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Delhi Persian 978

Record Id:
032-004341472
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 978
Title:
Work on Sufism
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
304 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1745
End Date:
1745
Date Range:
1745
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Names:
Khvājah Muḥammad Pārsā, 1338?-1420,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000408089716,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/65292796
Muhammad Shāh, Emperor of Delhi, 1702-1748,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000054904102,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/45680638
Muḥammad Afz̤al Khān
Muḥammad Ashraf ṣāḥib
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India Office Library

Delhi Persian 978

Work on Sufism

Contents

Untitled lengthy treatise by an unnamed author on the principles of Sufism and the magical significance of letters, attributed at the end to Khvājah Muḥammad Pārsā (d. 822/1420). The work is endorsed as the Taḥqīqāt.

Dated colophon (f. 304v): completed by Muḥammad Afz̤al Khān for Muḥammad Ashraf ṣāḥib, morning of Thursday, 19 Jumādá al-S̲ānī year 27 of Emperor Muḥammad Shāh’s reign (1158/19 July 1745).

Unbound; disintegrated outer leather matter of binding, lacking internal boards; wormholes; fragile.

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 304 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 238 × 153 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1745-07-19 19 Jumādá al-S̲ānī RY 27 of Muḥammad Shāh, 1158 AH; 19 July 1745 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/2_f044r (digital images currently unavailable)

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    MSS Eur E207/2_f044r (digital images currently unavailable)

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