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Delhi Persian 1081

Record Id:
032-004580198
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Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 1081
Title:
Ṣirāṭ-i mustaqīm by Muḥammad Ismāʻīl
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
ff. iv+99+i
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1819
End Date:
1857
Date Range:
1819-1857
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Bābā Afz̤al, fl 13th century,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000358643888,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/211269318
Muḥammad Ismāʻīl
Sayyid Aḥmad, 1786-1831,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000082197601,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/38207241
Sayyid Aḥmad, 1786-1831,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000082197601,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/38207241
Sheida Heydarishovir
ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121250795,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/27052262
Subjects:
Sufism
Sufism--India
TEI:

India Office Library

Delhi Persian 1081

Ṣirāṭ-i mustaqīm

Ṣirāṭ-i mustaqīm by Muḥammad Ismāʻīl

Contents

Summary of Contents: A treatise dealing particularly with the beliefs of Sayyid Ahmad Barelavi, compiled in 1819 by Shāh Muḥammad Ismāʻīl ibn ʻAbd al-Ghanī Dihlavī (1779-1831).
Author: Muḥammad Ismāʻīl محمد اسماعیل
Title: Ṣirāṭ-i mustaqīm
Title: صراط مستقیم
Incipit: حمدی که شایان شان بارگاه بی نیاز مطلق باشد در حیطه بیان احدی جز ذات پاک وی نمیگنجد و برهان ساطع این بیان از مطلع کلام تقدس التیام لا احصی ثناء علیک انت کما اثنیت علی نفسک بر مفارق جمهور انام می درخشد.
Explicit: از آن جمله تنبیه جهله اهل زمان است که ولایت را از ممنعات عقلیه شمرده و منحصر بر اوائل این امت دانسته قائل به انقطاع آن مثل انقطاع نبوت شده اند و السلام علی من اتبع الهدی و حمد الله اولا و آخر و ظاهر و باطنا و صلی الله علی خیر خلقه محمد و آله و صحبه و سلم فقط تمام شد.
Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: ff. iv+99+i
Dimensions (leaf): 206 × 125 mm.
Dimensions (written): 168 × 83 mm.
Foliation:

India Office stamped foliation

Collation

Catchwords.

Condition

Slightly worm-eaten.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 19

19 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Nastaliq, cursive and compact, copied in black ink, with headings in red. Arabic overlined in red.

Binding

Half-leather board binding covered in printed patterned paper.

Seal(s):

Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 98v).

History

Origin: Undated, probably between 1819 and 1857. CE ; 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 A.J. Arberry's description in "Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III", Mss Eur E207/4, f. 23r (digital images currently unavailable), and R. Levy 's description, Mss Eur E207/12, f. 116r (digital images currently unavailable). Revised by Sheida Heydarishovir

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