Provincetown, Massachusetts 15 Minute Digital Raster Graphic

This layer is a digital raster graphic of the historic 15-minute USGS topographic map of the Provincetown, Massachusetts quadrangle. The survey date (ground condition) of the original paper map is 1887, the edition date is July, 1889 and this map has a reprint date of January, 1900. A digital raster graphic (DRG) is a scanned image of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) standard series topographic map, including all map collar information. The image inside the map neatline is geo-referenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator projection. The horizontal positional accuracy and datum of the DRG matches the accuracy and datum of the source map.

Taunton, Massachusetts 15 Minute Digital Raster Graphic

This layer is a digital raster graphic of the historic 15-minute USGS topographic map of the Taunton, Massachusetts quadrangle. The survey date (ground condition) of the original paper map is 1885, the edition date is September, 1893 and this map has a reprint date of 1940. A digital raster graphic (DRG) is a scanned image of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) standard series topographic map, including all map collar information. The image inside the map neatline is geo-referenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator projection. The horizontal positional accuracy and datum of the DRG matches the accuracy and datum of the source map.

Sat:veṇī [niñḍhī] : manuscript, 1890?

Foreign wove paper; watermark: made in Belgium for Nuzzurally Heptoolabhoy, Bombay.

Bhaet : manuscript, 1890?

Narratives to be recited at the commemorative assembly (majlis) held on the 30th and 40th days after the martyrdom of Imām Ḥusain.

[ Farmāns] : manuscript, 1910?

According to a note on p. 1, contains farmāns made by Imām Sulṭān Muḥammad Shāh [Aga Khan III] at Zanzibar, Bagamoyo and Dar es Salaam. The manuscript records those farmāns made between 19 Jeṭh [Jyeshtha] to 23 Bhadr [Bhadrapad] s. 1956 (approx. May-September 1899).

Namāz : manuscript, 1858-1865

Ritual Prayer in Arabic with instructions on number of prostration cycles (rakaʻahs) to be performed during each of the five prayer times.

[ Māāṟajil nabẖûvat] : manuscript, 1900?

Story of Prophet Abraham translated from a Persian text (possibly Muʻīn ad-Dīn Farāhi's "Maʻārij an-nubūwwah fī madārij al-futuwwah"), story of Prophet Zakariya from a text entitled Māālamil tanzīl (possibly Abū Muḥammad Ḥusain bin Masʻūd Baǵavī's "Maʻālim at-tanzīl") and two stories from the Sakhāvat nāma (possibly Sakhāvat nāma-i Ḥaẓrat ʻĀlī, the popular versified account of the miracles attributed to Ḥaẓrat ʻAlī).

ejī:harī:nāme:harī:jāṇī:e : manuscript, 1829?

Title provided by cataloger.

Saloko:satgûr:soho:dev [nāno/niñḍho] : manuscript, 1872

Local paper.

Dhoā:māhādhinje:ćhañṭe:vijaṇjī : manuscript, 1778-1865

Local paper. Beginning and end folios in brittle and poor condition, several folios repaired, many folios water-stained.

Dhoā:gajal:arasī : manuscript, 1890?

Foreign wove paper; watermark: Munro, 1883.

Muṛbadhno ek āćhoḍo (?) : manuscript, 1900 ?

Foreign paper, manufactured in Bombay by Abdoola Saheb Abdool Rehman Hurufullah, watermark : "River Jumna".

Pāñḍavānī saṇgāroṇī : manuscript, 1900?

Local paper.

Kalāmi:hazrat:sûltānil:aulīā

Haẓrat ʻAli.

[ Ghaṭpāṭjī dhoā]

Prayers to be recited during the ghaṭpāṭ ceremony; prayer includes recitation of the name of Ismāʻīlī Imāms as well as those of Pīrs.