فزون دردي بجان ريز شرر در پنبه زار استخوان ريز
200
Golestan-e Mohashsha
گلستان محشّي'
MC No.:-74/1 Subject:- Ornate Prose
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Per. 891.552/20
Author:- Mosharraf oddin Mosleh ben Abd ollah Sadi Shirazi (d. 691 A.H./1292
A.D.)
Script:- Nasta©liq Lines:-12 Folios:-138Language:-Persian
Beginning:- منّت خداي را عزّ و جل كه طاعتش موجب قربت است و به شكر
اندرش مزيد نعمت...
201
Nesab
نصاب
MC No.:-74/2/2 Subject:- Lexicography
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Per. 891.5524/16
Scribe:- Ahmad Hasan known as Hussayn Bakhsh
D/o. Inscription:- 1259 A.H.City:-Mohan, Lucknow
Script:- Nasta©liq Lines:-15 Folios:-28Language:-Persian
Beginning:-اكليل صحيفه را زبرجد حمد احد است و مدح احمد
Remarks:- The author in his versified preface says that the curriculum consistsof
Arabic and Persian antonyms and synonyms, so that the students mightbenefit
from it.
202
Resala-ye Sanat-e Tajnis
رساله صنعت التجنيس
MC No.:-74/2/3 Subject:- Rhetorics (poetical)
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Per. 891.5524/16
Author:- Kamal oddin
Scribe:- Emam Bakhsh
D/o. Inscription:- 1259 A.H.
Script:- Nasta©liq Lines:-15 Folios:-13 Language:-Persian
Beginning:-از پس حمد و سپاس ذو الجلال كو بود موصوف ز اوصاف كمال
203
Majmua-ye Rasa'el
مجموعة رسائل
MC No.:-74/2/4 & 6-7 Subject:- Lexicography
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Per. 891.5524
Script:- Nasta©liq Lines:-11-15 Folios:-26 Language:-Persian
Remarks:- This collection consists of three treatises mentioned below:
1. Nesab-o Qirad el-Loghat by Zahir oddin4 Folios
1ـ نصاب قيراد اللّغات از ظهيرالدين
آغاز: هست الله و خدا هم رب بود پروردگار خالق و رحمان، رحيم و كارساز و
كردگار
2. Nesab-o Mosallas Badii8 Folios
2ـ نصاب مثلث بديعي
آغاز: از پس حمد خداوند زمين و آسمان كردهام نظم مثلث چون لا´لي عمان
3. Nesab-e Amir Khusraw14 Folios
3ـ نصاب امير خسرو
آغاز: مصر شهر و شهر ماه و ماء آب و خوف سهم سهم تير و اجنحه پر، بال باشد
بال جان
204
Majmua-ye Rasa'el
مجموعة رسائل
MC No.:-74/6,74/7/3 & 74/5 Subject:-
Lexicography
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Per. 891.5529/1
Script:- Nasta©liq & Naskh Lines:-9-17
Folios:-66 Language:-Persian
Remarks:- This collection consists of three treatises withthe following commentaries:
1. Farhang-e Golestan by Jonayd ben Abd ollah al-Musa21 Folios
فرهنگ گلستان از جنيد بن عبدالله الموسي
آغاز: الحمد لله علي نعمائه و الصلوة علي نبيّه و علي اصحابه قال المفتقر
الي الله القوي...
2. Nesab-e Mosallas by Muhammad Said16 Folios
نصاب مثلث از محمّد سعيد
آغاز: سپاس و ستايش بيقياس خالق افلاك وناس را كه اساس امور اهل...
3. Farhang-e Nesab-e Badi' ol-Aja'eb el-Bayan by Amir KhosrawDehlavi29 Folios
فرهنگ نصاب بديع العجائب البيان از امير خسرو دهلوي
آغاز: ... سه معني دارد اول معروف دويم بمعني رواج آمده و رونق و جاه
و عزّت سوّم طرز وروش...
205
Kholasat ol-Badi
خلاصة البديع
MC No.:-76/5 Subject:- Rhetoric
Liby. S.No.:- Per. 891.5524/26
Author:- Mir Shams oddin Faqir Shahjahanabadi (d. 1183 A.H./1769 A.D.)
Script:- Nice Nasta©liq Lines:-11 Folios:-30 Language:-Persian
Beginning:- سبحان الله من ناقص را كه عمر بيمثال بصيغة هيچمدان صرف
ملازمت جهل نمودهام...
Remarks:- Highlights in the preface the definition of Rhetorics in two chapters«فاتحه»and
three treatises «رساله»and an end «خاتمه»:
First Chapter: Figure of speech
Second Chapter: Pilferage of poetic ideas.
206
Nozhat ol-Qolub
نزهة القلوب
MC No.:-77/3 Subject:- Miscellania
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Per. 891.552/2
Author:- Hamdollah Mostafavi Qazvini (750 A.H./1349-50 A.D.)
Script:- Nasta©liq Lines:-25 Folios:-214 Language:-Persian
Beginning:-... و زيارت از دويست هزار مسلمان در آن حرب كشته شدند...
Remarks:- Preface: Arrangements of innovative heavens and astronomy in theyear
740 A.H./1340 A.D. in 3«مقاله»and one .«خاتمه»
Essay No. 1. in 3«مرتبه»:
i. Minerals ii. Plants and iii Animal husbandry
Essay no. 2: Description of mankind
Essay no. 3: Advantages of the urbanization
The end: It is surprising to note that all the 04 speres are covered with peace.
207
Sharh-e Qasida-ye Jawhar ot-Tarkib
شرح قصيدة جوهر التركيب
MC No.:-78/2 Subject:- Poetical commentary
Liby. S.No.:- Per. 891.5521/3
Author:- Shaykh Haydar Ali ben Shoja oddin Muhammad Latif Puri(Commentator)
D/o. Inscription:- 1251 A.H.
Script:- Nasta©liq Lines:-13 Folios:-59Language:-Persian
Beginning:-بدان اسعدك الله تعالي في الدارين كه اين شرح ضروريست و اكثر
مقامات قصيده...
Remarks:- The original laudatory poem«قصيده»was written by Monshi Shiv Ram
Jawhar in five chapters«باب»in 1236 A.H./1821 A.D.)
208
Tawzih ol-Havashi
توضيح الحواشي
MC No.:-79/1 Subject:- Arabic Grammar
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Arabic 892.727/10
Author:- unknown
Script:- Nasta©liq Lines:-23 Folios:-265 Language:-Persian
Beginning:-قوله اي قول المصنف امابعد حمدلله اما كلمة فيها اي في مفهومها
معني الشرط اذ هو مهما
يكن من شيء...
Remarks:- Comments and differences of Grammarians like Ebn-e Hajeb andSaheb-e
Kashshaf have prescribed about the word«امّا». Ebn-e Hajeb rendered«ان»and
«لو»these words conditional particles, wherease other have applied these particles
such as«ان»,«لو»and «امّا»have preferred in their writings.
209
Resalah dar Hekayat-e Mozhekah
رساله در حكايات مضحكه
MC No.:-79/3 Subject:- Fiction
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Per. 891.5527/16
Author:- unknown
D/o. Inscription:- 1226 A.H.
Script:- Nasta©liq Lines:-13 Folios:-40 Language:-Persian
Beginning:- مردي با دوگانه زن خود كه ميان هر دو دو ركعت نماز جداي مكان
مقصود...
210
Majmua-ye Rasa'el
مجموعة رسائل
MC No.:-80/3 Subject:- Medicine
Liby. S.No.:- Subhanallah Arabic 040/2
Script:- Naskh & Nasta©liq Lines:-12
Folios:-79 Language:-Persian
Remarks:- This collection consists of two treatises with the followingcommentaries:
1. Ghavamez on-Sonniyah as-Shahiyah alal Ghaz el-Bahiyah44 Folios
غوامض السنّية الشهيّة علي الغاز البهيّة
آغاز: نحمدك يا من اول اسمك الذاتي معنيً... الصفاتي و لفظاً مقدّم في
الاعداد...
2. Tahqiq-o Sunokhos fel Hararat el-Badaniyah35 folios
تحقيق سونوخس في الحرارة البدنية
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