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Delhi Persian 1089
- Record Id:
- 032-004580203
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004580203
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100193852930.0x000010
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 1089
- Title:
- Favātiḥ by Ḥusayn ibn Muʻīn al-Dīn Maybudī
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
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- 032-004580203
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004580203
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff. 114 + wrapper
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1650
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1650-1799
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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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
Farīd al-Dīn ʻAbd Allah
Farīd al-Dīn ʻAbd Allāh
Qāḍī Mīr, Ḥusayn ibn Muʻīn al-Dīn, d. 1504 or 5
Sheida Heydarishovir - Subjects:
- Sufism
- TEI:
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India Office Library
Delhi Persian 1089
Favātiḥ by Ḥusayn ibn Muʻīn al-Dīn Maybudī
Contents
Summary of Contents: The introductory portion only of a well-known commentary of the Arabic dīwān attributed to the Caliph ʻAlī by Ḥusayn ibn Muʻīn al-Dīn Maybudī. The commentator's introduction stands as a separate entity and contains 7 sections (fātiḥah) each consisting of several fatḥs. Sufi views and doctrines are extensively quoted.Title: FavātiḥTitle: فواتحIncipit: سپاس سعادت لباس و شکر عبادت لباس معبودی را که اعلام نبوت و ولایت در میدان فتوت و هدایت برافراشت.Explicit: و اکنون که فواتح سبعه رقم اتمام یافت شروع خواهم کرد در شرح ابیات محکمة المبانی و اول توضیح لغات خواهد بود و تنقیح نکات نحو و معانی الخ و اسال الله توفیق اتمام الکتاب فانه منعم الصدق و ملهم الصواب.Colophon: تمت تمام شد فواتح تصنیف بندگی حسین ... میبدی صاحب شرح هر ...Folio 1 contains a list of contents.
Folios 1r and 114v contain added verses.
A note by the author at the end (f. 114v) states his intention now that the Favātiḥ is completed, to begin his commentary and explanations of an unspecified poem.
Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: ff. 114 + wrapperDimensions (leaf): 245 × 130 mm.Dimensions (written): 185 × 80 mm.Foliation:India Office stamped foliation. Persian foliation in black ink on the top left recto which, however, does not match the India Office stamped one from f. 71 which is numbered 78 in Persian suggesting some folios may be missing.
Collation
Catchwords.
Condition
Extremely worm-eaten and damp-stained, especially towards the end. Binding detached and volume additionally encased in a wrapper. Loose leaves.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 17
17 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with headings, overlinings and verse markings in red.
Decoration
Folio 86 includes a circular diagram showing the ordinal directions in red ink.
Spaces have been left empty for diagrams to be added later on ff. 40r-41r.
Additions:Some corrections, additions and extra verses have been added in the margins.
A table of contents on f. 1r lists the 7 fātiḥas and their folio numbers.
An undated note on f. 1r mentions that Farīd al-Dīn ʻAbd Allāh borrowed this book.
Seal(s):Binding
Three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards dating from the 19th century.
Folio 1 contains an illegible oval and rectangular seal, deliberately erased.
Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 114v).
Accompanying Material
Wrapper: East India Company Acquittance Roll dated 26 March 1832. Watermarked J. Whatman Balston & Co., 1828
History
Origin: Undated, probably late 17th or early 18th century CE ; IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
Possibly belonged to Farīd al-Dīn ʻAbd Allah (f. 1r).
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 R. Levy's description in Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/13, f. 4r. Revised by Sheida Heydarishovir
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