Delhi Persian 1182 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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Summary of Contents: 16 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry, Qasidas, Sufism Doctrines Early works to 1800, Persian poetry 747-1500, Poetry Collections, Sufism, Sufi poetry, Shahada, Koranic recitations, Amulets, Magic, and Koran1. ff. 1v-3rAuthor: UnknownTitle: A Sufi tractA brief dissertation dealing with the nature of God and the significance of the terms ‘separation’ and ‘unity’
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .2. ff. 3r-8vTitle: Sukhanān-i Muḥammad PārsāTitle: سخنان محمد پارساExtracts from the Anfās qudsīyah of Muḥammad Pārsā al-Bukhārī, d. 822/1420, محمد پارسا البخاری
A guide to novices on the Ṣūfī path and a book of counsel to initiates, originally compiled out of the sayings of Khvājah Baha’ al-Dīn Naqshband
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .3. ff. 8v-29vTitle: LavāʼiḥTitle: لوائحThe well known Ṣūfī miscellany of Jāmī
Filiation: Other copies in the India Office Library: Delhi Persian 1083b (British Library).Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .5. ff. 30v-81rTitle: جوامع فی شرح القصیدة المیمیةThe commentary Jāmī
Filiation: Other copies in the India Office Library: Delhi Persian 1068a (British Library).Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .6. ff. 81r-102rTitle: Naẓm durarTitle: نظم دررA commentary in Persian on the Qaṣīdah al-tāʼīyat ( قصيدة التائية of ʻUmar ibn al-Fārid
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For a more detailed description see Persian III, .9. ff. 105v-110rTitle: UntitledAn essay sets out to elucidate some of the problems attaching to the concept of ‘unity’ raised in the Rubāʻīyāt and other parts of the work of Abū Saʻīd ibn Abī al-Khayr, 967-1049, ابو سعيد ابو الخير
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For a more detailed description see Persian III, .10. ff. 110v-147vTitle: شرح رباعيات ملا حامىFiliation: Other copies in the India Office Library: Delhi Persian 1054k (British Library).Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .11. ff. 146r-147vAuthor: UnknownTitle: Risālah-’i ḥūsh dar damTitle: رسالۀ حوش در دمLanguage(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .12. ff. 150v-155vTitle: Nai nāmahTitle: نی نامهA commentary in mixed prose and verse on the famous opening lines of the Mas̲navī-i maʻnavī ( مثنوى معنوى ) of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273, جلال الدين رومی، مولانا
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .13. ff. 156r-158vTitle: UntitledA commentary upon the ḥadīs̲ reported by Abū Razīn al-ʼĀqailī oncerning the place of God's presence before the creation of the universe
The answer supplied to the problem is given in terms of Ṣūfī allegory
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .14. ff. 157v-160rTitle: Sharḥ bayt-i Amīr KhusrawTitle: شرح بیت امیر خسروA Ṣūfī commentary in prose and verse on a bayt attributed to Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, امير حسرو دهلوى
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .15. ff. 160r-160vAuthor: Jāmī, 1414-1492 Mullā ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī, d. 898/1492-3 ملا عبد الرحمن جامى حامى Attributed, the author is not mentioned in the manuscriptTitle: UntitledAn essay, in prose and verse, containing an allegorical interpretation of the letters of the Muslim credo "لا إله إلا الله"
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .16. ff. 160v-164vTitle: Risālah-ʼi sar rishtahTitle: رسالهٌ سر رشتهTitle: UntitledFiliation: Other copies in the India Office Library: Delhi Persian 1177c (British Library)., Delhi Persian 1179c (British Library)., Delhi Persian 1180g (British Library).Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .18. ff. 167r-173rAuthor: UnknownTitle: UntitledA work on the talismanic virtues of the different sūrahs of the Qurʼān , as related by the Imām Jaʻfar al-Ïādiq
This work is dated Zuʼl-Q 1016
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For a more detailed description see Persian III, .19. ff. 173Author: UnknownTitle: Khavāṣṣ-i Sūrah-i YūsufTitle: خواص سوره یوسفA list of seventeen benefits resulting from the reading of Sūrah 12, followed by a tradition relating to the same subject
This work is dated circa middle of Zuʼl-Q 1016, the date of Delhi Persian 1182f (British Library). (f 101v)
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .20. ff. 173v-175vAuthor: UnknownTitle: UntitledOn the talismanic virtues of certain Qurʼānic and other phrases and passages
This work is dated circa middle of Zuʼl-Q 1016, the date of Delhi Persian 1182f (British Library). (f 101v)
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 228 ffDimensions (leaf): 19.5 × 12.5 in.Hand(s)
Some works in Taʻlīq nd others in nastaʻliq
Work 1, 18, 19 and 20 copied by Khvājagī al-Ḥājī, خواحگی الحاجی
Decoration
diagram on f 175r
Binding
European 20th century binding, with plain red leather
History
Origin: 17th century CERecord Sources
Manuscript description based on Arberry, Levy and Storey: Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the Library of the India Office. Vol. 3. (Unpublished)Availability
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