Delhi Persian 1077 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of Naqsh al-Fuṣūṣ by Jāmī, 1414-1492
A commentary on Ibn al-‘Arabī’s (560-638/1165-1240) Arabic work entitled Naqsh al-Fuṣūṣ, itself an abridgement of his Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam.
10 lines to a page; cursive nastaʻliq; rubrications; many marginal notes; badly worm-eaten; copyist, Ghulām Muḥammad Nūr Muḥammad; dated 1 Ramazan 1057 (30 September 1647).
Physical Description
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Binding
IOL half-leather scarlet, 22 Aug. 1916.
Illegible oval seal dated 1134 (1721/2.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Former owner’s inscription on f. 1r dated Muharram 1139 (Aug/Sep 1726).
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876.
1876
Government of India
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