Persian MS 196 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
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Persian Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: Mir‘āt al-Asrār (Mirror of Secrets) by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ChishtīPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 948 folios, (ff. 948).Dimensions (leaf): 325 × 220 mm.Binding
History
Origin: ‘14 Jumādá I’ with the year omitted; probably late 18th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Formerly part of the collection of Persian scholar Nathaniel Bland (1803–1865), after whose death London antiquarian dealer Bernard Quaritch (1819–1899) sold his oriental manuscripts to Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford (1812–1880) in 1866.
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands (1843–1908) in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford (1847–1913).
Bequeathed by Enriqueta Rylands (1843–1908) in 1908 to the John Rylands Library.
Record Sources
Bibliographical description based on an index created by Reza Navabpour circa 1993, derived from a manuscript catalogue by Michael Kerney, circa 1890s concisely published as Bibliotheca Lindesiana, Hand-list of Oriental Manuscripts: Arabic, Persian, Turkish in 1898.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Iran Heritage Foundation
The John Rylands Research Institute
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