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Bīst risālah بيست رساله

Contents

A collection of twenty short tracts

1. ff 4v-11v
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: Introduction
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 2.
2. ff. 12v-23r
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: Risālah dar maʻrifat-i insān
Title: رساله در معرفت انسان
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 2.
3. ff. 23v-30v
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: Risālah dar tawḥīd
Title: رساله در توحید
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 2.
4. ff. 31v-40v
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: Risālah dar āfarīnash-i arvāḥ
Title: رساله در آفارینش ارواح
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 2.
5. ff. 41v-49r
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: Risālah dar mabdaʼ va maʻād
Title: رساله در مبدء ومعاد
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 2.
6. ff. 49v-58v
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: Risālah dar sulūk
Title: رساله در سلوک
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 2.
7. ff. 59r-63v
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: Risālah dar sharāʼiṭ-i chihlah
Title: رساله در شرائط چهله
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 2.
8. ff. 64r-67r
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: Risālah dar ʻishq
Title: رساله در عشق
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 3.
9. ff. 68v-73v
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: Risālah dar ādāb-i ahl-i taṣavvuf
Title: رساله در آداب اهل تصوف
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 3.
10. ff. 74v-78v
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: Risālah dar bulūgh va ḥurrīyat
Title: رساله در بلوغ و حریت
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 3.
11. ff. 79v-86v
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: Risālah dar faqr va zuhd va tavakkul va maḥabbat-i Khudāʼī
Title: رساله در فقر و زحد و تصوف و محبت خدائى
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 3.
12. ff. 87v-93v
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: Risālah dar bayān-i ʻālam-i mulk va ʻālam-i malakūt va ʻālam-i jabarūt
Title: رساله در بیان عالم ملک و عالم ملکوت و عالم جبروت
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 3.
13. ff. 94v-99r
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: Risālah dar bayān-i ʻālam-i mulk va ʻālam-i malakūt va ʻālam-i jabarūt
Title: رساله در بیان عالم ملک و عالم ملکوت و عالم جبروت
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 3.
14. ff. 99v-102r
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: Risālah dar bayān-i ʻālam-i mulk va ʻālam-i malakūt va ʻālam-i jabarūt
Title: رساله در بیان عالم ملک و عالم ملکوت و عالم جبروت
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 3.
15. ff. 102v-107v
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: Risālah dar bayān-i lawḥ va qalam va dawlat
Title: رساله در بیان لوح و قلم و دولت
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 3.
16. ff. 108r-112v
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: Risālah dar bayān-i lawḥ va maḥfūẓ va dar bayān-i ḥukm-i qaz̤āʼ dar qadar
Title: رساله در بیان لوح و محفوظ و در بیان حکم قضا در قدر
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 3.
17. ff. 113v-119v
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: Risālah dar lawḥ va maḥfūẓ-i ʻālam-i ṣaghīr
Title: رساله در لوح و محفوظ عالم صغیر
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 3.
18. ff. 120r-126v
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: Risālah dar aḥādīs̲-i avāʼil
Title: رساله در احادیث اوائل
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 3.
19. ff. 127v-132r
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: Risālah dar vaḥī va ilhām va khvāb-i rāst
Title: رساله در وحی و الهام و خواب راست
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 3.
20. ff. 132v-138r
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: ʻayn-i ḥaqīqat
Title: عین حقيقة
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 3.
21. ff. 138v-144v
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, 13th cent. نسفى، عزيز الدين
Title: ʻayn-i ḥaqīqat
Title: عین حقيقة
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 3.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 146 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 20 × 13 cm.

Hand(s)

Copyist: ʻAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad Sharīf

History

Origin: 1013-1014 AH; 1605 CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on U. Sims-Williams: Handlist of Islamic manuscripts acquired by the India Office Library 1938-85. London, 1986

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