[Miscellany in Urdu, Arabic and Persian].

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
  • Urdu
  • Arabic
  • Persian
Published/​Created
[18--?]
Description
221 leaves : paper ; 198 x 152 mm. bound to 199 x 156 mm.

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Subject(s)
Contains
Notes
Physical description: Written in naskhi/nastaʻliq scripts in black on a variety of white and tinted European unglazed papers. Rubrication and catchwords; some vocalization, particularly of Arabic texts.
Binding note
Full brown leather with gold stamped mandorla, corner decorations, and fillets; spine broken.
Language note
Urdu, Arabic, and Persian.
Contents
  • 1. fol. 5a-82a: Tafsīr Sūrat Yūsuf. In poetic form; Koranic verses are in red. Copied by Shaykh ʻUthmān (fol. 82a). Urdu.
  • 2. fol. 83b-125a: Hādhā al-kitāb Talqīn al-hudá risālah ilá al-muttaqīn fī bayān al-khilāfah wa-al-bayʻat al-awliyāʼ [sic]. A treatise in poetic form on the disciple accepting his master. Urdu.
  • 3. fol. 129b-140a: Treatise on how to greet the Prophet Muhammad and his followers. Arabic.
  • 4. fol. 146b-152a: Two poems by Ghamgīn on choosing names for newly born children in accordance with the days they are born. Urdu.
  • 5. fol. 152b-156a: Hādhā al-Duʻāʼ al-Jaljalūtīyah yuqraʼu ḥizban wa-yuktabu ḥizban. Prayer in Arabic verse.
  • 6. fol. 161a-174a: Irshād nāmah / Burhān al-Dīn Jānam of Bijapur. A treatise on Sufism. Persian.
  • 7. fol. 174b-175a: Lineage of Sufis extending back to the time of the Prophet Muhammad and details of other sects. Persian.
  • 8. fol. 177b-187a: Īn risālah dar bayān-i wujūdīyah / Shaikh Farid-uddin Ganj-i Shakar. A Sufi treatise on existence. Persian.
  • 9. fol. 188a-194b: Shikār nāmah / K̲h̲āja Banda Navāz Gīsūdarāz. A Sufi treatise on attaining salvation. Persian and Urdu.
  • 10. fol. 197a-197b: Two hadiths in Arabic with Persian translation.
  • 11. fol. 198a-199a: Treatise about ʻAlī b. Abī Ṭālib in Persian.
  • 12. fol. 199b-213b: [Tāj al-ʻaqāʼid-i ahl-i tasannun] / Shaykh Rashīd al-Dīn Chishtī. Treatise on the beliefs of Sunnis. Urdu.
  • 13. fol. 214b-217a: Didactic poem in Urdu.
  • 14. fol. 217b: Extract in Arabic.
Source acquisition
Purchase; 2002/7/24 (2003-15).
Other title(s)
  • Qurʼan. Sūrat Yūsuf
  • قرآن. سورة يوسف.
  • Talqīn al-hudá.
  • تلقين الهدى.
OCLC
449885231
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