Delhi Persian 1104D (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Item a.

Untitled commentary on the Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī of "Rūmī" (d. 670/1271) by an unnamed author.

The author cites as one of his authorities the Timurid scholar and historian, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf the munshīʾ, whose work is praised as the accepted critical edition of the Mas̲navī in Hindūstān.

Not dated at end.

Item b.

Untitled commentary on the Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī of "Rūmī" (d. 670/1271) by an unnamed author.

Not dated at end.

Item c.

Untitled biography or manāqib (as suggested in the colophon) on the author of the Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī, that is "Rūmī" Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Bahāʾ al-Dīn Valad Balkhī (d. 670/1271), by an unnamed author.

The work is organised into discrete subject headings, by without preface or conclusion.

Dated colophon (f. 11v): completed by Muḥammad Jaʿfar, 16 Jumādá al-S̲ānī in RY 47 [of Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I], (1116)/16 October 1704.

Small and legible nastaʿlīq.

Item d.

Untitled commentary on the Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī of "Rūmī" (d. 670/1271) by an unnamed author.

The concluding subscription erroneously describes the work as a dībāchah to the Mas̲navī.

Not dated at end.

Item e.

Daftar I (f. 16r) 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 preceded by a short Arabic preface (f. 15v).

Dated colophon incorrectly refers to the work as daftar II (f. 72r): completed by Khvājah Muḥammad Jān ibn Khvājah Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Khvājah Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Aḥrārī in dār al-khilāfah Shāhjahānābād, 19 Shavvāl in RY 35 [of Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I].

Illuminated headpiece at beginning.

Item f.

Daftar II of the Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī by "Rūmī" Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Bahāʾ al-Dīn Valad Balkhī (d. 670/1271).

Dated colophon (f. 123v): completed by Khvājah Muḥammad Jān ibn Khvājah Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Khvājah Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ, 10 Z̲ī Ḥijjah in RY 35 [of Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I].

Illuminated headpiece at beginning.