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Delhi Persian 1085

Record Id:

032-004580201

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Delhi Persian 1085

Title:

ʻAqāʼid-i ṣāfīyah by Abū ʻAbd Allah Tirmiz̲ī

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

India Office Library

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

276 ff.

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Persian

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1650

End Date:

1799

Date Range:

1650-1799

Calendar:

Gregorian

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Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

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Names:

Abu al-Qāsim Gurgānī
Abū ʻAbd Allāh al-Tirmiz̲ī
Bābā Afz̤al, fl 13th century,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000358643888,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/211269318
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
Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī, fl. 898

Subjects:

Sufism

TEI:

India Office Library

Delhi Persian 1085

ʻAqāʼid-i ṣāfīyah by Abū ʻAbd Allah Tirmiz̲ī

Summary of Contents: An extensıve treatıse on the Sufı doctrıne of the existence, nature and attributes of God described in the colophon as ʻAqāʼid al-ṣāfīyah and attributed (ff. 2r and 2v) to al-Shaykh al-ʻārif Abū ʻAbd Allāh Tirmiz̲ī - who cannot, however, be the famous 9th century mystic al-Tirmidhī on account of references to later authors, e.g. Abu al-Qāsim Gurgānīī (f. 92r) who died in 450/1058. The work is not divided into chapters. The author frequently quotes sayings of earlier Sufis to illustrate his arguments.

Author: Abū ʻAbd Allāh al-Tirmiz̲ī ابوعبدالله الترمذی

Title: ʻAqāʼid-i ṣāfīyah

Title: عقاید صافیه

Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد الله الذی ادب العلماء بعزیمة خیر البشر و خببهم و سلمهم من الرخصة و المباحات و الاشر و سددهم و قومهم فی السراء و الصراء و الباساء.

Explicit: خاتمة الکتب شیخ ابوعبدالله الترمزی رحمة الله علیه در باب احوال کمال عقاید صافیه اهل ذوق که ازین منفعت یابند/ تمت تمت تم تم.

Language(s): Persian

Filiation:

Physical Description

Form: codex

Material: paper

Extent: 276 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 235 × 140 mm.

Dimensions (written): 165 × 85 mm.

Foliation:

India Office stamped foliation. The last folio is unstamped, with the number 277 written in pencil at the top left, suggesting a folio is missing from the end, which is supported by the catchword of f. 275v not matching 277r.

Collation

Catchwords.

Condition

Worm-eaten and damp-stained. Loose leaves and detached binding.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 21

21 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Naskh; copied in black ink, with headings and the first word of some sections in red. Occasional spelling mistakes.

Additions:

A note on f. 1r records the title as ʻAqāʼid-i ṣaḥīfah with a valuation of 15 rupees.

Marginal comments and summaries.

Binding

Three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards. Paper paste-downs.

Seal(s):

Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r & 277r).

History

Origin: 1650-1799Undated, probably late 17th or 18th century; 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 in1876

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. 10r (digital images currently unavailable), and R. Levy 's description, Mss Eur E207/13, f. 2r (digital images currently unavailable). Revised by Sheida Heydarishovir

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Subjects

Sufism