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Summary of Contents: 4 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Riddles, Persian poetry 1500-1796, Sufism, and Islamic law
1.
Author: Anonymous
Title: Nuskhah-i ṣughrā dar fann-i muʻammā
Title: نسخه ضغرا در فن معما

A short tract in verse on the art of making riddles, acrostics, etc.

Incipit: چو از حمد و تحیت یافتی کام بدان ای در معما طالب نام
Colophon: تمام شد نسخه ضغرا در فن معما بتاریخ هفتم شهر جمادی الاول سنه 1179 هجری...نور الدین حسین
Language(s): Persian
2.
Author: ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 عاملى، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين
Title: Nān va ḥalvā
Title: نان وحلوا

Badly worm eated in parts.

Incipit: ايها اللاهي عن العهد القديم ايها الساهي عن النهج القويم
Language(s): Persian
3.
Author: Muḥammad Qāsim Ḥusaynī محمد قاسم حسینی
Title: Kullīyāt al-ḥaqāʼiq
Title: کلیات الحقائق

A short treatise in prose on mysticism. Badly worm eated in parts.

Incipit: الحمد لله الذی خلق الناس لعبادته
Language(s): Persian
4.
Author: Anonymous
Title: Risālah-i farāyiz̲-i manẓūmah
Title: رساله فرایض منظومه

A short treatise in verse on religions duties

Incipit: پس از تحمید ذات ناک سبحان درود مصطفی نعت یاران
Colophon: تمت فی شهر شعبان سنه 1255
Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
1-8 f. 9-22 f. 25-32 f. 33-42 f.
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Hand(s)

Nasta'liq

History

Origin: 1179 AH; 1765 CE 1255 AH; 1839 CE

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

Subjects

  • Riddles, Persian>
  • Persian poetry 1500-1796
  • Sufism--Doctrines
  • Islamic law

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