Author
Prophet Muhammad
Subject
Sufi literature, Persian, Islamic hagiography
Type
Book
Language
ara,fas
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
303
Physical Dimensions
303 ff. (+2) Dimensions (leaf): 108 × 64 mm.
Library
FIHRIST Library
Library Asset ID
Delhi Persian 119
Record ID
32569
Library Location
Oriental Manuscripts, British Library
Notes
Miscellany or majmūʿah of sūrahs from the Qurʾān , extracts or complete ritual and elective supplications accompanied by Persian annotations, traditions of prophets and imams, litanies, eulogies and other poems, moralist anecdotes, magic squares and talismans, medicinal recipes, and genealogies of the Chishtī and Qādirī Sufi orders, written by or for a Sufi or Sunnī religious officiate (possibly Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ṣamad Ṣiddīqī ) over the course of several years, without particular order, for private use. Though damaged, the volume illustrates the range and depth of traditional and esoteric knowledge required in late-eighteenth-century India. Volume not dated; datable to late eighteenth century. Multiple hands ranging from neat to rough shikastah āmīz, several varieties of naskh occasionally merging with bihārī script. Traces of dense Devanagari text transmitted in reverse (ff. 13v-14r, 22v-23r). Papers covered with densely flecked silver (ff. 12v-13r, 14v, 21r, 22v-23r), with clusters of sheets sparsely flecked with silver encountered further on (ff. 73v-74r, 75v-76r, 77v-78v, 79v-80r). Floral motif in grey pigment sparsely stamped over the text (ff. 71v-72r, 81v). Numerous lacunae. Annotations in margins. Not foliated. Lacking original binding. Binding damaged (combed marble paper with brown leather edging over pasteboards), labels. Folios mostly bound; cropped, wormholes, later repairs. Tinted papers. Folios covered with densely flecked silver. Condition fragile.
Koleksiyon
India Office Library
Biçim
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