Delhi Persian 1091 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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A compilation of works by Muḥammad ʻAlī Ḥazīn (a-c)
Contents
Summary of Contents: A volume containing 3 works by Muḥammad ʻAlī bin ʻAbī Ṭālib bin ʻAbd Allāh al-Lāhijī, known as Ḥazīn: a) Dastūr al-ʻuqalā, on the ideal qualities and duties of rulers; b) Fatḥ al-subul, a Sufi treatise on the nature of God and the merits of theology as opposed to philosophy; c) Maktūbāt, letters on subjects ranging from the numerical properties of letters of the alphabet to the art of poetry.Delhi Persian 1091a. ff. 1v-20vTitle: Dastūr al-ʻuqalāTitle: دستور العقلاIncipit: (f. 1v) یا واهب التوفیق. و یا معطی التحقیق. ثبت لساننا بالصدق. و قلوبنا بالتصدیقExplicit: (f. 20v)و سقاه فی المصیر الیه. من کاس المقربین. ممن لدیه لزلفی. و کانThe end is defective, indicated by a catchword at the bottom of f. 20v followed by a blank page.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicFiliation:References
R. Levy, Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/13, f. 6r.Delhi Persian 1091b. ff. 21v-44vTitle: Fatḥ al-subulTitle: فتح السبلIncipit: (f. 21v) بحمدک یا مفتح الابواب. افتح لنا ابواب رحمتک و اقض علینا انوار فضلکExplicit: (f. 44v) و در آنچه تبصیص کنیم محتاج به برهان و اقامت دلیل نبوده دعوای ما را قایم مقام دلیل خواهند داشت. تمColophon: (f. 44v) به اتمام رسید رساله فتح السبل من تصنیف شیخ محمدعلی حزین به خط ضعیف المذنب نوازش علیA note on f. 44v names the scribe as Navāzish ʻAlī.
Language(s): PersianReferences
R. Levy, Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/13, f. 7r.Delhi Persian 1091c.Title: MaktūbātTitle: مکتوباتIncipit: (f. 45v) در سلک نظم تهجی حروفی دیدم قرین هم مقدم تالی و تالی مقدم.Explicit: (f. 50v) خیر الوری ... الواثق به عروة ... الوثقی محمد المشتهر به علی الزاهدی الجیلانی. ختم الله بالحسنی. تم.Title is supplied.
Language(s): PersianReferences
R. Levy, Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/13, f. 8r.Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: ff. 50 + wrapperDimensions (leaf): 243 × 155 mm.Dimensions (written): 170 × 95 mm.Foliation:India Office stamped foliation.
Collation
Catchwords.
Condition
Damp-stained and loose leaves. Without binding and enclosed in a wrapper.
Layout
15 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with headings, overlinings and punctuaton marks in red. The scribe of item b) calls himself Navāzish ʻAlī and is probably the scribe of the whole volume.
Additions:Seal(s):The margins include glosses, comments and translations of Arabic phrases.
Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 50v).
Accompanying Material
Wrapper: Half torn. Reused India Office regulation dated 1793.
History
Origin: Undated, probably late 18th or early 19th century 19th century CE ; IndiaProvenance 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 in1876
Record Sources
Based on R. Levy's descriptions in Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III as detailed above. Revised by Sheida Heydarishovir
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