Delhi Persian 1101B (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

1 copy of Lama‘āt by ʻIrāqī, Fakhr al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, -1289?

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

The Lamaʻāt (لمعات) by Fakhr al-Dīn ʻIrāqī, an exposition of Sufi doctrines in mixed prose and verse.

Seal impressions (f. 1r) dated 1010 (1601/2) and 1099 (1687/88).

116 ff.; 7 lines per page; inelegant nastaʻliq; rubrications; many marginal and interlinear notes; worm-eaten and water-stained; 16th century.

Title: Lama‘āt

Title: لمعات

Author: ʻIrāqī, Fakhr al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, -1289? عرقی, فخر الدین ابراهیم

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: i+120 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 170 × 100 mm.

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History

Origin: 16th 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 E207/1_f054r, f. 54r.

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