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IO Islamic 4431

Record Id:
032-004341984
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4431
Title:
Biography of Mazhar Jan-i Janan and author's autobiography
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
149 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1750
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1750-1799
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Jān Jānān Maẓhar, Ḥabīb Allāh, 1699-1780,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000117037166,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/147338829
Jān Jānān Maẓhar, Ḥabīb Allāh, 1699-1780,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000117037166,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/147338829
Muḥammad Naʿīm Allāh Bahrāʾichī
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India Office Library

IO Islamic 4431

Biography of Mazhar Jan-i Janan and author's autobiography

Contents

Biography of Mazhar Jan-i Janan followed by the author's autobiography

1. ff. 1-142r

Biography of Mīrzā Shams al-Dīn Ḥabīb Allāh (d. 1195/1781), known as Mīrzā Maẓhar Jān-i Jānān, the poet, mystical saint, and founder of the Shamsīyah Maẓharīyah division of the Naqshbandīyah sufi order, written by his disciple Muḥammad Naʿīm Allāh Bahrāʾichī in 1204/1789-90

Short biographical account of Ḥāfiẓ Sayyid Sirāj al-Dīn Sandīlī on flyleaf

Not dated

Language(s): Persian
Title: Bashārāt-i Maẓharīyah dar faz̤āʾil-i ḥaz̤arāt-i ṭarīqah-'i Mujaddidīyah
Title: بشارات مظهريّه در فضائل حضرات طريقهٔ مجدّديّه
Author: Muḥammad Naʿīm Allāh Bahrāʾichī محمّد نعيم الله بهرائچى
2. ff. 142v-146v
Author: Muḥammad Naʿīm Allāh Bahrāʾichī محمّد نعيم الله بهرائچى

Untitled autobiography by the Naqshbandi hagiographer of Mazhar Jan-i Janan, Muḥammad Naʿīm Allāh Bahrāʾichī, who wrote this work at the age of 56, in 1208/1793-4

Ff. 146-149: list of chapters and subheadings, lacking folio references

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 149 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 250 × 169 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1750-1799 18th 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/9_f236r (digital images currently unavailable)

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Bibliography

    MSS Eur E207/9_f236r (digital images currently unavailable)

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