Delhi Persian 1104C (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Rumi’s Masnavi (III-IV), 2 items (a-b)
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Item a.
Daftar III (f. 5r) of the Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī by "Rūmī" Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Bahāʾ al-Dīn Valad Balkhī (d. 670/1271).
The work is prefixed with a substantial excerpt from the commentary by the Timurid scholar and historian, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf the munshīʾ (ff. 1v-4r), by way of introduction.
Colophon partially dated (f. 82r): completed by Khvājah Muḥammad Jān … (inserted subscript) ibn Khvājah Muḥammad Bāqir, 15 Rabīʿ al-S̲ānī.
Item b.
Daftar IV of the Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī by "Rūmī" Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Bahāʾ al-Dīn Valad Balkhī (d. 670/1271).
Colophon partially dated (f. 137v): completed by Khvājah Muḥammad Jān, 15 Rajab (year not indicated), in Dihlī.
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