Manuscripts from Indian Collection

Author(s): National Museum New Delhi
Publisher: National Museum New Delhi

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The manuscript, attributable on stylistic and other considerations to the 17th century, is richly illuminated in gold and colours. The illuminations, with Safavid Iranian influence, were done presumably during the Mughal period.
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.
FATĀWI-AL-PŪRĀNIYAH (Some theological questions and their answers)
Foll. 490; size 24.5 x 14.2 cm; paper; Naskh script; 23 lines to a page. Author: Abdul Wahhab bin Bāyazid bin Abi Saeed-al-Purani.
Begins :
الحمدلله الذي ...... یکتا به اصول الشريعة الغراء ورفع خطا به فروع الحنيفية الع
Ends :
فانه لايلد وطهرها بمنشئي اذا احتيج الى نصب العادة لها
مارادت وان امتد اذا استمر بها الدم وصلة ايامها لكنها شئي على وعامة مثتا ئخنا رحمهم الله -
Seals :
Khādim-i-Adil Khāni Jamāluddin 'Uthmāni
خادم عادل خانی جمال الدين عثمانی
Contains decisions on some important religious questions pertaining to the first two kitabs (Taharat and Salat).
Only known copy of the work.
Lent by the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.
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