Persian MS 967 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
For other copies of the Kullīyāt held in the Rylands, see Persian MS 2, 283, 284, 858, 859, 906, and 931.
Physical Description
Collation
Condition
Layout
Written in 1 column with 20 lines in the centres of the pages, with another 30 hemistichs in the surrounding margins, for 50 lines totalled. Ruled with a miṣṭārah hand guide.
Hand(s)
Written in black nasta‘līq script with red lines to highlight passages, or indicate breaks and full stops.
Binding
Quarter bound in black leather with paper sides.
Handle binding with caution. In poor condition, with the right pastedown delaminated from the right board leaving the underlying hinge exposed and board attachment loose.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Subsequently owned by Chetham Librarian John Haddon Hindley (1765–1827), after whose death, the volume sold for £2 12 shillings to Hall . by the London firm of Howell and Stewart sold many of his manuscripts. Note that although Siavash Rafiee-Rad implies that Samuel Robinson of Wilmslow formerly owned this manuscript, neither external nor internal evidence to suggest this.
Unknown. Probably transferred from the University of Manchester Library to the John Rylands Library after the institutions merged in 1972.
Record Sources
Bibliographical description derived from Siavash Rafiee-Rad, 'Persian Manuscripts in Samuel Robinson’s Collection in The John Rylands Library' (2017), and an earlier description .
Record created and manuscript description amended and enhanced by Jake Benson in 2022 with reference to the volume in hand.
Availability
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Bibliography
Funding of Cataloguing
The John Rylands Research Institute and Library
The Soudavar Memorial Foundation
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