IO Islamic 3690 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Collection of Sufi works

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Collection of Sufi works

1. ff. 1-587
Author: Chishtī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, 1596?-1682? عبد الرحمٰن چشتی
Title: Mirʾāt al-asrār
Title: مرآت الاسرار

Comprehensive biographical dictionary of Chishti saints and mystics, beginning with an introduction followed by 23 ṭabaqāt

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Scribe: Muḥammad Amīn ibn Ākhūnd ʿAbd al-Rasūl, at Hānsī, 11 Rabīʿ II 1146/1733

Language(s): Persian
2. ff. 588-593
Author: ʿAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn فريد الدين عطار

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.
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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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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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