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1 copy of Futūḥ al-ghayb by ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Sayf al-Dīn Dihlavī, 1551-1642

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

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).

Author: ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Sayf al-Dīn Dihlavī, 1551-1642 عبد الحق بن سيف الدين دهلوى
Title: Miftāḥ-i Futūḥ al-ghayb
Title: مفتاح فتوح الغیب

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 334 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 260 × 150 mm.

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History

Origin: 9_Zu'l-Qaʻdah_1177 AH

Provenance and Acquisition

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

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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 E207/1_f022r, f. 22r.

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