Delhi Persian 963 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Item a.

Apparently, a unique Persian translation of a systematic work on Ṣūfī ethics from the Arabic original by the author Qalanisi (d. circa 550/1155). The work is full of many quotations from early masters and the author attributes some of his verses to his father.

The work is divided into thirty faṣl, each dealing with a particular principle or method of Sufism.

Undisciplined scribal nastaʿlīq.

Not dated.

Item b.

Treatise on obligatory duties and prayers, based on reliable sources, which begins by praising the dynasty of Salghur Atābaks for their liberality and is dedicated to them, by the author named only at the end as Shihāb al-Dīn Fuṣūl al-Tūrīshī, rendered differently as Shihāb al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Faz̤l Allāh ibn Tāj al-Dīn Abū Saʿīd al-Ḥasan ibn Yūsuf al-Tūrpushtī, according to other published sources.

The work consists of three bāb, each comprised of ten faṣl.

Heavily annotated in parts.

Not dated.

Owner's name obliterated.