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1. 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),…

2. 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). .

3. 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…

4. 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…

5. Persian MS 94 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This composite manuscript contains two texts: a commentary on forty prophetic traditions and a hagiography of the calligrapher…

6. Persian MS 108 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: 2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Epic poetry and Persian poetry

7. Persian MS 127 (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 fifth of seven books in the collection…

8. 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)…

9. 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…

10. 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…

11. Persian MS 160 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This undated copy of the Vāqi‘āt-i Bāburī (Events of Bābur), the memoirs of Bābur (b. 1483, r. 1526–1530 , founder of the…

12. 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…

13. Persian MS 243 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This undated abridgement of the Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīzī by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī contains roughly 600 ghazal lyric poems. While it…

14. 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…

15. Persian MS 262 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: This complete copy of the Dīvān of Ḥāfiẓ (ca. 1315–1390) contains variant ghazal lyric poems but no quatrains and compositions…

16. 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…

17. Persian MS 324 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: Nigāristān-i Qazvīnī by Ghaffārī (volume 1 of 2)

18. Persian MS 325 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: Nigāristān-i Qazvīnī by Ghaffārī (volume 2 of 2)

19. 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,…

20. Persian MS 332 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Contents:: A translation of the Arabic poetry collection known as al-Faraj ba‘d al-Shiddat (Pleasure After Pain) authored by al-Muḥassin…

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