Delhi Persian 33 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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Summary of Contents: 10 works by 6 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry, Qasidas, Koran, Tafsir, Koranic recitations, Persian poetry 1500-1796, Koran Reading, and Dream interpretation1. ff. 1Bv-47vTitle: Qavāʻid al-QurʼānTitle: قواعد القرآنA work on the recitation of the Qurʼān dedicated to Abū al-Ghāzī ʻUbayd Allāh Bahādur Khān, the Shaybānid ruler of Transoxiana from 939-46
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .2. ff. 48r-49vTitle: Sharḥ-i duʻā-yi SaryānīTitle: شرح دعاى سریانیThis work is only a fragment containing three verses
Copied on the 5 RY Shāh ʻĀlam
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .3. ff. 48r-97vTitle: Najāt al-qāriʼTitle: نجات القارئA work on the art of reciting the Qurʼān and on the readings associated with the name of ʻĀṣim
The work is dedicated to the Emperor Awrangzīb and is preceded by a table of contents and a list of the Seven Readers and their rāwīs
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .4. ff. 97v-99vTitle: UntitledA work ascribed in the colophon to Yār Muḥammad ibn Khudādād Samarqandī on the eighty-three obligatory pauses in the Qurʼān
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .5. ff. 99v-106vAuthor: UnknownTitle: UntitledA short work on the rewards promised for reading the different sūrahs of the Qurʼān and their virtues when used as charms
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .6. ff. 107r-111rAuthor: Qivām al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Sayyid ʻAbd Allāh al-Bukhārī قوام الدین محمد بن سید عبد الله البخاریTitle: Zubdat al-qirāʼahTitle: زبدة القرائهA short work on the pronunication of the Qurʼān composed at Ahmadābād (India)
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .7. f. 111Author: UnknownTitle: UntitledA number of notes in Persian on the correct reading of the Qurʼān
This work is dated circa 1182
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .8. ff. 112r-116vTitle: Qavāʻid al-QurʼānTitle: قواعد القرآنA fragment of a work on the recitation of the Qurʼān
Filiation: Other copies in the India Office Library: Delhi Arabic 93c (British Library)., Delhi Persian 33a (British Library).Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .9. ff. 116v-117rAuthor: UnknownTitle: UntitledA list of the seventeen places in the Qurʼān at which it is forbidden to pause
This work is dated 21 Ram RY 4 of Shāh ʻĀlam
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .10. ff. 116v-117rAuthor: AnonymousTitle: Risālah-‘i taʻbīr-i khvābTitle: رسالۀ تعبير خوابAn anonymous work on the interpretation of dreams in 12 bābs
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 119 ffDimensions (leaf): 23 × 15.5 in.Hand(s)
Large clear naskhī
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Binding
European 20th century binding, with plain red leather
History
Origin: India; 18th 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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