What is special about the Ismaili manuscript collection in this library? What are are some interesting findings in the collection? What is the oldest manuscript in this collection? What are Other I…
Beautiful page from a Khojki manuscript dated 1820. Written 200 years ago! This is a particular version of the Naade Ali recitation: The Nade Ali ending with : "bi nabuwatika ya Muhammad wa bi wilaya…
Ginan attributed to Syed Baqir Shah, re-attributed to Syed Imam Shah by Mukhi Lalji Devraj in his 100 Ginans Khojki books. The book contains about 15 granths and 50 ginans, many with variance or not …
This is a different example of Satpanth manuscript. My impression was that Imamshahis have started using Gujarati very early. One of the translation sponsored by Syed Ehmad Ali of the Imamshahis was …
This discussion stems from the Manuscript Page linked here. I want to share another exciting discovery. Our Manuscript hs0375 found in Ahmedabad area and completed in Samvat 1823 (AD 1767) has a work…
This is a wonderful example of a typical Manuscript. Note the state of decay. The pages are dissapearing, the readers of the script are dissapearing, and we are losing precious knowledge collected an…
