Delhi Persian 1026 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Treatise of Sufi speculation on divine unity

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Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Untitled Sufi treatise imagining an allegorical debate between spirit and flesh on the nature of divine unity or tawḥīd, apparently written in response to the unnamed author’s vision.

Not dated at end.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 31 ff. (+1)
Dimensions (leaf): 219 × 122 mm.
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History

Origin: 1780 - 1820 CE ; 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/11_f095r

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