COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader PersianMS_254
Reference Number:
Persian MS 254
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
Mas̲navī-i Ma‘navī
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Spiritual Couplets
Creator:
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Sīrāj al-Dīn ibn Sayyid Bāyāzīd Kūrahvī Rūdawlī
Creator Role:
Scribe
Date Created:
1697 [1108 AH]
Volume:
4
Description:
A complete copy of Book Five of the Mas̲navī-i Ma‘navī (Spiritual Couplets) by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1207–1273), the fourth of a six-volume set together with Persian MSS 250, 251, 252, 253, and 255. Since the set bears dedications to Prince Muḥammad Mu‘aẓẓam Bahādur Shāh, son of the Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr I, who later succeeded him as Shāh ‘Ālam Bahādur I (r. 1707–1712), it may be commissioned by him.
Language Code:
per
Language:
Persian
Subject:
Persian poetry--747-1500
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
India: West Bengal: Calcutta
Item Height:
261 mm
Item Width:
160 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:
Ouseley, Gore, Sir, 1770-1844, former owner
Provenance:
Danby, Jonathan Harvey, 1767–1830 former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2022-07-26
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2022-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands