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Course of paleography by Jan Just Witkam
Specimens of Persian manuscripts.
The specimens are arranged according to type of script and then in
chronological order.
Naskh script
- Persian commentary of the Arabic translation of the Book
Karpos by Ptolemy, copied before 725/1324, naskh script (MS Leiden Or. 96)
- Kitab-i Baytara wa-Shinakhtan-i Dard-ha wa-`Ayb-ha-yi Aspan,
a Persian version of the Arabic Kitab al-Furusiyya wal-Baytara by al-Khuttuli, dated 730/1329,
naskh script (MS Leiden Or. 614)
- A work on the interpretation of dreams by Abu al-Hasan `Ali b. Ahmad
b. Muhammad al-Ghaznawi, 8/14th century (?), naskh script (MS Leiden Or. 23.361)
- Dhakhira-yi Khwarizmshahi, by Zayn al-Din Gurgani,
mid-8/14th century (?), naskh script (MS Leiden Or. 18.161)
- Ma`arif-i Sultan Walad, by Sultan Walad,
the son of Galal al-Din Rumi, dated 889/1484, naskh script (MS Leiden Or. 603)
- Kitab Minhag al-Rashad, an encyclopedic compilation by
Shukr Allah b. Ahmad, possibly 10/16th century, naskh script (MS Leiden Or. 501)
Nasta`liq script
- Shahnama by Firdawsi, copied in 840/1437, nasta`liq
script (MS Leiden Or. 494)
- Persian translation of al-Qazwini’s
`Aga’ib al-Makhluqat copied in 1010/1602, nasta`liq script (MS Leiden Or. 8907)
Shekaste script
- Ahwal-i Safar-i Bukhara, by
Hafiz Fadil Khan, copied in Attock (Pakistan) in or not long after 1228/1813, shekaste
script (MS Leiden Or. 5811)