Delhi Persian 962 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Three Sufi works

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Summary of Contents: Collection of three Sufi works. Not dated; early nineteenth century. Detached binding, with spine missing; printed decorative paper on exterior; descriptive labels; boards wormeaten; text block bound. Microfilm: IOL Neg 2267.
1. ff. 1v-16r

Item a.

Sufi treatise by an unnamed author consisting of general points of guidence for novices in florid and poetic prose.

Transcribed in nastaʿlīq tending to shikastah āmīz.

Not dated.

Language(s): Persian
Title: Ādāb al-murīdīn
Title: آداب المريدين
2. ff. 17v-35r
Author: Nūr Allāh "Mīr Shīrvānī" نور الله
Title: Aqvāl-i buzurgān
Title: اقوال بزرگان

Item b.

Brief treatise expounding the Sufi doctrines of generosity and brotherhood, with many quotes from early masters, followed in the latter half by the author's remarks addressed to his friends beginning ‘ay ʿazīz’. See BL MS Or 2063 for a work of similar content.

Not dated.

Language(s): Persian
3. ff. 35v-36r

Item c.

Fragment from a Sufi treatise by an unnamed author consisting of general points of guidence for novices in florid and poetic prose. See item a.

Not dated.

Language(s): Persian
Title: Ādāb al-murīdīn
Title: آداب المريدين

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 36 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 235 × 153 mm.
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History

Origin: 19th century CE ; India

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/4_f025r

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