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Delhi Persian 1041B

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Delhi Persian 1041B

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Commentary on Rumi’s Masnavi by Shukrullah Khan and other works, 12 items (a-l)

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265 ff.

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Arabic
English
Persian

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Arabic
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1705

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1781

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1705-1781

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Hijri-qamari

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Delhi Persian 1041B

Commentary on Rumi’s Masnavi by Shukrullah Khan and other works, 12 items (a-l)

Summary of Contents: Untitled commentaries on daftars 1-6 of the Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavīof Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī by Shukr Allāh (Khān), including other minor works. Volume datable to the period of the author and patron’s lifetime. Items dated in two phases: ‘early’ items f, h, and k ranging 1117-10 Shaʿbān 1118/1705-17 November 1706; ‘later’ items b, i and j ranging 27 Z̲ī Qaʿdah 1194-1 Rabīʿ al-Avval 1195/24 November 1780-25 February 1781. Main text in neat scribal nastaʿlīq tending to shikastah āmīz; other minor works in Indian taʿlīq. Rebound in a IOL red half leather binding, date stamped 23 Feb 1915. Substantial annotations and corrections in margins, with enclosing ruled frames. Stamped foliation. Discontinuous Persian foliation. Occasional use of Hindi numerals and raqm. Lacking original binding. Fragment of outer folded paper wrapper ( EICcorrespondence addressed to the Law Examination Committee, dated August 1832); watermark not visible; creased, torn, and stained. Folios cropped, wormholes, later repairs. Condition fragile.

1. ff. 1v-80v

Language(s): Persian, Arabic, and English

Item a.

Untitled commentary on daftar 1 of the Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavīof Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī(d. 670/1271) by Shukr Allāh (Khān), epitomising the commentaries of earlier writers.

The work is dedicated to the Timurid or Mughal Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I(d. 1119/1707), submitted through and corrected by the emperor’s early associate and governor of Akbar'ābād(Agra), Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿAskarī entitled ʿĀqil Khān the ʿĀlamgīr Shāhī(d. 1108/1696).

Dated colophon to daftar 1 (f. 80v): completed by Muḥammad Maʿṣūm, originally from Lāhawr, completed on a Thursday (date incomplete). Annotations in Arabic and Persian follow below.

Author: Shukr Allāh شكر الله

2. ff. 81r-82r

Author: Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī رومى

Title: Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī

Title: مثنوى معنوى

Item b.

Lengthy selection of verses from an unidentified daftar from the Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavīof Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī(d. 670/1271).

Dated colophon (f. 82r): attained completion by the hand of Pīr ʿAlī, resident of parganah Hāpūr, in chaklah Sikandar'ābād, in ṣūbah dār al-khilāfat Shāhjahān'ābād, on Thursday, 27 Z̲ī Qaʿdah, in the ‘Indian’ month of Paws (Paushya), RY 20 of Emperor Shāh ʿĀlam(repeated twice), 1194/24 November 1780.

Fluent Indian taʿlīq.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Author: Shukr Allāh شكر الله

Item c.

Untitled commentary on daftar 2 of the Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavīof Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī(d. 670/1271) by Shukr Allāh (Khān), epitomising the commentaries of earlier writers.

Not dated at end.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

4. f. 108v

Title: Ḥamd bar ḥaz̤rat-i Ghanī-'i Aḥad

Title: حمد بر حضرة غنىّ احد

Item d.

Arabic doxology and praise of the Prophet Muḥammad in prose and verse, with partial interlinear Persian translations by an unnamed author.

Not dated at end.

Awkward naskh for Arabic, rough shikastah āmīz for Persian.

Language(s): Arabic and Persian

5. ff. 109v-136v

Author: Shukr Allāh شكر الله

Item e.

Untitled commentary on daftar 3 of the Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavīof Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī(d. 670/1271) by Shukr Allāh (Khān), epitomising the commentaries of earlier writers.

Not dated at end.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

6. ff. 137v-157v

Author: Shukr Allāh شكر الله

Item f.

Untitled commentary on daftar 4 of the Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavīof Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī(d. 670/1271) by Shukr Allāh (Khān), epitomising the commentaries of earlier writers.

Dated colophon to daftar IV (f. 157v): completed Tuesday, 11 (month omitted), 1117/1705.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

7. f. 158r

Item g.

Untitled Arabic manqabat or eulogy in the ghazal form of the QādirīṢūfī leader, Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir, identified here as Muḥyī al-Dīn Jīlānī(d. 561/1166).

Not dated at end.

Awkward naskh.

Language(s): Arabic

8. ff. 158v-184r

Author: Shukr Allāh شكر الله

Item h.

Untitled commentary on daftar 5 of the Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavīof Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī(d. 670/1271) by Shukr Allāh (Khān), epitomising the commentaries of earlier writers.

The preface to this daftar is separated from the main commentary, the latter beginning folio 160 verso.

Dated colophon to daftar 4 (f. 184r): completed 17 Rajab in RY 50 [of Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I] (1118)/25 October 1706.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

9. f. 184v

Item i.

Excerpt from the Qurʾānwith translation, followed by a passage of text attributed to the mystic poet, Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār(d. circa 657/1230).

Dated colophon (f. 184v): completed by Pīr ʿAlī, 2 Z̲ī Ḥijjah in RY 20 of Emperor Shāh ʿĀlam(1194)/29 November 1780.

Indian taʿlīq.

Language(s): Arabic and Persian

Author: Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār

10. f. 185v (inverted)

Item j.

Untitled manqabat or eulogy in the ghazal form of the Qādirī Ṣūfī leader, Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir, identified here as Muḥyī al-Dīn Jīlānī(d. 561/1166), ascribed to Shaykh Abū al-Ḥaqq ibn Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq the muḥaddis̲ Dihlavī al-Bukhārī.

Dated colophon (f. 185v): completed by Pīr ʿAlī, ghurrah (=1) Rabīʿ al-Avval in RY 20 of Emperor Shāh ʿĀlam(1195)/25 February 1781.

The text is inverted.

Fluent Indian taʿlīq.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

11. ff. 186r-264r

Author: Shukr Allāh شكر الله

Item k.

Untitled commentary on daftar 6 of the Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavīof Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī(d. 670/1271) by Shukr Allāh (Khān), epitomising the commentaries of earlier writers.

Defective at beginning.

Dated colophon to daftar 6 (f. 264r): completed by Muḥammad Maʿṣūm, resident in qaṣbah Gujarāt ( Gujrat, Punjab) of the province dār al-salṭanah Lāhawr, while in the service of Mīr Ilāh Yār(or Mīr Allāh Yār), Wednesday, 10 Shaʿbān in RY 50 [of Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I] (1118)/17 November 1706.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

12. f. 265r

Item l.

Excerpt commenting on the journey to Shām (Syria)of survivors, specifically the Ahl al-Bayt, from the Battle of Karbalāʾ(61/680).

Not dated at end.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex

Material: paper

Extent: 265 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 230 × 150 mm.

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History

Origin: 1705-1781-02-25 18th century CE , Gujarāt(Gujrat, Punjab) in the province dār al-salṭanah Lāhawr; Hāpūr, in chaklah Sikandar'ābād, in ṣūbah dār al-khilāfat Shāhjahān'ābād ; India, Gujrat, Hapur

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876

1876

Government of India

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Delhi Persian 1041B

Commentary on Rumi’s Masnavi by Shukrullah Khan and other works, 12 items (a-l)

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