Delhi Persian 967B (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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Persian translation of Sufi work, Sharh ul-Ghausiyyah
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1 copy of a work by Valī ibn Mulūk Shāh al-Ṣiddīqī al-Qādirī
Excerpt paraphrasing and expanding in Persian the Arabic treatise on the principles of mysticism, ascribed to Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (d. 561/1166), by the translator Valī ibn Mulūk Shāh al-Ṣiddīqī al-Qādirī, author of another work on mysticism, Naṣīḥat al-ʿārifīn.
Although the work lacks its formal title, it has been labelled Sharḥ-i Ghaws̲īyah in the colophon.
Defective at beginning.
Fine rounded Central Asian naskh with full vocalisation for Arabic quotations.
The work is bound, but lacking its original covers; water and fungal stains.
Dated colophon (f. 43v): 4 Z̲ī al-Qaʿdah [10]87/8 January 1677.
Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 43 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 108 mm.Dimensions (written):Hand(s)
History
Origin: 4 Z̲ī al-Qaʿdah 1087 AH; 8 January 1677 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f021rAvailability
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