Delhi Persian 954A (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Mir Dard Dihlavi, Ah-e sard
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1 copy of Āh-i sard by Dard, K̲h̲vājah Mīr, 1720 or 1721-1785
Early copy of a Ṣūfī treatise by Khvājah Mīr Nūr al-Nāṣir Muḥammad "Dard", also known as "Mīr Muḥammadī" (d. 1199/1785), spiritual head of the Ṭarīqah Muḥammadīyah, intended as a supplement to an earlier work by the author, entitled Nālah-'i Dard
The work, dated towards the end of the author's life, consists of 341 brief articles counted in the margins on varied subjects, each beginning with the word ‘āh’
Dated colophon: 26 Muḥarram 1197/1 January 1783
Transcribed in clear Indian taʿlīq
Original text panels cut out and remargined with European paper with coloured rulings; wormholes, creases, and minor stains; binding missing; folded page from a work on the legislative acts of the Government of India (c. 1850s) used as cover
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