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Praying for the Prophet.

First part consists of a Pahlavi text by Mainyō-i-Khard with a translation to Sanskrit by Neriosengh.

Auspicious/inauspicious days

Bought by either Carsten Niebuhr or Peter Forsskål ca. 1762

The text is a rendition of the love story between Khosrav Parvīz and princess Širīn.

The accompanying translation is partly in Pahlavi and partly in Farsi.

Romance of Prince Bi-Nazir and Princess Badr-i-Munir in Urdu.

Rhymed prose tale

Five hymns from Yasth:

According to N. L. Westergaard (1815-1878), the manuscript (incomplete) was copied in 1572.

Praying for the Prophet.

Text areas in red frames; red and silver circles indicating imaginary string holes.

The text include the whole Baj (fols. 1-170) and Barsam (Patet pashemani) (fols. 171-175).

Praying for the Prophet.

According to N. L. Westergaard (1815-1878), the manuscript was copied in 1818

Paper very browned and apparently burned at edges. Front cover munch reduced in size. Text perhaps incomplete. Fol. 35 missing. Undated, but an old MS.

With some few notes in Sanskrit.

Illuminations on 75 pages: stars pictured by drawings in colour.

Table of the Coptic months and a table of the rising and setting stars in the year 1090 H [1679/80 CE].

Watercolours of Shop signs in Beijing by the workshop of Zhou Peichun

Purchased by Rasmus Rask in Bombay in 1820.

The text is a commentary to the astronomical compendium al-Mulah̬h̬as͎ fī 'ilm al-hay'ah written by Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn 'Umar al-Ǧiġmīni al-H̬wārizmī.

First date mentioned is 14 Ṣafar 1057 H [21.3.1647 CE], the last year is 1099 H [1688 CE]

Books 14-15 [fols. 202b-214b] have been ascribed to Hypsicles [Ibsiqlā[wu]s]

Bought in Cairo 1761/62 by the Danish philologist Frederik Christian von Haven (d. 1763), a member of the Carsten Niebuhr expedition 1761-1767.

Eighteen Luohans and Buddha with Weituo painted on bo-leaves (Sinhala bo) collected in a folded (liporello) book with wooden board (zitan woood).

The manuscript is complete. It has been digitized according to the order of the leaves, as kept in the stacks, but the leaves may not be in correct order.

Text in Pahlavi with translation in Gujarati.

Purchased in Iran by N. L. Westergaard in 1843

Praying for the Prophet.

Six different texts

The manuscript contains a selection of sūrahs of the Qur'ān and du'ā' prayers

Prayers for the Prophet.

Four different texts:

Bought by either Carsten Niebuhr or Peter Forsskål ca. 1762

Daoistisk work from the late Ming Dynasty e.g. 1622. This manuscript has been copied in Korea in the 18th century, possibly from a Chinese printed edition. It includes 11 illustrations in typical line drawing style.

The text is partly based on the author's own travels

According to Rasmus Rask the copy was made by Dastur Darap from Cod. Iran. 20.

Praying for the Prophet.

According to Rasmus Rask the copy was made by Dastur Jamasp.