Author
Shaykh Muḥammad Ghaws̲ Gavālyārī
Subject
Shat̤t̤ārīyah, Sufi literature, Persian
Type
Book
Language
fas,ara
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
209
Physical Dimensions
209 ff. Dimensions (leaf): 285 × 165 mm.
Library
FIHRIST Library
Library Asset ID
Delhi Persian 81A
Record ID
32671
Library Location
Oriental Manuscripts, British Library
Notes
Collection of works on Shaṭṭārī and esoteric Sufism, comprised of several heterogeneous fragments from separate sources. Volume not dated; item c dated (Rajab 1223/August 1808). Scribal nastaʿlīq and naskh by multiple hands. Extensive annotations in margins and in interlinear spaces. Discontinuous foliation in pencil. Lacking original binding. Binding damaged (tooled and painted brown leather over delaminating pasteboards, revealing fragments from Qurʾān leaves and Arabic verses; wormholes), labelled. Additional loose paper wrapper (letter dated 18 October 1845 requesting translation from Arabic); watermarked (lion rampant guardant holding sceptre in crowned oval frame; not dated); torn, creased, stained. Folios mostly bound; cropped, wormholes, later repairs. Condition fragile.
Koleksiyon
India Office Library
Biçim
codex
