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7 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Pushto poetry and Islam

1.
Author: Anonymous
Title: Nūrnāmah-i kalān
Title: نورنامه کلان
Translator: Translated into Pashto by Kākaṛ, Mulā Jān Muḥammad, active 19th century کاکړ، ملا جان محمد

A poem about the miraculous radiance of the Prophet Muhammad

Incipit: کل ثنا پاکی د ستاد اي قدیمه رب العلمین او درود پر پیغمبر د سل
Language(s): Pushto

References

Mackenzie no.156
2.
Author: Anonymous
Title: Shash kalimah
Title: شش کلمه

A short creed in Arabic

Incipit: امنت بالله وملائكته وكتبه ورسله
Colophon: تحرير بتاريخ 9 ذو القعده سنه 1308 من ید گلک بنوچی

Language(s): Arabic

References

Mackenzie no.156
3.
Author: Darvezah, Ak̲h̲ūnd, 1533 or 1534-1638 or 1639 درویزه، آخوند
Title: Shamāʼilnāmah
Title: شمائيل نامه

Excerpt from the Makhzan al-islām

Incipit: ته آګاه شه هر جه د پاک

Language(s): Pushto

References

Mackenzie no.156
4.
Author: Darvezah, Ak̲h̲ūnd, 1533 or 1534-1638 or 1639 درویزه، آخوند
Title: Ṣifat-i īmān
Title: صفت ایمان

Excerpt from the Makhzan al-islām

Language(s): Pushto

References

Mackenzie no.156
5.
Author: Darvezah, Ak̲h̲ūnd, 1533 or 1534-1638 or 1639 درویزه، آخوند
Title: Panj gawhar
Title: پنج گوهر

Excerpt from the Makhzan al-islām

Incipit: گوهر دي عقل بیاد عقل زوال

Language(s): Pushto

References

Mackenzie no.156
6.
Author: Muḥyī al-Dīn محيي الدين
Title: Munājāt-i Pīr-i dastgīr
Title: مناجات پیر دستگیر

A poem in praise of Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir Jilani

Incipit: اي په نزد د حق رویداره
Language(s): Pushto

References

Mackenzie no.156
7.
Author: Darvezah, Ak̲h̲ūnd, 1533 or 1534-1638 or 1639 درویزه، آخوند
Title: Ṣad sī masʼalah
Title: صد سي مسئله

Excerpt from the Makhzan al-islām

Incipit: هر چه سل دیرش مسئل زده

Language(s): Pushto

References

Mackenzie no.156

Physical Description

Form: codex
7b-71a f. 71b-72b f. 74b-78a f. 78a-82a f. 82a-84b f. 85a-103a f. 103a-109a f.
Dimensions (leaf): 10.5 × 8.5 cm.
Dimensions (written):

Layout

Hand(s)

Naskhi hand

History

Origin: 1308 AH; 1891 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Gregorian.

Record Sources

"Manuscript description based on James Fuller Blumhardt and D.N MacKenzie : Catalogue of Pashto manuscripts in the British Isles, 1965".

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

Subjects

  • Pushto poetry
  • Islam--Doctrines

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