Persian MS 836 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
For two sets of the earlier literal translation with a preface composed by Fayz̤ī's younger brother Abū al-Faz̤l held in the Rylands, see Persian MS 1004 to 1007 and Persian MS 1008 to 1010.
Physical Description
Layout
Written in 1 column with 23 to 27 lines per page. Ruled with a misṭarah hand guide.
Hand(s)
Written in clear black nasta‘līq with red subheaders.
Bookplates: The left pastedown: ‘Bibliotheca Lindesiana’ with pencilled shelfmark ‘1/B’, and an earlier class Mark ‘Persian MS No. 42’, with the number crossed out and ‘836’ written aside.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Formerly part of the collection of orientalist and Kings College Professor Duncan Forbes (1798–1868), who describes the volume in his published catalogue, before he sold his manuscript collection to his publisher W. H. Allen & Co. in exchange for an annuity. Subsequently sold by that firm to Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford (1812–1880) in 1866
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 and his Bibliotheca Lindesiana, Hand-list of Oriental Manuscripts: Arabic, Persian, Turkish, 1898.
Manuscript description by Jake Benson in 2023.
Availability
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Bibliography
Funding of Cataloguing
Iran Heritage Foundation
The John Rylands Research Institute
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