IO Islamic 3996 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Letters, Mirza Mazhar Jan-i Janan
Contents
1 copy of a work by Mīrzā "Maẓhar" Jān-i Jānān
Untitled collection of tractates comprised primarily of 1) letters (7 in toto) by Mīrzā Shams al-Dīn Ḥabīb Allāh, better known as Mīrzā Maẓhar, the founder of the Shamsīyah Maz̤harīyah branch of the ṣūfī Naqshbanadīyah ṭarīqat, addressed to numerous contemporaries (for example, Ḥāfiẓ Raḥmat Khān, Aḥmad Shāh Abdālī, etcetera); 2) a brief account of Mīrzā Maẓhar's martydom or death on the day of ʿāshūrāʾ (10 Muḥarram 1195 / 1781); 3) an unrelated letter authored by Shāh Valī Allāh Dihlavī
One letter is dated 1181 / 1767-8
The letters of Mīrzā Maẓhar are largely focussed on recording and commenting on contemporary political events, containing notable biographical details
The undated letter by Shāh Valī Allāh Dihlavī focusses on prognostications fulfilled in the late 1600s and early 1700s
Not dated
Physical Description
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Rough and rushed nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz
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