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Philosophy [IO Islamic 2164]

<ul> <li>Philosophy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2164 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 576 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 576. 2164. Size 9 in. by 51/4 in.; foll. 20. Five lines in a page. Another copy of the preceding work, well written, and with the exception of the last portion, furnished with vowel-points. [College of Fort William, 1825.]

Philosophy [IO Bijapur 154]

<ul> <li>Philosophy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 154 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 565 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 565. B 154. Size 10 in. by 53/4 in.; foll. 42. Generally nine lines in a page. Another copy of the Sullam. Written in Nasta’lîḳ and Shikastah, with numerous notes. The first leaf is wanting. Begins:اما بعد فهذه رسالة الخ. Cat. 236, ix.

Philosophy [IO Islamic 1576]

<ul> <li>Philosophy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1576 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 564 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 564. 1576. Size 10 in. by 51/2 in.; foll. 74. Generally six or seven lines in a page. Another copy of the preceding treatise. Written in various hands, mostly Shikastah. The colophon runs as follows:قد (وقع) الفراغ من سلم العلوم مالكه و كاتبه مير وارث على حسينى ابن سيد .. 1 البهيروى سركاركره مضاف لصوبهْ اله باد. Numerous notes. Several leaves supplied by different hands. The margin mended with modern paper. [Hastings.]   1 The name is destroyed.

Philosophy [IO Islamic 2154]

<ul> <li>Philosophy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2154 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 571 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 571. 2154. Size 101/2 in. by 53/4 in.; foll. 82. Thirty lines in a page. Another Commentary (ممزوج) on the Sullam, by MUḤAMMAD ‘AẒÎM-محمد عظيم المحمدى بن كفاية الله الكوفاموى مولدا الفاروقى و الملانوى وطنا. The preface begins:سبحان 1 سبحان من سبحت تسبيحه الاقوام. The commentary commences: سبحانه سبحانه (!) مصدر كغفران هو منصوب على المفعولية الخ. Plainly written, of the twelfth century, not quite finished. Fol. 17 should stand after 7. The last few leaves are injured. [College of Fort William, 1825.]   1 This word is written in red, and the following words are indistinctly written, without diacritical point.

Philosophy [IO Islamic 201]

<ul> <li>Philosophy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 201 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 561 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 561. 201. Size 91/2 in. by 51/4 in.; foll. 129. Mostly twenty-one lines in a page. I. Foll. 1-102. An unfinished System of Philosophy, accompanied by a Commentary; both by the celebrated Indian philosopher MAḤMÛD JAUNFÛRÎ Fârûḳî, who flourished in the eleventh century. The original text ((المتن is entitled الحكمة البالغة, and the commentary الشمس البازغة. Under the latter title the work was printed at Lakhnau, A.H. 1280. See regarding the author Afsos’s Ârâish-i-maḥfil, Calcutta, 1809, p. ٩٢. Compare no.554. The preface begins: احمدالله حمد الشاكرين.The author wrote it during his last illness. He gives in it an account of his work. It was to extend over all the parts of philosophy, viz., Logic, Physics, and Metaphysics; but only the Physics had been worked out to a certain point , while the other two parts , the third in particular, remained in an unfinished state. The author disposes at the same time of some materials which he did not use for the present work; namely, discussions regarding the elements (المباحث المتعلقة بمبادى الاجسام), which are to form a separate treatise under the title الدَّوْحة الميّادة فى حديقة الصورة و المادّة. In accordance with the above statements, we have here only the physical (or second) part of the work, as far as it was finished. The original text as given in portions, introduced by قلتُ, and the commentary follows it with اقول. Begins:قلتُ الجملة الثانية فى العلم الطبيعى و فيها ستة فصول (فنون.r) اقول القدر فى اقتصارنا من الحكمة فى كتابنا هذا على النظريّة. The first فنّ is the auscultatio physica, السماع الطبيعى .It consists of two books (مقالة), the first of which treats of the elements, فى مبادى الاجسام , and the second (fol. 18v.) of the accidents, فى اللواحق العامة للاجسام. The second فنّ (which is wrongly described here as the fourth chapter of the first) is فى السماء و العالم, and forms one مقالة (fol. 87v.). The third فنّ (fol.98v.), فى الكون و الفساد, is unfinished. Some words from the preface are explained in Persian, on the upper margin of fol. 1v. Fol.79 should be placed after 76, and foll.82 and 83 should be transposed. II.Foll. 103-129. A treatise by the same author, on the First Matter, رسالة اثبات الهيولى. Begins:اعلم ان مهد الخوض فى نظم البرهان على وجود الهيولى الاولى فى الاجسام مقدمات منها ينتظم البرهان. These two pieces are written alternately in two hands, Nasta’lîḳ and Shikastah, difficult to read. The second has the following postscript:هذه رسالة مضبوطة .... المعروفة برسالة اثبات الهيولى للعلامة ... المسمى بالمحمود الجونفورى ... و كتبها عزيزالله حنفی ابن شیخ حبیب الله حنفی الردولی برد الله مرقده 1 حين قراءة كتابه الاعظم فى الحكمة اليمانية المسمى بالشمس البازغة على 2 ... لحضرة الاستاد المولى... الشيخ كمال الدين السهالوى ... باعانة بعض احباء المخلصين اعنى محمد مسكو دریابادى (!) .. قد وصل بالاختتام فى يوم الجمعة من ستة عشر من الربيع الاول فى مقام فتحبور سنة ١١٢٩ الهجرة النبوية. Revised and emended. Slightly injured by insects. Seal of Ḥâfiẓ Raḥmat Khân (A.H. 1164)   1 This word has been subsequently altered into مزجعه , i.e.مضجعه 2 The next words are illegible.

Philosophy [IO Islamic 1339]

<ul> <li>Philosophy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1339 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 578 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 578. 1339. Size 83/4 in. by 5 in.; foll. 61. Mostly seventeen lines in a page. الجزؤ الاول من كتاب زبدة شرح شمة فى العلم المنطق تصنيف مولانا علاو الدين منكلورى Another copy of the same Commentary, well written, with many glosses. Begins:الحمدلله الذى تقدس من ان يوصف بالحدوث و العرض الخ. A table of abbreviations (علامات حواشى) is on the title-page, as in the preceding MS. [Johnson.]

Philosophy [IO Bijapur 146, 167] Glosses on الهداية, Commentary on الشمسية

<ul> <li>Philosophy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 146, 167 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 584 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/158/mode/2up">584</a>. B 146, 167. Size 7 in. by 4 in.; foll. 151. Seventeen lines in a page. I. Foll. 1-71. <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88286025/">SAIYID SHARÎF</a>’S Glosses on <a href="https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxCD6W7Gt9mM3pyFf6dwC">Ḳuṭb al-dîn</a>’s Commentary on the <a href="https://id.loc.gov/resources/instances/23143811.html">Shamsîyah</a> (see no. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5295823">507</a>). The latter portion wanting. Eight leaves missing after fol. 31. II. Foll. 72-151. <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr89017918/">MÎRAK</a>’s Commentary on the <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/sharh-hidayat-al-hikmah/oclc/617729248">Hidâyah</a> (see no. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5288110">493</a>). The first leaf missing. Begins: و تصير عالَماً Both pieces are boldly written, by Yûsuf b. Muḥammad b. Yûsuf Zauzanî. The second is dated 4th Ṣafar, 825 [=28 January 1422]. Foll. 110 sqq. Are worm-eaten, but the text is not injured. [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijapur_Collection">Bijapur Collection</a>]

Philosophy and Theology [IO Islamic 2310]

<ul> <li>Philosophy and Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2310 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 594 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 594. 2310. Size 8 in. by 43/4 in.; foll. 108. Seventeen and nineteen lines in a page. I. Foll. 1-81. Glosses to the beginning of Dawwânî’s الحاشية القديمة . The author appears to be a younger contemporary of Dawwânî, and of Mîr Ṣadr al-dîn (السيد السند) , to whose second Ḥâshiyah he makes frequent reference. Imperfect at the end. The right corner of fol. 1, with the first words of the text, is torn away. Begins: ن سيد المحققين س الشريف لما راى ان المتعارف فى الخطب . II. Foll. 82-108. The first portion of MÎRAK’S شرح حكمة العين , ending in the fourth بحث of the first مقالة . Marginal notes. Written in a minute but clear Nasta’liḳ. Much injured by insects and by damp. Both pieces bear the seal of ‘Abd al-raḥmân b. Muḥammad Akram, dated A.H. 1101 and A.H. 1120 respectively. [College of Fort William, 1825.]

Philosophy and Theology [IO Bijapur 209]

<ul> <li>Philosophy and Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 209 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 596 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 596. B 209. Size 81/2 in. by 5 in.; foll. 103. Twenty-one lines in a page. I.Foll. 1-81. Annotation to Jurjânî’s Glosses on Ḳuṭb al-dîn’s Commentary on The مطالع الانوار (see no. 525). It appears from the more modern inscription, حاشية عبدالحكيم , and from the dedication of the work to Shâhjahân, that the author is ‘Abd al-ḥakîm b. Shams al-dîn SIYÂLKÛTÎ (d. soon after A.H. 1060). The preface, which is written on the title-page, Begins:يا من لا يحوم حول سرادقات ذاته الانظار. The first annotation is (fol. 1v.):قال شريف زمانه ... الفياض الوهاب بيانا لما هو المراد من لفظ الفياض فى عبارة الشارح الخ. The copy was left unfinished. II.Foll.82-103. A fragment of Glosses on Dawwânî’s Commentary on العقائد العضدية (see no.455). These glosses were also written by SIYÂLKÛTÎ. Extracts from them are to be found on the margin of no. 466. Begins:برهان قوله فكونه غير ممكن. Defects after foll. 90, 91, and 101.Foll. 102 and 103 give the conclusion of the work. Written in Nasta’liḳ.

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 1447]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1447 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 617 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 617. 1447. Size 10 in. by 6 in.; foll. 358. Eighteen lines in a page. كتاب غنية الطالبين تصنيف سلطان الاولياء برهان الاصفياء سيد محيى الدين عبدالقادر الجيلانى قدس الله تعالى سره العزيز. A large work on Religious Duties, by ‘ABD AL-ḲÂDIR JÎLÂNÎ. This work comprises also theological matter, treats at great length of the properties of the single months and days of the week (فى ذكر فضائل الشهور و الايام المباركة), and of prayer, and concludes with rules of asceticism, آداب المريدين. It is merely mentioned in Ḥ. Kh. iv. 338. Cf. Stewart’s Catal. 149. Begins:الحمدلله الذى بتحميده يستفتح كل كتاب . The author says subsequently: اما بعد فقد الحّ علىَّ بعضُ اصحابى و شدد فى الخطاب فى تصنيف هذا الكتاب لحسن ظنه فى الاصابة للصواب .... فلما رايت صدق رغبته فى معرفة الآداب الشرعية من الفرائض و الاركان و السنن و النيات و معرفة الصانع عز و جل بالآيات و العلامات ثم الاتّعاظ بمواعظ القرآن و الالفاظ النبوية فى مجالس نذكرها (fol.8) و معرفة اخلاق الصالحين نستمدّ بها فى اثناء الكتاب ليكون عونا له على سلوك طريق الله عز و جل و امتثال اوامره و انتهاء نواهيه1 ووجدت له نيةً صادقة صَدَرَتْ من فتوح الغيب فى اجابته فاجبته الى ذلك الخ. Plainly written. Completed on Saturday, 17th Dhu’l-ḳa’dah, 1169, at Muḥammadpûr-Arkât (فى بلدة دار النور محمد پور المعروف باركات).Prefixed is a detailed list of contents (foll. 1-6). An interlinear Persian version is added to a few passages. Seal of ‘Abd al-wahhâb Khân (Nuṣrat Jang). In the original binding of Tippu’s library. [Tippu.]   1 This passage gives a fair outline of the contents of the work.

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Bijapur 381]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 381 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 606 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 606. B 381. Size 101/4 in. by 63/4 in.; foll. 207. At first twenty-three, afterwards mostly twenty-five lines in a page. The first part (ربع العبادات) of the Iḥyâ, consisting of two separate volumes. The first, which concludes (fol. 163) with Book viii. (كتاب آداب تلاوة القران), is written in a clear steady hand, though without any vowel-points, of the ninth century. Only foll. 1-58 have been supplied at a modern date. The second volume, which begins (fol. 164v.) with كتاب الاذكار و الدعوات, is older than the first, and may belong to the eighth or even the seventh century. It is written in a bold hand, often with vowel-points, and has occasional emendations. The end is slightly injured by insects. This MS. was once the property of ‘Abd al-bâḳi b. Ḥusain Ḥusainî.

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Bijapur 382]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 382 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 612 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 612. B 382. Size 10 in. by 53/4 in.; foll. 15. About twenty lines in a page. كتاب الرسالة اللَّدُنيّة للامام حجة الاسلام محمد بن محمد بن محمد الغزالى الطوسى الخ. A short treatise of GHAZZÂLÎ (d. A.H. 505), in which he claims for Ṣûfism (العلم الغيبى اللدنى) the name of a science (علم). He also gives a general classification of the Muḥammadan sciences. Cf. Ḥ. Kh. iii. 436, who gives an abstract of the preface. The author says in conclusion:و شرائط التفكر نحصر فى رسالة اخرى .... و الآن نختم هذه الرسالة فانّ فى هذه الكلمات كفاية لاهلها و من لم يجعل الله له نوراً فما له من نور والله ولىّ التوفيق و عليه التكلان. Written in a large plain hand, by order of Saiyid ‘Abdallah b. ‘Alawî al-Ḥaddâd. Revised. An unfinished notice of Khalîl b. Aḥmad, and some poetry, are on the last page. The birth-days of two sons of Saiyid ‘Omar فقيه are noted on the title-page. ; viz., ‘Aidarûs, born on 29th Ramaḍân, 1067, and Shaikh, born on 3rd Dhu’l-ḥijjah, 1069. Cat. 232, xviii.

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 2243] ملفوظ

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2243 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 621 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 621. 2243. Size 12 in. by 73/4 in.; foll. 365. Twelve lines in a page. An elegant copy of the <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5528291">same work</a>, well written in a bold hand. Ornamented and gilt. It is stated in the long colophon, that this copy was made for ‘Abd al-ḥamîd Khân Miyânah, son of Nawwâb ‘Abd al-nabî Khân, by Saiyid Muḥammad b. Muḥammad Riḍa Bahâri, at Sidhaut (در قلعه سدهوت). Date, Tuesday, 23rd Dhu’l-ḥijjah, 1163. [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_College">College of Fort William</a>.]

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 2049] شرح الجامي على فصوص الحكم

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2049 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 648 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/174/mode/2up">648</a>. 2049. Size 10 in. by 6 in.; foll. 212. Twenty one lines in a page. Another copy of <a href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79068673.html">JÂMÎ</a>’s Commentary on the <a href="https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/work_1037">فصوص الحكم</a> [known sometimes as <a href="https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/work_3265">نقد النصوص في شرح نقش الفصوص</a>]. Carelessly written in Nasta’liḳ, excepting foll. 1-13, which are transcribed in a plain Naskh. Blue lines round the pages. The two pages 161v. and 162r. have been copied in wrong order. Fol. 138 should be placed after 140. Slightly injured by insects. Seal of Nuṣrat Jang. Binding of <a href="https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50052021/">Tippu</a>’s library. Cf. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n86026042/">[Charles] Stewart</a>’s <a href="https://mdz-nbn-resolving.de/details:bsb10218720">Catal</a>. 47. [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_College">College of Fort William</a>, 1825.]

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Bijapur 393B]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 393B in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 637 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 637. B393B. Size 81/2 in. by 6 in.; foll. 437. Seventeen and eighteen lines in a page. Another fragment of الفتوحات المكّيّة, containing from chapter 351 to chapter 383. Imperfect at the beginning. The first words are :مسئلة قد فشت. Ends (fol. 437r.) in the inscription of chapter 384. Plainly written. The text of foll. 175-191 is repeated on the leaves next following, as far as fol. 207. It would appear that this copy was transcribed from no. 630. Foll. 113-127, and also 380-382, are much injured. Defects after foll. 127 and 151.

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Bijapur 420C]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 420C in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 656 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 656. B 420C. Size 71/4 in. by 43/4 in.; foll. 57. Seventeen lines in a page. A fragment of the preceding work, plainly written. A few leaves are missing both at the beginning and end. Begins:لانه عبارة عن الفيض . There are defects after foll. 6, 7, 39 (slight), and 53. Cat. 232, xix. 1, 3.

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Bijapur 416]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics. </li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 416 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 669 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 669. B 416. Size 10 in. by 6 in.; foll. 10. Twenty one lines in a page. سلاح الوفائيّة بثغر الاسكندرية و سماه بعضهم رسالة الاولياء للشيخ الامام الاستاذ الولى الكبير ... صفى الدين محمد بن احمد بن محمد التونسى الشاذلى المعروف بابى المواهب رضى الله عنه. A Guide on the Mystic Path, by Ṣafî al-dîn ABU’L MAWÂHIB Muḥammad b. Aḥmad Tûnisî Shâdhilî, of the Wafâ’îyah branch of the Shâdhilî sect1 (d. A.H. 882). Cf. Cat. Mus. Brit. 464, and Ḥ. Kh. iii. 83. Begins:يقول العبد الفقير المعترف بالتقصير محمد ابن احمد بن محمد التونسى الشاذلى الوفائىّ المدعو بابى المواهب عفى الله (عنه) آمين الحمد لله الذى من والاه تولاه و من اصطفاه صفاه الخ. III written, of about A.H. 1100. Notes and corrections by a different hand. A few sayings of the author and of Shaikh Dâ’ûd Shâdhilî are added at the end, and a notice of the author, taken from SHA’RÂNÎ’S الطبقات , is written on the title-page, all in the latter hand.   1 Follower of ‘Alî Wafâ, on whom see Von Haneberg in Zeitschr. d. Dentsch. morgenl. Ges. vii. 24.

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Bijapur 84] Anthology including نهج السعادة

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics. </li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 84 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 697 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/196/mode/2up">697</a>. B 84. Size 10 in. by 6 in.; foll. 485. Twenty-two, nineteen, and ten lines in a page. I. Foll. 1-443. ‘OMAR B. ‘ABD AL-WAHHÂB’S (Ḳâdirî ‘Urḍî Ḥalabî Makkî, d. A.H. 1024) Commentary on his own mystic Ḳasîdah, لاميّة الشرف . It is entitled (fol. 2v.) نهج السعادة و نسج الافادة. See Ḥ. Kh. v. 291 sq., who, however, gives the title somewhat differently. The name of the author does not occur in this MS. It begins:الحمدلله الذى انزل على عبده الكتاب المبين ‘ و اصطفى آدم و نوحا و آل ابرهيم و آل عمران على العالمين. The whole Ḳaṣîdah is inserted after the preface. The commentary is very copious; numerous other verses are quoted in it. It concludes with a Ḳaṣîdah by the author, each verse of which is devoted to one letter of the alphabet. It begins: الف الالوهة اوّل الايجاد و قيامها لجوامع الافراد It is also accompanied by a commentary. II. Foll. 443-466v. مواقف الحق على بساط الخلق . This appears to be a fragment of <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr89017714/">MUḤAMMAD B. ‘ABD AL-JABBÂR</a>’S كتاب المواقف (see no. 597). Begins: موقف العُلَى بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وما توفيقى الا بالله القادر العليم اوقفنى الله العلى الاعلى فى مقام العلا و قال لى افتح بصيرة نظرك الخ  The last ‘’station’’ which occurs here is موقف اسماء الروح  III. Foll. 466v.-485. Forty sayings of the Prophet, each illustrated by a hemistich; entitled الترياق لاهل الاستحقاق   According to Ḥ. Kh. ii. 286, this collection was made by <a href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79068673.html">JÂMÎ</a>. The preface begins: الحمدلله منزل الكتاب‘ و معلم الصواب ... و بعد فان فضل الانسان بنطق اللسان Imperfect at the end. This MS. is written in a bold hand, which becomes very large in the latter portion. After fol. 21 is a defect, and the following leaves are injured. The last fol. is torn. The first twenty-one leaves, which bear the correct title, had been separated from the rest, and the latter erroneously inscribed انفاس الخواص . Cf. Cat. 230, xii. And 232, xvii.

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Bijapur 414A]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics. </li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 414A in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 695 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 695. B 414A. Size 81/2 in. by 6 in.; foll. 16. About twenty lines in a page. I.Foll. 1-3v. Sayings of inspired men, collected by IBN ‘ARABÎ. Begins:قال الشيخ الامام المحقق المتبحر ابوعبد الله محمد بن على بن محمد بن العربى الطائى الحاتمى رضى الله عنه هذا كتاب الاعلام باشارات اهل الالهام سالنى في تقييده بعض من يكرم علىّ من الاخوان فامتثلت رسومه على وفق ما تمنى الخ. These sayings amount to about 260, and are divided into chapters, according to the subjects, as follows: فى الرؤية فى انواع شتّى. ; فى السماع ; فى الكلام ; فى التوحيد ; فى المعرفة ; II. Foll. 3v.-4. A fragment of a cabbalistic treatise. Beginning: كتاب القوانين كان ثلاثة احرف و الخاء حرفان الخ. Written in a different hand from the rest, terminating abruptly with fol.4. III.Foll.5-16. A mystic discourse, by an unknown author. Begins:الحمد لله الذى بسط مهاد الدين للعالمين ... و بعد فهذ(ا) خطاب للموقنين بنفحة من نفحات اليقين. Written, like no. I., by Ḥusain b. ‘Abdallah b. ‘Alawî al-‘Aidarûs. Dated Sunday, 12th Rajab, 1143. Slightly injured. Cat. 232, xliii. (?) and xlii.

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Bijapur 452]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics. </li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 452 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 694 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 694. B 452. Size 91/2 in. by 51/2 in.; foll. 60. Nineteen lines in a page. I.Foll. 1-6. كتاب الثالث 1 فى الحجّ . A letter addressed to a person who has the intention of leaving Makkah, and who is strongly advised to stay there. The author is not named. Begins:…. حفظك الله يا اخى بحفظ الايمان اما بعد فانّى كتبتُ اليك و انا و من قِبَلى من الاقارب و الاخوان على افضل حال و ربّنا محمود لا شريك له و صلى الله على سيدنا محمد و اله و سلم اما بعد فقد انتهى الىّ ابقاك الله انّك على الشخوص من حرم الله تعالى و التحوّل منه الى غيره و انّى كرهتُ و الله ذلك الخ. The author in the course of this letter frequently quotes the Koran and the Tradition. He says in conclusion: و اياك يا اخى ثم اياك ان تخرج من مكة فلو لم يدخل عليك الاّ فلسان من حلال لكان خيرا لك من ان يدخل عليك فى غيرها الفان الخ. Carefully written in a good hand, probably by Ibrâhîm b. Maḥmûd b. Ibrâhîm, whose seal (A.H. 1037) is at the end. II.Foll. 6v.-11. كتاب الرابع الخ . A tract on Asceticism, by IBN ‘ARABÎ, entitled حلية الابدال و ما يظهر منها من المعارف و الاحوال . See Ḥ. Kh. iii. 108, for an abstract of the preface. It treats of the four ‘’columns’’ of the ascetic life: silence, solitude, hunger, and watching (الصمت ، السهر ، الجوع ، العزلة). Written in a huried hand. III. Foll. 11v-14. كتاب الخامس الخ . A Persian treatise on the recitation of the words لا اله الآ الله . It is entitled بداية الذاكرين . Begins: الحمد لله رب العالمين كما هو اهله . The author, whose name does not occur, mentions at the beginning his son Darwîsh ‘Aṭâ Allah. Clearly written. Imperfect at the end. IV.Foll. 15-45. A fragment of a concise work on Ethics and Asceticism, founded upon alleged sayings of the Imâm JA’FAR ṢÂDIḲ, whose name occurs at the beginning of each chapter. Imperfect at the beginning. Defects after foll. 20 and 28. The first heading is باب الاحكام . V.Foll.45v-60. كتاب الثانى المسمى بالتجريد فى كلمة التوحيد . A mystic treatise in explanation of the words لا اله الآ الله , by AḤMAD b. Muḥammad GHAZZÂLÎ (d. A.H. 520), the brother of the great Imâm. See Ḥ.Kh. ii. 204, and Gosche in Abh. Akad. Berlin, 1858, p. 250 and 296. Begins: قال الشيخ الامام جمال الاسلام احمد بن محمد بن محمد بن محمد (!) الغزالى رضى الله عنه فى الحديث الصحيح و النقل الوارد الصحيح عن سيد البشر محمد الصطفى الخ. It is divided into numerous sections (فصل) . The last two tracts are written in the same hand as no. I. They stood originally at the beginning of the volume.   1 See end of article.