Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Delhi Persian 109A (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Contents

1 copy of Qurʾān by Shihāb Shams ibn ʿUmar al-Zavālī Dawlatābādī

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Untitled treatise commenting on ethical conduct based on a collection of ḥadīs̲ or traditions of the Prophet Muḥammad and his Companions, by Shihāb [al-Dīn ibn] Shams [al-Dīn] ibn ʿUmar al-Zavālī Dawlatābādī, a prolific author who also commentated on the Qurʾān, and translated several works on Islamic law and history, a contemporary of Sulṭān Ibrāhīm Sharqī (d. 844/1440) who awarded the scholar the title Malik al-ʿUlamāʾ.

The work is prefixed by a short biographical notice added by a later hand Dated colophon (f. 110v): completed by Muḥammad Jamāl Qādirī, 27 Rajab in RY 22 of Emperor Shāh ʿĀlam, 1194/29 July 1780.

Bold and distinct nastaʿlīq.

Folios detached; cropped, some wormholes.

Fragile: the manuscript suffers from a large number of folios stuck together and the transfer of ink impressions to folios opposite.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 110 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 208 × 128 mm.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 27_Rajab_1194 AH; 29 July 1780 CE ; India

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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