Or 15964 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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Oriental Manuscripts
Six works on Sufism
Contents
Summary of Contents: A collection of six works by Mīr Ḥusaynī-i Sādāt-i Haravī (d. ca. 729/1338). Although his writings have been little studied and he is best known as the writer whose questions inspired the composition of Maḥmūd Shabistarī’s great metaphysical poem Gulshan-i rāz, Mīr Ḥusaynī ranks among the more influential Persian Sufi authors of the 8th/14th century. Followed by (f. 106v), a poem in Ottoman Turkish, evidently in the riq‘ah hand of its author (li-katibih al-faqīr), commemorating the completion of a new house, and with the date 1191/1777-8 recorded in abjad.1. ff 1v-5rAuthor: Mīr Ḥusaynī Haravī, Ḥusayn ibn ʻĀlim, 1272 or 1273-approximately 1317 مير حسينى هروى، حسين بن عالمTitle: Panj ganjTitle: پنج گنجFive qaṣīdahs on mystical and metaphysical themes.
Munzavī in FNKhF IV, pp. 2678-9 lists only three manuscripts of this work, all from the 9th/15th century, in Tehran, Paris and Cairo.
Language(s): PersianFiliation:2. ff 5v-6rAuthor: Mīr Ḥusaynī Haravī, Ḥusayn ibn ʻĀlim, 1272 or 1273-approximately 1317 مير حسينى هروى، حسين بن عالمTitle: QalandarnāmahTitle: قلندرنامهA short Sufi poem.
FNKhF IV, p. 3049, lists three copies, including BL Add. 7611, of which only the Paris BnF manuscript predates the present one.
Language(s): Persian.Filiation:3. ff. 6v-60rAuthor: Mīr Ḥusaynī Haravī, Ḥusayn ibn ʻĀlim, 1272 or 1273-approximately 1317 مير حسينى هروى، حسين بن عالمTitle: Ṭarab al-majālisTitle: طرب المجالسA prose treatise on Sufism and ethics, comprising five sections (qism) subdivided into faṣls.
For a description of its contents and references to 13 manuscripts, see FNKhF IV, pp. 1275-6.
The manuscript contains three contemporary miniature paintings, illustrating passages from Ṭarab al-majālis, on folios 30v, 32v, and 36r; these are of reasonably good quality but appear to have been needlessly retouched with brown paint, rather to their detriment.
Language(s): PersianFiliation:4. ff 60v-74rAuthor: Mīr Ḥusaynī Haravī, Ḥusayn ibn ʻĀlim, 1272 or 1273-approximately 1317 مير حسينى هروى، حسين بن عالمTitle: Kanz al-rumūzTitle: کنز الرموزA masnavī poem concerning various aspects of the Sufi journey to God. Munzavī FNKhF IV, pp. 3060-2 lists 36 copies.
Language(s): Persian.Filiation:5. ff 74v-91rAuthor: Mīr Ḥusaynī Haravī, Ḥusayn ibn ʻĀlim, 1272 or 1273-approximately 1317 مير حسينى هروى، حسين بن عالمTitle: Zād al-musāfirīnTitle: زاد المسافرينA didactic poem on aspects of the Sufi Path, comprising eight ‘discourses’ (maqāla).
FNKhF IV, pp. 2849-51 lists 42 copies including BL Sloane 3587 and Add. 16832, to which should be added Add. 7767, Add. 19809, and Or. 1226. The incipit in the present manuscript is the second of the two cited by Munzavī, loc. cit.
Language(s): Persian.Filiation:6. ff. 91v-106rAuthor: Mīr Ḥusaynī Haravī, Ḥusayn ibn ʻĀlim, 1272 or 1273-approximately 1317 مير حسينى هروى، حسين بن عالمA masnavī poem, also known by the title ‘Ishq-nāmah, comprising letters between a lover and his Beloved.
Munzavī FNKhF IV, pp. 2931-2, lists 8 copies. The incipit in the present manuscript is the second of the two cited by Munzavī, loc. cit.
Title: Sī nāmahLanguage(s): Persian.Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: Off-white laid paper.Extent: 106 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 255 × 156 mm.Dimensions (written): 166 × 98 mm.Condition
Layout
Hand(s)
Nasta‘līq
Decoration
Multiple text frames: black, gold, yellow, red, green and black. Gold and polychrome floral motifs and designs of Central Asian type on most folios. Illuminated text openings on f. 1v-2r and 11v-12r. Illuminated poetical dā’ira, f. 9v. Headings and quotations, which are vocalised, in red. Text frames and columns in black and gold. Illuminated title headings, of fair quality, in gold and red with polychrome floral ornament. The manuscript contains three contemporary miniature paintings, illustrating passages from Ṭarab al-majālis, on folios 30v, 32v, and 36
Additions:Binding
Fine maroon morocco binding with flap,central ogival medallions and corner-pieces with gilt impressed arabesque ornament, and doublures with similar but smaller ornaments featuring fine leather filigree work.
History
Origin: 16th century CE 10th/16th century. ; Iran or Asia MinorProvenance and Acquisition
2003-05-01
Purchased at Bonhams sale 1 May 2003, lot 41
Record Sources
Based on unpublished description in M.I. Waley, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts acquired 2000-2014.Availability
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