PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS
IN
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PAKISTAN
AT
KARACID
Prepared for the .central Committee of the Government of
Pakistan for the celebration o f the 2500th Anniversary of
the Foundation of the Iranian Monarchy
under the supervision
of
S. A. Naqvi, T. I .
PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS
IN
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PAKISTAN
AT
KARACID
History,
Biography, Tales and Legends,
Geography and Travel
PREPARED
by
MOHAMMAD ASHRAF
1971
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I - HISTORY
(1) General History of the World.
Cat. Nos.
Tarjumah-i-Tarikh-i-Tabari.
Tabaqat-i-Nasiri.
Tarikh-i-Muhammad Shahi.
Raudat al-Safa Vol. I.
Vol. II.
Vol. VI.
Vol. vm .
Habib aJ-Siyar Vol. Ill.
Tarikh-i-Humayuni (Tarikh-i-lbrahimi).
Nusakh-i-Jahan-Ara.
Mirat al-Alam.
Tarikh-i-Muharnrnadi.
Mirat-i-Aftab-Numa ('l yar-al-Muwarrikhin).
Tarikb.
1-2
3
4
5
6
7-8
9
10
11
12
13-15
16
17
18
(2) Islamic History
(a) Prophets and P atriarchs
Taj al-Qassas.
Tarikh-i-Musawi.
19
20
18
(b) The Holy Prophet.
21
22-23
24-27
Siyar-i-Afifi.
Shawahid al-Nabuwwat .
Ma' arij-al-N abuwwat.
Madarij-al-Nabuwwat.
Hilyah-i-Jaliyah' Hadrat Sayyid al-M ursaHn.
Surur al-Mahzun.
28
29
30
(c) The Orthodox Caliphs.
31-34
35- 37
38- 42
43
Futuh ibn-i-A'tham.
Matali al-Anwar fi Tarjumat al-Athar.
Raudat al-Ahbab fi Sirat al-N abi w-al-Ashab.
Manaqib-i-Murtadawi.
Taiikh-i-Islam.
Tarikh-i-Islam.
(d) The
Shi~ah
44
45
Imams.
46
47
48
49
Raudat al-Shuhada.
Tarb al-Qulub.
Tuhfah-i-Maliki (Tarjumah Uyun Akbar al-Rida).
JaJa a l-Uyun.
H ayat al-Qulub.
Tadhki.rat al-A'immah.
Asrar-i-Ahmadi.
Ansab-i-Athar.
Nihayat al-Su'ul fi Manaqibi }
Raih.anit al-Rasul.
50-51
52
53
54
55
(3) History of Turkistan, Iran. Afghanistan etc.
(a) Mongols (11-Khanids)
Tajziyat al-Amsar wa Tazjiyat al-A'sar (Tarikh-i-Wassaf).
Zafar Namah.
Matla ul-Sa'dain wa Majma a l-Bahrain.
Tarikh (Raqim Bukhari).
Tuzuk-i-Timuri.
Malfuzat-i-Amir Timur (Tuzuk-i-Timuri or Malfuzat-i-Sahib Qiran).
56-57
58-60
61-62
63
64
65-66
Iran
(b) Pre-JslaJllic.
67
Al-Mu'jam fi Athar Muluk al-Ajam.
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(c) S afawids.
Tarikh-i-Shah Abbas Thani.
68
(d) Afsharids.
Bayan+Waqi.
Tarikh+Jahan Kusha'i.
70
69
(e) Afghanistan.
Makhzan-i-Afghani.
Kha.timah Kitab Tawarikh Khan-i-Jahan wa Amir Timur.
Khulasat al-Ansab.
Maharabah-i-Kabul.
Tarikh-i-Kabul.
T uhfat al-Habib.
71
72
73
74
75
76
(4) India - Pakistan.
(a) General History.
Gulshan-i-Ibrahimi (Tarikh-i-Firishtah).
Lubb al-Tawarikh-i-Hind.
Khulasat al-Tawarikh.
Majmu'ah: Nizam al-Tawarikh
Tarikh-i-Raqim
Tadhkirah-i-Muqim Khani
Majmu'ah·i-Mirza Mahdi Khan.
Muntakhab al-Lubab.
Tarikh-i-Hind (Rustam Ali)
Chahar Oulshan.
Tarikh-i-Hind (Anonymous)
77 - 81
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82
83-92
93
94
95
96
97
98-99
tb) Sultans of D elhi.
Ta'rikh-i-Firuz Shahi.
100
(c) Suris.
Tarikh Sher Shahi (Tuhfah-i-Akbar Shahi)
101
(d) Timurids.
(i) Akbar.
Akbar-Namah.
Ain-i-Akbari.
(ii) Jahangir.
Waqa'i Jashn-i-Jahangir Badshah.
Sash Fath Kangrah.
Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri.
102-109
110-114
115
116
117
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118-123
Iqbal Namah-i-Jahangiri.
Ma'athir-i-Jahangi.ri.
124
(iii) Shah Jahau.
125-126
127
128
129
Padshah-Namah. (Amina-i-Qazwlni)
Badshah-Namah (Abd al-Hamid Lahori)
Badshah-Namah (Fadil Khan)
Thhtisar Shah Jahan Namah.
Tntikhab-i-Akbar-Namah
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Intikhab-i-Shah Jahau Namah
130
(iv) Alamgir.
131-132
133-135
136
Waqiat-i-Alamgiri.
Alamgir-Namah (Kazinl).
Alamgir-Namah (Hatim Khan)
(v) Later Mugbals.
Jang-Namah ('Ali).
Shah Namah Munawwar Kalam.
Bada'i Waqa'i.
Tadhkirah-i-Anaud Ram Mukhlis.
Miftah al-Iqbal Muhammad Shahi.
Tarikh-i-Shakir Khani.
Mulakkhas al-Tawarikh.
Shah Alam-Namah.
Tarikh-i-Muzaffari.
Naiyar-i-Akbari.
Mafatih al-Riyasat.
Majmuah : (a) Maktubat wa Faramin
(b} Tarikh
(c) Mutafarriqat'
137-140
141
142
143
144-145
146
147
148
149-150
151
152-153
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154
(e) Local Histories.
(i) Arcot.
Tuzuk-i-Walajahi.
155
(U) Bijapur.
Basatin aJ-Salatin.
156
(iii) Gujarat.
Mirat-i-Ahmadi.
157
(iv) Haidarabad.
Khulasat al-Hisab Mamalik-i-Dakkan wa Khulasat al-Salatin
Lubb-i-Lubab.
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Wasiyat-Namah Asif Jah.
Tuzuk-r-Asifi (Tuzuk-i-Asifiyah or Asif-Namah)
Hadiqat al-Alam.
Tarikh-i-Dakkau.
Ta1ikh-Qutb Shalti.
Tuzuk-i-Baharistao.
Tawarikh-i-Farkhundah wa Halat-i-Nawwab Shahid.
(v) lndore.
Kitab-i-Nusratain (Waqai Holkar).
(vi) Kashmir.
Tarikh-i-Kaslunir (Haidar Malik).
Tarikh-i-Kashmir (Ajiz)
Tarikh-i-Kashmir (Ghulam Hasan).
Waqiat-i-Kashmir.
159
160-161
162-163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
(vii) Malwah.
173
Tarikh-Nasir Shahi.
(viii) Oudh.
Jmad al-Sa'adat.
Waqai Dilpidhir.
174
175
(ix) Panjab.
Zafar-Namah-i-Ranjit Singh.
176
(x) Rohilkhand.
Tarikh Faid Bakhsh.
177
(xi) Sin d.
Cbach-Namah (Fath Namah).
Tarikh-i-Sind.
178
179
(xii) Ton k.
180-182
Amir-Namah.
(5) Historical Dates and Chronogroms.
183-184
Makhzan al-A'ras.
II-BIOGRAPHY
{a) Saints.
Tadhkirat al-Auliya.
Siyar al-Auliya fi Muhabbat al-Haqq Jalla wa' ala.
Takmilah (Tarjumah Khulasat al-Mafakhir).
Siyar-i-Muhammadi.
Nafahat al-Uns min Hadarat al-Quds.
185-191
192
193
194
195-199
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Tadhkirah-i-Chishtiyah wa Maududiyah.
Rashhat Ayn al-Hayat.
Siyar al-Arllin (Abd al-Muqtadir Khan).
Thamarat al-Quds min Shajarat al-Uns.
Zubdat al-Maqamat.
Safinat al-Auliya.
Sakinat al-Auliya.
Munis al-Arwah.
Matlub al-Talibin.
Tadhkirah-i-Nur-Namah.
Tarikh-i-Qadiriyah.
Inayat-i-Ilahiyah.
Shajrat al-Anwar-i-Fakhri.
Manaqib Shaikh Abd al-Qadir Jilani.
Tadhkirah?
200
201-202
203
204- 206
207
208- 209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
(b) Amirs.
219
Dastur al-Wuzara.
(c) Poets.
Tadhkirat-a1-Shu'ara.
Tarju.m.ah Majalis al-Nafa'is.
Tadhkirah-i-Ahbab.
Mirat al-Khayal.
Kalimat al-Shu'ara.
Char Bagh : Tadhkirah Tahir Nasrabadi
Tuhfah-i-Sami
Diwan-i-Kalim
Diwan-i-Salim
Riyad al-Shu'ara.
Majma al-Nafa'is.
Tadhkirat al-Ahwal.
Tadhkirat al-Mu'asirin.
Sarw Azad.
Tuhfat al-Shu'ara.
Atish Kadah-i-Adhar.
Tadhkirah-i-Sarwar.
Nata'ij al Afkar.
220- 225
226
227
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228
229-234
235
236
237
238
239-240
241- 242
243
244-246
247
248
{d) Miscellaneous.
249
250
Majalis al-Mu'minin.
Shajrat al-Ansab.
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III-TALES, LEGENDS AND ANECDOTES
1. Religious.
Qasas al-Anbiya.
Shams al-Majalis (Uns al-Muridin).
Jang-Namah Hadrat Amir Hamzah.
Dastan-i-Amir Hamzah.
251-253
254-255
256
257
2. Historical.
Waqa'i Haidarabad wa Golkundah.
258--263
3. Moral, Didactic & Fairy Tales.
(a) Version of Kalilab Wa Dimoah.
264-265
266-269
Anwar-i-Suhaili.
lyar Danish.
(b) Ve1·sion of Tuti-Namah.
Hakayat al-Darayat (Tuti Namah).
Tuti Namah (Qadiri).
270-273
274
(c) Other collections of tales and anecdotes.
Qissah-i-Chahar Darwish.
Gulshan-i-Rangin.
Karistan (Wala Akhtar).
Bihar Danish.
Farhang-i-Bihar Danish.
Gushayash Namah.
Qissah-i-Mihr wa Mah.
Qissah Gul-i-Bakawali.
Qissah Hir wa Ranjah.
Ishrat Kada-i-Afaq.
Qissah Gul wa Sanubar.
Haft Sair-i-Hatim (Qissah-i-Hatim Ta'i).
Hatim Namah {or Qissah-i-Hatim Ta'i).
Qissah Minuchchir wa Mah Sima.
Nal wa Daman.
Qissah Shahzadi-i-Rum.
275
276
277
278- 284
285
286
287-288
289
290
291
292
293-295
296
297
298
299
IV - COSMOGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHY, TRAVELS
AND TOPOGRAPHY.
Aja'ib al-Makhluqat wa Ghara'ib al-Maujudat.
Majma al-Ghara'ib.
300
301
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302-304
305
306
307-308
309
310
Haft Iqlim.
Shuja-i-Haidari.
Hadiqat al-Aqalim.
Khatimah Hadiqat al-Aqalim.
Masir-i-Talibi fi Bilad-i-Afrangi.
Sirastan-i-Mubadharat a1-Daulah.
Safar-Nam.ah Nasir al-Din Shah Qachar.
Tarikh-i-Akbarabad.
Imarat-i-Akbarabad.
Ahwal-i-Imarat-i-Akbarabad.
Ahwal-i-Imarat-i-Akbarabad.
311
312
313
314
315-316
INDICES - I to VII
Index - I
Authors, Compilers and Translators.
Index - II
Titles of Works.
Index - III
Names of Copyists.
Index - IV
Places of Transcription.
Index - V
Dates of Transcription.
Index - VI
Names and Dates found on Seals.
Index - VII
Concordance of Catalogue Numbers and
Accession Numbers.
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