[IO Islamic 3483] مكتوبات احمد بن يحيى مُنْيَرِى

Maktûbât-i-Aḥmad bin Yaḥyâ Munyarî

This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1846 in the India Office collections.

[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 3483 here with notations and hyperlinks].

1846

Maktûbât-i-Aḥmad bin Yaḥyâ Munyarî.

An incomplete copy of a third collection of letters of the same Sharaf-aldin Aḥmad bin Yaḥyâ Munyari, on Ṣûfic topics of the same character as in the two preceding collections. It is defective both at the beginning and end, and has moreover a lacuna of one leaf between ff. 6 and 7, and another of five leaves between ff.258 and 259. Eight leaves are missing in the beginning. It opens abruptly at the end of the 3rd letter and breaks off in the beginning of the 125th. The letters, all with full addresses, and somewhat lengthy headings, are found here: 4.on fol.1a; 5.on fol.1b; 6.on fol.2b; 7.on fol.3a; 8.on fol. 3b; 9.on fol.4a; 10.on fol.4b; 11.on fol.5a; 12.on fol.6a; 13 and 14.missing on account of the first lacuna; 15.on fol.7b; 16.on fol.8a; 17.on fol.9b; 18.on fol.23b; 19 and 20.on fol.24b; 21.on fol. 25a; 22.on fol. 26a; 23.on fol.28a; 24.on fol. 33a; 25.on fol. 38b; 26.on fol. 39a; 27.on fol.42b, last line; 28.on fol. 44b; 29.on fol. 46b; 30.on fol.47a; 31.on fol.48a; 32.on fol. 50b; 33.on fol.53a; 34.on fol.56a; 35.on fol.57a; 36.on fol.57b; 37 and 38. on fol.59a; 39.on fol.60a; 40.on fol.61a; 41.on fol. 61b; 42.on fol.68a; 43.on fol. 68b; 44.on fol. 69a; 45.on fol.73a ; 46.on fol. 73b; 47.on fol.74b; 48.on fol.75b, last line; 49.on fol.78a ; 50.on fol. 79a; 51.on fol. 80a; 52.left out altogether; 53.on fol. 81a; 54.on fol.82a; 55.on fol.85a; 56.on fol.85b ; 57.on fol.86a; 58.on fol.87b; 59.on fol.89a; 60.on fol.92a; 61.on fol.92b; 62.on fol.95a, last lines; 63.on fol.96b; 64.on fol.97a; 65.on fol.98b; 66.on fol.102b, last lines; 67.on fol.103b; 68.on fol. 105a, last line; 69.on fol. 107a; 70.on fol.109a; 71.on fol.109b; 72.on fol. 110a; 73.on fol. 112a; 74.on fol. 113a; 75.on fol.116a; 76.on fol.118b; 77.on fol. 122b; 78.on fol.125a, last lines ; 79.on fol.129b; 80.on fol. 130a; 81.on fol. 137b; 82.on fol.140b; 83.on fol. 141b; 84.on fol.142b; 85.on fol. 143a; 86.on fol. 143b; 87.on fol.144b; 88.on fol. 146a; 89.on fol.147a, last line; 90.on fol.156a; 91.on fol.161a; 92.on fol.163b; 93.on fol.167a; 94.on fol. 168b; 95.on fol. 172a; 96.on fol. 176b; 97.on fol. 179a, first line ; 98. on fol. 181a; 99.on fol.181b; 100.on fol.182a ; 101.on fol.183b; 102.on fol.203b; 103.on fol. 204a; 104.on fol.205a; 105.on fol.206a; 106.on fol.207a; 107.on fol.208a; 108.on fol.209b; 109 and 110.on fol. 210a; 111.on fol.213a; 112.on fol.214b; 113.on fol.216b; 114.on fol.216b; 115.on fol. 218b; 116.on fol.226b; 117 and 118. on fol.227b; 119.on fol.228b; 120.on fol.237b; 121.on fol. 240a; 122.on fol.245b; 123.on fol. 247a; 124.missing on account of the second lacuna; 125.on fol. 259b. Letter 81 is not numbered, in consequence of which 82 appears as 81 in the heading and so on ; but it is quite possible, that, as there is no letter 52 marked, 53 ought to be correctly styled 52 and so forth, in which case the later numbers, as given in the headings, would after all be correct. Letters 119-123 have no heading at all (a blank space being left for them, but not filled in).

From fol.247 to the end the tops of all leaves are more or less damaged, and whole lines torn away.

A considerable number of these letters are addressed to Khwâjah Muḥammad Sa’id and Khwâjah Muḥammad Ma’ṣûm (see ff. 68b, 73b, 75b, 82a, 95a, 96b, 98b, 113a, 116a, 122b, 125a, 129b, 130a, 137b, 141b, 142b, 143b, 147a, 168b, 172a, 206a, 208a, 210a, and 213a), who are both called مخدومزاده, i.e. sons of Makhdûm. The best known Makhdûm among the Ṣûfic Shaikhs is Makhdûm-i-Jahâniyân, i.e. Sayyid Jalâl-aldin Bukhârî, who died end of A.H. 785(A.D. 1384), see Safînat-alauliyâ, No. 157 (col. 291 in this Cat.); Siyar-al’ârifîn, No. 13 (ib., col. 264) ; Sawâṭi’-alanwâr, No. 22, i. (ib., col. 332); Bodleian Cat. 1263; and Rieu i. p. 354b; but the names of his sons were according to the Safinat-alauliyâ, loc.cit., Sayyid Aḥmad Kabîr, Sayyid Bahâ-aldîn, and Sayyid Muḥammad (a fourth Nâṣir-aldîn Maḥmûd is mentioned in Safinat-alauliyâ, No. 158), and these are entirely at variance with the two names above. It is therefore possible, that they were two other sons of the author himself (comp. No. 1844), as the latter is styled in Nos. 1848 and 1849 below likewise Makhdûm, viz.:مخدوم المسلمين و المؤمنين and مخدوم جهان شرف الحقّ الخ , and this word is, besides, generally used as honorary title for a spiritual master or guide.

The other Shaikhs are:

Mîr Muḥammad Nu’mân and his son, Mîr ‘Abd-alraḥmân.

Shaikh Badî’-alzamân.

Mîr Muḥibb-allâh.

Maulânâ Muḥammad Ṣâ’in.

Mîr Shams-aldîn ‘Alî Khalkhâlî; Mullâ Shams.

Maulânâ Aḥmad Dînî.

Miyân Shaikh Amân-allâb.

Mullâ Maḳṣûd ‘Alî Tabrîzî.

Khwâjah Ibrâhîm Ḳubâdkhânî; Mullâ Ibrâhîm.

Mullâ Muḥammad Murâd كشمى.

Mullâ ‘Alî كشمى.

Khwâjah Muḥammad Hâshim كشمى.

Mullâ Ṭâhir and Mullâ Ṭâhir Khâdim (both perhaps identical).

Darwîsh Khâdim.

Maulânâ Muḥammad Ṭâhir (in one place pointed Żâhir) Badakhshî.

Mullâ Ṣâliḥ Turk.

Maulânâ Ṣâliḥ كولالى.

Khwâjah Ṣalâḥ-aldîn Aḥrârî.

Mullâ Badr-aldin.

Mirzâ Minûćihr.

Maulânâ Muḥammad Ṣâdiḳ of Kashmîr.

Khwâjah (or Mîr) Ḥusâm-aldîn Aḥmad and his two sons, Khwâjah Muḥammad ‘Abdallâh (or as it is several times corrected, ‘Ubaid-allâh) and Khwâjah Jamâl-aldîn Ḥusain.

Maulânâ Sulṭân Sirhindî.

Ḳâḍî Naṣr-allâh.

Mullâ Shîr Muḥammad of Lâhûr (لارهورى as it is spelt here).

Khânjahân.

Mamrezkhan Afghân.

Maulânâ Ḥamîdî.

Khwâjah Sharaf-aldin Ḥusain.

Mîr Manṣûr.

Maulânâ Ṣighar Muḥammad Rûmî.

Muḥammad Muḳîm Ḳuṣûri.

Ḳâḍî Mûsâ of Shuwain and his son, Maulânâ Isḥâḳ.

Ḥâfiż ‘Abd-alghafûr.

Ḳâḍî Isma’îl of Farîdâbâd; Ḳâḍî Aslam.

Ṣûfî Ḳurbân-i-jadîd.

Ḥâji ‘Abd-allaṭîf Khwârizmî.

Mîr Mu’min of Balkh.

Shaikh Nûr-alḥaḳḳ; Shaikh Ḥamîd Aḥmadî.

Shaikh Ḥasan بركى ; Shaikh Nûr Muḥammad تهارى.

Khwâjah Muḥammad Ashraf; Khwâjah Abû-almakârim.

No. 3483, olim 14.J. 16, ff. 259, ll. 17; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 9½ in. by 5 in.