Delhi Persian 983 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Javāhir al-asrār va zavāhir al-anvār by Ḥusayn ibn Ḥasan al-Khvārazmī, fl. early 15th cent
Contents
The work is prefixed by a detailed muqaddimah or introduction divided into ten maqālah, discussing the nature of light, cosmogony, prophecy, the lives of prominent Ṣūfī saints, doctrines, terminology, and initiation.
Defective at the beginning.
Folio 100r left blank, marked with the phrase ‘ṣaḥīḥ al-bayāz̤’; miscellaneous verses added later. Folio 113r left blank. Preceding folio gives folio count as 113 varq.
Dated colophon (f. 301v): 4 Rabīʿ al-S̲ānī 1051/13 July 1641. Matter following the colophon includes poems and medicinal recipes (ff. 301v-302v).
Marbled cover preserved with IOL red leather binding; net overlay on some folios; wormholes and stains.
Physical Description
Hand(s)
(f. 1v): circular seal of ʿAbd Allāh khānah'zād-i ʿĀlamgīr Pādshāh [RY] 22 (1678/79).
(f. 1v): inscription 'from the property of Dilīr Himmat, [regnal] year 28, transferred to Muḥammad Bāqir, 27 Jumādá al-S̲ānī [regnal] year 28 (31 May 1685)'.
(f. 1v): inscription '8 Ramaz̤ān [regnal] year 29, transferred to Muḥammad Fāz̤il'.
Seal of ʿAbd Allāh khānah'zād-i ʿĀlamgīr Pādshāh, dated regnal year 22 (1678/9).
Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Owned by Dilīr Himmat and subsequently accessioned into the Imperial Library in regnal year 28 of Aurangzeb’s reign (1685).
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876.
Acquired by the Government of India in 1876
Record Sources
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