Delhi Persian 1064 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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1 copy of Futūḥ al-ghayb by ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Sayf al-Dīn Dihlavī, 1551-1642
The Arabic text of Futūḥ al-ghaybthe well-known collection of ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānīcompiled by his son Sharaf al-Dīn, with a Persian translation and commentary by an unnamed author who has been identified with the Indian theologian ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Dihlavī. The date of composition, as stated in a chronogram at the end of the book is 1023/1613.
334ff; 15 lines to a page; nastaʻliq; rubrications, red ed margins; dated 9 Zu'l-Qaʻdah 1177 (10 May 1764).
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Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876.
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