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Anīs al-Qādirīyah by Bahāʼ al-Ḥaqq al-Qādirī

Summary of Contents: An account of Abd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī with brief notices of some earlier saints by Bahāʼ al-Ḥaqq al-Qādirī (f. 15r)

Author: Bahāʼ al-Ḥaqq al-Qādirī بهاء الحق القادری

Title: Anīs al-Qādirīyah

Title: انیس القادریه

Text begins on folio 4v.

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: 205 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 146 mm.

Dimensions (written):

Foliation:

India Office stamped foliation.

Collation

Catchwords.

Condition

Worm-eaten, repaired with silk gauze; water-stained.

Layout

14 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Clear nastaʻliq; black ink with headings and overlinings in red.

Additions:

Folios 2r and 3v contain a note and some verses.

Binding

India Office Library half-leather red buckram binding.

History

Origin: 18th century CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876.

Acquired by the Government of India in 1876

Record Sources

Based on C.A. Storey's unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. MSS Eur E207/9, ff.213-4.

Availability

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