Author
Shaykh Sa'd Allah Shah Naqshbandi Gulshan
Subject
Naqshabandīyah, Sufi poetry, Persian
Type
Book
Language
fas,ara
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
594
Physical Dimensions
594 ff. Dimensions (leaf): 227 × 135 mm.
Library
FIHRIST Library
Library Asset ID
Delhi Persian 1343A
Record ID
32331
Library Location
Oriental Manuscripts, British Library
Notes
Substantive collection of Sufi poetry and poetic criticism, each divided into separate sections, compiled by the same scribe, Muḥammad ʿAlī Riz̤āʾ ibn Sayyid Muḥammad Riz̤āʾ Shīrāzī takhalluṣ Turābī, for the same élite patron, Muḥammad Rafīʿ al-Dīn Ḥabīb Allāh, in Shāhjahānābād. Collection split into 2 volumes, not dated; items b and f dated in separate colophons, ranging 8 Jumādá al-Ūlá 1147-21 Ramaz̤ān 1165/6 October 1734-2 August 1752. Neat scribal nastaʿlīq occasionally tending to shikastah āmīz by the hand of a single scribe. Written on a diverse range of burnished coloured papers (cream, pale buff, pale orange, deep orange, pale pink, deep purplish pink, pale greyish blue, deep greyish blue, pale purple). Annotations and corrections in margins by a contemporary (possibly the scribe’s) hand and later owners. Pencil and original Persian foliation throughout. Lacking original binding. Rebound in two volumes in a IOL red half leather binding, lacking any dated IOL stamp (circa 1960). Folios rebound with new paper margination and mounts, paper repairs, tissue overlay in parts, wormholes, smudging, water stains, tears and frayed edges along extremities. Ownership marks erased. Condition generally good following conservation.
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