Delhi Persian 236 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Sunnī-Shīʿī polemics, 6 items (a-f)
Contents
Language(s): Persian, Arabic
Delhi Persian 236(a), ff. 1r-66v.
Untitled jurisprudential treatise on the furūʿ-i dīn ascribed at the end to Mullā Aḥmad al-Muḥibb ibn Muḥammad ibn Mīkāʾīl Ardbīlī Az̲arbāyjānī(d. 993/1585), known as Muqaddas Ardabīlī.
Dated colophon (f. 66v): completed mid Ṣafar 1231/January 1816.
Delhi Persian 236(b), ff. 67r-88v.
Untitled polemic treatise commenting on passages from the Qurʾānadduced as proofs of Shīʿah doctrine, ascribed at the beginning to Mullā Aḥmad al-Muḥibb ibn Muḥammad ibn Mīkāʾīl Ardbīlī Az̲arbāyjānī(d. 993/1585), known as Muqaddas Ardabīlī.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 236(c), ff. 88v-91v.
Untitled excerpt on Sunnī-Shīʿī relations described in the rubricated heading as a letter of Māvarāʾ al-Nahr scholars in reply to the scholars of Iran, reproduced in the work Tūzuk-i Taymūrī.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 236(d), ff. 91v-99v.
Untitled excerpt on Sunnī-Shīʿī relations described in the rubricated heading as the reply of Mullā Muḥammad Khādim, one of the scholars of Iran, addressed to the scholars of Māvarāʾ al-Nahr.
The source is not specified (see Delhi Persian item c).
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 236(e), ff. 101r-116v.
Untitled excerpt on the Prophet Muḥammaddescribed in the rubricated heading as being a selection from an unspecified commentary.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 236(f), ff. 116v-123v.
Untitled excerpt on the Prophet Muḥammad’s companions partial toward Shīʿah beliefs according to a report from the library of the Ethiopian ruler, Najāshī or Negus, described in the rubricated heading as copied from the majmūʿah or anthology of Āqā ʿAlī Khān.
Not dated at end.
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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
Government of India
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