Delhi Persian 1132 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Maktūbāt-i ʻAbd al-Bāqī

Summary of Contents: A collection of letters written by the Naqshbandī saint, Muḥammad ʻAbd al-Bāqī Billāh, completed on Thursday 11 Ṣafar 1008 AH (1599 CE).

Author: Khvājah ʻAbd al-Bāqī خواجه عبد الباقی

Title: Maktūbāt | Muḥammad ʻAbd al-Bāqī Billāh | 11 Ṣafar 1008 AH

Title: Maktūbāt

Title: مکتوبات

Incipit: ارتباط این بی حاصل از حیقیت مصافحه و تعلم ذکر و مراقبه سلسله نقشبندیه قدس الله تعالی ارواحهم به خدمت علیه ذو البصیرت و البصارة منبع الحضور و مرجع الصدور المنتهی بالصراط المستقیم و المنزل فی العظیم مولانا خواجگی علیه الرحمه و ارتباط ایشان به والد بزرگوار خود مولانا درویش محمد است.

Explicit: و گاه نه اسم ماند و نه مسمی بلک الان کماکان جلوه گر گردد واللهم ارزقنی و جمیع الطالبین الخ. و دفع الفراغ من جمع هذه الفواید و نظم هذه الفراید یوم الخمیس حادی عشر شهر صفر ختم الله بالخیر والظفر سنه ثمان و الف هجرت علی صاحبها ما الف الف تحیة الخ.

Colophon: تم بند مولفه جامعه نور الله قلبه بنور عرفانه یوم یکشنبه.

Colophon: Copying completed on Sunday (no date specified).

Folio 1r contains 3 notes describing the work as Ruqaʻāt by the master (murshid) of Shaykh Sirhindī, Ruqaʻāt-i Ḥaz̤rat Khvājah ʻAbd al-Bāqī and Maktūbāt-i Ḥaz̤rat Khvājah ʻAbd al-Bāqī.

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: ff. ii+123+ii

Dimensions (leaf): 264 × 165 mm.

Dimensions (written): 165 × 90 mm.

Foliation:

Combination of India Office stamped and pencilled foliation.

Collation

Catchwords.

Condition

Gauzed, remargined and rebound by India Office Library.

Layout

13 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq; large and clear. Copied in black ink, with headings and punctuation marks in red.

Decoration

Margins ruled in red, black and gold, starting from folio 84.

Outer frame ruling in blue is preserved on some pages.

Binding

Quarter-leather red India Office Library binding dating from the second half of the 20th century.

Seal(s):

Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 123v).

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 E207/3, f. 35r and R. Levy's description in the same work, Mss Eur E207/13, f. 70r. Revised by Sheida Heydarishovir

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