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Delhi Persian 960

Record Id:
032-004341456
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Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 960
Title:
Miscellaneous Sufi works
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
157
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1840
Date Range:
1800-1840
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Aḥmad Sirhindī, 1563-1624,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000116169247,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/32839461
Aḥmad Sirhindī, 1563-1624,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000116169247,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/32839461
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
Subjects:
Sufi literature, Persian
Sufism--Early works to 1800
TEI:

India Office Library

Delhi Persian 960

Miscellaneous Sufi works

Contents

Summary of Contents: Collection of three Sufi biographical and epistolary works, endorsed on a flyleaf as Maktūbāt-i mukarrar-i Ḥaz̤rat-i Mujaddid. Heavily annotated in parts. Not dated. Transcribed by multiple hands in rough shikastah, often illegible. Edges cropped. Detached binding; marbled paper on exterior; descriptive labels missing; fragile.
1. ff. 1-122v

Untitled account of the Naqshbandī leader, Shaykh Aḥmad Sihrindī (usually Sarhindī), titled Mujaddid-i Alf-i S̲ānī, whose spiritual genealogy is traced back to the Caliph ʿUmar ibn al-Khattāb. This is followed by a number of letters, mainly Sufi in subject matter.

Not dated.

Language(s): Persian
2. ff. 126-139v

Untitled disquisition on the esoteric significance of the names of God.

Author not identified.

Not dated.

Language(s): Persian
3. ff. 140r-156v

Collection of miscellaneous letters, theological compositions and poems (manqabat or qaṣīdah) on Naqshbandī Sūfī themes, with occasional blank pages separating compositions

Not dated.

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
157
Dimensions (leaf): 213 × 155 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1800-1840 19th century CE ; India

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/11_f007r (digital images currently unavailable)

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Bibliography

    MSS Eur E207/11_f007r (digital images currently unavailable)

Funding of Cataloguing

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