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Summary of Contents: Tuḥfat al-aḥrār is one of the masnavis of Haft Awrang of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jamī. Its meter, similar to Makhzan al-Asrār of Niẓāmī, is "Muzāḥafāt-i baḥr-i sarīʿ" (Muftaʿilun Muftaʿilun Fāʿilun). It is put in verse in the same style as that book and Maṭlaʿ al-Anvār of Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, in twenty articles. The topics are mainly ethical, mystical and educative, in the form of many anecdotes and narratives in every article. It has a preface in prose. In this masnavi, Jāmī has praised Khvājah Nāṣir al-Dīn ʿUbayd Allāh Aḥrār Naqshbandī, one of the main figures of the Naqshbandi sect. The number of couplets is recorded to be 1800. It has been composed in 886 AH/1481.Language(s): PersianPoetry
Title: Tuḥfat al-aḥrārTitle: تحفة الاحرارIncipit: بسمله، حامدا لمن جعل جنان جنان کل عارف مخزن اسرار کماله و لسانه کل واصف مطلع انوار جماله گنجینهٔ اسرار کمالش مائیم / آیینهٔ انوار جمالش مائیم…Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم / هست صلای سر خوان کریمExplicit: … مهر نه خاتمهٔ این خطاب / شد رقم خاتم تم الکتاب بسرحد اتمام رسیده شد و در رشتهٔ انتظام کشیده آمد این مهرههای خراشیده از صدف و خزف تراشیده هرچند چون عقد لولوی آبدار گردنبند سروران و گوشوارهٔ هنرپروران را نشاید امیدست که سبحه دار دستآویز از پای افتادگان دبیر رشتهٔ ز دست دادگان گردد و اتمام و انتظام این نسخهٔ تسبیح و شهر تراویح منتظم در سلک شهور سنه ست و ثمانین و ثمانمائه لا زال مبارکا علی کل کافیه اتفاق افتاده و الحمدلله الکریم الجواد و الصلوه علی محمد و آله خیر العباد و سلّم تسلیما کثیرا کثیرا.References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 155
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- GIE 1/46
- MAJ 8/435
- NLI 2/522
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 19/135
- COM 7/535-546
- DEN 2/906
- FAM 4/2706
- FAP 1/1197
Printed editions:
- Tehran, 1378 Shamsī/2000
Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: Oriental paper, dark buff, regular thickness, one size.Extent: 79+1 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 10.5 cm.Dimensions (written): 12 × 9 cm.Condition
Some parts of the frontispiece removed; water damage; edge mending of some foliosLayout
12 lines in two columns per page, ruled
Hand(s)
Graceful Nastaʿalīq, one hand, regular
Decoration
Rubricated titles; frontispiece (gilt, azure, white lead, cinnabar); triple ruling (gilt, azure, black).
Additions: Oval stamp on f.78b: المتوکل علی الله ابن محمد قاسم ۱۲۳۲ . Oval stamp on f.79a: یا من ارفع من کل رفیع ۱۱۷۲ . Circular stamp: بندهٔ آل محمد یوسف بن احمد . Rectangular stamp: … محمد … . Notes on the final end paper, and on f.1a; Persian couplets.Binding
Maroon leather, 11.5×18 cm, front + back cover, leather+pasteboard, black fabric doublure
Envelope flap on the front cover with gilt edges; decorated tooled edges.
Condition
Water damage; cover restored.History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 10-11th century AH; 16-17th century CEProvenance and Acquisition
Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.
Record Sources
This record was created by Dr Mohammad Emami based on the information published in the Persian catalogue by Dr Ali Mir-Ansari (Catalogue of the Persian and Arabic Manuscripts in the Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford (Minasian Collection), Tehran: Miras-e Maktoob, 2016).Availability
Entry to the Library is permitted upon presentation of a valid university ID card (for admissions procedures, please visit Wadham College Library, Persian Studies Section). Please contact persian.library@wadham.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript
Funding of Cataloguing
Wadham College (University of Oxford)
Key to Abbreviations
- ALZ: (الذریعه)
- COM: (فهرست مشترک نسخههای خطی فارسی)
- DEN: (فهرستواره دستنوشتههای ایران - دنا)
- FAM: (فهرست نسخههای خطی فارسی)
- FAP: (فهرست کتابهای چاپی فارسی)
- FAW: (Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford - Minasian Collection)
- GIE: (Great Islamic Encyclopedia Library, Manuscripts)
- MAJ: (Library, Museum and Documentation Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly)
- NLI: (National Library of Iran)
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