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Delhi Persian 576
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- 032-004580188
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- 032-004580188
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 576
- Title:
- Four works on sufism
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-004580188
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff. ii+44+ii
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1729
- End Date:
- 1729
- Date Range:
- 1729
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Abū al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn Masʻūd
Khvājah Muḥammad Pārsā, 1338?-1420,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000408089716,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/65292796
Mīr Abū ’l-ʿUlā Naqs̲h̲bandī Akbarābādī
Nādir Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1688-1747,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066753540,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/16017634
R. Levy - Subjects:
- Sufism--India
- TEI:
-
India Office Library
Delhi Persian 576
Four works on sufism
Contents
Delhi Persian 576a. ff. 3r-28rTitle: Aẕkār al-aḥrārTitle: اذکار الاحیارIncipit: و ذكر مجلس و مکارم اولاد عالی نزاد و ذکر خیر بعضی مستفیدان پاک نهاد علی الاجمال با ان ضمیمه ساخته شودExplicit: ا انصرنا یا خیر الناصرین و ارقنا شفاعة سید المرسلین و حمایة اله ا اصحبه الی یوم الدین قد تم التحریر نسخه المسماة بازکار الاحرار نصف من رجب المرجب سنه ۲۲ جلوس محمد شاه پادشاه غازیColophon: Completed in the middle of Rajab 11th year of Muḥammad S̲h̲āh (AH 1141, Feb 1729).An account of the saint Mīr Abū ’l-ʿUlā Naqshbandī Akbarābādī - whose full name is given on f. 5v as Amīr Abū ’l-ʿUlā ibn Amīr Abī ‘l-Vafāʾ ibn Amīr ʿAbd al-Salām, who was born in 990/1582 at Nārēlah near Delhi and who died on 9 Ṣafar 1061/1651 and was buried at Akbarābād (i.e. Āgrah). Completed in 1682 by an unnamed disciple and arranged in seven chapters (bāb) and a conclusion (khātimah).
Defective at the beginning with only the final six and a half lines of the preface preserved.
Language(s): PersianReferences
C.A. Storey, Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/9, ff. 200-203. (digital images currently unavailable).C.A. Storey, Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey, in Storey Online , vol.6 §1338.Delhi Persian 576b. ff. 28v-30vTitle: Taḥqīqāt-i Muḥammad PārsāTitle: تحیقات محمد پارساIncipit: از تحقیقات خواجه محمد پارسا قدس الله سره الاصفیا قال حجة الاسلام حق سبحانه و تعلی در دل آدمی سر نهاده است الخExplicit: لوازم معانی را چگونه باید کردOn ecstasy and music (vajd and samāʻ) and other basic mystical doctrines, most likely compiled from a work by the Naqshbandi Shaykh Khvājah Muḥammad Pārsā, 1338 or 9-1420.
Language(s): PersianReferences
R. Levy, Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur 207/13, f. 33. (digital images currently unavailable).Delhi Persian 576c. ff. 30v-40rIncipit: الحمد لولیله و الصلاة و السلام علی نبیه حضرت حامل عرش الشرح … حضرت خواجه پارساالخExplicit: و این دلیل کمال حال و حقیقت ایشانست والله اعلم بالصوابColophon: Colophon dated 22 Rajab of the 11th year of Muhammad Shāh (21 Feb 1729).A selection without title of notes and queries on Sufism by Abū al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn Masʻūd from the writings of ‘Khvājah Pārsā’, most likely the Naqshbandi Shaykh Khvājah Muḥammad Pārsā.
Language(s): PersianReferences
R. Levy, Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur 207/13, f. 34. (digital images currently unavailable).Delhi Persian 576d. ff. 40r-42rTitle: Risālah-ʼi ṭarīqah-ʼi ḥaz̤arāt-i khvājagānTitle: رسالهٔ طریقهٔ حضرات خواجگانIncipit: سر رشته دولت ای برادر بکف آر و این عمر گرامی بحسارت مگذار الخExplicit: جمله سر؟ خاص و علم گفته شد واسلام و الکرامColophon: Undated but gives the name of the title.Rules and guidance for members of the Naqshbandi branch of Sufism, compiled by an unnamed author.
Continued (ff. 42r-42v) by an unidentified text in the same hand.
Language(s): PersianReferences
R. Levy, Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur 207/13, f. 35. (digital images currently unavailable).Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: ff. ii+44+iiDimensions (leaf): 305 × 200 mm.Dimensions (written): 206 × 123 mm.Foliation:India Office stamped foliation.
Collation
Catchwords.
Condition
Repaired with silk gauze before rebinding.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 21
21 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink with headings in red.
Decoration
Text block framed with red and black rulings.
Additions:Marginal notes.
Folios 1-2 and 43-44 include miscellaneous notes on letters and names, prayers and magic squares.
Seal(s):Binding
Half-leather India Office binding.
Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 44v).
History
Origin: Around 1729 CE ; IndiaProvenance 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 and R. Levy's descriptions in Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III as detailed above. Revised by Ursula Sims-Williams
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