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Muballigh al-rijāl by Khvājah Kalān ibn Muḥammad al-Bāqī
Contents
Summary of Contents: An account of Naqshbandī sufism, particularly according to the teachings of Aḥmad Fārūqī Sirhindī(d. 1626), by Khvājah Kalān ibn Muḥammad al-Bāqī, completed on 10 Jumadi al-avval 1060 AH/1650 CE.Title: Muballigh al-rijālTitle: مبلغ الرجالIncipit: الحمد لله علی ما علمنا بالارشاد الی سواء السبیل و الصلوة و السلام علی سیدنا محمد... اما بعد گوید بنده سرافکنده شرمنده از کردار تباه... خواجه محمد الباقی محمد الثانی الخ.Explicit: و قد فرغت من سوید هذه العجاله... یوم الثلاثاء عاشر جمید الاول سنه ستین بعد الالف...Colophon: بعونه تعالی رساله مبلغ الرجال از تالیفات خواجه کلان ابن محمد الباقی... بماحب فرمایش نواب معلی القاب اعظیم الدوله معین الملک محمد میرخان بهادر ... دام اقباله و زاد اجلاله در شهر صفر سنه یازدهم از جلوس والا به خط شکسته بسته مداح منشی مولی سنگه المتخلص به فراق الخ.Colophon: The Risālah Muballigh al-rijāl by Khvājah Kalān son of Muḥammad al-Bāqi was completed by request of ʻAẓīm al-Dawlah Muḥammad Mīr Khān Bahadur [illegible] Jang in Ṣafar regnal year 11 of an unspecified ruler, by Munshī Mawlā Singh Firāq.Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: ff. ii+i+118+i+iiDimensions (leaf): 205 × 135 mm.Dimensions (written): 120 × 65 mm.Foliation:Persian and India Office stamped foliation.
Collation
Catchwords.
Condition
Worm-eaten, remargined, rebound and guarded by India Office.
Layout
10 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with headings and overlinings in red.
Additions:Some corrections and summaries in the margins.
Seal(s):Binding
Red 1/4 leather India Office binding dating from around 1960.
Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 118v).
History
Origin: Ṣafar regnal year 11 possibly of Muhammad Shah 1142/1729; 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 A.J. Arberry's description in Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/3, f. 67r and R. Levy's description in Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/13, f. 54r. Revised bySheida Heydarishovir
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