Delhi Persian 1001B (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Unidentified treatise on Sufism

Language(s): Persian

Part of a treatise on Sufi beliefs, terminology and practice, lacking beginning and end. No title or author is mentioned.

ff. 77; end defective; 5 lines per page; nastaʻliq in a variety of hands; rubrications; 18th century.

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Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: ff. ii+77+i

Dimensions (leaf): 220 × 127 mm.

Condition

Unbound; worm-eaten and torn

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Decoration

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Binding

Loose half-leather decorated boards; paper wrapper: 1802 EIC acquittance roll

History

Origin: 18th century CE ; India?

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876.

1876

Government of India

Record Sources

Based on 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_f061r, f. 61r.

Availability

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Bibliography

MSS Eur E207/11_f061r

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