Delhi Persian 1264 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Sufi works by Nasir ‘Ali Sarhindi, 5 items (a-e)
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Language(s): Persian and Arabic
Delhi Persian 1264a.
Untitled mystical mas̲navī on spiritual love by the Sufi and poet, Nāṣir ʿAlī of Sirhind (also known as Sihrind or Sarhind), takhalluṣ ʿAlī (d. 1108/1697), written at the age of 40 while under the patronage of the Timurid (Mughal) Emperor Shāh Jahān I.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 1264b.
Untitled mystical mas̲navī on spiritual love set in Abyssinia by the Sufi and poet, Nāṣir ʿAlī of Sirhind (also known as Sihrind or Sarhind), takhalluṣ ʿAlī (d. 1108/1697), written after the age of 40 while under the patronage of the Timurid (Mughal) Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I.
Partially dated colophon (f. 61r): completed for Jūgā (Joga) at dawn, 2 Rabīʿ al-S̲ānī (year not stated).
Delhi Persian 1264c.
Mystical mas̲navī on spiritual love based on the Sindhi folkloric romance of Sassī Punnūn, that is, the failed romance of prince Mīr Punnūn Khān (or Mīr Dūstayn) of the Hoth tribe ruling Baluchistan, and the daughter of the rajah of Bhambore, by the Sufi and poet, Nāṣir ʿAlī of Sirhind (also known as Sihrind or Sarhind), takhalluṣ ʿAlī (d. 1108/1697).
Partially dated colophon (f. 135v): completed by… (obliterated), written at the request of Jūgrāj(Jograj), 29 Rabīʿ al-Avval (year not stated).
Opening of text missing; pasted over with repairs.
Delhi Persian 1264d.
Fragment from an untitled mystical mas̲navī on spiritual love by the Sufi and poet, Nāṣir ʿAlī of Sirhind (also known as Sihrind or Sarhind), takhalluṣ ʿAlī (d. 1108/1697), apparently written under the patronage of the Timurid (Mughal) Emperor Farrukh Siyar.
Defective at end, with large lacuna following folio 194.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 1264e.
Compendious volume collecting the poet compositions in varied forms and genres (ghazal and rubāʿī) by the Sufi and poet, Nāṣir ʿAlī of Sirhind (also known as Sihrind or Sarhind), takhalluṣ ʿAlī (d. 1108/1697).
Defective at beginning.
Dated colophon (f. 268r): completed by Khudā Bakhsh, at the request (ḥasb-i farmāyish) of Lālah Jūgrāy(Jogray), Saturday morning, 22 Z̲ī Qaʿdah in RY 12 of Emperor Muḥammad Shāh (1142)/8 June 1730.
Additional verses quoted from various sources (Faṣāḥat, Ṣāʾib, Ghanīmat) appended after the colophon (ff. 268r-269r).
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Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876
1876
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