Delhi Persian 1293A (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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Miscellaneous works on Sufism, imamate, panegyrics, 4 items (a-d)
Contents
Summary of Contents: Miscellaneous collection of poetic works on Sufism, the imamate, and courtly panegyrics, comprised of items extracted from heterogeneous sources. Volume not dated; only item c dated ([2] Rabīʿ al-S̲ānī 1215/23 August 1800). Rough nastaʿlīq and shikastah āmīz by multiple hands. Pencil and discontinuous Persian foliation. Lacking original binding. Paper dust wrapper (EIC legal publication, Act No. XIII of 1840, 4 Geo. IV Cap. 83); partial watermark (crowned rampant lion in crowned oval frame, Edwin Morrey 1838); torn, folded, creased, stains; labels. Folios mostly unbound; folios extended along outer edges; original edges irregularly cropped, distinct water stains and smudging, wormholes, later repairs. Condition fragile.Language(s): Persian and Arabic
1. ff. 1Br-1CvLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicDelhi Persian 1293Aa.
Incomplete list of contents (see item b) by an unnamed compiler, reproducing either the titles, first words or the whole first miṣraʿ or verse from the qaṣāʾid or eulogies of ʿUrfī Shīrāzī(d. 999/1591).
Defective at beginning.
Not dated at end.
Author: ʿUrfī Shīrāzī2. ff. 1r-125vDelhi Persian 1293Ab.
Untitled collection of the qaṣāʾid or eulogies of the poet, Sayyid Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥusayn ibn Zayn al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Jamāl al-Dīn Shīrāzī, with the takhalluṣ ʿUrfī (d. 999/1591), patronised at the court of the Timurid (Mughal) Emperor Akbar I (d. 1114/1605).
Heavily annotated in margins and interlinear spaces by later hands.
Not dated at end.
This work is followed on folio 126 by recipes for food and medical treatments.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic3. ff. 6v-7vDelhi Persian 1293Ac.
Sufi mas̲navī ascribed to Mawlavī Sayyid ʿAbd al-Jalīl Bilgrāmī.
Dated colophon (f. 146r): completed Saturday, [2] Rabīʿ al-S̲ānī 1215/23 August 1800.
Text arranged in five columns of alternating orientations.
Persian foliation in red ink.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicTitle: Mirʾāt al-jamālTitle: مرآة الجمال4. ff. 147v-161rDelhi Persian 1293Ad.
Untitled collection of naʿt of the Prophet Muḥammad, manqabat poems in mixed genres praising the imam and caliph ʿAlī ibn Abū Ṭālib, his wife Fāṭimah, the second imam Ḥasan, the third imam Ḥusayn, the fourth imam Bāqir Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn, the sixth imam Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq, and the eighth imam Mūsá al-Riz̤āʾ, by Sayyid Bandah ʿAlī Qādirī, with the takhalluṣ Bāsiṭī.
The scribe has irregularly added text in margins, along with corrections, and collation marks.
Not dated at end.
The collection is followed by notes on genealogy and miscellaneous verses (f. 161v); followed by a ghazal and qiṭʿah in Urdu (f. 162r).
Language(s): Persian, Arabic, UrduPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 162 ff. (+5)Dimensions (leaf): 250 × 155 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1800-08-23 AH . ; IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876
1876
Government of India
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