Qayani Collection of Arabic and Persian Manuscripts, circa 1307-1883

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Summary

Extent:
2.0 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish.
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.

Background

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).

Processing information:

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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Manuscripts 5, 9, 10, 14, 24-27, and 40 have been withdrawn.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.

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.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, 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.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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