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Delhi Persian 968

Record Id:
032-004341463
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Delhi Persian 968
Title:
Sufi commentary on Qur’an and Prophetic traditions
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
298 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Arabic
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1785
Date Range:
1700-1785
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Names:
Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥibb Allāh
Muḥammad Fakhr al-Dīn ibn Qāz̤ī Munʿim Niẓām al-Dīn Niẓāmī Awrangābādī Dihlavī
Sayyid Imtiyāz Khān takhalluṣ Z̲ukā
Sayyid Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf Ḥusainī, 1321-1422,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083802076,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/47602285
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India Office Library

Delhi Persian 968

Sufi commentary on Qur’an and Prophetic traditions

Contents

Persian paraphrase of an Arabic treatise commenting on aspects of the Qurʾān and Aḥādīs̲ based on Ṣūfī principles, with the assumed title Asmār al-asrār.

The work is accompanied by numerous glosses attributed on the flyleaf to the Chishtī saint and scholar, Muḥammad Bandah'navāz Gīsū'darāz (d. 825/1422).

The work is divided into at least 114 sections, though not all are clearly indicated with the introductory word qawluh or samar. The work suffers from several lacunae and is comprised of two portions: the first written in a dense scribal nastaʿlīq hand (ff. 1-214), the second in multiple naskh hands within red jadval rulings (ff. 215-298).

Defective at end.

Not dated.

Folios damaged by wormholes and water stains; expanded along outer edges; repaired with net overlay; rebound in a red India Office Library binding dated 23 Feb. 1915.

At beginning (f. 1r): erased seal impressions next to the name Qāz̤ī Munʿim Niẓām al-Dīn Muḥammad Fakhr al-Dīn (or Muḥammad Fakhr al-Dīn ibn Qāz̤ī Munʿim Niẓām al-Dīn). Lengthy owner’s inscription states this work is titled Imtiyāz and is the work of Muḥammad Bandah'navāz Gīsū'darāz Vāsiṭī al-Ḥusaynī, mentioning the work was collated around the date Rajab 1199/May 1785, in the house of Sayyid Imtiyāz Khān takhalluṣ "Z̲ukā", from an original (details erased) obtained while migrating en route from Khujistah Bunyād Awrang'ābād toward the city of his birth (Delhi). This took place within the period of approximately one month after the death of Muḥammad Fakhr al-Dīn, the former owner.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 298 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 241 × 165 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1700-1785-04 18th 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_f022r (digital images currently unavailable)

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Bibliography

    MSS Eur E207/11_f022r (digital images currently unavailable)

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