Delhi Persian 1144 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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Majmūʻah (a-d)
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Summary of Contents: A composite volume containing four works (a) Risālah-i mabdaʼ va maʻād by Aḥmad Sirhindī, (b) Sharḥ-i rubāʻīyāt-i Khvājah Muḥammad Bāqī al-Naqshbandī, (c) a Risālah by Aḥmad Sirhindī and (d) Maʻārif-i Ladunnī by Aḥmad Sirhindī.Physical Description
Form: codexSupport:Extent: ff. ii+123+iiDimensions (leaf): 185 × 140 mm.Foliation:India Office stamped foliation.
Condition
Extremely worm-eaten and damp-stained. Loose leaves and detached binding.
Additions:Some marginal corrections and additions.
Two numerological grids (f. 85r).
Seal(s):Binding
Simple leather binding embossed with gilt paper around the edge, dating from the 18th or 19th century.
Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 44v, 45r, 60v, 61r, 84v, 85r, 123v).
History
Origin: 18th or 19th century; IndiaProvenance 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.
Delhi Persian 1144a
Contents
Summary of Contents: An account of the spiritual experiences of a darvīsh during his progress along the Sufi path, by the famous Sufi mystic and writer Shaykh Aḥmad Sirhindī (d. 1624).ff. 1v-44v.Author: Aḥmad Sirhindī احمد سرهندیTitle: Risālah-i mabdaʻ va maʻādTitle: رساله مبدا و معادIncipit: الحمد لله فی المبدا و المعاد و اصلی علی حبیبه محمد و آله الامجاد و اما بعد فهذه رسالة شریفة متضمنة الاشارات لطیفه رایعه و اسرار دقیقه...Explicit: مثل این مثل احکام شرعیه است که بعد از نسخ و تبدیل احکام متناقضه می نماید و چون اختلاف اوقات و اوضاع را ملاحظه نموده می شود آن تناقش مرتفع می گردد. و لله سبحانه حکم و مصالح فی ذلک فلاتکن من الممترین و صلی الله تعالی علی سیدنا محمد و اله و سلم و بارک.Colophon: تمام شد رساله مبداء معاد به تاریخ پنجم شهر جماد الاول سنه ۱۰ محمدشاه پادشاه در سر کار حقایق و معارف آگاه حضرت شاه فی الحال سلمه ربه کاتب فقیر حقیر شکر الله سرهندی. تم تم تم در سنه ۱۱۴۱ هجری علی صاحبها ...Colophon: Completed on 5 Jamadī al-avval regnal year 10 of Muḥammad Shāh, 1141 AH (7 December 1728) by Shukr Allāh Sirhindī.A note added after the colophon gives the date of completion of the work as 1019 AH (1610 CE), and names the compiler asMuḥammad al-Ṣiddīq al-Badakhshī al-Kishmī, known as Hidāyat.
Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexSupport:Extent: ff. 1v-44vDimensions (leaf): 185 × 140 mm.Dimensions (written): 135 × 77 mm.Collation
Catchwords.
Layout
15 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq, copied in black ink, with headings and punctuation marks in red. CopyistShukr Allāh Sirhindī.
History
Origin: 5 Jamadī al-avval year 10 of Muḥammad Shāh, 1141 AH (7 Dec 1728); India.Bibliography
R. Levy,Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/13, f. 91.Delhi Persian 1144b
Contents
Summary of Contents: A commentary by an unnamed author on some rubāʻīyāt of mythical content composed byKhvājah Muḥammad Bāqī Naqshbandī. The last page (f. 60v) gives 3 Z̤u'l-Qaʻdah 1091 (24 November 1680) as the date of completion of the work.ff. 45r-60vTitle: شرح رباعیات خواجه محمد باقی نقشبندیIncipit: الحمد لله رب العالمین و الصلوة و السلام علی سید المرسلین... اما بعد نموده می آید که این مسوده است در شرح بعضی رباعیات مشروح که شیخنا و مولینا و استاذنا فی الطریقة و امامنا فی الوصول الی الحقیقة... الشیخ خواجه محمد باقی النقشبندی قدس الله تعالی سره الاقدس املا فرموده اند و اسرار غامضه در آنجا درج نموده.Explicit: یا در مرآة عالم آن را جلوه می دهند تا ساعتی از آن بار تخفیف یابند فلیکن هذا آخر الرسالة الحمد لله رب العالمین... به تاریخ روز دوشنبه سیوم ذی القعده سنه ۱۰۹۱ به اتمام رسیده.Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexSupport:Extent: ff. 45r-60vDimensions (leaf): 185 × 140 mm.Dimensions (written): 138 × 80 mm.Collation
Catchwords.
Layout
15 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with headings and overlinings in red.
History
Origin: Undated, probably 18th century; IndiaBibliography
R. Levy, Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/13, f. 92.Delhi Persian 1144c
Contents
Summary of Contents: A polemical treatise in Arabic, by Shaykh Aḥmad Sirhindī, here named Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Aḥad ibn Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn, written to counter the weakening of Islam through translation of texts into Persian and the increasing influence of Hindu philosophy and writings.61r-84vAuthor: احمد بن عبد الاحد بن زین العابدینIncipit: الحمد لله الذی ارسل رسوله بالهدی و انزل علیه الکتاب و لم یجعل له عوجا... و بعد فیقول العبد المفتقر الی رحمً الله الولی المعین احمد بن عبد الاحد بن زین العابدین صانهم الله سبحانه.Explicit: هذا ما تیسر لی فی ذم الفلسفة و بیان ال... الحاصل من ممارسة علومهم و مطالعة کتبهمThe book has been given the generic title "Risālah" on the fly-leaf (f. i recto).
Language(s): ArabicPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: ff. 61r-84vDimensions (written): 140 × 75 mm.Layout
15 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with overlinings in red.
History
Origin: Undated, probably 18th century; India.Bibliography
R. Levy, Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/21, f. 6.Delhi Persian 1144d
Contents
Summary of Contents: A miscellany of essays of various length, covering many aspects of Sufism, with definitions of Sufi terms and questions of doctrine, by Shaykh Aḥmad Sirhindī. The book is divided into 41 sections calledmaʻrifat. It contains arguments pleading for the supremacy of the Naqshbandī ṭarīqah" over others and concludes with apologetics directed against adversaries of the prophet Muḥammad and his religion.Author: Aḥmad Sirhindī احمد سرهندیTitle: Maʻārif-i ladunnīTitle: معارف لدنیIncipit: الحمد لله و سلام علی عباده الذین اصطفی هذه العلوم الهامیة و معارف لدنیة سودها الفقیر الی رحمة الله الئلی احمد بن عبد الاحد الفاروقی النقشبندی رحمه و رضی الله عنه الآله و اوصله سبحانه الی غایة ما یتمناه.Explicit: سخنی چند از سخنان فاسده او درین رساله آورده تا مردم بر شناعت کار او مطلع شوند و به تقلید در زمره اهل الحاد نه درآیند و اگر با وجود آن راه تقلید آن جماعت را پیش گیرند حجت بر اینها تمام شده باشد. الحمد لله سبحانه اولا و آخرا و الخ.F. 123v contains a purchase note in which the price, Rs 6?, has been deliberately erased.
Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: ff. 85r-123rDimensions (written): 150 × 87 mm.Layout
15 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq; with some shikastah features. Headings, punctuation marks and overlinings in red.
History
Origin: Undated, probably 18th century.Bibliography
R. Levy, Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/13, f. 93.Additional Information
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