Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Delhi Persian 1022 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Miscellaneous works on Sufism and visions, 2 items (a-b)

Contents

Summary of Contents: Miscellaneous collection of works on Sufism and visions. Volume dated 1114/1702-3. Neat scribal nastaʿlīq by same hand throughout. Limited annotations in margins. Stamped (continuous) and Persian (discontinuous) foliation. Annotations in margins. Lacking original binding. Red half leather IOL binding, IOL stamp dated 14 May 1916. Early labels preserved at beginning. Folios bound; cropped, wormholes, later repairs, net overlay throughout. Condition fragile. Owner’s seal at beginning. See IOL Microfilm 490 for both items a-b.
1. ff. 1v-8r

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.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic
2. ff. 9v-29v

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.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 29 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 158 × 108 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1114 (28 May 1702 - 16 May 1703) AH ; India

Record 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f032r

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