Delhi Persian 1023 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Treatise comparing Islamic and Hindu mysticism
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1 copy of Rawz̤at al-maʿārif by Bhayyah Jīvan Rām
Title: Rawz̤at al-maʿārif
Language(s): Persian, Arabic, and Urdu
Treatise comparing Islamic mystical thought with aspects of Hindu theology, by Bhayyah Jīvan Rām-jīv.
The work comprises of eight chapters based on the hast bihisht division of heaven.
Dated colophon (f. 111r): completed by Dayā Rām at the farkhandah bunyād Ḥaydarābād, 7 Rajab 1140/18 February 1728.
Condition fragile.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 111 ff. (+1)
Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 110 mm.
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History
Origin: 7 Rajab 1140 AH; 18 February 1728 CE Ḥaydarābād ; India, Hyderabad
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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/11_f092r
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