Manuscripts

The gulistān or Rose garden :

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Description: The volume contains the poetry by the Persian poet Saʻdī. The manuscript was written in Herat, Afghanistan, by Ala'uddin Muhammal al-Katib.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1544.
Call number: mssHM 1113
Creator: Saʻdī(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of November 1993.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Horoscope for Sultan Amir Zadeh Rustam, 1419

Manuscripts

This volume is the horoscope of Sultan Amir Zadeh Rustam. It was written in 822 AH in Persian (with some Arabic) by Yahya ibn Imad bin Yahya Al-Munajjim al-Kashi. It is probably the copy presented to the Sultan. It includes finely illuminated borders and sarlauh on initial pages but dampstained. Some color is fading. The volume also includes some notes about the manuscript, probably from the 1940s.

mssHM 71897

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The rose garden of Persia

Rare Books

"A collection of selections from Persian literature. The compiler was a miniature painter and one of the most voluminous and popular writers of her day. She was one of the first to call attention to the occupation of copying illuminated manuscripts and worked at this business both in Paris and London"--New York Public Library. Spencer Collection of illustrated books.

656525

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Big Sur: [poem]

Manuscripts

A manuscript of a poem donated by Langston Hughes to a special poetry file, at the request of fellow poet Beulah May.

mssHM 63815

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Pearls of the Faith; or, Islâm's Rosary, being the Ninety-Nine Beautiful Names of Allah

Manuscripts

A signed, autograph manuscript; the preface was written in Glengyle, Perthshire, Scotland. The manuscipt subtitle: With comments in verse from various Oriental Sources -- as made by Indian Mussulman. The manuscript contains ninety-nine names of Allah written in Arabic in red ink; there is one color drawing in the volume and a painting in oil on the cover.

mssHM 13180

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Uncle Tom: [poem, 7 drafts] :

Manuscripts

A manuscript of seven drafts of the poem Uncle Tom, donated by Langston Hughes to a special poetry file, at the request of fellow poet Beulah May.

mssHM 63819 (a-g)

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John Masefield letter to Patric Dickinson

Manuscripts

In this letter, written to fellow English poet Patrick Dickinson, Masefield is commenting on a book of poetry written by Dickinson (Dickinson had sent Masefield a copy).

mssHM 78386

The gulistān or Rose garden :

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