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Delhi Persian 1007

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032-004341483
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Delhi Persian 1007
Title:
Rare treatise on Sufi doctrine
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
46 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Arabic
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1750
Date Range:
1700-1750
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Names:
Simnānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1261-1336,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121224853,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/17351669
Simnānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1261-1336,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121224853,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/17351669
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India Office Library

Delhi Persian 1007

Rare treatise on Sufi doctrine

Contents

1 copy of Bayān al-iḥsān li-ahl al-ʿirfān by ʿAlāʾ al-Dawlah Simnānī

Author: ʿAlāʾ al-Dawlah Simnānī علاء الدّوله سمنانى
Title: Bayān al-iḥsān li-ahl al-ʿirfān
Title: بيان الاحسان لاهل العرفان
Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Rare treatise on Ṣūfī doctrine by the Qurʾān scholar and Kubravī Ṣūfī, Rukn al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bayābānagī, known as [Abū al-Makārim] ʿAlāʾ al-Dawlah Simnānī (d. 736/1336).

The work was completed at the Bāgh-i Ṣafāʾ in Ṣūfiyābād, on 19 Ramaz̤ān 713/15 January 1314.

The work is divided into four faṣl.

Not dated at end.

Clear scribal nastaʿlīq; text occasionally damaged.

Original binding replaced by IOL red half leather covers, IOL dated stamp 25 Sep 1976.

Damaged folios cropped, remounted, and rebound.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 46 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 222 × 141 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1700-1750 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/2_f012r (digital images currently unavailable)

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    MSS Eur E207/2_f012r (digital images currently unavailable)

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