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1 copy of Minhāj al-ʿābidīn by Shaykh Yūsuf Budh Īrichī

Language(s): Persian, Arabic

Title: Minhāj al-ʿābidīn

Title: منهاج العابدين

Fine copy, though somewhat damaged, of the Persian translation by Shaykh Yūsuf Budh Īrichī of Erich (d. 834/1430-31) for the Arabic original of the same title on Sufism by Imām Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī al-Ghazālī (d. 505/1111).

Not dated at end.

Elegant nastaʿlīq.

Folios partially unbound; cropped, multiple tide stains, wormholes, later repairs.

Condition poor.

Author: Shaykh Yūsuf Budh Īrichī شيخ يوسف بده ايرچى

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 173 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 254 × 146 mm.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: Second half of the 17th 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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