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Delhi Persian 1104B

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032-004341520
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Delhi Persian 1104B
Title:
Rumi’s Masnavi (V-VI), 2 items (a-b)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
133 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Arabic
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1705
Date Range:
1700-1705
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Aurangzeb, Emperor of Hindustan, 1618-1707,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109510021,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/6178410
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121449235,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/98930150
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121449235,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/98930150
ʻAbbāsī, ʻAbd al-Laṭīf, d 1640?,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/220725873
Subjects:
Sufi literature, Persian
Sufism--Early works to 1800
TEI:

India Office Library

Delhi Persian 1104B

Rumi’s Masnavi (V-VI), 2 items (a-b)

Contents

Summary of Contents: Daftars V (item a) and VI (item b) of the allegorical Ṣūfī Mas̲navī by "Rūmī" (d. 670/1271). Partially illuminated, gilt rulings only on first folio of each item; headpiece to item a missing. Rough scribal nastaʿlīq. Dense and detailed annotations and corrections in margins throughout. Stamped and Persian foliation. Binding damaged, detached boards (tooled reddish brown leather exterior embellished with medallions and outer bands of oxidised silver, pinkish brown leather doublure); doublure of front cover removed, exposing inner matter (Kaithi text). Folios unbound; cropped, wormholes, later repairs. Condition very fragile.
1. ff. 1v-63r

Item a.

Daftar V of the Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī by "Rūmī" Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Bahāʾ al-Dīn Valad Balkhī (d. 670/1271).

Dated colophon (f. 62v): completed 17 Ramaz̤ān in RY 48 of Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I.

The work is followed by a lengthy excerpt from the commentary by the Timurid scholar and historian, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf the munshīʾ (f. 63r).

Illuminated ʿunvān to folio 1v missing.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic
Title: Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī
Title: مثنوی معنوی
Author: Rūmī رومى
2. ff. 64v-132r
Author: Rūmī رومى
Title: Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī
Title: مثنوی معنوی

Item b.

Daftar VI of the Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī by "Rūmī" Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Bahāʾ al-Dīn Valad Balkhī (d. 670/1271).

Dated colophon (f. 132r): completed Monday, 15 Rajab in RY 47 of Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I.

The work is followed by a lengthy excerpt from the commentary by the Timurid scholar and historian, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf the munshīʾ (ff. 132v-133r).

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 133 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 310 × 215 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1700-1705 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 E207/13_f045r (digital images currently unavailable)

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    MSS Eur E207/13_f045r (digital images currently unavailable)

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