Delhi Persian 917 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Miscellaneous works on Saints and Martyrs of Karbala, 16 items (a-p)
Contents
Language(s): Persian and Arabic
Delhi Persian 917(a), ff. 1v-92r.
Hagiographic treatise collecting traditions and anecdotes relating to the patriarchs, prophets, caliphs, imams, saints, mystics, and kings, organised into thirty-three chapters, by Sayf al-Ẓafar Nawbahārī.
Dated colophon (f. 92r): completed at dawn on the morning of Thursday, 27 Rajab in RY9 of Emperor Muḥammad Akbar II, 1230/5 July 1815.
At the beginning (f. 1r) are three large vifq al-aʿdād or magic number squares (7 x 7; 8 x 8; 9 x 9).
Delhi Persian 917(b), ff. 93r-105r.
Hagiographic treatise on the death of the Prophet Muḥammadby an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 917(c), ff. 105r-112v.
Hagiographic treatise on life and status of Lady Fāṭimah, daughter of Prophet Muḥammad, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 917(d), ff. 113r-121v.
Hagiographic treatise on the martyrdom of the Caliph and Imam ʿAlī, husband of Lady Fāṭimah, and cousin of Prophet Muḥammad, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 917(e), ff. 121v-129r.
Hagiographic treatise on the martyrdom of Imam Ḥasan, elder son and successor to Imam ʿAlī, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 917(f), ff. 129v-136v.
Untitled hagiographic treatise on the martyrdom of Imam Ḥasan, elder son and successor to Imam ʿAlī, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 917(g), ff. 137r-143r.
Untitled hagiographic treatise on the martyrdom of Muslim, son of ʿAqīl, brother of Imam ʿAlī, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 917(h), ff. 143v-151r.
Untitled hagiographic treatise on the martyrdom of the companions of Imam Ḥusayn, younger son and successor to Imam ʿAlī, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 917(i), ff. 151r-157r.
Untitled hagiographic treatise on the martyrdom of Imam Ḥusayn, younger son and successor to Imam ʿAlī, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 917(j), ff. 157v-164v.
Untitled hagiographic treatise on the martyrdom of Vahb ibn ʿAbd Allāh Kalbī, companion of Imam Ḥusayn, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 917(k), ff. 164v-166v.
Untitled hagiographic treatise on the martyrdom of ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muslim ibn ʿAqīl, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 917(l), ff. 166v-168r.
Untitled hagiographic treatise on the martyrdom of ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥusayn, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 917(m), ff. 168r-171v.
Untitled hagiographic treatise on the martyrdom of Qāsim ibn Ḥusayn, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 917(n), ff. 171v-176r.
Untitled hagiographic treatise on the martyrdom of ʿAbbās ibn ʿAlī, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 917(o), ff. 176v-182r.
Untitled hagiographic treatise on the martyrdom of other companions of Imam Ḥusayn, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 917(p), ff. 182v-186v.
Untitled treatise on Shimr Z̲ī al-Jawshan, executioner of Ḥusayn, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
At the end (ff. 187v-188r) are seventeen vifq al-aʿdād or magic number squares (4 x 4).
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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
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