[IO Islamic 104] مفتاح گلستان

<ul> <li><strong>Mift&acirc;ḥ-i-Gulist&acirc;n</strong><strong>.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1176 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 104 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>1176</p> <p>Mift&acirc;ḥ-i-Gulist&acirc;n (مفتاح گلستان).</p> <p>Short commentary on and glossary to Sa&rsquo;d&icirc;&rsquo;s Gulist&acirc;n, composed by Uwais bin &lsquo;Al&acirc;-ald&icirc;n, known as &Acirc;dam, a pupil of Khw&acirc;jah Ab&ucirc;-alfaiḍ Ab&ucirc;-alfaḍl Am&icirc;r-ald&icirc;n Sh&acirc;h Ni&rsquo;mat-all&acirc;h Muḥammad bin Muḥammad al-Ḥasan&icirc;, and dedicated to the Bahman&icirc; Sulṭ&acirc;n of the Dakhan, Maḥm&ucirc;dsh&acirc;h bin Muḥammadsh&acirc;h (who reigned A.H. 887-924=A.D. 1482-1518, see above , No. 449).</p> <p>According to the last words in No. 3338 (1179 in this Cat.), the work was completed by the author on the day عاشور, i.e. the 10th of Muḥarram, A.H. 900 (A.D.1494, Oct. 11). It is divided into two ḳisms, the <em>first</em> <em>ḳism</em> being a glossary, <em>arranged</em> alphabetically, of the difficult words (قسم اوّل مبوّب از حروف مقطّعات در بيان لغات), the last letter constituting the b&acirc;b, the first the faṣl or subdivision; the <em>second</em> <em>ḳism</em> containing an explanation of difficult phrases, verses of the Ḳur&acirc;n, traditions and sayings of Shaikhs, Arabic baits and invocations of God, etc., which occur in the Gulist&acirc;n (قسم دوم در تفسير و معانئ آيات و كلام قدسى و احاديث و اقوال و اُدعيّات و اشعار تازى كه در كتاب گلستان مذكور است.)</p> <p>Beginning:فاتحه مر فتّاحى را كه افتتاح كلام خود بفاتحة الكتاب مخصوص گردانيد الخ .</p> <p><em>First</em> <em>ḳism, </em>on fol. 6^b; second <em>ḳism, </em>on fol. 57^b.</p> <p>The copy ends on fol. 69^b, and is dated the 6th of Sha&rsquo;b&acirc;n, A.H. 1052 (A.D. 1642, Oct. 30). On ff. 71^b-75^a there are written by another hand some fragments of theological tracts in Arabic, on Muḥammad, the Ḳur&acirc;n, etc.</p> <p>No. 104, ff. 75, ll. 13; Naskh&icirc;; size, 7^1/2 in. by 4^1/4 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>