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Delhi Persian 1264

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032-003392681

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Delhi Persian 1264

Title:

Sufi works by Nasir ‘Ali Sarhindi, 5 items (a-e)

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Oriental Manuscripts

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India Office Library

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

269 ff.

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Languages:

Arabic
Persian

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1729

End Date:

1730

Date Range:

1729-1730

Calendar:

Hijri-qamari

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Names:

Jūgrāj
Khudā Bakhsh
Lālah Jūgrāy
Sirhindī, Nāṣir ʻAlī, d 1697,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/26833521
Sirhindī, Nāṣir ʻAlī, d 1697,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/26833521

Subjects:

Sufism--Early works to 1800

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India Office Library

Delhi Persian 1264

Sufi works by Nasir ‘Ali Sarhindi, 5 items (a-e)

Summary of Contents: Early, but slightly defective, collection of mainly Sufism mas̲navī compositions followed by the collected ghazalīyāt of the Sufi and poet, Nāṣir ʿAlī of Sirhind. Volume not dated; items b-c, and e dated (ranging 29 Rabīʿ al-Avval-22 Z̲ī Qaʿdah 1142/22 Oct 1729-8 June 1730). Neat scribal nastaʿlīq. Intermittent rubrication. Intermittent foliation in pencil. Lacking original binding. Old paper dust wrapper (BEIC legal publication for Regulation VIII of 1819); torn, creased, stains; labels. Folios unbound and loose; lacuna (between ff. 194-195) excessive wormholes, creases, stains, smudged text, cropped. Condition very fragile.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

1. ff. 1v-14v

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Delhi Persian 1264a.

Untitled mystical mas̲navī on spiritual love by the Sufi and poet, Nāṣir ʿAlī of Sirhind (also known as Sihrind or Sarhind), takhalluṣ ʿAlī (d. 1108/1697), written at the age of 40 while under the patronage of the Timurid (Mughal) Emperor Shāh Jahān I.

Not dated at end.

Author: Nāṣir ʿAlī ناصر علی

2. ff. 16v-61r

Delhi Persian 1264b.

Untitled mystical mas̲navī on spiritual love set in Abyssinia by the Sufi and poet, Nāṣir ʿAlī of Sirhind (also known as Sihrind or Sarhind), takhalluṣ ʿAlī (d. 1108/1697), written after the age of 40 while under the patronage of the Timurid (Mughal) Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I.

Partially dated colophon (f. 61r): completed for Jūgā (Joga) at dawn, 2 Rabīʿ al-S̲ānī (year not stated).

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Author: Nāṣir ʿAlī ناصر علی

3. ff. 6v-7v

Delhi Persian 1264c.

Mystical mas̲navī on spiritual love based on the Sindhi folkloric romance of Sassī Punnūn, that is, the failed romance of prince Mīr Punnūn Khān (or Mīr Dūstayn) of the Hoth tribe ruling Baluchistan, and the daughter of the rajah of Bhambore, by the Sufi and poet, Nāṣir ʿAlī of Sirhind (also known as Sihrind or Sarhind), takhalluṣ ʿAlī (d. 1108/1697).

Partially dated colophon (f. 135v): completed by… (obliterated), written at the request of Jūgrāj(Jograj), 29 Rabīʿ al-Avval (year not stated).

Opening of text missing; pasted over with repairs.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Author: Nāṣir ʿAlī ناصر علی

Title: Dastūr-i ʿishq

Title: دستور عشق

4. ff. 136v-194v

Author: Nāṣir ʿAlī ناصر علی

Delhi Persian 1264d.

Fragment from an untitled mystical mas̲navī on spiritual love by the Sufi and poet, Nāṣir ʿAlī of Sirhind (also known as Sihrind or Sarhind), takhalluṣ ʿAlī (d. 1108/1697), apparently written under the patronage of the Timurid (Mughal) Emperor Farrukh Siyar.

Defective at end, with large lacuna following folio 194.

Not dated at end.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

5. ff. 11r-16v

Author: Nāṣir ʿAlī ناصر علی

Delhi Persian 1264e.

Compendious volume collecting the poet compositions in varied forms and genres (ghazal and rubāʿī) by the Sufi and poet, Nāṣir ʿAlī of Sirhind (also known as Sihrind or Sarhind), takhalluṣ ʿAlī (d. 1108/1697).

Defective at beginning.

Dated colophon (f. 268r): completed by Khudā Bakhsh, at the request (ḥasb-i farmāyish) of Lālah Jūgrāy(Jogray), Saturday morning, 22 Z̲ī Qaʿdah in RY 12 of Emperor Muḥammad Shāh (1142)/8 June 1730.

Additional verses quoted from various sources (Faṣāḥat, Ṣāʾib, Ghanīmat) appended after the colophon (ff. 268r-269r).

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex

Material: paper

Extent: 269 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 203 × 133 mm.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1729-10-22-1730-06-08 Between 1729 and 1730 CE . ; India

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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Subjects

Sufism--Early works to 1800