Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2291]

<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2291&nbsp;</strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth">&nbsp;<strong>Otto Loth,&nbsp;</strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 826&nbsp;here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>826.</p> <p>2291. Size 9 in. by 5^1/4 in.; foll. 205. Twenty-five lines in a page.</p> <p>Foll. 1-186. Another copy of the same Commentary.</p> <p>The complete text of the Ḳaṣ&icirc;dah is added on the margin. Emendations and various glosses.</p> <p>Foll. 187-194. A long poem in praise of Muḥammad, beginning:</p> <p>اثغور منها الصباحُ اضآءَ</p> <p>Foll. 195 and 196. تخميس of a Ḳaṣ&icirc;dah of <em>Saiyid</em> <em>Ḥ</em><em>usain </em>.. السيد الشريف حسين بن الصديق الاهدل , by the author of the preceding poem.</p> <p>The Ḳaṣ&icirc;dah begins: يا رسول الله غوثا و مدد .</p> <p>Foll. 197<em>v</em>. and 198. A short Ḳaṣ&icirc;dah, beginning:</p> <p>بسيف الححا (sic) عند اشتداد النوائب.</p> <p>It is followed by various notes.</p> <p>Well written in a small hand. An ornament at the beginning. Coloured lines round the pages.</p> <p>Foll. 198-204. A short account of the sects of Isl&acirc;m, transcribed from &Icirc;J&Icirc;&rsquo;S كتاب المواقف . Begins: تذييل الكتاب فى ذكر الفرق الخ . Written in a minute character.</p> <p>Fol. 205. Explanation of the beginning of S&ucirc;rah 95, from the <em>Kashsh&acirc;f</em>.</p> <p>[College of Fort William, 1825.]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>