Delhi Persian 667 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of Savāṭiʻ al-anvār by Muḥammad Akram ibn Shaikh
Title: Savāṭiʻ al-anvār
Title: سواطع الانوار
Title: Iqtibās al-anvār
Title: اقتباس الانوار
A large work on the saints of the Chishtī order begun at Delhi (India) in 1135 and completed there on 13 Muḥarram 1142
The author’s name is altered in this manuscript to Shāh Muḥammad ʻAlī al-Banāsavī شاه محمد علی البناسوی , as he calls himself in the preface
Filiation: Other copies in the India Office Library: Delhi Persian 109b (British Library).
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 390 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 26 × 15.9 in.
Hand(s)
Naskhī nastaʼlīq in different hands
Decoration
Rubrications
Marginal notes
History
Origin: 18th century CE
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Arberry, Levy and Storey: Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the Library of the India Office. Vol. 3. (Unpublished)
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