Delhi Persian 27 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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4 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Koran, Tafsir, and Islamic philosophy

1. ff. 1v-5r
Author: Muḥammad bin Ṭālib bin ʻAbd Allāh bin ʻAlī al-Zāhidī al-Jīlānī محمد بن طالب بن عبد الله بن علی الزاهدی الجیلانی
Title: Al-lamah
Title: اللمه

A commentary in verse on Surāh XXIV:35, of the Qur’ān

The work was originally compossed in 1139 and copied in 1196

Language(s): Arabic

2. ff. 5v-8v
Author: Unknown
Title: Risālah dar taqsīm-i mafhūm
Title: رساله در تقسیم مفهوم

A work on the divisions of cognisable objects into different categories

Language(s): Persian

3. ff. 9v-25r
Author: Muḥammad Bāqir bin Muḥammad Taqī محمد باقر بن محمد تقی
Title: Risālah dar ṣad va naḥs-i ayyām
Title: رساله در صد و نحس ايام
Language(s): Persian

4. ff. 29v-32r
Author: Unknown
Title: Ḥadīs̲-i sittatu ashyā
Title: حديث ستتو اشىا

A fragment of a commentary on the Ḥadīs̲ of six things

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 33 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 25 × 15 in.

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History

Origin: 18th century CE

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