Persian MS 512 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
2 works by Saʻdī on the subjects of Persian poetry and Persian literature
For other copies of this work held in the Rylands, see Persian MS 16/1, 84/1,239, 240, 511, 861, 979, and 986.
For other copies of this work held in the Rylands, see Persian MS 16, 84, 860, and 943.
Physical Description
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History
Provenance and Acquisition
From the collection of Colonel George William Hamilton (1807-1868) who served in India from 1823 to 1867 latterly as Commissioner in Delhi. He acquired over a thousand Indian and Persian manuscripts of which 352 were selected after his death for the British Museum. The remainder were purchased in 1868 by 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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