MS. S. Digby Or. 165 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Simon Digby Oriental Collection
Contents
1 copy of Miftāḥ al-jinān by Muḥammad Mujīr Wajīh Adīb
Title: Miftāḥ al-jinān
Title: مفتاح الجنان
Incipit: حمد و ثناء بي عد مر خالق و رازق و صمد را . . . و بعد مى کوید بندۀ ضعیف کناه کار امیدوار برحمت بروردکار
Explicit: پنجم انکه حج نیارد و تاسف نکند مکر ان فوت حج والله اعلم بالصواب
Colophon: تمت الکتاب بعون الملک الوهاب مفتاح الجنان ٮم ٮم ٮم
A Ṣūfī manual of devotions and instruction. The author was a disciple of Shaykh Nayyir al-Dīn of Dehli (d. 757/1356-1357).
Badly wormed at beginning and some throughout. Water staining.
Language(s): Persian
References
Rieu, I, 40.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff. ii + 274 + ii
Dimensions (leaf): 22.8 × 14.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 18.4 × 11.4 in.
Layout
1.0
Hand(s)
Naskh
Binding
Quarter bound in tan leather, green marbled boards.
History
Origin: Gulbarge, Deccan.?; n.d. [8th century] AH; n.d. CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Christie's sale, London, 4th July 1985, lot. 125.
The collection of Mr. Simon Digby.
Donated to the Bodleian Libraries by the Trustees of the Simon Digby Memorial Charity, April 2015.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on handlist of Simon Digby with additional enhancements by the Fihrist team.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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