Ramji Petha

Ramji Petha (or Petha Ramji as he describes himself) transcribed "Sat Varni ni Wel Nar Ali Mahmad Shah Bawa ni" completed in 1-3-1926 from an earlier Sindhi version made in 1820.

Extracted from "Ismaili Manuscripts" Publisher www.ismaili.net (Exhibited at The Second International Ismaili Studies Conference- Mapping a pluralist Space in ismaili Studies, carlton University, Ottawa, March 10th,2017)

Folio:0380
Pages: Folio 200 plus few pages (414 pages)
Gujrati transcribed from Sindhi (Khojki) original
Date: 1926 from a Khojki manuscript dated 1820
Binding: Unusual cloth hard binding
Found In: Gujrat
Origin: Satpanth Ismaili + ImamShahi
Notes:
Information on writers and dates are found at the beginning and at the end of the manuscript.
The work starts with “OM Shri Farman Pirshah" followed by the Title "Sat Varni ni Wei Nar Ali Mahmad Shah Bawa ni" copy completed 1-3-26 (1 March 1926 AD).
The scribe, Petha Ramji says that he started copying from a manuscript of Khoja Meherali Bhai Kanji Bhai on a Monday 14th of the month of Sudh in the calendar Samvat year 1980 (AD 1924) and says that there is a date in Katchi in the original Sindhi document which is equivalent to "angreji" (English) calendar, AD 1820.
In his introduction, the scribe says that he has accurately re-transcribed from Sindhi whatever was written in the Khoja text though he does not agree with everything written therein.
The new owner and sponser Syed Bawa Saheb Ahmad Ali of Pirana says at the end that this was written by Manjibhai for him, "Bhul Chuk Shah Pir Janre" (Shah Pir knows the mistakes) and he says that he is writing this note on a Monday, 2nd day of the month of Faganr Sudh of Samvat calendar 1982 at 11 O'clock (1926 AD). He ends with his greetings to the reader "Haijanda" followed by "Shri Om, Shri Ali, Shri PirShah"