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Delhi Persian 1042

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032-004341510
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Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 1042
Title:
Commentary on Rumi’s Masnavi
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
316 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Arabic
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1692
End Date:
1692
Date Range:
1692
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Aloys Sprenger
Aurangzeb, Emperor of Hindustan, 1618-1707,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109510021,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/6178410
Hidāyat Allāh
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121449235,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/98930150
Sayyid ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-ʿAskarī al-Ḥusaynī al-Dihlavī
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Delhi Persian 1042

Commentary on Rumi’s Masnavi

Contents

1 copy of Miftāḥ al-maʿānī by Hidāyat Allāh

Author: Hidāyat Allāh هدايت الله
Title: Miftāḥ al-maʿānī
Title: مفتاح المعانى
Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Commentary on the Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavīof Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (d. 670/1271) by Hidāyat Allāh compiled from the research transmitted by his master, Sayyid ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-ʿAskarī al-Ḥusaynī al-Dihlavī, completed according to Levy circa 1049/1639-40 based on the authority of Aloys Sprenger’s Oudh Catalogue (p. 492).

Dated colophon to book 5 (f. 254v): completed at Shāhjahānābād, 10 Ramaz̤ān in RY 42 of Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I, (1111)/1 March 1700.

Dated colophon to book 6 defective (f. 316v): completed Friday, 4 Z̲[ī] al-Ḥijjah 11[0]3 (figures written in reverse order)/17 August 1692.

Tight scribal nastaʿlīq and shikastah āmīz. Annotations and corrections in margins.

Stamped foliation.

Lacking original binding. Binding damaged, spine intact (tooled reddish brown leather exterior embellished with medallions and outer bands of oxidised silver); doublures reddish leather.

Folios bound, but detached from covers; cropped, wormholes, later repairs.

Condition fragile.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 316 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 270 × 150 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1692-08-17 4 Z̲ī al-Ḥijjah 1103 AH; 17 August 1692 CE Shāhjahānābād ; India, Delhi

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 E207/14_f099r (digital images currently unavailable)

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    MSS Eur E207/14_f099r (digital images currently unavailable)

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