Delhi Persian 1115 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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Miscellaneous collection on Sufism, 2 items (a-b)
Contents
Summary of Contents: Miscellaneous collection of works on Sufism, comprised chiefly of the Junūn al-Majānīn (Lunacy of the Mad) by the author, Qivām al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻImād Sanjānī (d. 1418) in 770 AH (1368 CE). Volume not dated; item b dated 1116/1704. Nastaʿlīq, with naskh for Arabic; multiple scribes, two identified. Stamped foliation. Lacking binding or dust wrapper. Folios unbound and loose; wormholes, stains, creases and tears. Condition fragile.Delhi Persian 1115a. ff. 1A-1CrLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicSelected excerpt from a larger unidentified collection of official correspondence, beginning (on folio 1Br) maktūb-i shaṣt va hashtum, on the subject of the pillar of light in the period of the twelfth imām, by an unnamed author.
Folio 1Av contains ten gridded vifq al-aʿdād or magical squares.
Undated at end.
Delhi Persian 1115b. ff. 1v-190rTitle: Junūn al-MajānīnTitle: جنون المجانینIncomplete Sufi treatise on the philosophy and transmission of knowledge according to Islamic sources and doctrine by Muḥammad ibn ʿImād Sanjānī, who travelled from the Jazīrah(Iraq) to Hindūstān(northern India), and thence to Rūm(Anatolia), completing the work in 770/1368-9.
Dated colophon (f. 190r): first half (niṣf-i avval) completed by Rawshan ʿAlī Multānī and the second half (niṣf-i ākhar) by Nūr Muḥammad Multānī for Muḥammad ʿAẓmat Afghān Yūsufzay, in qaṣbah Shūrkūt( Shorkot, Jhang District, Punjab), 1116/1704.
The paper on folios 152-175 is tinted pale orange.
Nastaʿlīq, with naskh for Arabic.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 190 ff. (+3)Dimensions (leaf): 286 × 168 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1116 AH (1704 CE) at Shorkot, Jhang District, Punjab, Pakistan India, ShorkotProvenance 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 subsequently augmented and enhanced in consultation with Omid Bakhtiari Sangani.
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