Persian MS 164 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
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Summary of Contents: The lives of the saints and holy men from early Islam to the time of the author Dārā Shikūh Dārā Shikūh son of Shahjahan, Emperor of India, approximately 1592-1666 and brother of Aurangzeb, Emperor of Hindustan, 1618-1707Title: Sakīnat al-awliyāTitle: Safīnat al-awlīyāTitle: سفينة الاولياءTitle: سكينة الاولياءLanguage(s): PersianPhysical Description
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History
Origin: 1063 AH (1652 CE)Provenance and Acquisition
Formerly part of the collection of the Persian scholar Nathaniel Bland (1803-1865). Bland’s oriental manuscripts were sold through Bernard Quaritch in 1866 to Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford.
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands, on behalf of the John Rylands Library, in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford.
Record Sources
Bibliographical description based on an index created by Reza Navabpour circa 1993. Identification of provenance based on manuscript catalogue by Michael Kerney, circa 1890s.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Iran Heritage Foundation
The John Rylands Research Institute
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