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Delhi Persian 1020
- Record Id:
- 032-004341492
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100163233796.0x000014
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- Format:
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 1020
- Title:
- Miscellaneous mystical works and extracts, 13 works (a-m)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
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- India Office Library
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 34 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1594
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 1594-1599
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
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- Names:
- Chirāgh-i Dihlī, 1276?-1356,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000435043190,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/45899451
Chishtī, Abū Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Muḥammad, d 1591,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/26163935771400830499
Chishtī, Abū Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Muḥammad, d 1591,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/26163935771400830499
Dawlat Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad
Dihlavī, Amīr Khusraw, 1253?-1325,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000101240717,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/76503034
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121449235,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/98930150
Sayyid Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf Ḥusainī, 1321-1422,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083802076,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/47602285 - Subjects:
- Islamic ethics--Early works to 1800
Sufi literature, Persian - TEI:
-
India Office Library
Delhi Persian 1020
Miscellaneous mystical works and extracts, 13 works (a-m)
Contents
Summary of Contents: Untitled collection of thirteen treatises, homilies, moralising stories, and extracts, mostly mystical in subject, by Abū Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Muḥammad Chishtī, written between 1003-7/1594-8. Transcribed in small, neat naskh. Copied by Dawlat Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad according to item m. Although not dated, some tracts are dated to between the range of 19 Ṣafar 1003-17 Ṣafar 1008/3 November 1594-8 September 1599. Therefore, this is an early volume that dates to the period the author flourished. Badly worm-eaten and water-stained; fragile. Seal impression (f. 34v) dated 1135/1722.1. ff. 1v-3rItem a.
Brief treatise on good moral conduct and the duties of javān'mardī or chivalry, for the larger purpose of combating unbelievers, by the author Abū Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad ibn Quṭb al-Awliyāʾ Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Nuṣayr, known as Shaykh Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Miyān'jīv al-Fārūqī al-Chishtī.
Dated: 22 Rajab 1007/18 February 1599.
Language(s): Persian & ArabicTitle: Risālat al-jihād al-aṣgharTitle: رسالة الجهاد الاصغر2. ff. 3r-9rAuthor: Shaykh Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Miyān'jīv al-Fārūqī al-Chishtī شيخ حسن محمّد ابن ميانجيو الفاروقى الچشتىTitle: Sharḥ-i favāʾid al-vaṣūlTitle: شرح فوائد الوصولItem b.
Account of six practical rules for the daily conduct of Ṣūfīs set out by the saint known as Chirāgh-i Dihlī or Naṣīr al-Dīn Maḥmūd al-Avadhī al-Fārūqī al-Chishtī (d. 757/1356), and interpreted by the present author, Abū Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad ibn Quṭb al-Awliyāʾ Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Nuṣayr, known as Shaykh Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Miyān'jīv al-Fārūqī al-Chishtī.
Dated: 29 Rajab 1007/25 February 1599.
Language(s): Persian3. ff. 9v-12vItem c.
Allegorical story of the woman flower-seller representing a worldly life and the detached travelling Ṣūfī representing the godly life.
The narrative is here attibuted to the saint Muḥammad Gīsūdarāz al-Ḥusaynī. However, in its present form, it is more likely to be the work of the present compiler, Abū Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad ibn Quṭb al-Awliyāʾ Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Nuṣayr, known as Shaykh Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Miyān'jīv al-Fārūqī al-Chishtī.
Dated: 9 Shaʿbān 1007/7 March 1599.
Language(s): PersianTitle: Sharḥ-i qiṣṣah-'i ʿawrat-i gul'furūshTitle: شرح قصّهٴ عورت گل فروش4. ff. 13r-18rLanguage(s): PersianItem d.
Allegorical story of travelling party that comes upon a lake. As others wade in, the protagonist spies a beautiful maiden and falls in love and concludes by the intervention of a forbiding voice. This is interpreted as a confirmation of the doctrine of vaḥdat or unity.
The story is here attibuted to the saint Muḥammad Gīsūdarāz al-Ḥusaynī, and further interpreted by the present author, Abū Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad ibn Quṭb al-Awliyāʾ Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Nuṣayr, known as Shaykh Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Miyān'jīv al-Fārūqī al-Chishtī.
Dated: 19 Ṣafar 1003/3 November 1594.
Title: Sharḥ-i qiṣṣah-'i jamāʿah-'i musāfirānTitle: شرح قصّهٴ جماعهٴ مسافران5. ff. 18v-22rLanguage(s): PersianItem e.
Allegorical story on personal spiritual battles by the author Abū Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad ibn Quṭb al-Awliyāʾ Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Nuṣayr, known as Shaykh Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Miyān'jīv al-Fārūqī al-Chishtī.
Not dated
Title: Risālat fī bayān jihād al-akbarTitle: رسالة فى بيان جهاد الاكبر6. ff. 22r-24rLanguage(s): PersianItem f.
Interpretations of the various allegories and legends in the light of Ṣufī ideas, including also the poet Rūmī's story of the elephant and the blind men, by the author Abū Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad ibn Quṭb al-Awliyāʾ Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Nuṣayr, known as Shaykh Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Miyān'jīv al-Fārūqī al-Chishtī.
Not dated
Title: Risālah-'i afsānah-'i dīvānahTitle: رسالهٴ افسانهٴ ديوانه7. ff. 24v-25vLanguage(s): PersianItem g.
Mystical interpretations of a verse of Amīr Khusraw by the author Abū Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad ibn Quṭb al-Awliyāʾ Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Nuṣayr, known as Shaykh Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Miyān'jīv al-Fārūqī al-Chishtī.
Not dated.
Title: Risālah-'i sharḥ-i daryā-'i shahādatTitle: رسالهٴ شرح درياء شهادت8. ff. 25v-26vLanguage(s): PersianItem h.
Treatise on the virtues of gaining a livelihood by the author Abū Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad ibn Quṭb al-Awliyāʾ Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Nuṣayr, known as Shaykh Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Miyān'jīv al-Fārūqī al-Chishtī.
Defective at end.
Not dated
Title: Risālah-'i faz̤l al-kasbTitle: رسالهٴ فضل الكسب9. ff. 27v-28vLanguage(s): PersianItem i.
Brief treatise on the Sufi doctrine of mystical love by the author Abū Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad ibn Quṭb al-Awliyāʾ Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Nuṣayr, known as Shaykh Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Miyān'jīv al-Fārūqī al-Chishtī.
Not dated
Title: Aʿjūbat al-ʿishq dāfiʿat al-fisqTitle: اعجوبة العشق دافعة الفسق10. ff. 28v-29vLanguage(s): PersianItem j.
Brief essay on the conduct of Ṣūfīs undertaking various kinds of seclusion by the author Abū Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad ibn Quṭb al-Awliyāʾ Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Nuṣayr, known as Shaykh Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Miyān'jīv al-Fārūqī al-Chishtī.
Not dated
Title: Risālat al-khilvat fī al-jilvahTitle: رسالة الخلوة فى الجلوة11. ff. 30r-30vLanguage(s): PersianItem k.
Brief homily on the subject of physical and spiritual ḥajj or pilgrimage by the author Abū Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad ibn Quṭb al-Awliyāʾ Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Nuṣayr, known as Shaykh Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Miyān'jīv al-Fārūqī al-Chishtī.
Not dated
Title: Risālat al-masjid va al-Kaʿbat va al-AqṣáTitle: رسالة المسجد و الكعبة و الاقصىٰ12. ff. 30r-31vLanguage(s): PersianItem l.
Brief homily on the inheritance of prophetic knowledge, characterising knowledge without demonstrative deeds as a tree without fruit, by the author Abū Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad ibn Quṭb al-Awliyāʾ Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Nuṣayr, known as Shaykh Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Miyān'jīv al-Fārūqī al-Chishtī.
Not dated.
Title: Risālat al-ʿilm al-mawrūs̲ min al-Rasūl al-aʿlamTitle: رسالة العلم الموروث من الرّسول الاعلم13. ff. 32r-34vLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicItem m.
Brief homily on the virtue of reciting the Qurʾān with reverence and sincerity, by the author Abū Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad ibn Quṭb al-Awliyāʾ Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Nuṣayr, known as Shaykh Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Miyān'jīv al-Fārūqī al-Chishtī.
Dated colophon: completed by Dawlat Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad on 17 Ṣafar 1008/8 September 1599.
Title: Risālat al-QurʾānTitle: رسالة القرآنPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 34 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 178 × 136 mm.Dimensions (written):Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1594-11-03-1599-09-08 19 Ṣafar 1003-17 Ṣafar 1008 (3 November 1594 - 8 September 1599) AH ; 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_f028r (digital images currently unavailable)Availability
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