Or 9591 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Summary of Contents: 5 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Ethics—Iran, Ethics, Sufism, Sufi poetry, Soul, and Islamic philosophy
1. 1v-12v ff
Author: Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī نصير الدين الطوسي
Title: Awṣāf al-Ashrāf
Title: اوصاف الاشراف
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.95.
2. 13v-15v ff
Title: A short tract of a similar nature to item 1 in 1v-12v ff
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.95.
3. 17v-38v ff
Author: Shabistarī, Maḥmūd ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm, -approximately 1320 شبستری
Title: Gulshan-i Rāz
Title: گلشن راز
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.95.
4. 40v-66r ff
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, active 13th century عزیز ابن محمد النسفی
Title: Maqṣad al-Aqṣa
Title: مقصد الاقصی
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.95.
5. 66v-82v ff
Author: Nasafī, ʻAzīz al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad, active 13th century عزیز ابن محمد النسفی
Title: Mabdā va Ma‘ād
Title: مبدا و معاد

Followed by poems of Awḥad al-Dīn Kirmānī, Ḥāmid ibn Abī al-Fakhr, -1237 or 1238 اوحاد الدین کرمانی and others on the flyleaf

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.95.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 83 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 26.3 × 18.3 cm.

History

Origin: 14th-15th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.

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