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1. 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…

2. 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…

3. Persian MS 151 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: The second of four volumes of the Siyar al-Mutaʼakhkhirīn (Review of Modern Times), with Persian MS 150 , an unrelated volume…

4. Persian MS 153 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: The fourth of four volumes of the Siyar al-Mutaʼakhkhirīn (Review of Modern Times), with Persian MS 150 , an unrelated volume…

5. Persian MS 190 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This nearly complete copy Dābistān-i Maẕāhib (School of Doctrines) presents an encyclopedia of comparative religion recounting…

6. Persian MS 249 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: An abridged selection of poems from the Dīvān by the influential Timurid-era poet Amīr Shāhī Sabzavārī (d. 1453). Probably…

7. Persian MS 266 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: A clearly-written, albeit unembellished copy of the Laylā va Majnūn by Hātifī, (d. 1520–21), a nephew of ‘Abd al-Raḥman Jāmī…

8. Persian MS 330 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This composite manuscript, probably assembled in India, contains eight works on religious, linguistic and literary topics,…

9. Persian MS 370 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: An defective, undated copy of the Khulāṣat al-Akhbār (Summary of Reports) by Khvānd Mīr, an abridgment of the Rawz̤at al-Ṣafā…

10. Persian MS 433 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This isolated third and final volume of the Siyar al-Mutaʼakhkhirīn (Review of Modern Times), appears likely completed in early…

11. Persian MS 644 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This undated, incomplete composite manuscript, written in multiple hands, contains many extracts of verse selected from the…

12. Persian MS 758 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: Majmū‘ah-i ‘Uṣūl-i Fiqh (Compendium on the Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence), a composite volume of four texts.

13. Persian MS 893 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This composite manuscript contains four works by Jāmī (1414-1492), and includes one of the earliest translations into Ottoman…

14. Persian MS 976 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: An undated, anonymous Persian translation of the Four Books of the Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.