Delhi Persian 1012 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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Miscellaneous works on Sufism, 5 items (a-e)
Contents
Summary of Contents: Miscellaneous collection of works on Sufism, and the spiritual genealogies of Shaykh Pīr Muḥammad traced through three Sufi traditions. Volume not dated. Scribal nastaʿlīq and shikastah āmīz. Annotations in margins. Stamped foliation. Lacking original binding. Leather binding, damaged, labels. Folios mostly bound; severely cropped, wormholes, later repairs. Condition fragile.1. ff. 1r-41vItem a. Catalogued as no. 1251 by Storey, Arabic MSS in IOL, vol. ii (1930).
Arabic treatise, conventionally titled Ādāb al-murīdīn, epitomising Ṣūfī doctrine, by Abū al-Najīb ʿAbd al-Qāhir ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Suhravardī (d. 563/1168).
Not dated at end.
The colophon (f. 41v) concludes with the Persian rubāʿīyāt ascribed to Mullā Mukhtārī.
Persian annotations in margin.
Coarse nastaʿlīq.
Language(s): Arabic and PersianTitle: Ādāb al-murīdīnTitle: آداب المريدين2. ff. 42v-43rTitle: شجرهٴ پيران قادريّهItem b.
Brief treatise listing in the spiritual genealogy of Qādirī Ṣūfī leaders, the latest being Shaykh Pīr Muḥammad traced back via Imām Mūsá al-Kāẓim to the Khalīfah and Imām ʿAlī ibn Abū Ṭālib and ultimately the Prophet Muḥammad.
The author or authority for the tradition is not named.
Not dated at end.
Coarse shikastah āmīz.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic3. ff. 43v-44rItem c.
Brief treatise listing in the spiritual genealogy of Chishtī Ṣūfī leaders, the latest being Shaykh Pīr Muḥammad traced back via Ḥasan Baṣrī and Imām ʿAlī ibn Abū Ṭālib and ultimately the Prophet Muḥammad.
The author or authority for the tradition is not named.
Not dated at end.
Coarse shikastah āmīz.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicTitle: شجرهٴ پيران چشت اهل بهشت4. ff. 44v-45rLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicItem d.
Brief treatise listing in the spiritual genealogy of Suhravardī Ṣūfī leaders, the latest being Shaykh Pīr Muḥammad traced back via Ḥasan Baṣrī and Imām ʿAlī ibn Abū Ṭālib and ultimately the Prophet Muḥammad.
The author or authority for the tradition is not named.
Title: شجرهٴ پيران سهروردى5. ff. 45v-47vLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicItem e.
Untitled treatise on the induction or bayʿah of novice men (f. 45v) and women (f. 46v) into the Naqshbandī Ṣūfī order, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 47 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 214 × 143 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 E207/11_f071rAvailability
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