Delhi Persian 995 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Contents
1 copy of Khulāṣat al-maʻārif by Muḥammad Fāz̤il ibn ʻAbd Allāh
On the fundamental beliefs of Islam as interpreted by the Naqshbandi order. The author may be one Muḥammad Fāz̤il ibn ʻAbd Allāh mentioned in the colophon. The work includes many verses by the author himself and others.
The introduction is missing and the work begins on folio 6, according to the original numbering, with a masnavi on الم.
ff. 159; 19 lines to a page; fair nastaʻliq; copyist: Muḥammad Fāz̤il ibn ʻAbd Allāh; rubrications; early 19th century.
Physical Description
Hand(s)
fair nastaʻliq, copied by Muḥammad Fāz̤il ibn ʻAbd Allāh
Decoration
Binding
Plain leather islamic binding, originally with a flap (now missing).
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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