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Delhi Persian 116
- Record Id:
- 032-004378026
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004378026
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169703439.0x000007
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 116
- Title:
- Miscellaneous works on magic, 10 items (a-j)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004378026", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Delhi Persian 116: Miscellaneous works on magic, 10 items (a-j)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-004378026
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004378026
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 38 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1780
- End Date:
- 1820
- Date Range:
- 1780-1820
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Dardāʾīl
Israfil
Shāh ‘Abbās I
Shāh ‘Abbās I
‘Ubayd-i Zākānī, d 1370?,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000118674159,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/311227306 - Subjects:
- Divination--Early works to 1800
Medicine, Arab--India
Occultism - TEI:
-
India Office Library
Delhi Persian 116
Miscellaneous works on magic, 10 items (a-j)
Contents
Summary of Contents: Miscellaneous collection of works on Arabic prayers, medicine, occultist and magical prescriptions. Volume not dated; datable to late eighteenth century. Coarse shikastah āmīz and awkwardly rectilinear naskh. Annotations in margins. Pencil foliation. Lacking original binding. Binding (printed decorated paper with red textile edging over pasteboards), labels; Bengali text in a modern hand on exterior of back board. Folios bound; tightly cropped, faint water stains, wormholes, minor smudging in parts.Language(s): Persian and Arabic
1. ff. 1r-4vLanguage(s): Arabic and PersianDelhi Persian 116 a.
Treatise commenting on an Arabic prayer revealed during the Hudhud or hoopoe bird’s visit to the Prophet Muḥammad, entitled Hudhud'nāmah, beginning with the prayer’s tradition and transmission, followed by the Arabic prayer, concluding with an explanation of its peculiar properties, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Additional slip of paper with an excerpt from the prayer in item b copied in a coarse naskh hand similar to that of the main text (f. 3).
Title: Isnād-i Hudhud'nāmahTitle: اسناد هدهد نامه2. ff. 5r-7vDelhi Persian 116 b.
Treatise containing a recension different from item Delhi Persian 116 a, comprising a commentary on the Arabic prayer entitled Hudhud'nāmah, beginning with the prayer’s tradition and transmission, followed by the Arabic prayer, concluding with another version of the prayer, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicTitle: Hudhud'nāmahTitle: هدهد نامه3. f. 8rDelhi Persian 116 c.
Yet another recension of the Arabic prayer entitled Hudhud'nāmah.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Arabic and PersianTitle: Duʿā-yi HudhudTitle: دعاى هدهد4. f. 8vDelhi Persian 116 d.
Brief untitled passage with instructions on ritual prayers, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic5. ff. 9v-11rDelhi Persian 116 e.
Untitled treatise on occultist and magical formulae, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Selection of short Urdu verses mentioning a certain Niẓām al-Dīn, informally transcribed on the preceding folio (9r).
Language(s): Persian and Arabic, Urdu6. ff. 11v-12rDelhi Persian 116 f.
Untitled pharmacological treatise on the recipe and treatment of the eye, in cases of diminishing sight, discharge, or swelling, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic7. f. 12vDelhi Persian 116 g.
Untitled talisman or taʿvīz̲ apparently used by the Safavid Shāh ʿAbbās I in the midst of a hunt, followed by a square grid (three by three) filled with letters and numbers.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic8. ff. 13v-14rDelhi Persian 116 h.
Untitled passage on the method of prayer calling for rain, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
The following folios consist of 1) lists quantities for a number of animal and vegetal substances, without method, purpose, or title (f. 14v); 2) Urdu verses mentioning a certain Niẓām al-Dīn (f. 15r); 3) miscellaneous medicinal notes (f. 15v).
Language(s): Persian and Arabic, Urdu9. ff. 16r-19rDelhi Persian 116 i.
Treatise on occultist and magical formulae evoking the archangels Mīkāʾīl, Isrāfīl, and Dardāʾīl, followed by an Arabic prayer, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicTitle: Isnād-i āyat-i QuṭbTitle: اسناد آية قطب10. ff. 21r-38vDelhi Persian 116 j.
Untitled treatise collecting miscellaneous notes on occultist and magical formulae in Arabic and Sanskrit, including signs and talismans in diagrammatic form, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic, Sanskrit, UrduPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 38 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 159 × 105 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1780-1820Late 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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