Rarities And Marvels of The Library
1: A rice grain engraved with the Holy Verse of "Ayatul Korsi" by "Zaker Hossein Dehlawi", and written by "Raqam Fadhlur Rahman Dehlawi". This precious piece has been granted by Dr Khajeh Piri based in New Delhi,India.
2: A rice grain engraved with the "Holy Chapter of Tawhid".
3: A page from "Qotai, and Nakhoni scripts.
4: 40 papers of the Glorious Quran 177cm by 101 cm, handwritten by "Baysonqor Ibn Shahorkh Gorkani" on "Khanbalgh" paper. This kind of calligraphy is among the rarites of calligraphy in the world.
5: The Glorious Quran No. 50 with "Baburi" script, ascribed to "Zahiruddin Mohammad Baber" who was the founder of Timurid dynasty in India.
6: The Glorious Quran No.134. Its pages are made of wood, and its margin is paper (ie its wood has been so carved that it seems to be paper). This Glorious Quran, handwritten by "Yaqut Mostasami", and granted to the library by "Maqsud Beg"
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7: The Glorious Quran No.1525 imprinted on cotton.
8: Copies of the Glorious Quran No.1582, and 1541 of very small size, written with the hair of horse tail.
8: A leaf from the Glorious Quran in the form of a crossword text book. A component of the Glorious Quran has been imprinted on each of the squres of the mentioned crossword. It is said that it has been imprinted during the Safavid dynasty.
10: A dotless commentary entitled "Sawateol Alham" compiled by "Shaykh Abul Faydh Hindi (Dakhani)". This is a complete commentary of the Glorious Quran. The compilation of this commentary dates back to 1002 A.H.
11: A portrait of Imam Khomeini(R.A.) - the Late Leader of the Islamic Revolution and, the Great Founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran - painted in India. The original photo decorated with wooden pieces.
12: A book in Latin, which is apparently a commentary on one of the Gospels.This book has been printed and published at the time of Gutenberg - the inventor of printing machine.
13: The manuscript of the Glorious Quran No.1529, known as 11- line Glorious Quran: The scribe has written the holy pages of this Glorious Quran, in such a way that first letter of the first line conforms with the first letter of the last line in all pages. And so, the first letters of the line second to the line fifth conform with the first letters of the line seventh to the line tenth. The sixth line in all pages is single.
Some handwriting-ascribed to the Immaculate Shi'ite Imams (A.S.), and to some distinguished Islamic Ulema, and religious authorities, are preserved in the Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi. These handwritings are as follows:
1: The holy handwriting ascribed to "Hazrat Ali Ibn Abi Taleb (A.S.), "entitled" Katabahoo Ali Ibn Abi Taleb" which dates to the first century of Hijrah.
2: The handwriting, ascribed to "Imam Hasan Ibn Ali (A.S.) "entitled" Katabahoo Hasan Ibn Abi Taleb", which dates back to the first century of Hijrah.
3: The handwriting, ascribed to "Imam Ali Ibn Al Husain(A.S.) "entiteld" Katabahoo Husain Ibn Abi Taleb", which dates back to the first century of Hijrah.
The Glorious Quran No.17 in Kufic script. An hexagonal citron cobult-blue sheet on which the following sentence has been imprinted with white lead in Thulth script, can be observed in the second sheet of this manuscript.
(The hand writing of the Glorious Quran is ascribed to "Imam Jafar Ibn Mohammad Al-Sadeq)"
4: The handwriting, ascribed to "Imam Musa Ibn Jafar"(A.S.), which dates back to the second century of Hijrah.
5: The handwriting, ascribed to "Imam Ali Ibn Musa Ar Reza(A.S.)", entitled "((Katabahoo Ali Ibn Musa")) which dates back to the second century of Hijrah.
6: The handwriting, ascribed to "Mansoor Ibn Mohammad Ibn Kathir" - the historian in 393 A.H - , which dates back to the fourth century of Hijrah.
7: The handwriting, ascribed to "Abul Barakat Razi" - the historian in 420 A.H-, which dates back back to the fourth century of Hijrah.
8: The handwriting, ascribed to "Mohammad Ibn Ali Ibn Hosoolah" - the hisrorian in 421 A.H-, which dates back back to the fourth century of Hijrah.
9: The handwriting, ascribed to "Hassan Ibn Yusof Ibn Al Motahhar Al Helli, known as" Allamah Helli (726 A.H)", which dates back back to the fourth century of Hijrah.
10: The handwriting, ascribed to "((Fakhrul Mohaqqeqin Mohammad Ibn Al Motahhar Al Heli")) - son of Allamah Helli-, which dates back back to the fourth century of Hijrah.
11: The handwriting, ascribed to "Ghiyathuddin Jamshid Kashani" the historian in 868 A.H-, which dates back back to the fourth century of Hijrah.
12: The handwriting, ascribed to "Mulla Ali Qushchi Alem Riyadhi"The historian in 868 A.H-, which dates back back to the fourth century of Hijrah.
13: The handwriting, ascribed to "Sayyed Ahmad Ibn Zainulabedin Amoli" - the compiler of "Kashful Haqayeq' "(discovering facts)", which dates back back to the fourth century of Hijrah.
14: The handwriting, ascribed to "Mohammad Ibn Moadhen Amoli" which dates back back to the fourth century of Hijrah.
15: The handwriting, ascribed to "Ibn Abi Jomhoor - Mohammad Ibn Ali Ibn Ebrahim Al Ahsaii" - The historian in 895 A.H. - which dates back back to the fourth century of Hijrah.
16: The handwriting, ascribed to "Taqiuddin Ebrahim Ibn Ali" - known as "Shaykh Kafami", the historian in 895 A.H,- which dates back back to the fourth century of Hijrah.
17: The handwriting, ascribed to "Molla Fathullah Kashani", - The compiler of the commentary of "Minhaj Ul Sadeqin"- which dates back back to the fourth century of Hijrah. He was a famous historian in 988 A.H.
18: The handwriting, ascribed to "Qazi Noorullah Shushtari" - the hisrotian in 956 A.H-, which dates back back to the fourth century of Hijrah.
19: The handwriting, ascribed to "Sayyed Hashem Bahrani" -, which dates back back to the fourth century of Hijrah.