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1 copy of Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Ḥall al-Fuṣūṣ (حل الفصوص), a commentary by an unnamed author on Ibn al-ʻArabī’s Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam. Copy extends as far as ḥikmah of Khālid.

19 lines per page; good nastaʻlīq; copyist ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ʻAlī; rubrications; gold and blue ruled margins; remargined; worm-eaten and discoloured.

Dated Kashmir, 19 Zū al-Qaʻdah 999 (8 Sept 1591).

Author:
Title: Ḥall al-Fuṣūṣ
Title: حل الفصوص
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Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 135 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 260 × 172 mm.

Condition

Detached folios at end.

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Binding

Detached leather binding.

History

Origin: 19 Zū al-Qaʻdah 999 (8 Sept 1591) AH ; Kashmir

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

Record Sources

Based on description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/1_f033r, f. 33r

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