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MSS Urdu 13b

Record Id:
032-004582287
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
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Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Urdu 13b
Title:
نصیحت المسلمین Naṣīḥat al-Muslimīn
Additional Titles:

Naṣīḥat al-Muslimīn

نصیحت المسلمین

Scope & Content:

A treatise against polytheism and infidelity by Maulavi Kurram 'Ali, Bilhauri. Begins:

سجان اللہ کیا شان ھی تیری کہ بغیر مڈ دوسرے کی اتنے بڑے آسمان اور زمین کو کس خوب صورتی کے ساتھ پیدا کیا اور کسی نبی ولی کو اپنے کار خانے مین کچھ اختیار نہین دیا

This work was written in A.H. 1238 (A.D. 1822-23), and was first printed at Calcutta, 1848. Other editions have been published at Delhi, Madras, and Meerut. It concludes with a Masnawi, a copy of which, under the title Nasihat al-Muminin, is noticed below (no. 168).

Maulavi Khurram 'Ali is also the author of the following works, all of which have been published:

Adab al-haramain. A manual of religious duties incumbent on pilgrims to Mecca and Medina, written in A.H. 1249.

Tuhfat al-akhyar. A translation of the Mashariq al-anwar, an Arabic work on tradition by Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Saghani. It was completed in A.H. 1249, and has been published with the Arabic text.

Shifa' al-'alil. Directions for leading a holy life; being a translation of the Arabic Qual al-jamil of Shah Wali Allah of Delhi, made in A.H. 1260, and published with the text.

Ghayat ul-autar. A translation of the Durr al-mukhtar, an Arabic work on Islamic law by Muhammad ibn 'Ali, Haskafi. Khurram did not live to finish this work. He died after having translated the greater portion of it in A.H. 1271 (A.D. 1855), and at his death translation was completed by Muhammad Ahsan Siddiqi. Colophon:

ساتھ مد د خدای جل شانہ کے رسالہ نصیحت المسلمین بیچ تاریخ آٹھوین مہینے صفر المظفر سن بارہ سو انتایس ھجری کے تمامی پہنچا فقط

Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
32 folios
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Persian
Urdu
Scripts:
Arabic (nastaliq Variant)
Start Date:
1239
End Date:
1239
Date Range:
1239
Calendar:
Hijri-shamsi
Era:
AH
Place of Origin:
India
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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper, ink

Script: Nastaliq

32 folios; ll. 12. 210 x 133 mm

Source of Acquisition:
India Office Library, Delhi 145b
Finding Aids:
James Blumhardt, Catalogue of the Hindustani Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office (Oxford, 1926), catalogue entry no. 22, pp. 10
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Subjects:
Religion