Delhi Persian 994 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Two Naqshbandi works
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Ḥasanāt al-ḥaramayn, a Persian translation by Muḥammad Shākir ibn Shaykh Badr al-Dīn Aḥmadī Sirhindī of the account (originally written in Arabic) of a journey to Mecca and Medina in 1068 (1657-58) by Khvājah Muḥammad Maʻṣūm. The translation was completed in 1071 (1660-61) and provides a pious account of pilgrimage ceremonial. The work consists of three chapters and a khātimah.
13 lines to a page; fair taʻliq; rubrications; ruled margins.
Dated 25 Shaʻbān 1075 (13 March 1665).
Zubdat al-maqāmāt, a record by Muḥammad al-Ḥāshim (fl. 1621-1646) of the sayings of the Naqshbandi Shaykhs: Badr al-Dīn Abū al-Barakāt Aḥmad Fārūqī Sirhindī(1563-1624) and Khvājah Muḥammad al-Bāqī al-Uvaysī al-Naqshbandī . The author had met Shaykh Aḥmad Sirhindī in 1031(1621) and studied with him for nearly two years until his death. He compiled this record of their father's discourses including also those of Khvājah Muḥammad al-Bāqī at the request of the saint's sons. The work was completed, according to the final chronogram, in 1037 (1627).
Lacuna after folio 49 and leaves apparently misplaced; 15-18 lines per page; small taʻliq in more than one hand; copyist (f. 90 to end) Nūr Allāh Sirhindī, a disciple of the author; rubrications; ruled margins.
17th century
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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
Government of India
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