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Image Number: 
Bookreader PersianMS_31
Reference Number: 
Persian MS 31
Link to Catalogue: 
Parent Work Title: 
Gūy va chawgān
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Ḥālnāmah
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
The Ball and Polo Stick, or, The Book of Ecstasy
Creator: 
ʻĀrifī, -approximately 1449
Creator Role: 
Author
Date Created: 
16th century [late]
Description: 
Illustrated copy of the Gūy va Chawgān (Ball and Polo Stick) or Ḥālnāmah (Book of Ecstasy), a Sufi mystical text by ʻĀrifī Haravī (d. ca. 1449), probably completed in Shaybanid-era Bukhara in the latter half of the 16th century CE.
Language Code: 
per
Language: 
Persian
Subject: 
Persian poetry--747-1500
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Sub-Category: 
Illustrated works
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Item Height: 
271 mm
Item Width: 
170 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance: 
Bland, Nathaniel, 1803-1865, former owner
Provenance: 
Quaritch, Bernard, 1819-1899, former owner
Provenance: 
Oliver, William, -1847, former owner
Provenance: 
Clarke, Adam, approximately 1762-1832, former owner
Provenance: 
Clarke, Joseph Butterworth Bulmer, -1855, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2022-05-24
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2022-06
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Rylands