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IO Islamic 4050

Record Id:
032-004341865
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4050
Title:
Three works on esoteric and occult science
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Irvine Collection
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 volume (7 ff.,22 ff.,8 ff.)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1900
Date Range:
1800-1900
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Durrānī, Aḥmad Shāh, Amir of Afghanistan, 1723?-1772,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000025588905,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/139145910119027021680
Fattāḥī
Sakkākī, Yūsuf ibn Abī Bakr, b 1160,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000078375890,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/61532835
Subjects:
Divination--Early works to 1800
Numerology
TEI:

Irvine Collection

IO Islamic 4050

Three works on esoteric and occult science

Contents

Collection of three incomplete treatises on esoteric and occult science; received from Abdul Aziz 24/6/[19]10

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1800-1900 19th century CE ; India

a

Contents

1. ff. 370v-377v

Treatise on the occult interpretation of letters and words, and their status in the light of ethical and religious doctrines

Work organised into 8 bāb

Author’s name is obscure, but may be indicated on folio 372v as Fattāḥī

Incomplete, ending abruptly on f. 377v

Not dated and lacking a colophon

Identified on title page (f. 370v) as the work of Sirāj al-Dīn Yaʿqūb al-Sakkākī, possibly by William Irvine

Language(s): Persian
Title: Shabistān-i nikāt va gulistān-i lughāt
Title: شبستان نكات و گلستان لغات

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 7 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 240 × 160 mm.

History

Origin: 1800-1900 19th century CE ; India

b

Contents

2. ff. 378r-400v

Treatise on the occult interpretation of letters and words, with lengthy invocations to heavenly angels and daemons, as well as astrological observations and magical incantations

Begins on folio 378r as if following on from part A on folio 377v, but this is a distinctive work, different in style, content, and layout

Text ends abruptly on f. 400v

Diagrams

Annotations on folio 401 containing unrelated magical formulae

Large holes on almost every folio

Poorly preserved, with overlay of tissue and silk gauze

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 22 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 240 × 160 mm.

History

Origin: 1800-1900 19th century CE ; India

c

Contents

3. ff. 402r-409v

Treatise on the medical uses of food and drink identified in an inscription at the beginning as Tarkībāt az Kitā[b]-i ʿuqūl-i ʿashr

Partially dated 22 Jum. II 1250 faṣlī

Additional notes at end

Lower half heavily stained

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 8 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 240 × 160 mm.

History

Origin: 1800-1900 22 Jum. II 1250 faṣlī (1800 - 1900) AH ; India

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