[IO Islamic 1164] Thawâḳib-almanâḳib-i-auliyâi-allâh

Thawâḳib-almanâḳib-i-auliyâi-allâh.

This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1164 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 631 here with notations and hyperlinks].

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Thawâḳib-almanâḳib-i-auliyâi-allâh ( ثواقب المناقب اولياء الله ).

A modern edition of Shaikh Aḥmad ‘Ârifî Aflâkî’s Manâḳib-al’ârifîn, by ‘Abd-alwahhâb bin Jalâl-aldîn Muḥammad al-Hamadânî (see fol. 2b , l . 2 ), who revised and corrected the original work, curtailed it in some places by omitting superfluous stories and traditions , increased it in others by adding much needed explanations , and paid particular attention to dates , genealogy , etc. This edition, the title of which is a chronogram for A.H. 947 = A.D. 1540, 1541 (see fol. 234a, last two lines), is divided into a muḳaddimah, nine dhikrs or biographies, and a khâtimah. The nine dhikrs deal with the same mystic Shaikhs as the first nine faṣls of the original work, viz.:

1.Bahâ-alḥaḳḳ wa-alḥaḳiḳa wa-aldunyâ wa-aldîn Walad Balkhî, styled Sulṭan-al’ulamâ, the father of Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî, on fol. 5b, in six bâbs. His death is fixed here in A.H. 618 (clearly a mistake for A.H. 628), the 18th of Rabî’-alâkhar (see fol. 19b, ll. 8 and 9).

2.Sayyid Burhân-aldîn Muḥaḳḳiḳ, teacher of Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî and disciple of the preceding Shaikh ( مربّئ مولانا و مربّاى سلطان العلما ), on fol. 20b .

3.Maulânâ Jalâl-aldîn albalkhî alrûmî, on fol. 24a, in ten bâbs , each subdivided into two faṣls.

4.Shaikh Shams-aldîn Tabrîzî, on fol. 169b,in eight bâbs. His death is fixed here in A.H. 643=A.D. 1245, 1246 (see fol. 185a, l. 4). The usual (and probably more correct) date is A.H. 645 (A.D. 1247, 1248).

5.Shaikh Ṣalâḥ-aldîn Farîdûn Ḳûnawî ( قونوى , read قونيوى Ḳûniyawî), on fol. 186a. He died the 1st of Muḥarram, A.H. 657 = A.D. 1258, December 29 (see fol. 190a, l. 3)

6. Ḥaḍrat Ćalabî Ḥusâm-aldîn, on fol. 190a. He died the 22nd of Sha’bân, A.H. 683=A.D. 1284, November 3 (see fol. 194b, ll. 7 and 8).

7.Sulṭan Bahâ-aldîn Walad, Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî’s son, on fol. 194b. He died the 10th of Rajab, A.H. 712 = A.D. 1312, November 11 (see fol. 200a, ll. 13 and 14).

8.Jalâl-aldîn Farîdûn, known as Ćalabî ‘Ârif, son of the preceding Shaikh, in six faṣls, on fol. 200b. His death is fixed here on the 24th of Dhû-alḥijjah, A.H. 729, instead of 719, as in the original work (see fol. 232a, l. 3 ab infra).

9. Ćalabî Shams-aldîn Amîr ‘Âbid, brother of the preceding Shaikh, on fol. 232b.

Khâtimah, on fol. 233b, giving the ta’rîkh of the work and munâjât.

The tenth bâb of the original work is altogether omitted in this revised edition.

Beginning: نير اعظم حمدى كه صد هزاران هزار شمس فلك چهارم يكذرّه از اشعات جمال الخ .

No date. Eleventh century of the Hijrah . A former owner was Nawwâb ‘Abd-alḥamîd Miyâna.

No. 1164, ff. 235, ll.16; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 95/8 in. by 51/4 in.