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Delhi Persian 81B
- Record Id:
- 032-004377996
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100169703327.0x000007
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 81B
- Title:
- 1 copy of Javāhir-i khamsah by Shaykh Muḥammad Ghaws̲ Gavālyārī
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
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- 032-004377996
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- Hierarchy:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 204 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1750
- Date Range:
- 1600-1750
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Ghawth al-Hindī, Muḥammad ibn Khaṭīr al-Dīn, d 1563?,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000079857832,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/19540626
Ghawth al-Hindī, Muḥammad ibn Khaṭīr al-Dīn, d 1563?,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000079857832,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/19540626 - TEI:
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India Office Library
Delhi Persian 81B
Contents
1 copy of Javāhir-i khamsah by Shaykh Muḥammad Ghaws̲ Gavālyārī
Language(s): Persian and ArabicTitle: Javāhir-i khamsahTitle: جواهر خمسهExtensive treatise on esoteric aspects of Sufism and the occult sciences by Shaykh Muḥammad Ghaws̲ Gavālyārī, or Muḥammad ibn Khaṭīr al-Dīn ibn Laṭīf ibn Muʿīn al-Dīn Qattāl ibn Khaṭīr al-Dīn ibn Bāyazīd ibn Khvājah Farīd al-Dīn Nayshāpūrī ʿAṭṭār (d. 970/1562), the latter descends from the Ismāʿīlī imams after Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq.
The author wrote the work at the age of fifty, in 956/1549.
Not dated at end. Dateable to the late sixteenth century.
Replacement folios 1-10, 199-201, at the very least.
Note at the beginning (f. 1r) confirms the folio count as 204.
Annotated and corrected, occasionally densely, in margins and interlinear spaces by the scribe and many later hands.
Diagrams on folios 174v, 176r, 179r, 189v-190r.
Stamped foliation.
Binding, red half leather IOL covers, stamp dated 27 Sep 1916.
Folios cut and remounted with new margins and rebound; severely cropped, gauze overlay, water stains, creases, wormholes, later repairs.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Gauze overlayExtent: 204 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 201 × 150 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1600-175017th or early 18th century IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876
1876
Government of India
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