Delhi Persian 992 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Contents
1 copy of Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam
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).
Physical Description
Condition
Detached folios at end.
Hand(s)
Decoration
Binding
Detached leather binding.
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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