Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Delhi Persian 984 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Gesudaraz’s Javami‘ al-kilam

Contents

1 copy of Javāmiʿ al-kilam by Abū al-Fatḥ Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Ḥusaynī Gīsū'darāz

Detailed collection of the religious discourses and sermons of the Chishtī saint, Abū al-Fatḥ Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Ḥusaynī, known as Gīsū'darāz and Bandah'navāz (d. 825/1422), collected during the period of 18 Rajab 802/24 March 1400 to 22 Rabīʿ II 803/19 December 1400.

Some ghazals and other utterances by the saint have also been incorporated.

The work was compiled by Gīsū'darāz’s pupil, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Akbar al-Ḥusaynī.

Not dated at end. Datable to early eighteenth century.

Densely annotated in parts.

Valuation of 16 rupees (f. 1r); owner’s seal erased. Folio 334: note dated 1129/1717.

Folios unbound, torn, stained, paper patches over wormholes; lacks original covers; fragile.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 334 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 311 × 185 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 18th century CE ; India

Record 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/2_f045r

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