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Delhi Persian 1168
- Record Id:
- 032-004341550
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004341550
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163233796.0x00004e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 1168
- Title:
- Miscellaneous works on Sufism, 5 works (a-e)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
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- 032-004341550
- Is part of:
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-004341550
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 56 ff. (+2 ff.)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1750
- Date Range:
- 1700-1750
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
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- Names:
- Aḥmad Sirhindī, 1563-1624,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000116169247,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/32839461
Farīd al-Dīn Khān
Hidāyat Allāh Ḥusaynī
Jāmī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad, 1414-1492,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121431529,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/90042997
Jāmī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad, 1414-1492,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121431529,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/90042997
Lārī, Raz̤ī al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Ghafūr, d 1506,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000078896530,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/78148995935359751416
Lārī, Raz̤ī al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Ghafūr, d 1506,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000078896530,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/78148995935359751416
Najm al-Dīn al-Ḳubrā, 1146?-1221,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/103630065
Qūnawī, Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, d 1274?,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080992759,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/261622843
Qūnawī, Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, d 1274?,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080992759,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/261622843
Tāj al-Dīn - Subjects:
- Sufi literature, Persian
Sufism--Early works to 1800 - TEI:
-
India Office Library
Delhi Persian 1168
Miscellaneous works on Sufism, 5 works (a-e)
Contents
Summary of Contents: Collection of miscellaneous Arabic and Persian works on Sufism. Volume not dated; datable to early eighteenth century. Variable naskh, nastaʿlīq and shikastah āmīz hands, frequently omitting diacritics in annotations. Stamped foliation. Loose folded paper wrapper (ledger, probably from an Acquittance Roll, dated April 1835, Calcutta?), upper and lower parts missing, watermarked (initials VEIC, E WISE, 1831); torn, stained, and incomplete. Lacks original binding. Folios unbound; cropped, later repairs, stains, and wormholes. Condition, extremely fragile.1. ff. 1v-10vItem a.
Arabic treatise al-Risālat al-murshidīyah of Shaykh Ṣadr al-Dīn Qūnavī (d. 672/1273) dealing with Ṣūfī methods of attaining unity with God.
Not dated at end.
Dense annotations at beginning (including selections from the Lavāʾiḥ attributed to Jāmī) and end.
Small, rough naskh hand.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicTitle: al-Risālat al-murshidīyahTitle: الرّسالة المرشديّه2. ff. 11v-21rTitle: Tarjumat al-Risālat al-murshidīyahTitle: ترجمة الرّسالة المرشديّهItem b.
Persian translation paraphrasing the Risālat al-murshidīyah of Shaykh Ṣadr al-Dīn Qūnavī (d. 672/1273) dealing with Ṣūfī methods of attaining unity with God, written primarily by ʿAbd al-Ghafūr Lārī (d. 912/1506-7), a famous disciple of the eminent Ṣūfī, Jāmī Hiravī, aided by an unnamed assistant.
The treatise is divided into a muqaddimah followed by four sections termed qawl.
Colophon (f. 21r): completed by Hidāyat Allāh Ḥusaynī for Farīd al-Dīn Khān.
Not dated at end.
The work is followed by numerous and miscellaneous notes by later hands (ff. 21v-23r), mentioning the Mujaddid-i Alf-i S̲ānī.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic3. ff. 23r-39vItem c.
Untitled Persian translation paraphrasing and commenting on an Arabic treatise dealing with Ṣūfī methods of attaining unity with God attributed to Abū al-Janāb Najm al-Dīn Kubrá (d. 618/1221), written by ʿAbd al-Ghafūr Lārī (d. 912/1506-7), a famous disciple of the eminent Ṣūfī, Jāmī Hiravī.
Not dated at end.
Annotations and corrections in margins, as well as the beginning.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic4. ff. 41v-44vLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicItem d.
Brief Naqshbandī Ṣūfī treatise on spiritual perfection and brotherhood by a certain Jalāl Hiravī, written at the request of his spiritual brethren.
The work is divided into two faṣl.
Not dated at end.
Extensive annotations in Arabic and Persian without diacritics at beginning (ff. 40r-41r).
Title: Rāh numā-yi ʿuqdah gushāyTitle: راه نماى عقده گشاى5. ff. 45v-55rLanguage(s): ArabicItem e.
Untitled Arabic treatise on the origins of Naqshbandī Sufism by Tāj al-Dīn .
The work is divided into six sections termed ṭarīq.
Not dated at end.
Annotations in Arabic without diacritics at beginning and end, as well as in margins.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 56 ff. (+2 ff.)Dimensions (leaf): 216 × 146 mm.Dimensions (written):Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1700-1750 18th century CE ; 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 E207/12_f014r (digital images currently unavailable)Availability
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MSS Eur E207/12_f014r (digital images currently unavailable)Funding of Cataloguing
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