Delhi Persian 1090 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Faṣl al-khiṭāb by Khvājah Muḥammad Pārsā
Contents
The well-known encyclopaedia of Sufism by Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd al- Ḥāfiẓ al-Bukhārī called Muḥammad Pārsā (d. 822/1420).
Physical Description
India Office stamped foliation and Persian foliation on the first 100 folios.
Collation
Catchwords.
Condition
The first and last folios are considerably damaged. Worm-eaten and damp-stained. Rearranged, gauzed and rebound by the India Office.
Layout
19 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Naskh; copied in black ink, with headings, overlinings and marks for separating some Arabic phrases in red.
Corrections, additions and comments in the margin, mostly in black, additional headings in red.
Corrections approved with the word صح.
An undated, partially legible, note on f. 1r describes the manuscript as of medium-sized official (vazīrī) paper, in naskh script, of 21 lines, written on white paper, and with a binding made of marbled paper with red paper doublures.
A fragment attached to the unnumbered folio following f. 431, contains a partially preserved note praising God and the Prophet Muḥammad.
Binding
Red half-leather India Office binding dating from the early 20th century.
Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (f. 1r).
History
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 in1876
Record Sources
Based on A.J. Arberry's description in Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, MSS Eur E207/2 , f. 41r, and R. Levy 's description, Mss Eur E207/13, f. 5r. Revised by Sheida Heydarishovir
Availability
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