Persian MS 676 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
Physical Description
Layout
23 lines to the page, Table of contents.
Hand(s)
black ink, rubrics in red, rather negligently copied in plain Indian style nasta‘līq mixed with shikastah
- 124v Ownership marks ناسخ هر مهر شد چون 1230 شد مزین بر کتاب, خاتم امجد علی شاه زمان عالیجناب
- fly leaf Title and author's name بیاض المسمی بحرزالامان مشتمل بر خواص آیات قرآنی و تعویذات من تألیف علی ابن الحسین الواعظ الکاشفی
- inside cover Bookplates Bibilotheca Lindesiana
- inside cover Bookplates Hamilton MSS No. 593
Binding
Bound at the top end
Condition
Folio 124b bears a vermilion rectangular seal impression, intaglio-carved in nasta‘līq script in two stacked lines and surmounted by the royal emblem of Awadh, of Amjad ‘Alī Shāh (b. 1801, r. 1842–1847) dated 1260 AH (1844–45 CE):
‘ ناسخ هر مهر شد چون شد مزین بر کتاب * خاتم امجد علی شاه زمان عالیجناب، ١٢٦٠ ’
‘Nāsukh har muhur shud chun shud muzayyin bar kitāb; khātim-i Amjad ‘Alī Shāh zamān-i ‘Ālījanāb, 1260’ (‘Every [prior] seal became cancelled since the book became embellished by the seal of Amjad ‘Alī Shāh in the era of his Sublime Majesty, 1260 AH [1844–45 CE]’).
53 × 45 mm.
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 after his death, now held in the British Library.
Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford (1812–1880), purchased the remainder in 1868.
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands (1843–1908) (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 and his Bibliotheca Lindesiana, Hand-list of Oriental Manuscripts: Arabic, Persian, Turkish, 1898.
Manuscript description completed by James White in 2017.
Subsequently amended and enhanced by Jake Benson in 2022 with reference to the volume.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Iran Heritage Foundation
The John Rylands Research Institute
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