This volume contains the following two Arabic and two Ottoman Turkish texts :. (I) ff 1v-82v : Miftāḥ al-maʿīyah fī ṭarīq al-naqshbandīyah (مفتاح المعية في طريق النقسبندية), by ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Ismāʿīl Nābulusī;. (II) ff 83v-86r : Siraciye fi'l-feraiz, a summary of the legal work by al-Sājawandī by an author who has not provided their name;. (III) ff 87v-167v : Fī kayfīyat al-sulūk (في كيفية السلوك), by Maḥmūd Iskandārī;. (IV) ff 168v-176r : Risale-yi Mürşidü'l-Salikin, a mystical tract in 4 mukaddime, 4 maksat and a hatime, by Turhal Şeyh Mustafa Efendi (died 1197 AH/1782-83 CE). This tract is dated 1252 AH (1836-37 CE). The undated tracts are of a similar date to text IV.
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- GB 59 Or 12776
- Dates of Creation
- Early 19th century
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- Arabic Turkish
- Physical Description
- 4 texts 176 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 176 ff. Dimensions : 213 mm x 163 mm. Script : Nestalik.
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Purchased by the British Museum form Dr. Oskar Rescher on 30 October 1962.