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Delhi Persian 584B

Record Id:
032-004546204
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Delhi Persian 584B
Title:
Taz̤kirat al-awliyāʼ, biographies of sufi saints by Farīd al-Dīn ʻAṭṭār
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
ff. i+346+i
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1829
End Date:
1829
Date Range:
1829
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Nādir Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1688-1747,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066753540,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/16017634
Saʻīd Allāh
Subjects:
Muslim saints
Sufis--Biography--Early works to 1800
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India Office Library

Delhi Persian 584B

Contents

Taz̤kirat al-awliyāʼ, biographies of sufi saints by Farīd al-Dīn ʻAṭṭār

Author: ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, d. ca. 1230. عطار، فريد الدين محمد بن ابراهيم
Title: Taz̤kirat al-awliyāʼ
Title: تذكرة الاولياء
Colophon: Completed on 28 Shavval 1244 (3 March 1829).
Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: ff. i+346+i
Dimensions (leaf): 240 × 168 mm.
Foliation:

Persian foliation in red.

Collation

Catchwords throughout on the bottom-left corners of the verso.

Condition

Poor condition; 18th or 19th century marginal repairs; detached binding.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 15

15 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with headings, Arabic quotations and overlinings in red.

Decoration

Double-ruled red text frame.

Additions:

Marginal glosses.

Binding

Red leather binding with floriate design embossed paper central medallion, pendants, corners and outer band with gold ruled frame.

Seal(s):

Oval seal of former owner (f. 1r): Saʻīd Allāh, with his inscription. 9 × 13 mm. Black Government of India Delhi MSS stamp (ff. 1r, 346v).

History

Origin: India; 28 Shavval 1244 AH (3 March 1829).

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 207/9, f. 102r. Revised by Ursula Sims-Williams

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