Scholastic Theology [IO Islamic 2178]

<ul> <li><strong>Scholastic Theology.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2178&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. 465&nbsp;here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>465.</p> <p>2178. Size 9^1/2 in. by 6 in.; foll. 70. Ten lines in a page.</p> <p>I. Foll. 1-38. ABU&rsquo;L-BARAK&Acirc;T NASAF&Icirc;&rsquo;S (d. A.H. 710) Articles of the Muḥammadan Creed, called here العقیدة الحافظیة (see no. 434).</p> <p>Beginning: الحمدلله ....و بعد فیقول ابوالبرکات الخ.</p> <p>Hastily written in Shikastah. Every second leaf is left blank; glosses have been frequently written on these, and others have been added to the text. Date, beginning of Rajab, 1223.</p> <p>II.Fol.39-70. A treatise on the Muḥammadan Faith. The author is not named.</p> <p>Begins: الحمدلله ...و بعد فان اشرف العلوم علم الکلام و هو الباحث عن الموجب و الممکن علی قانون الاسلام الخ.</p> <p>Arranged and partly also written like the preceding. The latter portion is written more carefully in Nasta&rsquo;liḳ. With many notes. Some lacunas occur towards the end. Concludes:</p> <p>و کان الفراغ من تصویده (!) لاربع عشرة لیلة خلون (!).</p> <p>[College of Fort William, 1825.]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>