Delhi Persian 1007 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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Rare treatise on Sufi doctrine
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1 copy of Bayān al-iḥsān li-ahl al-ʿirfān by ʿAlāʾ al-Dawlah Simnānī
Title: بيان الاحسان لاهل العرفانLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicRare treatise on Ṣūfī doctrine by the Qurʾān scholar and Kubravī Ṣūfī, Rukn al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bayābānagī, known as [Abū al-Makārim] ʿAlāʾ al-Dawlah Simnānī (d. 736/1336).
The work was completed at the Bāgh-i Ṣafāʾ in Ṣūfiyābād, on 19 Ramaz̤ān 713/15 January 1314.
The work is divided into four faṣl.
Not dated at end.
Clear scribal nastaʿlīq; text occasionally damaged.
Original binding replaced by IOL red half leather covers, IOL dated stamp 25 Sep 1976.
Damaged folios cropped, remounted, and rebound.
Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 46 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 222 × 141 mm.Dimensions (written):Hand(s)
History
Origin: 18th 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/2_f012rAvailability
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