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1 copy of Miftāḥ al-jinān by Muḥammad Mujīr Wajīh Adīb

Author: Muḥammad Mujīr Wajīh Adīb محمد مجير وجيه اديب
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 collections 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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