Delhi Persian 907 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Contents
1 copy of Nikāt-i maʿrifat by Vāris̲ al-Dīn Shāhjahānābādī Zimurrad Raqm
Treatise compiling advice on mysticism, anecdotes on Sufis from various traditions current in India, their genealogies and circumstances, written by the master calligrapher proficient in seven major scripts or haft qalam, Vāris̲ al-Dīn Shāhjahānābādī entitled Zimurrad Raqm, written for the pleasure and edification of the people of leisure and taste, in RY 29 of the Emperor Shāh ʿĀlam, 1203/1788-9.
Not dated at end.
Neat nastaʿlīq.
Occasional corrections in margins.
Stamped foliation.
Binding damaged (combed marble paper with brown leather edging over pasteboards), labels.
Folios mostly bound, gathering detached from covers; cropped, wormholes along the lower edge.
Condition fragile.
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History
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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