[IO Islamic 1165] Râḥat-alarwâh

<ul> <li><strong>&nbsp; R&acirc;ḥat-alarw&acirc;h.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 651 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Eth&eacute;</strong></a><strong><em>,&nbsp;</em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong>&nbsp;</a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a>&nbsp;<strong>number 1165 here with notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>651</p> <p>R&acirc;ḥat-alarw&acirc;h ( راحت الأرواح ) .</p> <p>The life, miracles, and maxims of the great Ṣ&ucirc;fic Shaikh &lsquo;Az&icirc;z-all&acirc;h (born in L&acirc;h&ucirc;r, the 3rd of Jum&acirc;d&acirc; II, A.H. 1047 = A.D. 1637, October 23, died 37 years, 4 months and 17 days old, the 20th of Shaww&acirc;l, A.H. 1084 = A.D. 1674, January 28), by Ḥ&acirc;fiż Muḥammad Sa&rsquo;&icirc;d bin H&acirc;fiż (see fol. 2^a, ll. 6 and 7; fol. 3^a, line 4; and fol. 5^a, line 4), who commenced the compilation of this work in the beginning of Rajab, A.H. 1084 (A.D. 1673, October 12), and finished it after some interval during prince Muḥammad Sulṭ&acirc;n&rsquo;s campaign against K&acirc;bul, A.H. 1085 = A.D. 1674, 1675 (comp. fol. 4^a, ll . 3 and 4, and fol. 253^b, ll . 4 and 5). It is divided into the following five babs:</p> <p>1.در تاريخ ولادت و احوال ايّام طفوليّت و اخذ نعمت آنحضرت از اعزّۀ زمانه , on fol. 5^b.</p> <p>2.در معاش و لباس آنحضرت , on fol. 15^a.</p> <p>3.در اخلاق و شمائل و صرف اوقات و شمّۀ از رياضات آنحضرت , on fol. 20^b.</p> <p>4.در خوارق عادات آنحضرت , on fol. 52^a.</p> <p>5. در ملفوظات و تأريخ وفات آنحضرت , on fol . 133^a.</p> <p>Beginning: الحمد لله الذى ارسل عبده الذى هو عزيز الله الخ .</p> <p>Dated the 11th of Jum&acirc;d&acirc; I, A.H. 1108 (A.D. 1696, December 6).</p> <p>No. 1165, ff. 255, ll. 11; large Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; size, 9^3/8 in. by 6 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>