Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??


Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...

Delhi Persian 1147

Record Id:
032-004341534
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-004341534
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100163233796.0x00003e
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 1147
Title:
Miscellaneous works on Sufism, 3 works (a-c)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
Hierarchy Tree:
[{ "id" : "032-004341534", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Delhi Persian 1147: Miscellaneous works on Sufism, 3 works (a-c)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-004341534
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-004341534
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
66 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Arabic
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1630
End Date:
1640
Date Range:
1630-1640
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
Access:

Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.

Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.

Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.

If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.

This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.

User Conditions:
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card for admissions procedures contact . Contact for further information on the availability of this manuscript. For information on catalogues and ordering manuscripts see .
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Iʿtiqād Khān
Mullā Yūsuf Ṭavīl Kashmīrī
Suhrawardī, Yaḥyá ibn Ḥabash, 1152?-1191,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121423924,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/86440217
Subjects:
Sufi literature, Persian
Sufism--Early works to 1800
TEI:

India Office Library

Delhi Persian 1147

Miscellaneous works on Sufism, 3 works (a-c)

Contents

Summary of Contents: Miscellaneous works on Sufism. Not dated, datable to circa 1630s. Good scribal nastaʿlīq throughout; basmalah in ornamental naskh. Binding covered with combed marbled and edged with leather damaged, revealing internal matter of boards comprised of English texts extracted from journals; spine split; text block detached, although folios remain bound. Text in reasonably good condition, but condition of binding fragile.
1. ff. 1v-22r

Item a.

Untitled Ṣūfī treatise on divine unity or tawḥīd by an unnamed author.

The work bears an informal title written only on the beginning flyleaf, Kashf al-ḥaqīqah.

According to Arberry, the work gives the impression of having been written around the fifteenth century, partly on the basis that authorities are drawn mainly from early scholars and saints.

Not dated at end.

Arabic text overlined in red.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic
2. ff. 22v-48r
Title: Īzad shanākht
Title: ايزد شناخت

Item b.

Metaphysical treatise ascribed to Shihāb al-Dīn Yaḥyá Suhravardī (d. 576/1180-1).

The work consists of three bāb.

Not dated at end.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic
3. ff. 49v-66

Item c.

Metaphysical treatise investigating from an Aristotelian perspective whether terrestrial creatures (vegetal, animal, and human) possess souls or nafs, by the author Mullā Yūsuf Ṭavīl Kashmīrī.

The work is dated to 1038/1628-9, according to the chronogrammatic title, and was written at speed after a gathering hosted by the Timurid or Mughal minister Iʿtiqād Khān, to whom the work is dedicated.

The work consists of three faṣl.

Not dated at end.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic
Author: Mullā Yūsuf Ṭavīl Kashmīrī ملّا يوسف طويل كشميرى
Title: Arz̤-i āgāhī
Title: ارض آگاهى

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 66 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 222 × 127 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1630-1640 17th 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 E207/2_f034r (digital images currently unavailable)

Availability

WARNING: Under current circumstances, not all items are available for consultation and orders can only be placed within Reading Rooms. Please contact Reading Room staff at the British Library for information on availability and for help with placing orders.

Bibliography

    MSS Eur E207/2_f034r (digital images currently unavailable)

Funding of Cataloguing

BL

Subjects