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15,000 images of Persian manuscripts online

15,000 images of Persian manuscripts online
Asian and African Studies have just uploaded more than 15,000 images of Persian manuscripts online. This is the result of two years' work in an ongoing project sponsored by theIran Heritage Foundationtogether with the Bahari Foundation, theBarakat Trust, theFriends of the British Library, theSoudavar Memorial Foundationand theRoshan Cultural Heritage Institute.


The jackal Dimnah tricks the ox Shanzabah into believing that his former friend the lion had turned against him, and was intending to eat him. From Husayn Va'iz KashifisAnvar-i Suhayli. Mughal, 1610-11 (BLAdd.18579, f87v)

The manuscripts were selected for their historical, literary and artistic importance and form part of a three year project to provide digital records of our Persian manuscript collection and images of 50 manuscripts. We have created a dedicated project page which gives details of all the digitised manuscripts together with links to their images and supporting documentation. This is located atDigital Access to Persian Manuscriptsbut can also be easily found by clicking on the Persian tab at the top of this page.

Weve already written posts about several of these manuscripts, for example the JalayiridKhamsahof Khvaju Kirmani(Add18113);Shah Tahmasps copy of NizamisKhamsah(Or.2265) and the late TimuridMantiq al-Tayrby Farid al-Din ?Attar (Add.7735), posts1,2and3. Well be publishing more during the next few months so please subscribe to our blog (add your email in the box at the top of this page) to keep up with further developments.





The well known story of the hare who tricks the lion into drowning by attacking his own reflection in the well. From Na?r All?h Munsh?'s Kal?lah va Dimnah dated 707/1307-8 (BL Or.13506, f 52v)



The opening of Timurs grandson Iskandar Sultans pocket encyclopedia containing 23 works. Copied 813-4/1410-11 (BL Add.27261, ff 2v-3r).

 

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The fire-ordeal of Siyavush. From Firdawsis Shahnamah, Shiraz Safavid style, dating from the 16th century (BL IO Islamic 3540, f 98r)

 

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The dragon outside its mountain cave explaining to Darab that it had been sent by God as His servant on earth. Artist: Narayan, c.1580-85. From the Darabnamah, a prose romance written in the 12th century by Abu Tahir Tarsusi (BL Or.4615, f112v)

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A leaf from the Saddar (100 doors), a popular compilation of 100 rules for Zoroastrians which range from justifying instant death for sodomy to the treatment of good and evil animals, and the avoidance of different forms of pollution. This copy, dated Samvat 1631 (AD 1575), is in Persian language, but transcribed in Avestan (Old Iranian) script, together with a Gujarati translation (BL IO Islamic 3043, f 137r).

 

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Fath ?Ali Shah Qajar with two princes in attendance, receiving Mirza Riza Quli Munshi al-Mamalik. From the Shahanshah namah by Fath ?Ali Khan Saba. Qajar, dated 1225/1810 (BL IO Islamic 3442, f 64v).

By British Library

 

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