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Delhi Persian 323
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- Islamic sectarian polemical works, 18 items (a-r)
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- Extent:
- 133 ff.
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- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1816
- End Date:
- 1830
- Date Range:
- 1816-1830
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- Caliph ʿUmar ibn al-Khattā, d 0644,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121255289,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/27868234
Caliph ʿUmar ibn al-Khattā, d 0644,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121255289,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/27868234
Dihlawī, ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn Aḥmad, 1746?-1824?,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000012280004X,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/53999017
Dildār ʻAlī, 1752?-1820?,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000004890056X,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/36805746
Dildār ʻAlī, 1752?-1820?,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000004890056X,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/36805746
Javād ʿAlī
Jibrāʾīl
Khān ṣāḥib
Mawlavī ʿAbd al-Qādir Khān
Muḥammad, Prophet
Muḥammad, Prophet
Muḥammad Qulī, Muftī of Meerath
Muḥammad Rashīd al-Dīn Khān Dihlavī
ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph,, 0600?-0661,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000447153020,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/34436377
ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph,, 0600?-0661,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000447153020,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/34436377 - Subjects:
- Polemics
Religious literature, Persian
Shīʻah--Controversial literature
Sunnites--Relations--Shīʻah - TEI:
-
India Office Library
Delhi Persian 323
Islamic sectarian polemical works, 18 items (a-r)
Contents
Summary of Contents: Miscellaneous collection of Islamic sectarian polemical works. Volume not dated. Distinct scribal nastaʿlīq by the same hand throughout. Annotations in margins. Stamped foliation. Lacking original binding. Binding damaged (combed marble paper with brown leather edging over pasteboards), labels. Folios mostly bound; cropped, wormholes, later repairs. Condition poor. IOL microfilm, IOL NEG 681.Language(s): Persian and Arabic
1. ff. 1v-11vLanguage(s): PersianDelhi Persian 323(a), ff. 1v-11v.
Transcript of a letter on criticisms to the three Shīʿah sectarian treatises, Ṣavārim, Ḥusām, and Z̲ū al-Fiqār, from Javād ʿAlīaddressed to his spiritual leader and the author, Mawlavī Dildār ʿAlī(d. 1235/1819).
Not dated at end.
Author:Title: Naql-i khaṭṭTitle: نقل خطّ2. ff. 12r-15rDelhi Persian 323(b), ff. 12r-15r.
Brief sectarian polemical treatise on doubts and concerns over the treatise entitled al-Ṣavārim, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicTitle: al-Shubhāt ʿalá al-ṢavārimTitle: الشّبهات على الصّوارم3. ff. 16r-18rDelhi Persian 323(c), ff. 12r-15r.
Brief sectarian polemical treatise critiquing Shīʿī accounts of the Caliph ʿUmar striking the stomach of Fāṭimah bint Muḥammad, as related in the treatise entitled Z̲ū al-Fiqār, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): PersianTitle: al-Shubhāt ʿalá Z̲ū al-FiqārTitle: الشّبهات على ذو الفقار4. ff. 18r-21rDelhi Persian 323(d), ff. 18r-21r.
Transcript of a theological letter from Mawlavī Dildār ʿAlīsent to one of his followers on points of detail in the writings of Shāh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Dihlavīthe muḥaddis̲.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): PersianTitle: Naql-i khaṭṭTitle: نقل خطّAuthor: Mawlavī Dildār ʿAlī5. ff. 21v-28rDelhi Persian 323(e), ff. 21v-28r .
Transcript of theological doubts and concerns relating to a letter from Mawlavī Dildār ʿAlī.
Not dated at end.
Annotations.
Language(s): PersianTitle: Naql-i shubhāt-i mushakkakTitle: نقل شبهات مشكّك6. ff. 29r-30rDelhi Persian 323(f.), ff. 29r-30r.
Transcript of a letter on Islamic sectarian polemics in Lucknow and Delhi from Mawlavī Dildār ʿAlī addressed to Mawlavī ʿAbd al-Qādir Khān ṣāḥib.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): PersianTitle: KhaṭṭTitle: خطّAuthor: Mawlavī Dildār ʿAlī7. ff. 30v-31rDelhi Persian 323(g), ff. 30v-31r.
Transcript of a brief reply to a letter on theological questions addressed to Mawlānā Muḥammad Rashīd al-Dīn Khān ṣāḥib.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): PersianTitle: Javāb-i khaṭṭTitle: جواب خطّ8. ff. 32r-52vDelhi Persian 323(h), ff. 32r-52v.
Transcript of a rebuttal to the first of several theological postulations set out in the book written and sent by Khān ṣāḥib.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): PersianTitle: Javāb-i ʿaqīdah-'i avvalTitle: جواب عقيدهٴ اوّل9. ff. 53r-96vDelhi Persian 323(i), ff. 53r-96v.
Untitled theological treatise by Mawlānā Muḥammad Rashīd al-Dīn Khānwritten in rebuttal to a treatise by Muḥammad Qulī, Muftī of Meerath, written circa 1231/1816.
The work begins with a lengthy Arabic preface.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic10. ff. 97r-102vDelhi Persian 323(j), ff. 97r-102v.
Theological treatise answering jibes on the permissibility of music and song stated in the Tuḥfah-'i Is̲nāʾ ʿAsharīyahof ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Aḥmad Dihlavī(d. 1239/1823-4).
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicTitle: SuʾālTitle: سوٴال11. ff. 102v-106vDelhi Persian 323(k), ff. 102v-106v.
Untitled polemic treatise comparing Sunnī and Shīʿah perceptions of divinity by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicAuthor:12. ff. 106v-107vDelhi Persian 323(l), ff. 106v-107v.
Untitled polemic treatise on the subject of the murder of the Imam and Caliph ʿAlī(d. 40/661) by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic13. ff. 107v-114vAuthor:Delhi Persian 323(m), ff. 107v-114v.
Untitled polemic treatise on questions over the role of Jibrāʾīlin the revelation of the Qurʾānto the Prophet Muḥammad, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic14. ff. 114v-117vAuthor:Delhi Persian 323(n), ff. 114v-117v.
Untitled theological treatise by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic15. ff. 117v-119vAuthor:Delhi Persian 323(o), ff. 117v-119v.
Untitled theological treatise on a point of detail raised by Shaykh Jalāl al-Dīn Suyūṭīby an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic16. ff. 120r-127rTitle: Risālah-'i taṭhīr al-muʾminīn ʿan al-najāsat al-mushrikīnTitle: رسالهٴ تطهير الموٴمنين عن النّجاست المشركينDelhi Persian 323(p), ff. 120r-127r.
Theological treatise by Mawlavī Muḥammad Qulī, Muftī of Meerath, writing in favour of Sunnī opinions, despite professing the Shīʿah Imāmī faith.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic17. f. 128rAuthor:Delhi Persian 323(q), f. 128r.
Brief statement on proofs for the Shīʿah faith, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian18. ff. 128v-133rAuthor:Title: Javāb-i khaṭṭTitle: جواب خطّDelhi Persian 323(r), ff. 128v-133r.
Fragment of a theological treatise by Javād ʿAlīaddressed to his spiritual leader and the author on many Shīʿī treatises, Mawlavī Dildār ʿAlī(d. 1235/1819).
The descriptive title has been corrected and re-transcribed vertically in the margin by the main scribe.
This copy ends abruptly without formal conclusion.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 133 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 230 × 150 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1816-1830 1816 - 1830 CE ; IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876
1876
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