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DS ID:

DS4189

Shelfmark:

Lewis O 40

Title:

Nuzʹhat al-arvāḥ.

Author:

Mīr Ḥusaynī Haravī, Ḥusayn ibn ʻĀlim, 1272 or 1273-approximately 1317 / مير حسينى هروى، حسين بن عالم،

Ḥusayn ibn ʻĀlim Mīr Ḥusaynī Haravī WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Khān Muḥammad Maḥmūd ibn Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad / خان محمد محمود بن حسين بن محمد.

Khān Muḥammad Maḥmūd ibn Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad WIKIDATA

Place:

India?

India TGN

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 114 leaves : 171 x 124 (115 x 80) mm bound to 175 x 124 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Shīrāzī, Muḥammad Bāqir / شيرازى، محمد باقر.

Muḥammad Bāqir Shīrāzī WIKIDATA

Keene, H. G. 1781-1864

Henry George Keene WIKIDATA

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts (documents)

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from title added in later hand (f. 1r).
Catalog entry describing the manuscript pasted onto the inside front cover.
Inscription in ink, "Persian. The delight of Souls -- A Treatise on the Passions; and particularly Love. But it appears the work of a Soofee." (flyleaf 4 verso at front of book).
Binding: Paper over pasteboard with red leather spine. Yellow faded frame on sides. Bright pink and white patterned doublure. Textblock is detached from the covers.
Layout: 25 long lines.
Script: Written in naskh in black; pointed.
Decoration: Rubrications in red and another color that may have been red at one time.
Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Muḥammad Bāqir valad-i Qāz̤i valad-i Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī and purchased in Aḥmadankar (probably Ahmednagar) in the year 990 A.H (1582) (f. 110v).
Provenance: Sold by Mīr Muḥammad for eight rupees (undated note f. 110v).
Provenance: Formerly owned by Henry George Keene (signature on front flyleaf recto with "No. 77" and Sid[ney] Sus[sex] Coll[ege]". The same signature, dated March 1803 along with his stamp also appear (f. 1r).
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis (armorial bookplate inside front cover).

Keyword:

Codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts (documents)

Sufism

Sufi literature, Persian

Manuscripts, Persian

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_040.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_040/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia