Delhi Persian 978 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Work on Sufism
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Untitled lengthy treatise by an unnamed author on the principles of Sufism and the magical significance of letters, attributed at the end to Khvājah Muḥammad Pārsā (d. 822/1420). The work is endorsed as the Taḥqīqāt.
Dated colophon (f. 304v): completed by Muḥammad Afz̤al Khān for Muḥammad Ashraf ṣāḥib, morning of Thursday, 19 Jumādá al-S̲ānī year 27 of Emperor Muḥammad Shāh’s reign (1158/19 July 1745).
Unbound; disintegrated outer leather matter of binding, lacking internal boards; wormholes; fragile.
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