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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Qayani Collection of Arabic and Persian Manuscripts
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1053
Physical Description:
2.0 Linear Feet
(4 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1307-1883
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish.
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Qayani Collection of Arabic and Persian Manuscripts (Collection 1053). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Scope and Content
Collection consists of manuscripts in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish by or collected by the scholar, Sayyid Abu Talib bin Abi
Turab al-Husayni al-Khurasani al-Qayeni (1818-1876).
Organization and Arrangement
- Manuscripts 1-4, 6-8, 11-13, 15 (Box 1).
- Manuscripts 16-23, 28 (Box 2).
- Manuscripts 29-39 (Box 3).
- Manuscripts 41-47, 50, 51 (Box 4).
Manuscripts 5, 9, 10, 14, 24-27, and 40 have been withdrawn.
Manuscript 48 moved to Collection 1117, Persian Medical Manuscript no.47.
Manuscript 49 moved to Collection 1117, Manuscript no.109.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
manuscripts (documents) -- Arab countries.