Delhi Persian 895 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Masnavis of ʿAṭṭār, 5 items (a-e)

Summary of Contents: Miscellaneous collection of mystically-inspired mas̲navīs and a treatise by or traditionally ascribed to the great Sufi master and poet, ʿAṭṭār, comprised of two fragments: 1) items a-d, apparently compiled and transcribed by a certain Shaykh Bāsiṭ the munshīʾ; 2) item e, extracted from an earlier manuscript. Volume not dated; datable to 1650-1750. Shikastah āmīz; transcription attributed at the beginning to Shaykh Bāsiṭ the munshīʾ; scribal nastaʿlīq Stamped foliation. Lacking original binding. Paper dust wrapper (BEIC legal publication). Folios unbound; wormholes, stains, creases. Condition poor.

Language(s): Persian, Arabic

1. ff. 1v-48r

Language(s): Persian

Delhi Persian 895(a), ff. 1v-48r.

Treatise on ethics in mas̲navī form by Shaykh Abū Ḥāmid Farīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm Nayshāpūrī takhalluṣ ʿAṭṭār(d. circa 627/1230).

Not dated at end.

Author: ʿAṭṭār عطّار

Title: Pand'nāmah

Title: پند نامه

2. ff. 49v-83v

Delhi Persian 895(b), ff. 49v-83v.

Treatise on ethics in mas̲navī form by Shaykh Abū Ḥāmid Farīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm Nayshāpūrī takhalluṣ ʿAṭṭār(d. circa 627/1230).

Not dated at end.

Language(s): Persian

Author: ʿAṭṭār عطّار

Title: Haft vādī

Title: هفت وادى

3. ff. 84v-107v

Delhi Persian 895(c), ff. 84v-107v.

Treatise on ethics in mas̲navī form by Shaykh Abū Ḥāmid Farīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm Nayshāpūrī takhalluṣ ʿAṭṭār(d. circa 627/1230).

Not dated at end.

Language(s): Persian

Author: ʿAṭṭār عطّار

Title: Bulbul'nāmah

Title: بلبل نامه

4. ff. 108v-188v

Delhi Persian 895(d), ff. 108v-188v.

Treatise on ethics in mas̲navī form by Shaykh Abū Ḥāmid Farīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm Nayshāpūrī takhalluṣ ʿAṭṭār(d. circa 627/1230).

Not dated at end.

Language(s): Persian

Author: ʿAṭṭār عطّار

Title: Vaṣlat'nāmah

Title: وصلت نامه

5. ff. 189v-198v

Delhi Persian 895(e), ff. 189v-198v.

Treatise on ethics in prose and verse by Shaykh Abū Ḥāmid Farīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm Nayshāpūrī takhalluṣ ʿAṭṭār(d. circa 627/1230).

Partially dated colophon (f. 199v): completed by Thursday, 14 Shavvāl (year not stated). Datable to 1650.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Author: ʿAṭṭār عطّار

Title: Marātib al-vujūd

Title: مراتب الوجود

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 199 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 235 × 147 mm.

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History

Origin: 1650 - 1750 CE ; India

Provenance 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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