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Copyists and Illustrators


‘Abd al-Ramān Fal Allāh al-Kāshānī
عبد الرحمان فضل الله الكاشانى
Copyist of MS P 27, items 1-3, in 1138 [=1721]

Abū al-Fal ibn Abī al-asan al-Masīī, Shams al-Dawlah
شمس الدوله ابو الفضل ابن ابى الحسن المسيحى
Copyist of MS A 69 in 668 [=1269] and recipient of certificate certifying accuracy and qualification to teach.

Amad ibn Bakr ‘Alawān
احمد ابن بكر علوان
Copyist of MS A 10 copied in 1163 [=1750]

Amad ibn Muammad Ismā‘īl al-Ghazzī ‘urifa bi-al-Balmūfī
احمد ابن محمد اسماعيل الغزى عرف بالبلموفى
Copyist of MS A 32 in 957 [=1550]

Amad ibn Muammad al-Salāwī
see al-Salāwī

Amad ibn afar, abīb bi-dār Üsküdār
[احمد ابن صفر طبيب بدار اسكدار [ ساكن بمدينة اسكدار / اسكدارى
Copyist of MS A 83/II, in 1087 [=1676-7], and MS A 83/I, item 1, in 1097 [=1685-6], working in Üsküdār, a suburb of Istanbul

al-Akhrawī
see Muammad ibn shaykh ..?.. ibn shaykh ‘Umar al-Akhrawī

‘Alawān
see Amad ibn Bakr ‘Alawān

‘Alī ibn al-shaykh Amad al-aib al-aarī al-Mudarris al-Shāfi‘ī
على ابن الشيخ احمد الحطب الحضرى المدرس الشافعى
Copyist of MS A 45 in 1038 [=1629]

‘Alī ibn Mu‘īn ibn Amad
على ابن معين ابن احمد
Copyist of MS A 67 in 810 [=1407]

Ardistānī,
see asan ibn Amad kātib-i muqim-i Ifahān al-mashhūr bi-Ardistānī

al-Balmūfī,
see Amad ibn Muammad Ismā’īl al-Ghazzī ‘urifa bi-al-Balmūfī

al-Darawī,
see Muammad Haykal al-Darawī

al-Dasūqī,
see Ibrāhīm al-Dasūqī

al-ājj Muammad
الحاج محمد
Copyist of MS A 78 (undated, ca. 18th century)

al-akīm al-Lādhaqī,
see Muammad ibn Muammad Mamūd al-shahīr bi-al-akīm al-Lādhaqī

akīm Muammad Riā ibn Muammad Mu’akhkhir Hamdānī
حكيم محمد رضا ابن محمد مؤخر همدانى
Copyist of MS A 28 in 1078 [=1667-8]

al-alwānī,
see Muammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-alwānī al-Shāfi‘ī

Hamdānī,
see akīm Muammad Ria ibn Muammad Mu’akhkhir Hamdānī

annā ibn Jurjis arūf
حنا بن جرجس صروف
Copyist of MS A 71 in AD 1830 in Damascus

asan ibn Amad kātib-i muqim-i I;fahān al-mashhūr bi-Ardistānī
حسن ابن احمد كاتب مقم اصفهان المشهور باردستانى
Copyist of MS P 18 in 894 [=1488]

usayn ibn ‘Abd al-..?.. Mūsavī
حسين ابن عبد ال..؟.. موسوى
Copyist of MS P 12 in 1144 [=1732]

usayn ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Walī ibn Nar ... ibn usayn al-anafī  
حسين ابن ابراهيم ابن ولى ابن نصر [ ...] ابن حسين الحنفى
Author and copyist of MS A 50 in 1001 [=1593]

al-Ībī al-anafī,
see Mamūd ibn Muammad al-Ībī al-anafī

Ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīm Muammad Samī‘ al-abīb
ابن عبد العظيم محمد سميع الطبيب
Copyist of MS P 11 in 1248 [=1832]

Ibn Muammad Ismā‘īl Zayn al-Dīn ‘Alī
ابن محمد اسماعيل زين الدين على
Copyist of MS P 5.1 in 1159 [=1746]

Ibrāhīm
... ابراهسم ...
Copyist of MS P 4 in 1131 [=1719]

Ibrāhīm al-Dasūqī (Egyptian philologist, d. 1883)
ابراهيم الدسوقى
Copyist of MS A 52 in 1259 [=1843]

Ibrāhīm al-usaynī [or al-usnī] al-Nūrbakhshī
اراهيم الحسينى [الحسنى ؟] النوربخشى
Copyist of MS A 43 (undated)

Ifahānī,
see Muammad Rafī‘ ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Tabrīzī muwalladan-al-Ifahānī musakinan

al-Istanbūlī,
see Muammad ādiq ibn Muafá al-Anākī al-Istanbūlī al-anafī

Kamāl al-Dīn al-Kirmānī,
see Mas‘ūd ibn mullanā Mas‘ūd ibn ‘Alī mulaqqab bi-Kamāl al-Dīn al-Kirmānī

Kāshānī,
see ‘Abd al-Ramān Fal Allāh al-Kāshānī

al-Khaymī,
see Khir ibn ‘Īsá al-ma‘rūf bi-al-Khaymī

Khir ibn ‘Īsá al-ma‘rūf bi-al-Khaymī
خضر ابن عيسى المعروف بالخيمى
Coypist and compiler of MS A 47 (undated; between late 15th century and 1745)

al-Lādhaqī,
see Muammad ibn Muammad Mamūd al-shahīr bi-al-akīm al-Lādhaqī

Luf [Allah]
[لطف [الله
Copyist of MS A 18.1 in 885 [=1480]

Mamūd ibn Muammad al-Ībī al-anafī
محمود ابن محمد الايبى الحنفي
Copyist of MS A 90 in 1241 [=1826]

al-Masīī,
see Tawmā ibn Yūsuf ibn Sarkis al-Masīī

al-Masīī,
see Abū al-Fal ibn Abī al-asan al-Masīī

Mas‘ūd ibn mullānā Mas‘ūd ibn ‘Alī mulaqqab bi-Kamāl al-Dīn al-Kirmānī
مسعود ابن ملانا مسعود ابن على ملقب بكمال الدين الكرمانى
Copyist of MS A 84, item 1, in 971 [=1564]

Muammad, al-ājj
الحاج محمد
Copyist of MS A 78 (undated, ca. 18th century)

Muammad ‘Āil al-abā abā’ī al-abīb
محمد عادل الطباطبائى الطبيب
Copyist of MS A 26 in 1138 [=1725-6]

Muammad Haykal al-Darawī
محمد هيكل الدروى
Copyist of MS A 14 in 1180 [=1766]

Muammad ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-mulaqqab bi-al-Shams al-Tasatturī al-mutaabbib
محمد ابن عبد الله الملقب باشمس التسترى المتطبب
Copyist of MS A 1.1, item 1, in 740 [=1340]

Muammad ibn Gharīb al-ūfī
محمد ابن غريب الصوفى
Copyist of MS A 82, item 1, in 1012 [=1604]

Muammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-alwānī al-Shāfi‘ī
محمد ابن ابراهيم الحلوانى الشافعى
Copyist of MS A 35 in 1001 [= 1593]

Muammad ibn Muammad al-Af..?.. al-anafī
محمد ابن محمد الافـ؟ـ الحنفى
Copyist of MS A 30 in 1241 [=1826]

Muammad ibn Muammad Mamūd al-shahīr bi-al-akīm al-Lādhaqī
محمد ابن محمد محمود الشهير بالحكيم اللاذقى
Copyist of MS A 92, item 5, in 1154 [=1741]

Muammad ibn Mūsá ibn Muammad
محمد ابن موسى ابن محمد
Copyist of MS A 82, item 3, in 1012 [=1604]

Muammad ibn shaykh ..?.. ibn shaykh ‘Umar al-Akhrawī
محمد ابن شيخ ..؟.. ابن شيخ عمر الاخروى
Copyist of MS A 72 in 1045 [=1636]

Muammad Mu’min ibn Shams al-Dīn ‘Alī ... ?
محمد مؤمن ابن شمس الدين على ..؟
Copyist of MS P 5 in 1089 [=1679]

Muammad Rafī‘ ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Tabrīzī muwalladan wa-al-Ifahānī musakinan
محمد رفيع ابن عبد الله التبريزى مولدا والاصفهانى مسكنا
Copyist of MS A 56 in 1116 [=1705]

Muammad Riā ibn Muammad Mu’akhkhir Hamdānī,
see akīm Muammad Riā ibn Muammad Mu’akhkhir Hamdānī

Muammad ādiq ibn Muafā al-Anākī al-Istanbūlī al-anafī
محمد صادق بن مصطفى الانطاكى الاستنبولى الحنفى
Copyist of MS A 65 in 1123 [=1712]

al-Munāwānī,
see ‘Umar Suwaydān al-Munāwānī

Mūsavī,
see usayn ibn ‘Abd al-..?.. Mūsavī

Muafá Dars ‘Ām Yūsuf Zādah al-shahīr bi-al-Shirwānī
مصطفى درس عام يوسف زاده الشهير بالشروانى
Copyist and translator of MS A 42 in 1166 [=1752]

Nakhshabī, Ziyā’ [or Ziyā’ al-Dīn]
ضياء [ضياء الدين] نخشبى
Possibly illustrator as well as compiler of MS P 24, item 1 (undated; 18th century ?)

Qāsim ‘Alī Tajm al-Dīn Mamūd al-Yāfaqī
قاسم على تجم الدين محمود اليافقى
Copyist of MS P 14 in 992 [=1584]

Rājah Rāmah
راجه رامه
Copyist of MS P 1.1 in 1268 [=1851]

al-Rasanāwī ibn Ismā‘īl,
see Yūsuf al-Rasanāwī ibn Ismā‘īl

adr al-Dīn al-mutaabbib
صدر الدين المتطبب
Copyist of MS P 28, item 1 in 959 [=1552]

al-Salāwī, Amad ibn Muammad al-Salāwī
احمد ابن محمد السلاوى
Copyist of MS A 31 (autograph copy) in 1229 [=1814]

Salīm
سليم
Copyist of MS A 91, item 5 (undated; 18th century?)

Samī‘ al-abīb,
see Ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīm Muammad Samī‘ al-abīb

Sam‘ī Muafá Efendi al-Shā‘ir
سمعى مصطفى افندى الشاعر
Copyist of MS A 13 in 1162 [=1749]

arūf,
see annā ibn Jurjis arūf

Sayyid usayn Yazdī
سيد حسين يزدى
Copyist of MS P 29 (with portrait of copyist)

al-Shā‘ir,
see Sam‘ī Muafá al-Shā‘ir

Shams al-Dawlah Abū al-Fal ibn Abī al-asan al-Masīī
see Abū al-Fal ibn Abī al-asan al-Masīī

al-Shams al-Tasatturī,
see Muammad ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-mulaqqab bi-al-Shams al-Tasatturī al-mutaabbib

Shaykh Muammad
شيخ محمد
Artist of miniature in MS P 24, folio 18b (undated; 18th century ?)

al-Shirwānī,
see Muafá Dars ‘Ām Yūsuf Zādah al-shahīr bi-al-Shirwānī

al-ūfī,
see Muammad ibn Gharīb al-ūfī

al-Tasatturī,
see Muammad ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-mulaqqab bi-al-Shams al-Tasatturī al-mutatabbib

al-abāabā’ī,
see Muammad ‘Āil al-abāabā’ī al-abīb

Tawmā ibn Yūsuf ibn Sarkis al-Masīī
توما ابن يوسف ابن سركس المسيحى
Copyist of MS A 26.1 in 604 [=1208]

‘Umar Sawaydān al-Munāwānī
عمر سويدان المناوانى
Copyist of MS A 2 in 1146 [=1733]

Üsküdār, Amad ibn afar
see Amad ibn afar, abīb bi-dār Üsküdār

Yūsuf al-Rasnawī ibn Ismā‘īl
يوسف الرسنوى ابن اسماعيل
Copyist of MS A 88/IV in Istanbul in 1206 [=1792]
and MS A 88/III in 1217 [=1802-3]

al-Yāfaqī,
see Qāsim ‘Alī Tajm al-Dīn Mamūd al-Yāfaqī

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