This gouache painting was created by an unknown Indian artist sometime in the mid-to-late 18th century, but it depicts an earlier event: the siege of the city of Golconde in …

Sikandarnānah min taṣnīf-i Mawlawī Niẓāmī,

LC: Library of Congress · 1750 Persian

Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon. Name of scribe not indicated. Probably written in India. Paper; coarse light brown laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; black ink with …

Glorifications of the Prophetic Traditions.

LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1744 Arabic

This manuscript, written by Ibrāhim bin Mustafā in 1744, is a copy of a work in Arabic by the Afghan scholar Al-Baghawi (1043-1122), written sometime between 1116 and 1122 (510-516 …

L'expedition d'Alexandre : pour l'Histoire Ancienne de Mr. Rollin

LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1740 French

Relief shown pictorially. "Tome III, page 547, xxv." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Imperii magni Mogolis sive Indici Padschach, juxta recentissimas navigationes

LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1735 English

Relief shown pictorially. Coordinates given from an unidentified prime meridian. Includes illustrations. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy hand colored.

The Clarification of the General Principles of Medicine.

LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1727 Arabic

In the introduction of this manuscript entitled al-Īḍāḥ fī kullīyāt al-ṭibb (The clarification of the general principles of medicine), the author identifies himself as 'Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn 'Abdullāh al-Anwarī, …

Tabula Indiae Orientalis et Regnorum adjacentium.

LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1726 Dutch

Shows shipwreck sites, Dutch forts and European trading posts. Also covers East Indies and NW coastline of Australia (called Hollandia Nova). Relief shown pictorially. Appears in: Plate No. 1 A …

Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de peuples idolatres representées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard : avec …

LC: Library of Congress · 1723 French

Half title reads: "Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde." This work was published 1723-1743. According to Brunet, this work (2 pts. in 1 v.) was issued …

Incomplete treatise on Shīʻah apologetics and the imams

LC: Library of Congress · 1723 Arabic

Manuscript. Persian with passages in Arabic. Title supplied by cataloger. Scribe not identified. Written in either Iran or India. Paper; cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and watermark …

[Baidha saphu]

LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1722 Sanskrit

Collections of stotra used in getting rid of planetory influences.