Delhi Persian 991 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of Daqāʼiq al-ḥaqāʼiq by Aḥmad Rūmī, active 14th century
Daqāʼiq al-ḥaqāʼiq (دقائق الحقائق), a treatise of Sufi doctrine based on the writings of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, by his pupil Aḥmad Rūmī (fl.c. 700/1299).
For a detailed account of this work see Rieu p.396 (where it is erroneously entitled Ḥaqāʼiq al-daqāʼiq).
17 lines per page; cursive nastaʻlīq; copyist Ghulām Anvar ibn Saʻādat Allāh ; many marginal repairs; water-stained; copy dated 1213/1798-9.
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Leather spine and edges around plain boards
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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