Persian MS 871 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: Haft Gulshan by Kāmvar Khān
Title: Haft Gulshan
Title: Haft gulshan-i ilahī
Title: هفت گلشن
Title: هفت گلشن الهی
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 304 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 23.8 × 15 cm.
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Layout
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History
Origin: 1207 AH (1792 CE)
Provenance and Acquisition
Formerly owned by a W. Hunter. [Possibly William Hunter (1755-1812), secretary to the Asiatic Society in Calcutta, Bengal.]
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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