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IO Islamic 4745

Record Id:
032-004342203
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
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MDARK:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4745
Title:
Volume of papers from Richard Johnson’s collection containing two separate manuscripts bound together
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
21 ff
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1750
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1750-1799
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Jamālī, Ḥāmid ibn Faz̤l Allāh, d 1536?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000011139631X,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/161923592
Jamālī, Ḥāmid ibn Faz̤l Allāh, d 1536?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000011139631X,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/161923592
Various authors
Subjects:
Great Britain Colonies Asia
India Politics and government 1765-1947
Muslim saints India Biography
Muslim scholars India Biography
Persian letters
TEI:

India Office Library

IO Islamic 4745

Contents

Volume of papers from Richard Johnson’s collection containing two separate manuscripts bound together

1. ff. 1r-12v
Author: Dihlavī, Shaikh Jamālī Ḥāmid ibn Faz̤l Jamālī Dihlavī حامد بن فضل جمالی دهلوی دهلوی، شیخ جمالی
Title: Siyar al-ʻārifīn
Title: سیر العارفین

Lives of Chisti saints

A Fragment of the work in ff. 1r-8v, followed by various letters, ff. 9r-12v

See I.O. Islamic 4748b (British Library). below

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 16.
2. ff. 13r-21v
Author: Various authors
Title: Part of a letter book

Containing copies of correspondence 1787, continued by I.O. Islamic 4747a (British Library). below

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 16-17.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 21 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 33 × 21.5 cm.

Decoration

History

Origin: Late 18th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on U. Sims-Williams: Handlist of Islamic manuscripts acquired by the India Office Library 1938-85. London, 1986

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