Philosophy [IO Islamic 1357]

<ul> <li><strong>Philosophy.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1357&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. 496&nbsp;here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>496.</p> <p>1357. Size 8^1/4in. by 6^3/4in.; foll.224. Nineteen lines in a page.</p> <p>A copious Commentary (ممزوج) on the second and third parts of the <em>Hid&acirc;yah, </em>compiled by (M&icirc;r) ṢADR AL-D&Icirc;N Muḥammad b. Ibr&acirc;h&icirc;m Sh&icirc;r&acirc;z&icirc; (d. A.H. 903).Cf. Stewart&rsquo;s Catal. 117, ii. Part of this commentary, comprising the first فن of the Physics, was printed in Oudh(?), A.H.1262.</p> <p>The preface, which is without interest, begins: الحمد لله مخترع العقل الفعّال. It is followed by an introduction on philosophy in general. There is also a long epilogue, which begins: و لیکن هذا آخر ما تيسر لنا في شرح هذا الكتاب&lsquo; مستعينين بملهم الصواب&lsquo; عند تلاطم امواج الهموم&lsquo; و تراكم افواج الغموم&lsquo; و خلوّ الديار&lsquo; عمن يعرف قدر غوامض الاسرار&lsquo; و علوم الابرار&lsquo; سيّما في هذا الزمان الذي انطفأت فيه انوار الحكمة الخ.</p> <p>Neatly written in Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;k. This copy was transcribed at Ḥaidar&acirc;b&acirc;d (in Sindh), probably from the author&rsquo;s own copy, by a native of S&icirc;wist&acirc;n.¹ With some marginal notes of the author.</p> <p>The last two pages contain tables, in the same handwriting, on the influences of the stars, derived from IBN S&Icirc;N&Acirc;, تاثير الافلاك في العالم من قول الشيخ الرئيس ابي علي, which are followed by some notes and <em>Persian</em> verses. Conclusion: كتبت هاتين الصفحتين</p> <p>بامر الاخ الاعز الفاضل الاحب الاكرم مولانا محمد جعفر ... و انا اقل العبيد ابن محمد مقيم محمد رشيد الخ. (r (الصفحتين.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>¹This appears from a note on the title-page, which, however, is partly illegible.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>