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Delhi Persian 1104C

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032-004341521
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Delhi Persian 1104C
Title:
Rumi’s Masnavi (III-IV), 2 items (a-b)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
138 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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Legal Status:
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Names:
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
Khvājah Muḥammad Jān
ʻAbbāsī, ʻAbd al-Laṭīf, d 1640?,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/220725873
Subjects:
Sufi literature, Persian
Sufism--Early works to 1800
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India Office Library

Delhi Persian 1104C

Rumi’s Masnavi (III-IV), 2 items (a-b)

Contents

Summary of Contents: Daftars III (item a) and IV (item b) of the allegorical Ṣūfī Mas̲navī by "Rūmī" (d. 670/1271). Volume not dated and items only partially dated; datable to early eighteenth century. Illuminated headpiece, gilt rulings only on first folio (item a only). Rough scribal nastaʿlīq tending toward shikastah āmīz. Dense and detailed annotations and corrections in margins throughout. Stamped and Persian foliation. Lacking original binding. 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). Dust sheet of EIC legislation for 1820 (torn and stained), watermarked. Folios unbound; cropped, wormholes, later repairs. Condition very fragile.
1. ff. 1v-82r

Item a.

Daftar III (f. 5r) of the Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī by "Rūmī" Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Bahāʾ al-Dīn Valad Balkhī (d. 670/1271).

The work is prefixed with a substantial excerpt from the commentary by the Timurid scholar and historian, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf the munshīʾ (ff. 1v-4r), by way of introduction.

Colophon partially dated (f. 82r): completed by Khvājah Muḥammad Jān … (inserted subscript) ibn Khvājah Muḥammad Bāqir, 15 Rabīʿ al-S̲ānī.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic
Title: Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī
Title: مثنوی معنوی
Author: Rūmī رومى
2. ff. 84v-137v
Author: Rūmī رومى
Title: Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī
Title: مثنوی معنوی

Item b.

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

Colophon partially dated (f. 137v): completed by Khvājah Muḥammad Jān, 15 Rajab (year not indicated), in Dihlī.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 138 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 305 × 215 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1700-1705 18th century CE Delhi ; 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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