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Delhi Persian 1129A

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032-004341529
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Delhi Persian 1129A
Title:
Miscellaneous works on Sufism, 5 items (a-e)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
310 ff. (+4 ff)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Arabic
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1671
End Date:
1677
Date Range:
1671-1677
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Names:
Abu Saʿīd ibn Shaykh Muḥammad Khātim ibn Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Shaykh Niẓām al-Dīn ibn Shaykh Abū al-Ḥasan ibn Shāh Tīmūr, known as Dānishmand
Aurangzeb, Emperor of Hindustan, 1618-1707,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109510021,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/6178410
Khvājah ʿUbayd Allāh Aḥrār, 1403?-1490?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000102383736,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/485149294387580522619,
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
Najm al-Dīn al-Ḳubrā, 1146?-1221,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/103630065
Najm al-Dīn al-Ḳubrā, 1146?-1221,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/103630065
Subjects:
Sufi literature, Persian
Sufism--Early works to 1800
TEI:

India Office Library

Delhi Persian 1129A

Miscellaneous works on Sufism, 5 items (a-e)

Contents

Summary of Contents: Miscellaneous works on Ṣūfī belle lettres. Volume not dated; items (d and e) dated separately, ranging 16 Rajab 1082-2 Rabīʿ al-Ākhar 1088/18 November 1671-4 June 1677. Lacuna at beginning. Scribal nastaʿlīq. Annotations and corrections in margins; cropped. Stamped and Persian foliation. Binding damaged, detached boards (brown leather exterior, reddish brown leather doublure); doublure delaminating in parts. Folios unbound; cropped, wormholes, later repairs. Condition fragile.
1. ff. 1r-2v

Item a.

Treatise in refined prose discussing the relationship between divine light and the prophecy of Muḥammad, by Sharaf al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá al-Munyarī (d. 782/1380).

Not dated at end.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic
Title: Irshād al-sālikīn
Author: Sharaf al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá al-Munyarī
2. ff. 3r-6v

Item b.

Fragment of a treatise in refined prose and poetry on mystical love, by an unnamed author.

Defective at beginning and end.

Not dated at end.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic
3. ff. 7r-10v

Item c.

Treatise resembling an alternative recension the Dah qāʾidah, articulating ten principles for Sufism, attributable to Najm al-Dīn Kubrá(d. 618/1221).

Not dated at end.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic
Author: Najm al-Dīn Kubrá
Title: Dah qāʾidah
4. ff. 11v-37v
Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Item d.

Fourth collection of correspondence on Ṣūfī themes, consisting of twenty-eight letters, by Sharaf al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá al-Munyarī(d. 782/1380).

Dated colophon (f. 37v): completed morning of Saturday, 16 Rajab 1[0]82/18 November 1671.

Annotations in margins, cropped.

Title: Maktūbāt
Author: Sharaf al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá al-Munyarī
5. ff. 38v-310v
Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Item e.

First collection of correspondence on Ṣūfī themes, consisting of a hundred letters, by Sharaf al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá al-Munyarī(d. 782/1380), compiled in the province of Bihārduring 749/1348.

Annotations in margins, cropped.

Dated colophon (f. 310v): completed by the ‘khāk-i pā-yi ʿUbayd’(dust at the feet of ʿUbayd Allāh Aḥrārī), Abu Saʿīd ibn Shaykh Muḥammad Khātim ibn Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Shaykh Niẓām al-Dīn ibn Shaykh Abū al-Ḥasan ibn Shāh Tīmūr, known as Dānishmand, in Baygumpūrah, Awrangābād, at noon on Thursday, 2 Rabīʿ al-[Ā]khar in RY 2 of Emperor ʿĀlamgīr [I], 1088/4 June 1677.

Title: Ṣad maktūb
Author: Sharaf al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá al-Munyarī

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 310 ff. (+4 ff)
Dimensions (leaf): 248 × 150 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1671-11-18-1677-06-04 16 Rajab 1082-2 Rabīʿ al-Ākhar 1088 (18 November 1671 - 4 June 1677) AHAurangabad, Deccan ; 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 E207/2_f031r (digital images currently unavailable)

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    MSS Eur E207/2_f031r (digital images currently unavailable)

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