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Book/Printed Material Letters by 'Alī Ḥamdānī.

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Title

  • Letters by 'Alī Ḥamdānī.

Summary

  • Maktūbāt-i Sayyid 'Alī Ḥamdānī (Letters by Ali Hamdani) is a collection letters by the famous Persian scholar, saint, and preacher Sayyid 'Alī Ḥamdānī (1314--85 A.D.; A.H. 714--87). He came from Hamdan in Central Asia and traveled to Kashmir in 1372--73 A.D. to spread the message of Islam. This is one of the rarest extant manuscripts of letters from the saint to his disciples, directing them how to unravel the secrets of Islamic mysticism. In the letters, Sayyid 'Alī Ḥamdānī quotes a number of couplets from a 12th-century Persian poet, Shaykh 'Attār. It is not known when this copy was made or by whom.

Names

  • Hamadhānī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, 1314-1385 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1372 to 1373]

Headings

  • -  India--Jammu and Kashmīr
  • -  1372 to 1373
  • -  Sufism

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 47 leaves ; 18.5 x 11 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Allama Iqbal Library, University of Kashmir.
  • -  Content in Persian.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667177

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Hamadhānī, ʻAlī Ibn Muḥammad, Author. Letters by 'Alī Ḥamdānī. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1373, 1372] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667177/.

APA citation style:

Hamadhānī, ʻ. I. M. (1372) Letters by 'Alī Ḥamdānī. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1373] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667177/.

MLA citation style:

Hamadhānī, ʻAlī Ibn Muḥammad, Author. Letters by 'Alī Ḥamdānī. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1373, 1372] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667177/>.