Persian MS 748 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
it treats various issues regarding Hajj pilgrimage in the form of a discourse (questions and answers).
Physical Description
Condition
Slightly wormeaten, decoloration of the first few folios, repaired
Layout
19 lines to the page.
Hand(s)
Black ink, rubrics in red, naskh; some apparently later additions to the copy 40r-41v in a different shikastah hand.
- inside cover Bookplates Bibilotheca Lindesiana
- inside cover Bookplates Hamilton MSS No. 665 changed to Persian MSS, No. 748
- on fly leaf Title and author's name درفقه رساله مناسک حج بیت الله از تصنیف محمد باقر بن محمد تقی الموسوی از فرقه شیعهدرفقه رساله مناسک حج بیت الله از تصنیف محمد باقر بن محمد تقی الموسوی از فرقه شیعه
- Marginalia folio 1r contains parts of an Arabic phrase, cut off in repair الحمد الله الذي خلق الليل … وجمل لكل واحد … النهار بقوته و … مهنما حد المحدود…. الحمد الله الذي خلق الليل … وجمل لكل واحد … النهار بقوته و … مهنما حد المحدود…. and a Persian rubā‘ī: بودیم بهم جمع رفیقانی چند چون عقد خواهر (جواهر) همه همپیوند ناگاه فلک رشتهآن عقد گسست هردانه ما را بدیاری افکند
Binding
Rebound in red calf leather.
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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