Delhi Persian 1252 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Futūḥ al-Ḥaramayn by Muḥyī Lārī

Summary of Contents: A poetical guide to the Hajj pilgrimmage, written by Muḥyī al-Dīn Lārī (d.1526-7), a Sufi poet who was an apprentice of Jalāl al-Dīn Davānī, but also a painter. The work was dedicated to Muzaffar Shah II, Sultan of Gujarat (r.1511-26).

Author: Muḥyī Lārī محیی لاری

Title: Futūḥ al-Ḥaramayn

Title: فتوح الحرمین

Incipit: ای همه [کس] را بدرت التجا / کعبۀ دل را ز تو نور و صفا

Explicit: صلّ علی روضة خیر الانام / خاتمۀ نسخه برین شد تمام

The work has been incorrectly described as Taẕkirat al-Awliyāʾon the wrapper, and falsely attributed to Jāmī on f.1r.

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: ff. 50+ii. Folio 50 is blank. Some folios have been left blank, perhaps for illustrations.

Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 120 mm.

Dimensions (written): 155 × 64 mm.

Foliation:

Foliated in ink (Persian) and in pencil (English).

Collation

Catchwords on the bottom-left corners of the verso.

Condition

Slightly worm-eaten. No binding and broken stitching.

Layout

13 lines per page in varying designs.

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with headings in red.

Decoration

Double text frames around the text block with single frames between the columns.

Seal(s):

Rectangular seal of former owner Khvājah Nūr al-Dīn, 1220 (1805/05) (f. 50r).

Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 49v).

Accompanying Material

Wrapper: Discarded printed East India Company regulation.

History

Origin: Undated but probably 18th century CE ; 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 C.A. Storey's description in Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/15, ff. 165-6. Revised by Ali Shapouran.

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