Delhi Persian 25 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of al-Fawz al-kabīr fī uṣūl al-tafsīr by Walī Allāh al-Dihlawī, 1702 or 3-1762 or 3

ff. 1Bv-38r

Author: Walī Allāh al-Dihlawī, 1702 or 3-1762 or 3 Quṭb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥīm Shāh Valī Allāh Dihlavī (1114-76/1703-62) قطب الدين احمد بن عبد‌الرحيم شاه ولى الله دهلوي ولى الله دهلوى

Title: al-Fawz al-kabīr fī uṣūl al-tafsīr

Title: الفوز الكبير في أصول التفسير

A work on the principles of Qurʼānic exegesis

The fifth chapter (ff 21v-38r) is in Arabic, and has the independent title Fatḥ al-khabīr bi-mā lā budd min ḥifẓih fī ʻilm al-tafsīr ( فتح الخبیر بما لا بد من حفظه فی علم التفسیر )

Filiation: Other copies in the India Office Library: Delhi Persian 21 (British Library)., Delhi Arabic 279d (British Library).

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

References

For a more detailed description see Persian III, .

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 96 ff

Dimensions (leaf): 27.5 × 16.5 in.

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq

Copyist: Ḥaṣūr Allāh ibn ʻAbd al-Ghafūr, see f 68v

Decoration

Binding

Half leather 20th century European binding

Seal(s):

Square seal of Ḥaṣūr Allāh, 1182

History

Origin: India; 21 Saf 1182 AH

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Arberry, Levy and Storey: Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the Library of the India Office. Vol. 3. (Unpublished)

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