Persian MS 185 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
Gulzār al-abrār (biographies of saints and learned men of India and Persia)
Physical Description
History
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. Compilation date from unpublished note by M.H. Siddiqi.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Iran Heritage Foundation
The John Rylands Research Institute
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