Author
Muḥammad Sālim
Subject
Muḥammad, Prophet, d. 632, Sufi literature, Persian
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
97
Physical Dimensions
97 ff. Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 149 mm.
Library
FIHRIST Library
Library Asset ID
Delhi Persian 756
Record ID
32396
Library Location
Oriental Manuscripts, British Library
Notes
Presentation copy comprising works on Sufism and the centrality of the Prophet Muḥammad in Islamic doctrine by Mawlānā Shāh Muḥammad Sālim al-Dihlavī al-Bukhārī, sent as a gift around 12 Jumādá al-S̲ānī 1265/5 May 1849 to his local contemporary, the scholar and muḥaddis̲, Shāh Muḥammad Karīm Allāh Dihlavī. Volume not dated; items b-c dated separately (2 Muḥarram-13 Muḥarram 1265/28 November-9 December 1848). Scribal nastaʿlīq. Annotations in margins. Stamped and Persian foliation. Later binding damaged (brown leather over pasteboards covered with starched cotton textile decorated with woven multi-coloured striped designs), labelled. Folios mostly unbound; cropped, light stains, wormholes, later repairs. Condition poor.
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