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Delhi Persian 993
- Record Id:
- 032-004341479
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004341479
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163233796.0x000007
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 993
- Title:
- Miscellaneous mystical works, 3 works (a-c)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004341479", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Delhi Persian 993: Miscellaneous mystical works, 3 works (a-c)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004341479
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004341479
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 100 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1830
- Date Range:
- 1800-1830
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
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- 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
Dārā Shikūh, Prince, son of Shahjahan, Emperor of India, 1615-1659,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000071395450,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/27879596
Dārā Shikūh, Prince, son of Shahjahan, Emperor of India, 1615-1659,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000071395450,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/27879596
Khvājah Muḥammad Mīr
Muḥammad, Prophet
Muḥammad, Prophet
Qazwīnī, Yaḥyá ibn ʿAbd al-Laṭīf, Mīr, 1481-1555,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000383327529,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/268608811
Sayyid Jamāl
ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī, 1077-1166,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000091691521,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/71359982 - Subjects:
- Islamic ethics--Early works to 1800
Sufi literature, Persian - TEI:
-
India Office Library
Delhi Persian 993
Miscellaneous mystical works, 3 works (a-c)
Contents
Collection of multiple Ṣūfī works. Not dated; circa early nineteenth century.
1. ff. 1-58Item a.
Treatise commenting on ninety-six ecstatic utterances or shaṭḥiyāt of Ṣufīs as illustrations of points from the Qurʿān, Aḥādīs̲, and the works of great scholars, by the Prince Sulṭān Muḥammad Dārā Shukūh ibn Shāh Jahān (murdered 1069/1659).
The author began his work in the thirty-eighth year of his life, or 1062/1652.
Not dated.
Followed by anecdotes on holy men (ff. 59-62); blank (ff. 63-73).
Language(s): Persian and ArabicTitle: Ḥasanāt al-ʿārifīnTitle: حسنات العارفين2. ff. 74-84rTitle: Fāl'nāmahTitle: فال نامهItem b.
Series of crude verses paired with numbered diagrams under subheadings naming various birds (peacock, crane, stork, duck, pigeon, hawk, dove, magpie, hoopoe, crow, cock, pheasant, parrot, partridge, etcetera) intended for telling fortunes, bizarrely attributed to Buzurjmihr, the minister of the Anūshīrvān.
Dated: 24 Shavvāl 1245/13 April 1830.
Language(s): Persian3. ff. 90-100Item c.
Untitled ijāzah or certificate licensing Khvājah Muḥammad Mīr as a member of the Qādirīyah ṭarīqah, issued under his pīr, Sayyid Shāh Jamāl Allāh, whose spiritual genealogy is traced through Shaykh Aḥmad Fārūqī Sihrindī/Sarhindī to the Prophet Muḥammad via ʿAbd al-Qādir Jīlānī.
Transcribed in bold naskh with vocalisations.
Not dated.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicAuthor: Sayyid Shāh Jamāl AllāhPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 100 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 171 × 124 mm.Dimensions (written):Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1800-1830 19th century CE ; IndiaRecord 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 E207/3_f063r (digital images currently unavailable)Availability
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Bibliography
MSS Eur E207/3_f063r (digital images currently unavailable)Funding of Cataloguing
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