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Delhi Persian 1083
- Record Id:
- 032-004341516
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004341516
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163233796.0x00002c
- LARK:
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 1083
- Title:
- Miscellaneous Sufi works, 7 works (a-g)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
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- 032-004341516
- Is part of:
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-004341516
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 133 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1732
- End Date:
- 1732
- Date Range:
- 1732
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Anṣārī al-Harawī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad, 1006-1089,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000115614935,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/19703891
Burhān al-ʿāshiqīn
Jāmī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad, 1414-1492,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121431529,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/90042997
Jāmī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad, 1414-1492,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121431529,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/90042997
Khvājah Muḥammad Bāqī ibn ʿAbd al-Salām, 1563?-1604?,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/314814912
Manīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, d 1380?,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000008394420X,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/74159218
Manīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, d 1380?,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000008394420X,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/74159218
Muhammad Shāh, Emperor of Delhi, 1702-1748,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000054904102,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/45680638
Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, fl 13th century,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000096500069,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/84084776
Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, fl 13th century,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000096500069,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/84084776
Shaykh Muḥammad Bukhārī
Ḥasan of Baṣrah, 0641?-0729?,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000071448102,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/90045570 - Subjects:
- Sufi literature, Persian
Sufism--Early works to 1800 - TEI:
-
India Office Library
Delhi Persian 1083
Miscellaneous Sufi works, 7 works (a-g)
Contents
Summary of Contents: Miscellaneous collection of Arabic and Persian works on Sufism, presently incomplete and defective at the end. Although the volume is not date, item B dates to 15 Rabīʿ al-Avval RY 15 of Emperor Muḥammad Shāh (1145)/5 September 1732. Red IOL leather binding; net overlay on many folios.1. ff. 1v-26rItem a.
Meditations and counsels in prose and verse to those on the Ṣūfī path.
Author not identified.
The work is divided into thirty-one marḥalah.
Not dated at end.
Rough shikastah āmīz on alternating tinted papers.
Language(s): Persian & ArabicTitle: Ṭarīq al-ḥaqīqahTitle: طريق الحقيقة2. ff. 27v-49vItem b.
Definitions and explanations of Ṣūfī terms and doctrines with illustrative rubāʿī poems conventionally entitled Lavāʾiḥ, by the celebrated mystic, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī, whose name does not appear until the end.
Dated colophon (f. 49v): 15 Rabīʿ al-Avval RY 15 of Emperor Muḥammad Shāh (1145)/5 September 1732.
Rough shikastah āmīz on alternating tinted papers.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic3. ff. 50v-51rItem c.
Fragmentary excerpt of an unidentified treatise on the unity or tawḥīd of God.
Not dated.
Rough shikastah āmīz on alternating tinted papers.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic4. ff. 52v-80rLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicItem d.
Excerpt of the first chapter from the Kashf al-ḥaqāʾiq (consisting of seven chapters) dealing with divine substance and the materiality of spiritual phenomena by ʿAzīz ibn Muḥammad al-Naṣafī al-Bukhārī (d. 661/1263).
Not dated.
Ends with a short Arabic prayer in bold naskh script.
Rough shikastah āmīz on alternating tinted papers.
Title: Kashf al-ḥaqāʾiqTitle: کشف الحقائق5. ff. 80v-83rLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicItem e.
Excerpt of the Burhān al-ʿāshiqīn of Shaykh Sharaf al-Dīn ibn Aḥmad Yaḥyá Manīrī (d. 782/1380).
Not dated.
Rough shikastah āmīz on alternating tinted papers.
Title: Burhān al-ʿāshiqīnTitle: برهان العاشقین6. ff. 83v-85rLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicItem f.
Excerpt from an unspecified work by Shaykh Sharaf al-Dīn ibn Aḥmad Yaḥyá Manīrī (d. 782/1380) on the miracles or karāmāt of saints.
Not dated.
Rough shikastah āmīz on alternating tinted papers.
The work is followed by a series of short excerpts on Sufism and Arabic prayers, some written obliquely, including the named works Kashf al-maḥjūb, the Munājāt of ʿAbd Allāh Anṣārī, a work on Arabic grammar, a work attributed to Shaykh Muḥammad Bukhārī, a tradition relating to Ḥasan Baṣrī, a Naqshbandī work, medicinal preparations, recipes for food, magic squares, and an Arabic prayer (ff. 85v-102r).
7. ff. 102v-133vLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicItem g.
Untitled critical commentary on Ṣufī doctrines reported by the disciples of the Naqshbandī leader, Khvājah Muḥammad Bāqī ibn ʿAbd al-Salām (d. 1012/1603), by an unnamed author.
Not dated.
The work is followed by the beginning of another excerpt that continued onto subsequent folios, which are now missing. This indicated that this volume is presently incomplete and defective.
Rough shikastah āmīz on alternating tinted papers.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 133 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 229 × 162 mm.Dimensions (written):Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1732-09-05 15 Rabīʿ al-Avval RY 15 of Emperor Muḥammad Shāh, 1145 AH; 5 September 1732 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 E207/4_f055r (digital images currently unavailable)Availability
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Bibliography
MSS Eur E207/4_f055r (digital images currently unavailable)Funding of Cataloguing
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