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1. Arabic MS 5 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: A beautiful copy of the famous Dīwān of al-Mutanabbī.

2. Arabic MS 688 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: Fragment of the Qurʾān on thick parchment and in large Kufi characters. Probably compiled from leaves from various old codices.

3. Arabic MS 691 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: Volume containing Juzʿ 4 of the Qurʾān (Sūrah 3:92-4:23). It is written in large golden letters, in a Maghribi or African hand,…

4. Arabic MS 704 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

5. Arabic MS 760 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: The first of fourteen large volumes of an illuminated Quʾranic manuscript with interlinear literal translations in Persian and…

6. Arabic MS 761 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: The second of fourteen large volumes of an illuminated Quʾranic manuscript with interlinear literal translations in Persian and…

7. Arabic MS 762 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: The third of fourteen large volumes of an illuminated Quʾranic manuscript with interlinear literal translations in Persian and…

8. Arabic MS 768 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: The ninth of fourteen large volumes of an illuminated Quʿran manuscript with interlinear literal translations in Persian and…

9. Arabic MS 789 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: A large and square volume of the Qurʾan, written in large Naskhi characters. With illuminated headings and ornamental…

10. Persian MS 3 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: A Persian translation of the ʻAjā’ib al-Makhlūqāt va Gharāʼib al-Mawjūdāt (Wonders of Creation and Oddities of Existence),…

11. Persian MS 4 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This manuscript of an anonymous Persian translation of the ʻAjā’ib al-Makhlūqāt va Gharāʼib al-Mawjūdāt (Wonders of Creation…

12. Persian MS 6 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: A Safavid-era illustrated copy of the romance of Khusraw and Shirin , one of the five poems of Khamsah (Quintet) by medieval…

13. Persian MS 10 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: Album of 40 calligraphy specimens primarily by Lucknow calligrapher Muḥammad ‘Ali Mīrzā given by Antoine Polier to Sir William…

14. Persian MS 12 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: Abū al-Majd Majdūd ibn Ādam Sanāʼī al-Ghaznavī (d. ca. 1131) composed his epic poem Ḥadīqat al-Ḥaqīqah va Sharī‘at al-Ṭarīqah…

15. Persian MS 17 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This unsigned and undated copy of the Mas̲navī-i Ma‘navī (Spiritual Couplets) by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1207–1273) opens with a…

16. Persian MS 20 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: A nearly complete illustrated copy of the romance of Yūsuf va Zulaykhā , which comprises the second of seven books in the…

17. Persian MS 24 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This early manuscript of Mihr va Mushtarī (Sun and Jupiter), the tale of Mihr, son of Shāhpūr, and his vizier's son Mushtarī by…

18. Persian MS 30 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: Mūshnāmah (Book of the Mouse) or Mūsh va Gurbah (Mouse and Cat), a mock-epic attributed to ‘Ubayd Zākānī (d. ca. 1370). A…

19. Persian MS 37 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This Persian translation of the ʻAjā’ib al-Makhlūqāt va Gharāʼib al-Mawjūdāt (Wonders of Creation and Oddities of Existence),…

20. Persian MS 39 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: A very rare and richly illustrated copy of the Tuḥfat al-Fuqarā' (Gift of the Impoverished), also called the Majma‘ al-Fuqarā'…

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