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1 copy of Nuzhat al-arvāḥ by Mīr Fakhr al-Sādāt Ḥusainī, d. after 720/1320

Author: Mīr Fakhr al-Sādāt Ḥusainī, d. after 720/1320 میر فخر السادات حسینی

Title: Nuzhat al-arvāḥ

Title: نزهة الارواح

An indifferent copy of the well-known Sufi miscellany

On the fly-leaf this manuscript is described as a commentary (sharḥ), but this is not correct

Filiation: See Ethe 1903-1937, no 1821. or I.O. Islamic 1430 (British Library).

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 376.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 132 ff

Dimensions (leaf): 10.3

Dimensions (written): 8.5 × 4.8 in.

Hand(s)

Inelegant Indian naskh

Decoration

Poor paper

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History

Origin: 18th century CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Apparently from the Delhi Collection: accessioned in 1937

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on A. J. Arberry: Hand-List of Islamic Manuscripts acquired by the India Office Library, 1936–8. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (New Series) (1939), 71: pp 353-396

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