IO Islamic 4392 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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Four sufi masnavis
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Collection of mystical mas̲navīs
1. ff. 1-45rTitle: Gulshan-i rāzTitle: گلشن رازMas̲navī on the principles of Sufism written by Maḥmūd Shabistarī in response to questions from a correspondent in Khurasan, around 717/1317, identified as Mīr Fakhr al-Sādāt al-Ḥusaynī by the mystic, poet and hagiographer, Jāmī
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Language(s): Persian2. ff. 48v-56vTitle: Rawshanāʾī'nāmahTitle: روشنائی نامهMas̲navī on philosophical and didactic subjects by the Central Asian poet, Nāsir-i Khusraw, dated circa 440/1049
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Language(s): Persian3. ff. 58v-94Title: Pand'nāmahTitle: پند نامهMas̲navī on ethics according to Sufism by the poet and mystic ʿAṭṭār Nayshāpūrī, master of the poet and mystic Rūmī Balkhī
Copious notes in Turkish on early folios
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Language(s): Persian & Turkish4. ff. 95-97Unidentified mas̲navī by a poet describing himself as a qalandar, taking an unusually strident attitude toward orthodox Islam
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Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 97 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 172 × 124 mm.Dimensions (written):Hand(s)
History
Origin: 17th century CE ; IndiaRecord 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/18_f075rAvailability
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