Delhi Persian 1220* (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Sufi tales, untitled
Contents
Untitled collection of eighty-six brief Sufi edifying tales or ḥikāyāt by an unnamed author.
Untitled collection of eighty-six brief Sufi edifying tales or ḥikāyāt by an unnamed author.
The work lacks a preface or thematic arrangement.
Dated colophon (f. 23v): completed by Sayyid Ṣamīm ʿAlī known as Sayyid Murād ʿAlī ibn ʿĀshiq ʿAlī at Masjid-i Panjābiyān, 6 Z̲ī al-Qaʿdah 1237/25 July 1822.
Rough scribal nastaʿlīq.
Not foliated.
Lacking original binding.
Paper dust wrapper (draft BEIC legal publication for Fort William, Home Department, Legislative, dated 4 April 1850); watermark (J Whatman, 1848); torn, creased, and stained.
Folios unbound, cropped; stains, wormholes.
Loose letter between folios 10-11.
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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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