Or 11310 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
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Volume containing several works
A commentary in Dakani prose on Marghūb al-qulūb ( مرغوب القلوب ) , a mas̲navī poem on Sufism and ethics popularly attributed to Shams-i Tabrīzī, d. 1247. The commetary is attributed in the manuscript to Burhān al-Dīn Jānam, d. 1007/1598, but is considered by some scholars to be the work of Shāh Mīrānjī Shams al-ʻUshshāq, d. 994/1586 or of Shāh Mīrānjī Khudānumā
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An untitled and anonymous treatise on aspects of Sufism
Title has been supplied by Waley 1998, page 11.
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Chronogram for the death of Shāh Amīn al-Dīn ʻAlī Aʻlà, d. 1085/1674, شاه امین الدین علی اعلی
Title has been supplied by Waley 1998, page 59.
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Verses on good and evil, from the Munājāt of ʻAbd Allāh Anṣārī
Title has been supplied by Waley 1998, page 59.
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A treatise on various aspects of Sufism, including quotations from the Qurʼān and Traditions and a couplet in Dakani by Shāh Mīrānjī Shams al-ʻUshshāq, d. 994/1586
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Anonymous Persian verses, concerning the merits of dervishes
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Anonymous Persian and Dakani verses on Sufism and ethics
Title has been supplied by Waley 1998, page 59.
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An anecdote about a physician who gave Junayd ibn Muḥammad, Abū al-Qāsim, d. 910?of Baghdad, أبو القاسم الجنيد بن محمد , a “medicine” against sin also in Or. 9700 (British Library)., text 4
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Two verses one attributed to Saʻdī, سعدی شيرازی ; a prayer in Arabic for a Sufi shaykh Pīr-i Dastgīr, پیر دستگیر ; and a chronogram for the death of Shāh Amīn al-Dīn ʻAlī Aʻlà, d. 1085/1674, شاه امین الدین علی اعلی ,
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A treatise in Dekani and Persian concerning Sufi teachings about God and the love for God
Title has been supplied by Waley 1998, page 11.
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An unidentified Persian verse on Sufi metaphysics
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Verses from a ghazal here incorrectly attributed to Ḥāfiẓ, 14th cent., حافظ
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A philosophical quatrain
Main title has been supplied by Waley 1998, page 60.
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Verses, including a bayt attributed to Jāmī, 1414-1492, جامى
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A treatise on the principles and courtesies of following the Sufi Way
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