Persian MS 342 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
The author's name appears on folio 3b.
Physical Description
Condition
Layout
Hand(s)
Written in black shikastah by ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz.
Bookplates: The left pastedown: ‘Bibliotheca Lindesiana’ with pencilled shelfmark ‘2/G’, and ‘Bland MSS No. 562’.
Binding
Original binding. Red leather over pasteboards.
Stamped with medallions of floral design
Front and back panels worn.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Subsequently acquired by scholar Nathaniel Bland (1803–1865) for his library at Randalls Park, Leatherhead. After his death, London bookseller Bernard Quaritch (1819–1899) sold his oriental manuscripts to Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford (1812–1880) in 1866, and moved to Bibliotheca Lindesiana at Haigh Hall, Wigan.
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, Manchester.
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, 1898.
Manuscript description by James White with reference to the volume in 2018.
Record subsequently corrected, augmented, and enhanced by Jake Benson in 2022 with reference to the manuscript.
Availability
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Bibliography
Funding of Cataloguing
Iran Heritage Foundation
The Soudavar Memorial Foundation
John Rylands Research Institute
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