The volume contains a presentation of papers at a conference cum discussion on Persian, Arabic and Urdu manuscripts. It examines the place of music in the sphere of Sufism, especially the connection between the art of music and the teachings of the Sufi way of life and the aesthetic and spiritual side of the mystic music and dance. Quoting from various sources, it discusses rare manuscripts like the eleventh-century Dabestan-e-Mazaheb, particularly the author and the nature of the available copy, and some illustrated and important manuscripts of Shahnameh. The text is in Urdu and English accompanies by beautiful illustrations of paintings.