Century: 19th Century / Collection: Persian Manuscripts

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1. Gaster MS Misc 1501 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: Basāwan La‘l bin Nansuk’h Rāy Kāyat’h Saksēnah Bilgrāmī , pen named S̲h̲ādān first composed the Amīr'nāmah (Book of the…

2. Gaster MS Misc 1519 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This incomplete, illustrated Persian translation of the Kitāb Suwar Kawākib al-Thābitah (Book of Forms of the Fixed Stars),…

3. Gaster MS Misc 1758 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: An incomplete copy of the Anvār-i Suhaylī by Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ Kāshifī (d. ca. 1504). .

4. 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…

5. 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…

6. 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…

7. Persian MS 50 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This complete copy of the Dīvān of Ḥāfiẓ (ca. 1315–1390) contains most of the ghazal lyric poems and quatrains typically found…

8. Persian MS 56 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: Biographies of Persian poets with selections from their works, copied by Bāb, ʻAlī Muḥammad Shīrāzī, 1819-1850

9. Persian MS 70 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

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

10. Persian MS 75 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This illustrated copy of the Dabistān-i Maẕāhib (School of Doctrines) presents an encyclopedia of comparative religion…

11. Persian MS 79 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

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

12. Persian MS 85 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: Qiṣṣah-ʼi Ḥātim Ṭāʼī by Ḥaidarī, Ḥaidar Bak̲h̲sh, -1828

13. Persian MS 87 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: Poet Bāqir ‘Alī Khān ibn Ghulām Ṣādiq ‘Alī Khān flourished during the reign of the Mughal ruler Muḥammad Shāh (b. 1702 r.…

14. Persian MS 88 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: A copy of the Bahār-i Dānish (Spring of Wisdom) authored by ʻInāyat Allāh (d. ca. 1671) in 1061 AH (1651 CE) during the reign…

15. Persian MS 91 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: Qāni‘ī Ṭūsī (d. ca. 1280) completed this Persian redaction of Kalīlah wa-Dimnah derived from that of Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, (d. ca.…

16. Persian MS 97 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: A round paper disc of paper card faced with heavily flocked blue on both sides, embossed with a coat of arms surmounted by a…

17. Persian MS 122 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: A history of India down to 1098

18. Persian MS 138 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: The first of two volumes, together with Perisian MS 139 , of the Bahār-i ‘Ajam (Spring of ‘Ajam), a dictionary of words and…

19. Persian MS 139 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: The second of two volumes, together with Perisian MS 138 , of the Bahār-i ‘Ajam (Spring of ‘Ajam), a dictionary of words and…

20. Persian MS 148 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: The first of two incomplete volumes of the Nafāʾis al-Funūn fī ʿArāʾis al-ʿUyūn (Troves of the Arts in the Eyes of the Brides)…

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