Persian MS 632 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
An anthology mostly consisting of selections of narrative Persian poetry.
Physical Description
Condition
Layout
Hand(s)
Rubrication in red and gold.
Binding
Red leather on pasteboard, gilded border. Text block stitched.
Accompanying Material
Stamps f.1a and f.396b. Partially effaced. 'Sulaymān Jāh', 1233 AH or 1244 AH
History
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 2022 with reference to the volume in hand.
Record amended and enhanced by Jake Benson in 2022 with reference to the manuscript.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Iran Heritage Foundation
The Soudavar Memorial Foundation
John Rylands Research Institute
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