Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

ms. 47846 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)

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1 copy of Guftugū by Nūrānī, Nūr al-Dīn

Title: Guftugū
Title: گفتگو

A Persian narrative, said to be translated from Kashmiri, of (1) a dialogue between Nūr al-Dīn, a Muslim saint of Kashmir (b. A.H. 779) and a Brahmanic Hindu named Būma-sādī (probably Bhīma Sāhi: see Stein's translation of Raja-tarangini vol.II, p. 465) in which they converse in Kashmiri verses, and (2) the conversion of the latter, who became a Muslim saint known as Bām al-Dīn and was the khalifah of Nūr al-Din in the Rishi order

Incipit: گفتگو نمودن آن آفتاب جهان تاب قطب الواصلين زبدة العارفين علمدار خطۀ کشمیر شیخ نور الدين نورانى
Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 26 f.
Dimensions (leaf):
Dimensions (written):

Layout

Hand(s)

Nasta'liq. Text rubricated.

History

Origin: 19th century CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Gregorian.

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JISC


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