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St Augustine's College Collection
Mi'yar-i salikan-i tariqat of Qani' Shirazi
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1 copy of Miʿyār-i sālikān-i ṭarīqat by Mīr ʿAlī Shīr "Qāniʿ"
Title: Miʿyār-i sālikān-i ṭarīqatTitle: معيار سالكان طريقتCollection of hagiographic entries by Mīr ʿAlī Shīr "Qāniʿ" Shīrāzī Ḥusaynī, written in 1202/1787-8
The work consists of an epilogue or muqaddimah on the nature of prophecy and imamte, followed by a fātiḥah on the symbology of sufi paraphernalia and ritual. This is succeeded by 12 chapters termed miʿyār, each covering a century of the Hegira, concluding with a khatimah
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Scribe: Ghulām Ḥusayn, darvīsh-i sabzpūsh, resident of Thatha (Sind)
Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 297 ff. (xv + 282)Dimensions (leaf): 333 × 206 mm.Dimensions (written):Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1882 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/9_f233rAvailability
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