Persian MS 330 (The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester)
Persian Manuscripts
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Language(s): Persian, Urdu and Arabic
Physical Description
- 1a-7bWorks 1-2: glossy, creamy paper
- 8a-41bWorks 3-5: rough, unpolished paper
- 42a-66bWork 6: polished paper
- 67a-190bWorks 7-8: unpolished paper
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Binding
Red leather on pasteboard. Stamped decoration.
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.
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Additional Information
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. Revised and expanded by James White with reference to the manuscript 2017.
Availability
The manuscript is available for consultation by any accredited reader, see Becoming a Reader for details. Please contact uml.special-collections@manchester.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.
Subjects
- Sufism
- Talismans
- Islam--Prayers and devotions
- Urdu language--Dialects--India
- Persian poetry
- Poets, Persian--India--Biography
- Poets, Hindi--1500-1800--Biography
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