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Qayani Collection of Arabic and Persian Manuscripts
LSC.1053  
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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 on this page.

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    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.

    Processing Information

    Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
    We are committed to providing ethical, inclusive, and anti-racist description of the materials we steward, and to remediating existing description of our materials that contains language that may be offensive or cause harm. We invite you to submit feedback about how our collections are described, and how they could be described more accurately, by filling out the form located on our website: Report Potentially Offensive Description in Library Special Collections.  

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9942336293606533  

    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.