Or 11310 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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1. ff 2r-23rAttributed name and Commentator: Commentaror Burhān al-Dīn Jānam, برهان الدىن جانمTitle: Sharḥ-i Marghūb al-qulūbTitle: Marghūbal-qulūb [sic]Title: شرح مرغوب القلوبTitle: مرغوبل قلوبA 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
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 11.4. ff 25r-34rTitle: Risālah dar taṣavvufTitle: رساله در تصوفAn untitled and anonymous treatise on aspects of Sufism
Title has been supplied by Waley 1998, page 11.
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 11.11. ff 62v (lines 6-10)Author: AnonymousTitle: TārīkhTitle: تاریخChronogram 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.
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 59.12. ff 62v (lines 11-14)Title: MunājātTitle: مناجاتVerses on good and evil, from the Munājāt of ʻAbd Allāh Anṣārī
Title has been supplied by Waley 1998, page 59.
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For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 59.15. ff 106r-111vAuthor: AnonymousTitle: Irshād al-ṭālibīnTitle: إرشاد الطالبينA 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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For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 11.18. ff 116v (lines 1-5)Author: AnonymousTitle: KhayālTitle: خیالAnonymous Persian verses, concerning the merits of dervishes
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 59.20. ff 116v (lines 9-18)Author: AnonymousTitle: MufradātTitle: مفرداتAnonymous Persian and Dakani verses on Sufism and ethics
Title has been supplied by Waley 1998, page 59.
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 59.29. ff 130v-131rAuthor: AnonymousAn 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
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 59.30. ff 131r-131vAuthor: AnonymousTitle: Abyāt, Duʻā, TārīkhTitle: ابیات، دعا، تاریخTwo 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 ,
Language(s): Persian and ArabicReferences
For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 59.39. ff 158r-159rTitle: VujūdīyyaTitle: وجوديةA treatise in Dekani and Persian concerning Sufi teachings about God and the love for God
Title has been supplied by Waley 1998, page 11.
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 11.40. f 159r (lines 5-9)Author: AnonymousTitle: UntitledAn unidentified Persian verse on Sufi metaphysics
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 59.41. f 159r (lines 10-20)Author: AnonymousTitle: Ḥāfiẓ-rāstTitle: حافظ راستVerses from a ghazal here incorrectly attributed to Ḥāfiẓ, 14th cent., حافظ
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For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 60.48. f 170v (lines 9-11)Author: AnonymousTitle: RubāʻīTitle: رباعىTitle: Rūbā‘ī (sic)Title: روباعىA philosophical quatrain
Main title has been supplied by Waley 1998, page 60.
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For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 60.49. f 171rAuthor: Various authorsTitle: Verses by different authorsVerses, including a bayt attributed to Jāmī, 1414-1492, جامى
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For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 60.50. ff 158r-159rAuthor: Bandah Navāz, 1321-1422 بنده نواز Sayyid Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf Ḥusainī سید محمد بن ایوسف حسنی Gīsūdarāz گیسودرازTitle: Vujūd al-ʼāshiqīnTitle: وجود العاشقينA treatise on the principles and courtesies of following the Sufi Way
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 12.51. ff 184v-186rAuthor: ʻAyn al-Quḍāh al-Hamadhānī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad, d. 1131 عين القضاه الهمدانى، عبد الله بن محمدTitle: Sharḥ-i TamhīdātTitle: شرح تمهیداتLanguage(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 12.52. ff 171v-184rAuthor: Makhdūm Shāh مخدوم شاهTitle: Vujūd al-‘āshīqīnTitle: وجود العآشیقینMeredith-Owens 1968, page 8.Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 186 ffDimensions (leaf): 21 × 15 cm.History
Origin: Early 12th century AH ; DeccanRecord Sources
Manuscript description based on M. I. Waley: Supplementary handlist of Persian manuscripts, 1966-1998. London, 1998Availability
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