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Delhi Persian 307
- Record Id:
- 032-004580185
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004580185
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100193852930.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 307
- Title:
- Two Shiʻa treatises (a, b)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004580185", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Delhi Persian 307: Two Shiʻa treatises (a, b)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-004580185
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004580185
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff. iv+253+ii
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1649
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1649-1799
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Bābā Afz̤al, fl 13th century,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000358643888,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/211269318
Bihbahānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ʻAlī, d 1820?,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000050137137,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/76193364
Dihlawī, ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn Aḥmad, 1746?-1824?,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000012280004X,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/53999017
Miʻizz al-Dīn Ardistānī
Ursula Sims-Williams
ʻAbdullāh Quṭb Shāh, Sultan of Golkunda, 1614-1672 - Subjects:
- Shiites--Early works to 1800
Shīʻah--Doctrines
Shīʻah--Relations--Sunnites - TEI:
-
India Office Library
Delhi Persian 307
Two Shiʻa treatises (a, b)
Contents
Summary of Contents: A composite volume containing two separate manuscripts: (a) Fawz al-najāt attributed to Muʻizz al-Dīn Ardistānī, and (b) a work by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ʻAlī Bihbahānī.Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: ff. iv+253+iiFoliation:India Office stamped foliation.
Seal(s):Binding
19th century three-quarter leather detached binding with grey marbled boards; paper pastedowns.
Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 234r, 253r).
History
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
Delhi Persian 307a
Contents
Summary of Contents: Treatise arguing for the right of ʻAlī to be regarded as the Imām and successor of the prophet Muḥammad. Although neither title nor author are included in the text, this work can be identified as Fawz al-najāt attributed to Muʻizz al-Dīn Ardistānī. Dedicated to ʻAbd Allāh Quṭb Shāh (r. 1611-72) the work was completed in 1058/1648-9.ff. 1v-233vTitle: Fawz al-najātTitle: فوز النجاتFolios 232-3 are in a different hand.
R. Levy, Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/38, f. 49 (digital images currently unavailable).Language(s): PersianFiliation: For another copy in the British Library, see Or. 1294 (Rieu 1879-83, p. 32).Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Unpolished paper.Extent: 233 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 320 × 200 mm.Dimensions (written): 225 × 125 mm.Collation
Catchwords.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 15 16
ff. 1-231: 15 lines per page; ff. 232-3: 16 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq in two hands, copied in black ink, with headings in red.
Additions: Folio 1r contains three scrubbed out seals and a valuation of [Rs] 7.History
Origin: 1649-1799Undated, late 17th or early 18th century CE. IndiaDelhi Persian 307b
Contents
Summary of Contents: A Shiʻa reply by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ʻAlī Bihbahānī to the attack on mutʻah marriage made in Shāh ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz Dihlavī's Tuḥfah-'i Is̱nā-ʻasharīyahff. 234v-253rTitle: Kashf al-shubhah ʻan ḥukm al-mutʻahTitle: کشف الشبهة عن حکم المتعةColophon: Colophon dated Jumādá al-avval 1250 AH (Sept/Oct 1834).Folios 240-243 are out of order, the correect sequence being ff. 242, 240, 241, 243.
R. Levy, Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/38, f. 50 (digital images currently unavailable).Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Slightly polished paper.Extent: ff. 234v-253rDimensions (leaf): 291 × 180 mm.Collation
Catchwords.
Condition
Remargined.Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 16 17
16-17 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with headings in red.
Additions: Some marginalia.History
Origin: 1834-09-1834-10Jumādá al-avval 1250 AH (Sept/Oct 1834). IndiaAdditional Information
Record Sources
Based on R. Levy's description in Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III. Revised by Ursula Sims-Williams.
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