شرح حديقة الحقيقة Sharḥ-i ḥadīqat al- ḥaqīqah, 1051 A.H., 1641 C.E.
Scope and Contents
The Ḥadīqah (a poem on the unity of God, other religions subjects, and ethics), with an elaborate commentary upon the same. The poem is by celebrated poet and philosopher Shaykh Abū al-Majd Majdūd, or Majd al-Dīn 'Sanāʼī' b. Ādam, commonly known as Ḥakīm Sanāʼī who was born at Ghaznī towards the later half of the 5th century A.H. (11th century C.E.).
The commentary is by Khwājah ‘Abd al-Laṭīf b. ‘Abd-Allāh al-‘Abbāsī (d. 1048 or 1049 A.H., 1638 or 1639 C.E.).
Copied at Gwalior, and dated the 4th Muharram of the year 51 A.H., which is assumed to mean 1051 A.H.
Dates
- Creation: 1051 A.H.
- Creation: 1641 C.E.
Language of Materials
Persian (Script: nasta'līq)
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Full Extent
1 volume
Other Finding Aids
Hukk, Mohammed Ashraful; Ethé, Hermann; and Robertson, Edward, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library (Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd., 1925).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bequeathed to the University of Edinburgh Library by David Anderson in 1828, entered the library in 1834.
Processing Information
Annotation uses legacy data from Mohammed Hukk et al. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library.
Source
- Anderson, David, 1750-1828 (Diplomat, East India Company) (Donor, Person)
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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