Persian MS 538 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
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Summary of Contents: A translation of the Arabic poetry collection known as al-Faraj ba‘d al-Shiddat (Pleasure After Pain) authored by al-Muḥassin ibn ʻAlī al-Tanūkhī (ca. 940–994), rendered into Persian by Ḥusayn ibn Asʿad Dihistānī (fl. 11th c.). A scribe named Abū al-ʿAbbās Ḥusayn bin Mīr ʿAlam completed this manuscript on behalf of Qilich Khān al-MihrānīAuthor and Bibliographic antecedent: Tanūkhī, al-Muḥassin ibn ʻAlī, ca. 940–994
al-Tanūkhī, ca. 940–994
التنوخیAuthor and Translator: Ḥusayn ibn Asʿad Dihistānī, fl. 11th c.
حسین ابن اسعد الدهستانیTitle: al-Faraj baʿd al-ShiddatTitle: الفرج بعد الشدةTitle: Faraj baʿd az ShiddatTitle: فرج بعد از شدتIncipit: برگ ۱پ (folio 1b): حمد وثنا قیومی را که عجز عقول ذریات آدمExplicit: برگ ۳۱۳ر (folio 313a): اللهم حرم يد الكاتب على النار بالنبي وآله الأبرار الأحرار يا ذا الجود الكاملة اغفر عبدك الخاطبةColophon: Completed by Abū al-ʿAbbās Ḥusayn bin Mīr ʿAlam in 1067 AH (1656–67 CE) for Qilij Khān al-Mihrānī.Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexSupport: Sized and polished paper. laid lines 1mm apart.Extent: 313 folios, 12 flyleaves (ff. ii + 313 + x).Dimensions (leaf): 276 × 150 mm.Dimensions (written):Condition
Handle text with caution. In fair condition with insect damage and historical repairs in areas. Damage to spine.Layout
Hand(s)
Naskh in black ink. Rubrication in red ink. Copied by Abū l-ʿAbbās Ḥusayn b. Mīr ʿAlam
Additions:
Inscriptions- The first to sixth left flyleaves bear a variant recension of the beginning of Dihistānī’s text.
- The first right flyleaf a side (f. ia) bears a note describing the re-collation and completion of the defective manuscript for former owner George William Hamilton in March 1863, presumably in Delhi.likely in the hand of his assistant, Muhīn Dās.
- 1a, adjacent to his seal impression (no. 1) Muḥammad Hādī Ḥusaynī declares that he purchased the manuscript in 1090 AH (1679–80 CE).
- Folio 313b bears a description of winter and and note signed by Ṣādiq Muḥammad Raz̤avī adjcent to the seal impression of Muḥammad ʿAlī Shāh (no. 7).
Seal(s):Binding
Stamped binding foliate motifs. Stitched.
Seven seal impressions of former owners, including the1: Folio 1a seal impression of Muḥammad Hādī Ḥusaynī who bought the manuscript in 1090 AH.
f. 1a Seal of Fāz̤il Khān Murīd dated 1114 AH; Seal of Sayyid Khān Ḥusaynī dated 1218. Stamp dated 1206 AH.
f.1b Ex libris of Sulaymān Jāh. Ex libris of Shāh ?Ramīn
f.313b Ex libris of Sulaymān Jāh dated 1244 AH. Stamp of Muḥammad ʿAlī dated 1234 AH
History
Origin: Completed by Abū al-ʿAbbās Ḥusayn bin Mīr ʿAlam on behalf of Qilich Khān al-Mihrānī, probably in the Indian subcontinent; 1067 AH (1656–67 CE).Provenance and Acquisition
Subsequently acquired by 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, from which the British Museum selected 352, now held in the British Library.
Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford (1812–1880) purchased the remainder of Hamilton's collection in 1868.
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.
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 in 2018 with reference to the volume in hand.
Record subsequently amended and enhanced by Jake Benson in 2022.
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Bibliography
Abū Turāb al-Muḥassin ibn ʻAlī Tanūkhī Khusravī and Ḥusayn ibn Saʻd ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Muʼayyadī Dihistānī. Faraj-i Baʻd az Shiddat: Jāmiʻ al-ḥikāyāt. Edited by Mays̲am Zaydī. Tehran: Bungāh-i Tarjamah va Nashr-i Kitāb-i Pārsah, 1391 SH (2012 CE).Funding of Cataloguing
Iran Heritage Foundation, the John Rylands Research, and the Soudavar Foundation
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