Persian MS 905 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
Būstān-i Khayāl by Khayāl, Mīr Muḥammad Taqī
Physical Description
Form: codex
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History
Origin: 1169 AH (1755 CE)
Provenance and Acquisition
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.
Dating information from Kerney, Bibliotheca Lindesiana, Hand-list of Oriental Manuscripts: Arabic, Persian, Turkish, 1898.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Iran Heritage Foundation
The John Rylands Research Institute
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