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IO Islamic 531. Nigâristân, Anecdotes and Curious Narratives of Celebrated Men from the Time of Nizâr bin Ma'add bin 'Adnân

IO Islamic 531. Nigâristân, Anecdotes and Curious Narratives of Celebrated Men from the Time of Nizâr bin Ma’add bin ‘Adnân

IO Islamic 2137. Nigâristân, Anecdotes and Curious Narratives of Celebrated Men from the Time of Nizâr bin Ma'add bin 'Adnân

IO Islamic 2137. Nigâristân, Anecdotes and Curious Narratives of Celebrated Men from the Time of Nizâr bin Ma’add bin ‘Adnân

IO Islamic 1762. Tarjuma-i-Ta'rîkh-alḥukamâ, A Persian Paraphrase of Maulânâ Shams-aldîn Muḥammad Suhrawardî's Biographies of Ancient Philosophers and Wise Men

IO Islamic 1762. Tarjuma-i-Ta’rîkh-alḥukamâ, A Persian Paraphrase of Maulânâ Shams-aldîn Muḥammad Suhrawardî’s Biographies of Ancient Philosophers and Wise Men

IO Islamic 839. Maâthir-alumarâ, The First Edition of the Great Biographical Dictionary of the Famous Amîrs, Nawwâbs, and other Noblemen who Lived during the Reign of the Tîmûrides in India

IO Islamic 839. Maâthir-alumarâ, The First Edition of the Great Biographical Dictionary of the Famous Amîrs, Nawwâbs, and other Noblemen who Lived during the Reign of the Tîmûrides in India

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[IO Islamic 1267] القرآن الكريم

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1267 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. 10 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 10. 1267. Size 111/4 in. by 61/2 in.; foll. 31. Forty-one lines in a page. A remarkable specimen of penmanship, written on dyed paper, in minute characters. Each line begins with an ا, which is in red. Every two pages contain exactly one of the thirty sections <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juz%27"> (اجزاء)</a>. Highly ornamented and gilt. Seal of Ḍhu’l-faḳâr Khân, A.H. 1141. [= 1728-29 CE] [<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_7562">Tippu</a>.]

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القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 1254]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1254 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), here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 14. 1254. Size 181/2 in. by 111/4 in.; foll. 60. Thirty-one lines in a page. An elegant copy, richly ornamented. Marks of pauses, sections, etc. Written by Muḥammad Ṣâdiḳ Astarâbâdî, A.H. 1137 [=1724-25 CE]. [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan">Tippu</a>.]

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القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 1655]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1655 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), here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 27. 1655. Size 12 in. by 8 in.; foll. 321. Twenty-six lines in a page. The Koran, with Persian interlineation and glosses. Written in a Persian hand, the interlineation in red. Marks of sections, etc. Ornamented and gilt. Fol. 191 should follow 201. At the end a prayer, and rules for obtaining omens (فأل) from the Koran; written in Nasta’lîḳ (except the Arabic passage), and highly gilt. In the original binding, with the usual inscription. [<a href="http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1790-1820/member/johnson-richard-1753-1807">Johnson</a>.]

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القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 1383]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1383 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. 19 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   19. 1383. Size 13 in. by 81/2 in.; foll. 347. Fifteen lines in a page. Elegantly written; highly gilt and ornamented. Marks of pauses, sections, etc. Transcribed by Aḥmad b. Muḥammad, A. H. 1094 [=1683] Foll. 22 and 23, foll. 286-293, and foll. 312-315 have been misplaced in binding. In the original cover, with the inscription لاَ یَمَسُّهُ الخ [Do not touch it, etc. see <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3942208">Cat. no. 6</a>] [<a href="http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1790-1820/member/johnson-richard-1753-1807">Johnson</a>.]

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al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 1376] القرآن الكريم

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1376 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), here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 11. 1376. Size 17 in. by 91/2 in.; foll. 31. Thirty-nine lines in a page. Another thirty-leaved copy. Arranged and executed like the <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3946751">preceding MS</a>. [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan">Tippu</a>.]

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القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 1389]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1389 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. 22 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 22. 1389. Size 13 in. by 8 in.; foll. 62. Twenty-seven lines in a page. Arranged on sixty pages, each four of which contain a section (جزء). Each line begins with an ا, written in red. Marks of pauses and sections. [<a href="http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1790-1820/member/johnson-richard-1753-1807">Johnson</a>.]

القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 3090]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 3090 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. 38 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 38. 3090. Size 73/4 in/ by 51/2 in.; foll. 10. Fourteen lines in a page. A fragment of the Koran, between blank leaves. Well written, with marks of pauses, etc. It contains the end of the 11th and neatly the whole of the 12th section, i.e. Sû. 10, 107-12, 48; the rest of the 12th section (to v. 52) has been supplied in a clumsy modern hand. On a page near the beginning is a note in Persian, stating that the title of this incomplete Arabic book could not be found out (!).

القرآن الكريم al-Qurʼān [IO Islamic 3048]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 3048 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. 39 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 39. 3048. Size 8 in. by 51/4 in.; foll. 28. Thirteen lines in a page. The 23rd and 24th جزء of the Koran (Sû. 36, 27-41, 46). Plainly written in a Malay hand.

Koranic Science with Persian Poems [IO Islamic 2165]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2165 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. 47 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 47. 2165. Size 91/2 in. by 53/4 in.; foll. 92. Seventeen lines in a page. کتاب سجاوندي مسمي بوقوفي Another copy of the preceding work, well written. The following Persian couplet is written twice at the beginning: بفهم آیت بصری و کوفی وقوفی خوب میخواهد وقوفی نیک At the end the following tetrastich: روزیکه روح دامنِ عمرم رها کند وین خاکِ تیره بند زبندم جدا کند یا رب نگاهدار تو ایمان آنکسی کین خطّ من بخواند و بر من دعا کند The seal of the Muḥammad Nadîm Allah (A.H. 1180), with several Persian Poems of his; an explanation of the different kinds of pauses and their signs, in Persian couplets; a dialogue between Abu Bakr and ‘Alî, intended to show the equality of their dignity; and various other notes are on the blank pages at the beginning and end. [Coll. Fort William, 1825.]

Koranic Science of SAJÂWANDÎ [IO Islamic 879]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 879 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. 46 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   46. 879. Size 93/4 in. by 51/2 in.; foll. 158. Fifteen lines in a page. وقوفي سجاوندي A List of the Pauses to be observed in Reading the Koran, according to the system of SAJÂWANDÎ (Muḥammad b. Ṭaifûr, sixth century). This is probably an abridgment of the fundamental work of Sajâwandî,1 who is quoted at the beginning (fol. 3). The real author, perhaps, is introduced immediately afterwards, viz.: استاذ البشیر )البشرr.) فی عصره المولی الحاجّ قوام الملّة والدین عبدالله بن الفقیه نجم الملة و الدین محمود اعلی اللهُ تعالی درجتهما فی علّیّین. Beginning: سورة فاتحة الکتاب سبع آیات و هی مکیة ثم مدنیة و رکوع واحد بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم، کوفی العالمین لآ الرحیم لآ الدین ،ط نستعین ،ط Written in large characters, by Muḥammad Bâḳi (?) b. ‘Abd al-laṭîf. All the signs of pause, the marks of every fifth and tenth verse, the superscriptions, in red. Red lines round the pages. Some notes. A list of the abbreviations used for the names of the principal قرّاء on the title-page. The book is wrongly ascribed to Sajâwandî himself, who, moreover, is thereby confounded with a renowned namesake, viz. Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. ‘Abd al-rashîd S. So also in Stewart’s Catal. P. 173. [Tippu.]   1کتاب الوقف و الابتداء, See Nöldeke, Qor. P. 352; Flügel, Hdss. Wien, iii. p. 60.

Koranic Science, a Commentary [IO Islamic 784]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 784 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.50 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 50. 784. Size 91/2 in. by 61/2 in.; foll. 271. Twenty-one lines in a page. An old Shî’ah Commentary on the Koran, by Abd’ul-ḥasan ‘ALÎ B. IBRÂHÎM (b. Hâshim Ḳummî, flourished in the fourth century). See Ṭûsî, p. ٢٠٩; Bibl. Sprenger. 406; and Nöldeke, Gesch. d. Qor., xxix. Imperfect at the beginning. The name of the author, as given above, appear at the commencement of Sû. 2 (fol. 1v.). This commentary, which may be regarded as the fundamental work of Shî’ah Tafsîr, is, on the whole, concise; only the causes (اسباب) of several revelations are related at greater length. It is founded chiefly on alleged sayings of the Imâms Abu Ja’far (Muḥammad Bâḳir), and Abu ‘Abdallah (Ja’far Ṣâdiḳ), quoted either directly (by قال) or by an Isnâd, which always begins with the author’s father. The first words are: عن النضر بن سوید و احمد بن محمد; and the conclusion: قد وقع الفراغ من تسوید هذا الکتاب المبارک ضحوة یوم الخامس من .... (sic) On the last fol. begins a treatise or extract, باب ما یعابن (sic) المومن و الکافر. Clearly written, about the tenth century of the Hijrah. Worm-eaten.

Koranic Science by IBN JAZARÎ [IO Islamic 1435]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1435 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. 48 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 48. 1435. Size 93/4 in. by 6 in. Twelve lines in a page. Foll. 6-16. IBN JAZARÎ’s (Muḥammad b. Muḥammad, d. A. H. 833) المقدّمة, or Treatise in Verse on the Pronunciation of the Koran. Cf. Ḥ. Kh. vi. 78; Cat. Bodl. ii. 190. Well written in a large hand, with vowel-points. In narrow columns. The margin is wholly filled up with Persian glosses, written in small Shikasta. Leaves have been frequently inserted on which other glosses are written. The rest of the volume contains Persian treatise on similar subjects.-See Persian MSS. [Johnson.]

Koranic Science, a Copy of Kashshâf [IO Islamic 563]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 563 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. 53 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 53. 563. Size 14 in. by 71/2 in.; foll. 796. Twenty-nine lines in a page. Another copy of the Kashshâf. Well written, by Burhân b. Ḥâmid. Ornamented and gilt. Some glosses.

Koranic Science of ZAMAKHSHARÎ'S [IO Islamic 1113]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1113 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. 52 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   52. 1113. Size 121/4 in. by 71/4 in.; foll. 534. Forty-one lines in a page. ZAMAKHSHARÎ’S (d. A. H. 538) Commentary on the Koran, called الکشّاف. Cf. the edition of Col. Nassau Lees. Well written; finished on 23 Dhû-alḥijjah, 997, by ‘Abd al-ḳâdir b. Zain al-dîn Ḳarâfî Azharî, of Makkah. Coloured lined round the pages. The first fol. Has been supplied in a more modern hand; the last fol. is mutilated. One leaf is missing after fol. 6. Foll. 28 and 37 should be transposed. [Johnson.]

Koranic Science, a Commentary [IO Islamic 22]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 22 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. 66 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 66. 22. Size 13 in. by 81/4 in.; foll. 439. Thirty-seven and thirty-three lines in a page. A portion of the same work, containing Sûrahs 3 to 9. Plainly written. Foll. 414-15 and 424-25 should be transposed. [Johnson.]

Koranic Science, a Commentary [IO Islamic 600]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 600 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. 63 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   63. 600. Size 103/4 in. by 6 in.; foll. 770. Twenty-five lines in a page. The Third Part of the same work, continuing the preceding MS. with the words ای الناس اعلم. A sixth volume concludes on fol. 41v. The colophon contains the author’s epilogue, viz.: تم الجزء العاشر و هو آخر کتاب مجمع البیان لعلوم القران حکایة خط المصنف و هی الحمدلله اولا و آخرا و باطنا و ظاهرا علی تسهیله و تیسیره و تقدّر الفراغ منه الخمیس منتصف ذی القعدة من سنة ست1 و خمسمائة اللهم لک الحمد الخ. Written in the same hand as the preceding MS.; but foll. 1-70 have been supplied by a later hand. [Johnson.]   1Here the words وثلثین seem to have fallen out. See Cat. Mus. Brit. 672 b.