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Qu'ran (tagged 'kware')  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Book Covers
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

فرح نامه  

Publication Date:  1282 h. [1865]
Creator:  يزدي، المطهر بن محمد، fl. 1184
Yazdī, al-Muṭahhar ibn Muḥammad, fl. 1184
Yazdi, al-Mutahhar ibn Muhammad, fl. 1184
Subjects:  Natural history -- Early works to 1800
Zoology -- Early works to 1800
Botany -- Early works to 1800
Precious stones -- Early works to 1800
Minerals -- Early works to 1800
Pre-Linnean works
آسیا -- هند -- اوتار پرادش -- لکنو منطقه -- لکنو
Source Institution:  Yale University

كتاب الحاوي  

Publication Date:  1674?
Creator:  رازي، أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا، 865?-925?
Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925?
Razi, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya, 865?-925?
Sulaymān I, Shah of Iran, 1658 or 9-1694
سليمان I، شاه إيران، 1658 or 9-1694
Material:  343 leaves
Measurements:  39 cm.
Subjects:  Medicine, Arab
آسيا - إيران
Source Institution:  Yale University

Muraqqa' : covers (exemplar)  

Measurements:  H27 x W18.5 cm
Subjects:  Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian
آسیا -- ایران
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Donated in 1935 on behalf of the late Mr R.S. Greenshields.

Utenzi wa Hirqal (MS 45022a)  

Publication Date:  [19th century]
Creator:  Kijuma, Muhammad
Mwana, Kupona, 1810-1860
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Handwritten manuscript : Handwritten in black and red ink on old thick papers
Subjects:  Christianity
Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661
Gabriel (Archangel)
Prophet Mohammed
Oral history
Jibril
Ibnu Omari
Jaafari Mwana Amuye Bashiri
Faith
Muḥammad, Prophet, -641
علي بن أبي طالب، الخليفة، 600-661
Heraclius
Abdalla Shuhuri
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

تحفة الخواتين  

Publication Date:  1742
Creator:  Anṣārī Shīrāzī, ʻAlī ibn Ḥusayn, approximately 1329-1403 or 1404
Format:  37 f.
Subjects:  Medicine, Persian
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Taqwīm al-abdān  

Publication Date:  ca. 1500-1600?
Creator:  ابن جزلة، يحيى بن عيسى، d. 1100
Ibn Jazlah, Yaḥyá ibn ʻĪsá, d. 1100
Ibn Jazlah, Yahya ibn 'Isa, d. 1100
Subjects:  Medicine, Arab
Medicine, Medieval
آسيا -- الشرق الأوسط
Source Institution:  Yale University

Divan  

Publication Date:  [19th century]
Creator:  Muhammad Zuhuri
ظهوري, نور الدين محمد، ١٥٣٧-١٦١٦
Ẓuhūrī, Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1537 or 1538-1616 or 1617
Material:  Lacquer.
Measurements:  H23 x W13.6 cm
Subjects:  Asya -- Türkiye
Asiya -- Türkiyə
آسيا -- تركيا
Ասիա -- Թուրքիա
Азия -- Турция
Ασία -- Τουρκία
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottoman
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Donated by R.C.Reid, Esq (D.D. Dickson bequest).

Tashrīh-i Manṣūrī  

Publication Date:  1121 h. [1709]
Creator:  ‏ابن إلياس، منصور بن محمد،‏ ‏fl. 1384
Ibn Ilyās, Manṣūr ibn Muḥammad, fl. 1384
Ibn Ilyas, Mansur ibn Muhammad, fl. 1384
Measurements:  20.2 cm x 30 cm
Subjects:  Human anatomy -- Early works to 1800
آسیا -- هند
Source Institution:  Yale University

Kitāb Kāmil al-ṣināʻah al-ṭibbīyah : al-maʻrūf bi-al-Malakī  

Publication Date:  1437?
Creator:  Majūsī, ʻAlī ibn al-ʻAbbās, 10th/11th cent
Majusi, 'Ali ibn al-'Abbas, 10th/11th cent
مجوسي علي بن عباس، 10th/11th cent
Material:  497 leaves
Measurements:  28 cm.
Subjects:  Medicine, Arab
آسيا -- الشرق الأوسط
Source Institution:  Yale University

Response to a question on Shiite doctrine  

Publication Date:  1843
Creator:  Rashtī, Kāẓim ibn Qāsim, -1843
رشتي، كاظم بن قاسم، -1843
Measurements:  29 x 20 cm
Subjects:  Shaykhī
الشيخية‎
Shīʻah -- Doctrines -- Sources
الشيعة
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Surat Al-Fatihah  

Subjects:  Qur'an
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Unidentified item  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Material:  Paper
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Three Crescent Moons Watermark from the Grand Imam Yousouf manuscript collection (N'Guigmi, Niger, 2010)  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Measurements:  [various sizes]
Subjects:  Watermarks
دمغ بعلامة مائية
Filigranes
Wasserzeichen
Moon in art
القمر في الفن
Lune dans l'art
Mond in der Kunst
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Unidentified item  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Material:  Paper
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

SubCollections

  • Qur'an and other religious texts and commentaries, written in the Old Kanembu and Arabic languages, from northern Nigeria and adjacent regions of Cameroon, Chad and Niger.Borno and Old Kanembu Islamic Manuscripts Borno and Old Kanembu Islamic Manuscripts
  • Swahili manuscript collections from SOASSwahili Manuscripts Collections Swahili Manuscripts Collections
  • Previously known as the Yale-SOAS Islamic Manuscripts Gallery, here are found only the resources contributed by SOAS. Resources, while primarily drawn from Islamic communities, are also drawn from Christian, Jewish and other religious communities and traditions in what is often known as the Islamic World.Islamic Manuscripts Gallery Islamic Manuscripts Gallery
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