[IO Islamic 785] Short Treatises

<ul> <li><strong>Treatises.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 723 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 785 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>723</p> <p>Two short treatises on Makkah, its topography, peculiarities and spiritual influences, based chiefly on Ḳur&acirc;n verses and traditions; they are attached to the first copy of ׳Abd-alḥaḳḳ bin Saif-ald&icirc;n alturk aldihlaw&icirc;׳s جذب القلوب الى دار المحبوب (No. 720 above).</p> <p>The first is in Persian, and begins on fol. 201^a: الحمد لله ربّ العالمين و العاقبة للمتّقين و الصلوة و السّلام على رسوله افضل الحقّ سيّدنا محمّد و آله و اصحابه اجمعين بدان ايّدك الله تعالى الخ.</p> <p>The second is in Arabic, and begins on fol. 210^b:بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم ........ و صحبه اجمعين كتاب الحسن بن الحسن البقرى الخ.</p> <p>No. 785, ff. 201-215, ll. 16; careless Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; worm-eaten: size, 9^1/8 in. by 4^3/4 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>