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Delhi Persian 96*
- Record Id:
- 032-004378020
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004378020
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169703439.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 96*
- Title:
- Miscellaneous traditions and prayers, 6 items (a-f)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004378020", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Delhi Persian 96*: Miscellaneous traditions and prayers, 6 items (a-f)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004378020
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004378020
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 57 ff. (+2)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1840
- Date Range:
- 1800-1840
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Muḥammad, Prophet
Muḥammad, Prophet
ʿAzāzīl - Subjects:
- Prayer in the Hadith
Prayer--Islam--Early works to 1800
Shīʻah--Doctrines--Early works to 1800
Sufi literature, Persian - TEI:
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India Office Library
Delhi Persian 96*
Miscellaneous traditions and prayers, 6 items (a-f)
Contents
Summary of Contents: Miscellaneous collection of fragments comprising works on traditions of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic prayers, and medical notes. Volume note dated. Datable to the early nineteenth century. Rough nastaʿlīq and naskh. Annotations in margins. Lacking foliation. Lacking original binding. Folios unbound; water stains, creases, smudging, later repairs subsequently cropped, very large wormholes. Condition fragile.Language(s): Persian and Arabic
1. ff. 1r-6vLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicDelhi Persian 96* a.
Fragment of an unidentified treatise on traditions relating to the Prophet Muḥammad.
The work is divided into at least ten bāb, of which only fragments of chapters nine and ten are present here.
The work is substantially defective at the beginning and end.
Not dated at end.
2. ff. 7r-47vDelhi Persian 92* b.
Fragment from a brouillon of an unidentified treatise on Shīʿī doctrines and prayers, by an unnamed author.
The hands and treatments of the text fluctuate throughout, beginning neatly in nastaʿlīq and naskh and thereafter declining in quality, rather emphatically in places.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic3. ff. 48v-49vDelhi Persian 96* c.
Untitled treatise on the ʿaqīqah ceremony of animal slaughter on the occasion of shaving the hair of a newly-born child.
Not dated at end.
The work is preceded by a fragment (f. 48r) from the concluding section of a medical treatise ending with a prayer.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic4. f. 50Delhi Persian 96* d.
Miscellaneous medical treatments, written in alternating orientations, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicTitle: Adviyah ba-jihat-i fasād-i khūnTitle: ادويه بجهت فساد خون5. f. 51Delhi Persian 96* e.
Account of the creation and fall from divine grace of the angel ʿAzāzīl, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicTitle: Ṣūrat-i khalqat-i ʿAzāzīlTitle: صورت خلقت عزازيل6. ff. 52r-57rTitle: Usbūʿ-i Ḥaz̤rat-i Ghaws̲-i AʿẓamDelhi Persian 96* f.
Untitled Arabic prayers for days of the week, informally identified at the end as Usbūʿ-i Ḥaz̤rat-i Ghaws̲-i Aʿẓam.
Persian names for days of the week are specified in margins by a different hand.
Not dated at end.
Bold naskh.
Language(s): Arabic and PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 57 ff. (+2)Dimensions (leaf): 260 × 145 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1800-1840 1800 - 1840 CE ; 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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