Turns up, manuscript is about one type of music - an Iranian type many have faith in (8)
I believe the answer is:
parsiism
'an iranian type many have faith in' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'turns up manuscript is about one type of music' is the wordplay.
'turns up' is a reversal indicator.
'manuscript' becomes 'ms' (abbreviation for manuscript).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'one' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'type of music' becomes 'rap' (music genre).
'i'+'rap'='irap'
'is' put inside 'irap' is 'iisrap'.
'ms'+'iisrap'='msiisrap'
'msiisrap' reversed gives 'PARSIISM'.
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I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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