Delhi Persian 74* (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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Collection of four works on Islamic ritual prayers and rites. Unbound; lacking covers
Language(s): Persian & Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codexHand(s)
History
Origin: 19th century CE ; India1
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1. ff. 1r-91vTreatise on Islamic ritual prayers, written for Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān, one of the unidentified author’s sister’s sons
Defective at beginning
Dated colophon (f. 91v): completed by ʿAbd Allāh known as Pīr Khān on Thursday, 5 Rabīʿ al-S̲ānī 1249/22 August 1833
Heavily annotated
Language(s): Persian & ArabicTitle: Miftāḥ al-ṣalātPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 91 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 239 × 160 mm.History
Origin: 5 Rabīʿ al-S̲ānī 1249 AH; 22 August 1833 CE ; India2
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2. ff. 93v-101rUnidentified treatise on conditions for wearing the iḥrām robes for ḥajj or pilgrimage to the Kaʿbah shrine in Makkah's Ḥaram al-Sharīf
Dated colophon (f. 101r): completed by ʿAbd Allāh known as Pīr Khān on Saturday, 4 Jumādá al-Avval 1249/19 September 1833
Language(s): Persian & ArabicPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 8 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 239 × 160 mm.History
Origin: 4 Jumādá al-Avval 1249 AH; 19 September 1833 CE ; India3
Contents
3. ff. 101v-107vUnidentified treatise on fasting and abstinence
Dated colophon (f. 107v): completed by ʿAbd Allāh known as Pīr Khān on 14 Jumādá al-Avval 1249/29 September 1833
Language(s): Persian & ArabicPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 42 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 229 × 142 mm.History
Origin: 14 Jumādá al-Avval 1249 AH; 29 September 1833 CE ; India4
Contents
4. ff. 109r-114vUntitled collection of short poems on laudatory religious themes in various forms and genres, written in three columns
Not dated
Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 6 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 239 × 160 mm.History
Origin: 1833 - 1840 CE ; IndiaAdditional Information
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