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IO Islamic 4577

Record Id:
032-004342037
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IO Islamic 4577
Title:
1 copy of Abvāb al-jinān by Vāʻiẓ Qazvīnī, Muḥammad Rafīʻ, 1617 or 18-1678 or 9
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
181ff
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Mohammud Shaw Amprah
Muhammad Shāh, Emperor of Delhi, 1702-1748,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000054904102,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/45680638
Vāʿiẓ Qazvīnī, Muḥammad Rafīʿ, 1617?-1679?,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/315087128
Vāʿiẓ Qazvīnī, Muḥammad Rafīʿ, 1617?-1679?,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/315087128
‘Abbās II, 1633-1668,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000383388022,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/268954445
Subjects:
Islamic ethics Early works to 1800
TEI:

India Office Library

IO Islamic 4577

Contents

1 copy of Abvāb al-jinān by Vāʻiẓ Qazvīnī, Muḥammad Rafīʻ, 1617 or 18-1678 or 9

Author: Vāʻiẓ Qazvīnī, Muḥammad Rafīʻ, 1617 or 18-1678 or 9 Muḥammad Rafīʻ Waʻiẓ Qazwīnī, d. circa 1105/1694 محمد رفىع واعظ قزوىنى واعظ قزوىنى، محمد رفىع
Title: Abvāb al-jinān
Title: ابوان الجنان

A well-written copy of the first 656 of the well-known ethical compendium, planned in eight abwāb of which only two have survived

This part of the work has been lithographed in Persia and India [ 405-6; Arberry 1937 a, page 16. ]

The following note is pasted on the inside back cover: "Prince Jamh 0 Deen's compliments to Lady Seymour and he has the pleasure of sending the accompanying Manuscript, which is a curiosity written in the time of Mohammud Shaw Amprah [sic] of India, in the city of Delhi nearly two century [sic] ago and, he hopes she will kindly accept the same. 20 No[vem]ber/37." This statement is, of course, quite inaccurate. The Abvāb al-jinān is dedicated to Shah 'Abbas II of Persia (d. 1077/1667): Muḥammad Shāh was Emperor at Delhi from 1131 to 1161

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, pages 368-9.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 181ff
Dimensions (leaf): 10.1 × 6.1 in.
Dimensions (written): 8.3 × 4.5 in.

Hand(s)

Good Indian nastaʻtīq

Decoration

pretty 'unwan, foll. 1b-2a decorated with gilt flower-patterns

Rubrications

Margins ruled

European paper, water-marked

Binding

Indian binding

History

Origin: 18th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on A. J. Arberry: Hand-List of Islamic Manuscripts acquired by the India Office Library, 1936–8. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (New Series) (1939), 71: pp 353-396

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