Delhi Persian 1095 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Item a.

Untitled collection of correspondence commenting on various occult, magical, doctrinal, and exegetical matters.

Although the author does not identify himself in the work, an ascription on the title page (f. 6r) identifies the author as Khvājah Bīrang Muḥammad al-Bāqī, that is, the Naqshbandī saint, Khvājah Muḥammad Bāqī ibn ʿAbd al-Salām (d. 1012/1603, at Delhi), better known as Shaykh ʿAbd al-Bāqī and Bāqī Billāh, who was also the spiritual preceptor of the Mujaddidī Naqshbandī saint, Shaykh Aḥmad Fārūqī (d. 1624).

The collection was evidently compiled by a devoted disciple, who remains unidentified.

Not dated at end. See colophon to item f.

This work is preceded (ff. 1v-6r) by an informal collection of transcripts for letters addressed to various Naqshbandī figures (including Shaykh Aḥmad [Sihrindī]), generally themed around points of theological and mystical details.

Item b.

Untitled journal and biographical sketch, covering the period 1 Ṣafar 1009-25 Jumādá II 1012/12 August 1600-30 November 1603, on the life of the Naqshbandī saint, Khvājah Muḥammad Bāqī ibn ʿAbd al-Salām (d. 1012/1603, at Delhi), better known as Shaykh ʿAbd al-Bāqī and Bāqī Billāh, who was also the spiritual preceptor of the Mujaddidī Naqshbandī saint, Shaykh Aḥmad Fārūqī (d. 1624).

he work was evidently written by a devoted disciple, who remains unidentified.

This account is useful for its information on the initiation and training of novices in the Naqshbandī order, and the final days of the saint’s life.

The work concludes with the unnamed author’s elegies in honour of his master.

Not dated at end. See colophon to item f.

Item c.

Untitled collection of correspondence and essays commenting on various Ṣūfī subjects, ascribed to a certain Khvājah Bīrang Muḥammad Bāqī Billāh, that is, the Naqshbandī saint, Khvājah Muḥammad Bāqī ibn ʿAbd al-Salām (d. 1012/1603, at Delhi), better known as Shaykh ʿAbd al-Bāqī, who was also the spiritual preceptor of the Mujaddidī Naqshbandī saint, Shaykh Aḥmad Fārūqī (d. 1624).

The work was evidently compiled by a devoted disciple, who remains unidentified.

Not dated at end. See colophon to item f.

Item d.

Untitled biographical account of the illness, final pronouncements, and death of the Naqshbandī saint, Khvājah Muḥammad Bāqī ibn ʿAbd al-Salām (d. 1012/1603, at Delhi), better known as Shaykh ʿAbd al-Bāqī, who was also the spiritual preceptor of the Mujaddidī Naqshbandī saint, Shaykh Aḥmad Fārūqī (d. 1624).

The work was evidently written by a devoted disciple, who remains unidentified.

Not dated at end. See colophon to item f.

Item e.

Untitled mas̲navī on Ṣūfī themes, containing accounts and anecdotes on earlier Naqshbandī leaders, by the Naqshbandī saint, Khvājah Muḥammad Bāqī ibn ʿAbd al-Salām (d. 1012/1603, at Delhi), better known as Shaykh ʿAbd al-Bāqī, who was also the spiritual preceptor of the Mujaddidī Naqshbandī saint, Shaykh Aḥmad Fārūqī (d. 1624).

Not dated at end. See colophon to item f.

Item f.

Mas̲navī, entitled Makhzan-i vaḥdat in the conclusion, on Ṣūfī themes, ascribed to the Naqshbandī saint, Khvājah Muḥammad Bāqī ibn ʿAbd al-Salām (d. 1012/1603, at Delhi), better known as Shaykh ʿAbd al-Bāqī, who was the spiritual preceptor of the Mujaddidī Naqshbandī saint, Shaykh Aḥmad Fārūqī (d. 1624), who is also mentioned towards the end of the composition.

Dated colophon (f. 189r): completed by Muḥammad Sharaf Aḥmadī Sarhindī al-Naqshbandī at the request of Miyān Muḥammad […] Naqshbandī, 4 Muḥarram RY 25 of Emperor Muḥammad Shāh (1156)/28 February 1743.