Delhi Persian 967A (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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1 copy of Asrār al-awliyāʾ by Badr al-Dīn Isḥāq ibn ʿAlī Dihlavī
Title: Asrār al-awliyāʾTitle: اسرار الاولياءBiography recording the teachings of the Qādirī Ṣūfī saint and author of the Rāḥat al-qulūb, Shaykh Farīd al-Dīn Maṣʿūd the Ganj-i Shakar (d. 1265), by his disciple, son-in-law, and spiritual successor, Badr al-Dīn Dihlavī.
The work is divided into twenty-two chapters.
The text is neatly written in nastaʿlīq tending toward taʿlīq, with gold ruling, and an illuminated ʿunvān and sar'lawḥ, the pigments of which have degraded markedly. There is a valuation and magic square grid at the beginning. Upper half of the second folio missing. The volume ends (f. 106v) with a part Persian and part Hindavī ghazal attributed to the Ganj-i Shakar.
The work is bound, but lacking its original covers; water and fungal stains.
Dated colophon (f. 106r): completed by Mullā Muḥammad ʿAlī on 29 Jumādá al-Avval 1082/3 October 1671.
Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 106 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 108 mm.Dimensions (written):Hand(s)
History
Origin: 29 Jumādá al-Avval 1082 AH; 3 October 1671 CE ; IndiaRecord 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/11_f020rAvailability
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