This is the online archive for the unpublished works of the master Urdu poet and scholar Amir Ahmad Minai.(1829-1900)
We will keep uploading sections of manuscripts from the Amir Minai Archive in subsequent posts. Please keep visiting. We will notify once the project is complete.
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The Amir Minai Archive Team

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Title 57, Manuscript --Masnavi qissa aik yahudi ka/masnavi owais qarani calligrapged by Talib Hasan/Amir Minai’s Naatia kalam - 1884

Serial No: 57
Dimensions (HxW): 7.5”x5”
Nature of Document: Manuscript --Masnavi qissa aik yahudi ka/masnavi owais qarani calligrapged by Talib Hasan/Amir Minai’s Naatia kalam - 1884
Genre: Urdu Poetry
No. of Pages: 96 pp -51 images

Pp 1


Pp 2-3


Pp 96

Title 56, Manuscript --Qasida Masnad Nashini Nawab Arsh Aashian Tab Sarah

Serial No: 56
Dimensions (HxW): 9.25”x5.5”
Nature of Document: Manuscript --Qasida Masnad Nashini Nawab Arsh Aashian Tab Sarah
Genre: Urdu Poetry
No. of Pages: 8 pp -5 images

Pp 1


Pp 2-3


Pp 8

Title 51, Manuscript -- Musaddas and other miscellaneous poetry

Serial No: 51
Dimensions (HxW): 9.5”x6.5”
Nature of Document: Manuscript -- Musaddas and other miscellaneous poetry
Genre: Urdu poetry
No. of Pages: 31 - 16 images

Pp 1


Pp 2-3


Pp 31

Title 12, Manuscript --Sanamkhana-e Ishq (incomplete) with some radeef “nun” (ن) selections

Serial No: 12
Dimensions (HxW): 9.25”x5.5”
Nature of Document: Manuscript --Sanamkhana-e Ishq (incomplete) with some radeef “nun” (ن) selections
Genre: Urdu Poetry
No. of Pages: 164 -83 images (Starts on page 145)

Pp 145


Pp 146-147

Pp 310

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Title 4, Manuscript -- Surma-e Baseerat ( Dated: October 10, 1874)

Serial No: 4
Dimensions (HxW): 13.5”x9.5”
Nature of Document: Manuscript -- Surma-e Baseerat ( Dated: October 10, 1874)
Genre: Lexicon of 1963 Urdu words and phrases of Arabic and Persian origin and their usage
No. of Pages: 519 - 261 images

Pp 1

Pp 2

Pp 3-4

Pp 5-6

Pp 515-516

Pp 517-518

Pp 519

Friday, May 28, 2010

Title 30, Madh-e Bagh-e nau-tameer nawab Muhammad yusuf ali khan

Serial No: 30
Dimensions (HxW): 12”x8”
Nature of Document: Madh-e Bagh-e nau-tameer nawab Muhammad yusuf ali khan
Genre: Urdu Prose
No. of Pages: 18 - 10 images

Pp 1

Pp 2-3

Pp 16-17

Pp 18

Title 29, Manuscript, Qasida madhiya dar munazara-e shana wa

Serial No: 25
Dimensions (HxW): 11”x7”
Nature of Document: Manuscript – Qasida madhiya dar munazara-e shana wa
Genre: Urdu Poetry
No. of Pages: 12 - 7 images

Pp 1


Pp 2-3


Pp 11-12

Title 28, Manuscript, Qasida madhiya dar munazara-e shana wa aaina

Serial No: 28
Dimensions (HxW): 10.75”x7.5”
Nature of Document: Manuscript - Qasida madhiya dar munazara-e shana wa aaina
Genre: Urdu Poetry
No. of Pages: 9 - 5 images

Pp 1


Pp 2-3


Pp 8-9

Title 27, Manuscript, Qasida for Malika-e Bhopal (?)

Serial No: 27
Dimensions (HxW): 12”x8”
Nature of Document: Manuscript - Qasida for Malika-e Bhopal (?)
Genre: Urdu Poetry
No. of Pages: 5 - 3 images

Pp 1-2


Pp 5

Title 26, Manuscript, Musaddas-e Tehniyat masnad nashini-e Nawab Hamid Ali Khan

Serial No: 26
Dimensions (HxW): 9.75”x6”
Nature of Document: Manuscript - Musaddas-e Tehniyat masnad nashini-e Nawab Hamid Ali Khan
Genre: Urdu Poetry
No. of Pages: 22 - 12 images

Pp 1


Pp 2-3


Pp 19-20


Pp 21

Title 25, Manuscript, Urdu Ghazals

Serial No: 25
Dimensions (HxW): 8”x6.5”
Nature of Document: Manuscript - Urdu Ghazals
Genre: Urdu Poetry
No. of Pages: 37 - 19 images

Pp 1-2

Pp 3-4


Pp 35-36


Pp 37

Title 24, Manuscript, Masnavi Khilaat Posh Nawab Kalab Ali Khan (2 works)

Serial No: 24
Dimensions (HxW): 11”x7.75”
Nature of Document: Manuscript - Masnavi Khilaat Posh Nawab Kalab Ali Khan (2 Works)
Genre: Urdu Poetry
No. of Pages: 14 pp – 8 images and 11 pp - 6 images

Pp 2-3 of I

Pp 14 of I


Pp 1-2 of II

Pp 11 of II

Title 10, Manuscript, Urdu Poetry -- Chronograms

Serial No: 10
Dimensions (HxW): 10”x6.5”
Nature of Document: Manuscript - Chronograms
Genre: Urdu Poetry
No. of Pages: 5 pp – 3 images

Pp 1

Pp 4-5

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Title 8, Manuscript, Urdu Poetry - Jottings

Serial No: 8
Dimensions (HxW): 5.4”x3.5”
Nature of Document: Manuscript -“Small Red Book”
Genre: Urdu Poetry - Jottings
No. of Pages: 84 pp – 43 images

Pp 1-2

















Pp 5-6


















Pp 79-80


















Pp 81-82


















Pp 83-84