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1. 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),…

2. 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…

3. 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…

4. 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…

5. 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…

6. 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…

7. 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…

8. Persian MS 21 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

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

9. 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…

10. Persian MS 27 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: Timurid court poet and renowned Sufi ‘Abd al-Raḥman Jāmī (1414–1492) originally composed the Bahāristān (Spring Garden) in 892…

11. 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…

12. 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),…

13. 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'…

14. Persian MS 40 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: Two copies of Qiṣṣah-'i Mūsh va Gurbah (Story of the Mouse and Cat) bound together, both apparently completed in Indian…

15. Persian MS 41 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This illustrated New Persian metrical translation of the Pahlavi Middle Persian text Ardāvirāfnāmah (Book of Ardā Virāf) by…

16. Persian MS 46 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: The Timurid court poet and renowned Sufi ‘Abd al-Raḥman Jāmī (1414–1492) originally composed the Bahāristān (Spring Garden) in…

17. Persian MS 47 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: The Salīm-Shāhnāmah (Book of Salīm Shāh), chronicles the reign of the Ottoman ruler Selim I (1470–1520; r. 1512–20) . The…

18. Persian MS 51 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: An album of paintings and calligraphic specimens.

19. Persian MS 53 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This brief, undated illustrated manuscript, probably completed in 18th-century India, contains two poetic works, one written in…

20. Persian MS 54 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This complete copy of the Taẕkirat al-Shuʻarā (Chronicles of Poets) by Dawlatshāh Samarqandī (d. ca. 1494) contains…

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