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1 copy of al-Risālah al-Ghawthīyah

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

The Arabic text of al-Risālah al-Ghawthīyah by Ibn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240 with an anonymous prose translation and commentary in Persian.

Accompanied (ff.2v-57r) in the margins by an anonymous verse translation in Persian.

61ff, lacuna after f. 57; 14 lines per page; fair taʻliq with Arabic text in naskhi; interlinear Persian in red ink; copyist? Shāh-i Miskīn; dated at Hamgadah (India) 2 Jum. I 1120 (20 July 1708).

Title: Sharḥ-i Ghaws̱īyah
Title: شرح غوثیہ
Author: Ibn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 61ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 165 × 110 mm.

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History

Origin: 2 Jum. I 1120 (20 July 1708) AH ; India

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 E207/12_f091r, f. 91r.

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