Delhi Persian 1126 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Maktūbāt of Ḥājī Sayyid Rifāʻī

Summary of Contents: A series of spiritual letters concerning questions on Quranic interpretation, hadith, ritual and Islamic doctorine generally, by Ḥājī Sayyid Saʻīd al-Dīn Rifāʻī, known as Ḥājī Sayyāḥ Surūr.

Author: Hājī Sayyid Saʻīd al-Dīn Rifāʻī حاجی سید سعید الدین رفاعی

Title: Maktūbāt | Hājī Sayyid Saʻīd al-Dīn Rifāʻī

Title: Maktūbāt

Title: مکتوبات

Incipit: هذا المکتوب من العبد الفقیر بالخیرات الداعی المدعو الحاجی سعید الرفاعی لاا اصحاب الوداد المسترشدین بالارشاد و المعتقدین بحسن اعتقاد الخ.

Explicit: آن آتش سوزد آن جحیم تا که از بهر خدا اطاعت کند بی خوف نار بی طمع آن نعیم. همچنان می دان که می گوید در کلام کریم و ادعوا خوفا و طمعا برب الروف الرحیم.

Colophon: تمت هذا الکتاب مکتوب من مقولات قطب الاقطاب مخدوم حاجی سید سعید الدین رفاعی عرف حاجی سیاح سرور قدس الله سره العزیز به تاریخ پنجم ربیع الآخر ... خجسته ...

Colophon: Completed on 5 Rabīʻ al-S̲ānī of an unspecified year.

A translation of these Maktūbāt into Urdu, entitled Mukāshifāt-i surūrī was printed at the Shams Printing Press in Hyderabad in AH 1318/1900 CE.

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: ff. 118

Dimensions (leaf): 221 × 138 mm.

Dimensions (written): 205 × 105 mm.

Foliation:

India Office stamped foliation.

Collation

Catchwords.

Condition

Slightly worm-eaten and damp-stained. Without binding and encased in plain wrapper.

Layout

Varying number of lines per page.

Hand(s)

Varying, changing between nastaʻlīq, shikastah and naskh.

Additions:

Some corrections in the margin.

Folio 1 is covered on both sides in verses in Urdu.

Binding

Three-quarter leather marbled boards dating from the 19th century.

Seal(s):

Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 118v).

History

Origin: Undated, probably 19th century; India

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859.

Acquired by the India Office Library as an administrative deposit in 1876.

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 E207/4, f. 29r and R. Levy's description in the same work, Mss Eur E207/13, f. 67r. Revised by Sheida Heydarishovir.

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