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Delhi Persian 572

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032-004508829
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Delhi Persian 572
Title:
Akhbār al-akhyār fī asrār al-abrār by ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Sayf al-Dīn Dihlavī
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
259 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1695
End Date:
1696
Date Range:
1695-1696
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Dihlavī, ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Sayf al-Dīn, 1551-1642,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120129555,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/45690112
Dihlavī, ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Sayf al-Dīn, 1551-1642,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120129555,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/45690112
Muḥammad Karīm al-Dīn
Nādir Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1688-1747,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066753540,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/16017634
Subjects:
Muslim saints--India--Biography
Sufism--India
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India Office Library

Delhi Persian 572

Akhbār al-akhyār fī asrār al-abrār by ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Sayf al-Dīn Dihlavī

Contents

The well-known biographies of Indian saints completed in 999/1591 by ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Sayf al-Dīn Dihlavi

Author: ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Sayf al-Dīn Dihlavī, 1551-1642 عبد الحق بن سيف الدين دهلوى
Title: Akhbār al-akhyār fī asrār al-abrār
Title: اخبار الاخيار فى اسرار الابرار

Transcribed, according to the colophon, from a manuscript authenticated by the author and dated at Shahjahanabad, Jumada I, 1107 (Dec. 1695/Jan 1696).

Folio 1r includes an inspection note dated 6 Rajab regnal year 37 (8 Dec. 1695) and a transfer to Muḥammad Karīm al-Dīndated 10 Jumada II, 1136 (6 Mar. 1724) in addition to several damaged notes.

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper
Extent: 259 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 204 × 118 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Condition

Worm-eaten but recently repaired and rebound

Hand(s)

Decoration

Black ink, with headings in red.

Additions:

Marginal notes and corrections.

Binding

India Office Library red quarter-leather binding.

History

Origin: Dated Jumāda I, 1107 (1695-96) AH. ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876 .

Acquired by the Government of India in 1876

Record Sources

Based on C.A. Storey's description in Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, MSS Eur E207/9, f.154 (digital images currently unavailable). Revised by Ursula Sims-Williams

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