[IO Islamic 2856] كيمياى سعادت

Kîmiyâ-i-Sa’âdat

This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1785 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 2856 here with notations and hyperlinks].

1785

The same.

Beginning: شكر و سپاس فراوان بعدد ستارهاى آسمان و قطرهاى باران و برگ درختان الخ.

‘Unwân I, on fol. 3a ; II, on fol. 12b ; III, on fol. 18a ; IV, on fol. 20b.

Rukn I (در عبادات), on fol. 29b ; II (در معاملات), on fol. 64b ; III (اندر بريدن عقبات راه دين), on fol. 124b ; IV (در منجيا !), on fol. 196a. Marginal notes and additions on the first six leaves.

Dated the 27th of Jumâdâ-alawwal, A.H. 1087 (A.D. 1676, Aug. 7), by Mullâ Muḥammad ‘Alî,who wrote it for his three sons, Ḥasan ‘Alî, Rajab ‘Alî, and ‘Abd-al’alî.

No. 2856, ff. 276, ll. 21 ; irregular Naskhî ; size, 13¼ in. by 7½ in.