Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??


Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...

RSPA 56

Record Id:
032-004380776
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-004380776
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100169708454.0x00006d
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
RSPA 56
Title:
1 copy of Asrār-i Maʿnavī va Anvār-i Maghnavī by Muʿīn al-Dīn ʿAbd Allāh Ghulām al-Khwīshagī al-Chishtī
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
Hierarchy Tree:
[{ "id" : "032-004380776", "parent" : "#", "text" : "RSPA 56: 1 copy of Asrār-i Maʿnavī va Anvār-i Maghnavī by Muʿīn al-Dīn ʿAbd Allāh Ghulām al-Khwīshagī al-Chishtī" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-004380776
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-004380776
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
ff.ii+257+iv
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1721
End Date:
1721
Date Range:
1721
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
Access:

Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.

Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.

Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.

If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.

This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.

User Conditions:
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card for admissions procedures contact . Contact for further information on the availability of this manuscript. For information on catalogues and ordering manuscripts see .
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Moinuddin, Abu Abdullah Ghulam, 1142?-1236?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000115834743,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/166561569
Moinuddin, Abu Abdullah Ghulam, 1142?-1236?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000115834743,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/166561569
Subjects:
Sufi literature, Persian
TEI:

India Office Library

Jones Collection

Royal Society Arabic and Persian

RSPA 56

Contents

1 copy of Asrār-i Maʿnavī va Anvār-i Maghnavī by Muʿīn al-Dīn ʿAbd Allāh Ghulām al-Khwīshagī al-Chishtī

Language(s): Persian

ff. 1v-257r
Title: Asrār-i Maʿnavī va Anvār-i Maghnavī
Title: اسرار معنوی و انوار مغنوی
Author: Muʿīn al-Dīn ʿAbd Allāh Ghulām al-Khwīshagī al-Chishtī معین الدین عبد الله غلام الخویشگی الچشتی
Incipit: سچاس کبریا آساس خداوندیرا که کلام مردمانرا بسوی نظم و نثر منقسم ساخت
Explicit: در شرح دفتر اول مثنوی معنوی مولوی روم در وقت مراجعت از وکم بقصه قصور که موطن اصلی است تحریر یافت
Colophon: شرح دفتر اول مثنوی معنوی بتاریخ نهم شهر ربیع الاول سنه ۲ از جلوس محمد شاه پادشاه غازی تحریر یافت

It is presumed this is an autograph copy of the text, of which there are no known other copies.

The author was known for his commentaries, including three on the Dīvān of Ḥāfiẓ.

Jones notes on f1r that he bought this manuscript on 4th November 1783 in the same lot as the Commentary on Ḥāfiẓ, this being (presumably) MS RSPA 57, for 5 rupees.

There is the same seal on the manuscript twice, once on f1r and once on f257r, that of Ghulām Shīv (seal dated 1157AH), with an ownership note that he bought it on the 9th of Muḥarram of the 27th year of Muḥammad Shāh's reign (r.1719-1748), 1158AH, meaning he bought the manuscript on the date of February 11th 1745.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Strong and thick cream woven paper.
Extent: ff.ii+257+iv
Dimensions (leaf): 300 × 180 mm.
Dimensions (written): 210 × 105 mm.
Foliation:

European numerals in pencil.

Condition

Excellent condition.

Layout

Columns:2

Written lines: 21

Hand(s)

Black ink nastaʿlīq with rubrications.

Decoration

Additions:

Very occasionally there are some marginal notes in Persian. On some folios (e.g. f51v, f52r, f4r) William Jones has also annotated by means of underlining and highlighting with crosses and curly brackets.

Binding

Standard India Office half-leather binding with wine-coloured marbled endpapers.

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1721-01-08 9_Rabīʿ al-Awwal_1133 AH; 8 January 1721 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and Lady Jones. This manuscript was presented by Lady Jones.

The Royal Society's collection of 280 Persian and Arabic, and 86 Sanskrit manuscripts were transferred to the India Office Library in 1876.

1876

India Office Library

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on E. Denison Ross and E. G. Browne, Catalogue of two collections of Persian and Arabic manuscripts preserved in the India Office Library (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1902), p.51-2 no.LVI

Availability

WARNING: Under current circumstances, not all items are available for consultation and orders can only be placed within Reading Rooms. Please contact Reading Room staff at the British Library for information on availability and for help with placing orders.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL

Subjects