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Delhi Persian 1115
- Record Id:
- 032-003380710
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003380710
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100048924178.0x000015
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 1115
- Title:
- Miscellaneous collection on Sufism, 2 items (a-b)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003380710", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Delhi Persian 1115: Miscellaneous collection on Sufism, 2 items (a-b)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-003380710
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003380710
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 190 ff. (+3)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1704
- End Date:
- 1704
- Date Range:
- 1704
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Muḥammad Ibn ʻImād Sanjānī
Muḥammad ʿAẓmat Afghān Yūsufzay
Nūr Muḥammad Multānī
Rawshan ʿAlī Multānī - Subjects:
- Sufi literature, Persian
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India Office Library
Delhi Persian 1115
Miscellaneous collection on Sufism, 2 items (a-b)
Contents
Summary of Contents: Miscellaneous collection of works on Sufism, comprised chiefly of an untitled treatise by Muḥammad ibn ʿImād Sanjānī(fl. 770/1368-9). Volume not dated; item b dated 1116/1704. Nastaʿlīq, with naskh for Arabic; multiple scribes, two identified. Stamped foliation. Lacking binding or dust wrapper. Folios unbound and loose; wormholes, stains, creases and tears. Condition fragile.Language(s): Persian and Arabic
1. ff. 1A-1CrLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicItem a.
Selected excerpt from a larger unidentified collection of official correspondence, beginning (on folio 1Br) maktūb-i shaṣt va hashtum, on the subject of the pillar of light in the period of the twelfth imām, by an unnamed author.
Folio 1Av contains ten gridded vifq al-aʿdād or magical squares.
Not dated at end.
2. ff. 1v-190rItem b.
Untitled Sufi treatise on the philosophy and transmission of knowledge according to Islamic sources and doctrine by Muḥammad ibn ʿImād Sanjānī, who travelled from the Jazīrah(Iraq) to Hindūstān(northern India), and thence to Rūm(Anatolia), completing the work in 770/1368-9.
Dated colophon (f. 190r): first half (niṣf-i avval) completed by Rawshan ʿAlī Multānī and the second half (niṣf-i ākhar) by Nūr Muḥammad Multānī for Muḥammad ʿAẓmat Afghān Yūsufzay, in qaṣbah Shūrkūt( Shorkot, Jhang District, Punjab), 1116/1704.
The paper on folios 152-175 is tinted pale orange.
Nastaʿlīq, with naskh for Arabic.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 190 ff. (+3)Dimensions (leaf): 286 × 168 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 17041116 AH (1704 CE) at Shorkot, Jhang District, Punjab, Pakistan India, ShorkotProvenance 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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