Delhi Persian 1022 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Miscellaneous works on Sufism and visions, 2 items (a-b)
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Item a.
Untitled treatise, endorsed at the beginning (f. 1r) as Risālah-'i manāmīyah, dealing with the psychological categorisation and spiritual significance of fantasies, dreams, and visions by the Kubrāvī Ṣūfī, poet and scholar, Sayyid ʿAlī ibn Shihāb al-Dīn al-Hamadānī, known as Amīr al-Kabīr (d. 786/1385), written at the request of associates as a response to the famous work Ikhvān al-ṣafāʾ.
The work is divided into three sections termed martabah.
Not dated at end; see colophon to item b.
Fragile; severely worm-eaten.
IOL Microfilm 490.
Item b.
Ṣūfī treatise on the spiritual significance of visions and dreams by [Muḥammad] Nūr al-Ḥaqq ibn Abū al-Majd ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dihlavī al-Bukhārī, the famous muḥaddis̲ (d. 1072/1661-2), written for the aid of associates.
The work was completed toward the end of 1068/1658.
Dated colophon (f. 29v): completed 1114/1702-3.
Annotations in margins, cropped.
Fragile; severely worm-eaten.
IOL Microfilm 490.
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