Publication Date
1028 AH (1618 CE)
Subject
Muslim saints, Muslim saints--India--Biography, Persian literature, Sufi literature, Sufi literature, Persian, Sufism
Type
kitap
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
522
Physical Dimensions
522 folios, 4 flyleaves (ff. ii + 522 + ii). Leaf height: 271 mm, width: 188 mm. Written height: 209 mm, width: 147 mm.
Library
The University of Manchester Library
Library Asset ID
uom:library:digitalcollections:persian:MS-PERSIAN-00679, https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-PERSIAN-00679/1, https://image.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/iiif/MS-PERSIAN-00679-000-00001.jp2/full/,200/0/default.jpg, Persian MS 679
Record ID
alma992992292989401631
Library Location
Available Online
Date
1028 AH (1618 CE)
Notes
This defective copy of the Laṭāyif-i Ashrāfī (Noble Pleasantries) by Niẓām al-Dīn Yamanī (fl. mid-15th c.) elucidates the mystical doctrines of the author's teacher of thirty years, Sufi master Mīr Sayyid Ashraf Jahāngīr Simnānī (d. after 1436), who remains revered throughout the Indian subcontinent today. Born and raised in Iran, Simnānī spent time with the poet Ḥāfiẓ before he departed for India, where he ultimately passed away. Comprised of sixty laṭīfah , the work compiles various discourses and anecdotes of Simnāni that he personally reviewed and edited, as well as other events late in his life, added posthumously. The work proved influential as many subsequent writers of Sufi biographies reference passages, such as Jāmī (d. 1492), in his Nafaḥāt al-Uns (Breaths of Fellowship)., This manuscript, completed by Sayyid Sulṭān valad-i Sayyid ‘Abd Allāh in 1021 AH (1612–13 CE), appears to be one of the earliest surviving copies of this work. Probably completed in the Mughal Empire, the royal library of the Kings of Awadh (Oude) in Lucknow subsequently acquired it. - This defective copy of the Laṭāyif-i Ashrāfī (Noble Pleasantries) by Niẓām al-Dīn Yamanī (fl. mid-15th c.) elucidates the mystical doctrines of the author's teacher of thirty years, Sufi master Mīr Sayyid Ashraf Jahāngīr Simnānī (d. after 1436), who remains revered throughout the Indian subcontinent today. Born and raised in Iran, Simnānī spent time with the poet Ḥāfiẓ before he departed for India, where he ultimately passed away. Comprised of sixty laṭīfah , the work compiles various discourses and anecdotes of Simnāni that he personally reviewed and edited, as well as other events late in his life, added posthumously. The work proved influential as many subsequent writers of Sufi biographies reference passages, such as Jāmī (d. 1492), in his Nafaḥāt al-Uns (Breaths of Fellowship)., This manuscript, completed by Sayyid Sulṭān valad-i Sayyid ‘Abd Allāh in 1021 AH (1612–13 CE), appears to be one of the earliest surviving copies of this work. Probably completed in the Mughal Empire, the royal library of the Kings of Awadh (Oude) in Lucknow subsequently acquired it.
Veri kaynağı
Manchester Digital Collections
Parçası
Manchester Digital Collections - Persian Manuscripts
