Delhi Persian 1398 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Delhi Persian 1398 a.

Untitled collection of lyrics or ghazalīyāt in alphabetic order, mostly on the themes of mystical and courtly love, by a poet simply identified by the takhalluṣ Firishtah, who may be the same as Khvājah ʿAbd al-Vafāʾ (d. circa 950/1543) flourishing at the court of the Timurid (Mughal) Emperor Humāyūn.

Not dated at end. Datable to the early seventeenth century.

Neat nastaʿlīq on paper sparsely sprinkled with large flecks of gold.

Limited annotations in margins.

This item originates from a manuscript source similar to that found in item b.

Delhi Persian 1398 b.

Fragment of an apparently untitled Arabic treatise on Sunnī doctrine making particular reference to the interpretations of divinity by Persian scholars, by an unidentified author.

Defective at beginning.

Not dated at end. Datable to the early seventeenth century.

Neat nastaʿlīq on paper sparsely sprinkled with large flecks of gold.

This item originates from a manuscript source similar to that found in item a.

Delhi Persian 1398 c.

Fragment of a divinatory treatise comprised of ʿAlavī talismans, spagiric medicine, and food, written by an unnamed author.

The work is organised into five sections termed nuqṭah.

The work ends abruptly with a catchword, indicating further folios have been lost.

Defective at end.

Diagram (f. 13v).

Not dated at end. Datable to the early nineteenth century.