Delhi Persian 236 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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Sunnī-Shīʿī polemics, 6 items (a-f)
Contents
Summary of Contents: Miscellaneous collection of works on jurisprudence and Sunnī-Shīʿī relations assembled from various sources. Volume not dated; item a dated (mid Ṣafar 1231/January 1816). Scribal nastaʿlīq; Arabic passages overlined in red, but occasionally transcribed in red. Annotations in margins; cropped. Stamped foliation. Lacking original binding. Folios bound; cropped, distinct water stains, wormhole. Condition poor.Language(s): Persian, Arabic
1. ff. 1r-66vLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicDelhi 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.
2. ff. 67r-88vDelhi 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.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic3. ff. 88v-91vDelhi 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.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic4. ff. 91v-99vDelhi 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.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicAuthor: Mullā Muḥammad Khādim5. ff. 101r-116vDelhi 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.
Language(s): Persian6. ff. 116v-123vDelhi 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.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 123 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 150 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: Safar_1231 AH; January 1816 CE ; 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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