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Delhi Persian 1109

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032-004580223

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Delhi Persian 1109

Title:

Muraqqaʻ

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

India Office Library

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

ff. i+78+i

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Arabic
Persian

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1800

End Date:

1876

Date Range:

1800-1876

Calendar:

Hijri-qamari

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Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

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Names:

Bābā Afz̤al, fl 13th century,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000358643888,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/211269318
Muḥammad ʻAṭāʼ Allāh
Sheida Heydarishovir

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India Office Library

Delhi Persian 1109

Muraqqaʻ

Summary of Contents: A collection of prayers and ritual prescriptions compiled by an anonymous author from selected Sufi authorities. The work is divided into sections (ruqʻah).

Title: Muraqqaʻ

Title: مرقع

Incipit: یا کل الکل بک الکل و منک الکل و الیک الکل... اما بعد پس هر فایده که مسطور درین اوراق است بمنزل رقعه ایست که از پیران خرقه پوش سراپا هوش به این گدا رسیده.

Explicit: اللهم اکسر شهوتی عن کل محرم و ازجر حرصی عن کل ماثم و امنعنی عن اذی کل مسلم و مسلمة برحمتک یا ارحم الراحمین

Colophon: تمت هذه النسخه بعون الله تعالی.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex

Material: paper

Extent: ff. i+78+i

Dimensions (leaf): 209 × 145 mm.

Dimensions (written): 160 × 85 mm.

Foliation:

India Office stamped foliation. Persian foliation.

Collation

Catchwords.

Condition

Slightly worm-eaten and damp-stained. Detached binding.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 13

13 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Handwriting inconsistent throughout the work, alternating between naskh, nastaʻlīq and taʻlīq. Copied in black ink. Headings and Arabic quotations overlined in red.

Decoration

A few magical (ṭilism) charts and diagrams (ff. 40v, 47v, 49r).

Additions:

Corrections in the margin.

The name of a former owner, Muḥammad ʻAṭāʼ Allāh, is inscribed on f. 1r.

Binding

Marbled 3/4 leather binding.

Seal(s):

Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 78v).

History

Origin: 1800-1876Undated, probably 19th century. India

Provenance and Acquisition

Owned by Muḥammad ʻAṭā Allāh (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. 52r (digital images currently unavailable). Revised bySheida Heydarishovir

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