Delhi Persian 1114 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
- Display:
-
India Office Library
Maṭlaʻ al-Shamsayn
Contents
Summary of Contents: Critique by an unidentified author, referred to in a marginal note as Fāʼiz, of Sufi doctrines from a Shi'a perspective.Title: Maṭlaʻ al-ShamsaynTitle: مطلع الشمسینIncipit: الحمد لله الذی لا اله اله هو الحق المبین... و بعد این کلمه چندست به طریق محاکمه میان دو فریق یعنی سالکان طریق نظری و عملی.Explicit: لیکن به مودای انک جرم صغیر و انطوت فیک العالم الکبیر قدر آن خطیر است و خطب آن کبیر و بنای آن بر تشیید قواعد مطلبی بس عالی اساس یافته. نظم: ز پیر و جوان دارم این التماس/ که پوشیدن عیب دارند پاس الخ.f. 1r states this is the first part (juzʼ) of Maṭlaʻ al-shamsayn-i Imāmīyah.
A marginal note on f. 105v refers to the author as Fā’iz.
Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: ff. 107+wrapperDimensions (leaf): 227 × 132 mm.Dimensions (written): 165 × 70 mm.Foliation:India Office stamped foliation.
Collation
Catchwords.
Condition
Extremely worm-eaten. Loose leaves. Without a binding, encased in a wrapper.
Layout
15 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Naskh; copied in black ink, with headings and overlinings in red.
Decoration
Folio 96r contains a table showing different sects’ views on determinism and free will. Rulings and headings in red.
Additions:Seal(s):Heavily annotated in the margins. As the author explains (f. 105r), he has written notes in the margin himself as well, although it is not accepted for the authors to annotate their own work. This suggests that the author might have copied the work himself.
The whole of f. 1r is covered with a note and added verses.
F. 107 is covered on both sides with notes, one of them by the author.
Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (f. 107v).
Accompanying Material
Wrapper: East India Company official regulation dated 1793.
History
Origin: Undated, probably 18th century; 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 description in Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/13, f. 56r. Revised bySheida Heydarishovir
Availability
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card for admissions procedures contact British Library, Registering for a Reader Pass. For information on catalogues and ordering manuscripts see Finding and ordering Persian manuscripts in the British Library.
Funding of Cataloguing
BL
Subjects
TO TOP
See the Availability section of this record for information on viewing the item in a reading room.