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Delhi Persian 1156
- Record Id:
- 032-004341541
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100163233796.0x000045
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 1156
- Title:
- Miscellaneous works on Sufism, 4 works (a-d)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 85 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1696
- End Date:
- 1697
- Date Range:
- 1696-1697
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Muḥammad Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad Ṭāhir
ʻĀqil K̲h̲ān-i Rāzī, d 1696,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/56260243
ʻĀqil K̲h̲ān-i Rāzī, d 1696,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/56260243 - Subjects:
- Sufi literature, Persian
Sufism--Early works to 1800 - TEI:
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India Office Library
Delhi Persian 1156
Miscellaneous works on Sufism, 4 works (a-d)
Contents
Summary of Contents: Collection of miscellaneous works on Sufism. Volume not dated; individual items are dated, ranging from 7 Ramaz̤ān 1107-4 Z̲ī Qaʿdah 1108/31 March 1696-25 May 1697. Dense shikastah āmīz throughout by the same hand; scribe not identified. Loose paper wrapper (text on EIC government of India legislation referring to date 1820), watermarked (initials VEIC; undated); torn and stained. Lacks binding. Stamped foliation. Folios detached and unbound; stained, cropped, torn, desiccating, excessive wormhole damage, later repairs detaching. Condition extremely fragile.1. ff. 1v-31vItem a.
Unidentified Ṣūfī treatise by an unnamed author.
The work consists of several fātiḥah with multiple subsections.
Dated colophon (f. 31v): completed by an unnamed devotee of the Ṣūfī saint, Shāh ʿInāyat Allāh Ḥāfiẓ, Tuesday, 7 Ramaz̤ān in RY 40 [Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I] (1107)/31 March 1696.
Dense shikastah āmīz, with rubrics and overlining in red.
Dense annotations and corrections in margins throughout; cropped and damaged by later repairs.
Language(s): Persian, Arabic2. ff. 32v-51rTitle: Lubb al-daqāʾiq va khalaṣṣ al-ḥaqāʾiqTitle: لبّ الدّقائق و خلصّ الحقائقItem b.
Ṣūfī malfūẓ or authorised biography with collected sayings of (?) Shaykh [Abū al-Barakāt] ʿĪsá Jund Allāh Shaṭṭārī Qādirī (d. 1622), the student of Shaykh Burhān al-Dīn [ibn Kabīr Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī Burhānpūrī Gujarātī] al-Ṣiddīqī al-Ḥusaynī al-Shaṭṭārī, called Rāz-ii Ilāhī (d. 1083/1672), by Muḥammad Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad Ṭāhir.
The conclusion to the work is followed by a short statement by the author stating the work was well received by its subject and circulated only after permission or iz̲n was granted.
Dated colophon (f. 51r): completed by an unnamed devotee of the Ṣūfī saint, Shāh ʿInāyat Allāh Qādirī, 4 Z̲ī Qaʿdah 1108/25 May 1697.
Same dense shikastah āmīz hand as item a.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic3. ff. 51v-57rItem c.
Brief selection from the collected correspondence on Ṣūfī themes of ʿAbd al-Jalīl Jawnpūrī, a contemporary of Shaykh Aḥmad Sihrindī, by an unnamed editor.
The collection consists of indications for thirty-nine letters in total.
Dated colophon (f. 57r): completed by an unnamed devotee of the Ṣūfī saint, Shāh ʿInāyat Allāh Qādirī, Tuesday, 11 Z̲ī Qaʿdah 1107/12 June 1696.
Same dense shikastah āmīz hand as item a.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicTitle: Maktūbāt-i ʿAbd al-JalīlTitle: مكتوبات عبد الجليل4. ff. 57v-85rLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicItem d.
Rare account of the Ṣūfī discourses and biography of Burhān al-Dīn ibn Kabīr Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī Burhānpūrī Gujarātī, called Rāz-ii Ilāhī (d. 1083/1672), compiled by his follower, the historian, governor of Akbarābād (Agra), and author of the Naghmāt-i ʿishq, ʿAlī ʿAskarī ibn Muḥammad Taqī ibn Muḥammad Qāsim al-Khvāfī, later entitled ʿĀqil Khān with the takhalluṣ "Rāzī" after his master (d. 1108/1697), and completed in 1053/1643-4 according to the chronogrammatic title.
The work contains important information on the author’s initiation and that of Prince Awrangzīb, later Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I. This is a significantly early copy of the work, datable to within the author’s lifetime.
Dated colophon (f. 85r): completed by an unnamed devotee of the Ṣūfī saint, Shāh ʿInāyat Allāh Ḥāfiẓ, 9 Z̲ī al-Ḥijjah in RY 40 of Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I (1107)/10 July 1696.
Same dense shikastah āmīz hand as item a.
Title: S̲amarāt al-ḥayātTitle: ثمراة الحياةPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 85 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 241 × 140 mm.Dimensions (written):Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1696-03-31-1697-05-25 7 Ramaz̤ān 1107-4 Z̲ī Qaʿdah 1108 (31 March 1696 - 25 May 1697) AH ; 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 E207/3_f024r (digital images currently unavailable)Availability
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MSS Eur E207/3_f024r (digital images currently unavailable)Funding of Cataloguing
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