Delhi Persian 1047 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

1 copy of Mas̱navī-i maʻnavī by ʻAbbāsī, ʻAbd al-Laṭīf, -1639 or 1640

Language(s): Persian

Laṭāʼif al-maʻnavī min ḥaqāʼiq al-mas̱navī (لطایف المعنوی من حقایق المثنوی), a Persian translation of the Arabic prefaces in Rūmī's Mas̱navī-i maʻnavī together with a commentary on selected verses, by ʻAbd al-Laṭīf ʻAbbāsī (d. 1639 or 1640).

Contents: daftar 1(f. 3r), daftar 2 (f. 55r), daftar 3 (f. 87v), daftar 4 (f. 122v), daftar 5 (f. 143v), daftar 6 (f.165v).

Ff. 54 and 177 blank; poor nastaʻlīq; rubrications.

18th century.

Author: ʻAbbāsī, ʻAbd al-Laṭīf, -1639 or 1640 عباسى، عبد اللطىف‏

Title: Laṭāʼif al-maʻnavī min ḥaqāʼiq al-mas̱navī

Title: لطایف المعنوی من حقایق المثنوی

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support:

Extent: ff. ii+179+i, stamped foliation 182

Dimensions (leaf): 212 × 151 mm.

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History

Origin: 18th century CE ;

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 E207/12_f081r, f. 81r

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