Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Delhi Persian 669* (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Miscellaneous works on Islam and Sufism, 3 items (a-c)

Contents

Summary of Contents: Miscellaneous collection of works (some fragmentary) on Sunnī Islamic ritual, the Qādirīyah Sufi Order, and poetry. Volume not dated; paper and scribal hand, datable to the early nineteenth century. Rough shikastah āmīz. Annotations in margins. Persian foliation with several lacunae in the sequence. Lacking original binding. Plain paper dust wrapper; labels, torn and stained. Folios mostly unbound; torn, stained, creased, wormholes. Condition fragile.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

1. ff. 1r-17v
Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Delhi Persian 669* a.

Untitled treatise selecting verses from on themes arranged under numerous headings by an unnamed author.

Defective at end.

Not dated at end.

Arabic notes on the verso of the flyleaf.

2. ff. 18r-21r

Delhi Persian 669* b.

Three versions of lengthy Arabic prayers recited in the midday ritual congregational prayer recited on the day of Jumʿah or Friday, explicitly affirming that the reigning Timurid monarch is Emperor Akbar II (d. 1253/1837).  

Not dated at end.  

Language(s): Persian and Arabic
3. ff. 21r-22v

Delhi Persian 669* c.

Qādirī Sufi spiritual genealogy for Shāh Āl-i Barakāttraced through thirty-five generations to the Prophet Muḥammad. Though not explicitly stated, the author may be Shāh Muḥammad Karīm Allāh muḥaddis̲-i Dihlavī, whose name appears at the end.

Not dated at end.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 22 ff. (+2)
Dimensions (leaf): 300 × 184 mm.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: Early 19th century 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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Funding of Cataloguing

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