IO Islamic 3690 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Collection of Sufi works
Contents
Collection of Sufi works
1. ff. 1-587
Title: Mirʾāt al-asrār
Title: مرآت الاسرار
Comprehensive biographical dictionary of Chishti saints and mystics, beginning with an introduction followed by 23 ṭabaqāt
Dated
Scribe: Muḥammad Amīn ibn Ākhūnd ʿAbd al-Rasūl, at Hānsī, 11 Rabīʿ II 1146/1733
Language(s): Persian
2. ff. 588-593
Embellished eulogy or manqabat poem by ʿAṭṭār in praise of the legendary saint Uvays Qaranī
Not dated
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 593 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 273 × 165 mm.
Dimensions (written):
Hand(s)
History
Origin: 11 Rabīʿ II 1146 AH; 1733 CE Hānsī ; 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/19_f002r
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