Delhi Persian 952 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Delhi Persian 952 (a), ff. IIIr-IVv.

Untitled Arabic extracts and annotations on theological subjects, possibly from works by Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī.

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Delhi Persian 952 (b), ff. 1v-40r.

Untitled treatise on Sufism, commenting on the mystical pronouncements of Ibn ʿArabī, by the famous poet, philosopher and theologian, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Asʿad al-Ṣiddīqī al-Davvānī Kāzarūnī (d. 918/1512), who dedicated the work to the ʿUs̲mānī or Ottoman ruler, Sulṭān Īldirim Bāyazīd.

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This copy has been edited, corrected, and annotated by later scholarly owners.

Delhi Persian 952 (c), ff. 41v-53v.

Untitled treatise on Sufism, commenting on select verses by the poet, Muḥammad Shams al-Dīn Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzī, written by his contemporary, the famous poet, philosopher and theologian, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Asʿad al-Ṣiddīqī al-Davvānī Kāzarūnī (d. 918/1512).

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This copy has been edited, corrected, and annotated by later scholarly owners.

Delhi Persian 952 (d), ff. 54v-60v.

Treatise on horoscopy by the famous poet, philosopher and theologian, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Asʿad al-Ṣiddīqī al-Davvānī Kāzarūnī (d. 918/1512), who dedicated the work to the Āq Qūyunlū ruler, Abū al-Muẓaffar Yaʿqūb Bahādur Khān (d. 822/1419).

The work comprises a muqaddimah, two discourses or maqālah, concluding with a khātimah.

Dated colophon (f. 59v): completed in 900/1495.

Delhi Persian 952 (e), ff. 60v-67r.

Philosophical treatise on the nature of political and spiritual succession by the famous poet, philosopher and theologian, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Asʿad al-Ṣiddīqī al-Davvānī Kāzarūnī (d. 918/1512).

The work comprises a preface, muqaddimah, two discourses, and a brief conclusion.

Not dated at end.

Delhi Persian 952 (f), ff. 67v-71v.

Untitled mystical treatise commenting on Sufi vocabulary and concepts in the Gulshan-i rāz, written by the famous poet, philosopher and theologian, named here as [Jalāl al-Dīn] Muḥammad ibn Asʿad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṣiddīqī al-Davvānī (d. 918/1512).

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Delhi Persian 952 (g), ff. 72v-94v.

Treatise on political theory explained in a lengthy forward to a petition presented to the Āq Qūyunlū ruler to Abū al-Naṣr Ḥasan Bayg Bahādur Khān, better known as Ūzūn Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī (d. 882/1478), by the famous poet, philosopher and theologian, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Asʿad al-Ṣiddīqī al-Davvānī Kāzarūnī (d. 918/1512).

Dated colophon (f. 94v): completed by Hibat Allāh ibn Maḥmūd ibn Masʿūd al-Qāz̤ī al-Murshidī, Rajab 900/April 1495.

Occasional use of naskh for headings.