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Koranic Science, a Commentary [IO Islamic 333]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 333 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. 106 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 106. 333. Size 101/2 in. by 61/2 in.; foll. 251. Twenty-seven lines in a page. The first part of a Shî’ah Commentary on the Koran, entitled نور الثقلین, by ‘ABD ‘ALÎ b. Jum’ah ‘Arûsî Ḥawîzî, who completed it in A. H. 1065 at Shîrâz, as appears from the following conclusion (fol. 251): تم الجزء الاول من نور الثقلین و اتفق الفراغ منه علی ید مؤلفه العبد الفقیر...عبد علی بن جمعة العروسی الحویزی بدار العلم شیراز...فی المدرسة المبارکة عمرها الله بتعمیر بانیها ..... الخواجة المعظّم و الماجد المکرّم محمد مقیم بن المرحوم المبرود محمد امین الشهیر بالکاشی امدّه الله بالعمر السعید ... و کان ذلک یوم الجمعة السابع و العشرین من شعبان المبارک احد شهور السنة الخامسة بعد الستّین و الالف من هجرة سید الاولین و الآخرین الخ. In the preface, the author speaks as follows on the purpose and principles of his present composition: اما بعد فیقول العبد....انی لما رایت خدمة کتاب الله و المقتبسین من انوار وحی الله سلکوا مسالک مختلفة ..... احببت ان اضیف الی بعض آیات الکتاب المبین، شیا من آثار اهل الذکر المنتجبین، ما یکون مبدیاً بشموس بعض التنزیل، و کاشفًا عن اسرار بعض التاویل، و اما ما نقلت مما ظاهره مخالف لاجماع الطائفة المحقّة فلم اقصد به بیان اعتقاد ولا عمل و انما اوردته لیعلم الناظر المطلع کیف نقل و عمّن نقل لیطلب له من التوجیه ما یخرجه عن ذلک مع انی لم اخل موضعًا من تلک المواضع من نقل ما یضادّه و یکون علیه المعوّل فی الکشف و الابدآ، الخ. He also apologizes for inaccuracies in quoting his two chief authorities, the commentary of ‘Alî b. Ibrâhîm, 1 and the مجمع البیان of Ṭabarsî.2 The whole work is a mere compilation from these and from other Shî’ah books, such as اخبار الرضا, by Ibn Bâbawiah 1 ; تهذیب الاحکام, by Ṭûsî; Ṭabarsî’s 2 کتاب الاحتجاج; کتاب الخصال; معانی الاخبار or بحر الفوائد; and اصول الکافی. The Isnâds are generally reproduced. Beginning: الحمدلله الذی نزل الفرقان علی عبده لیکون للعالمین نذیرًا. The present MS. comprises Sûrahs 1-6. Well written, by Muḥammad (b. ?) Fakhr al-dîn Aḥmad, in A. H. 1089. The titles of the books quoted are written in red. Gold lines round the pages. [Hastings.]     1 See No. 50. 2 See No. 61. 1 See below, No. 145. 2 See No. 166.

Koranic Science, a Commentary [IO Islamic 796] سواطع الالهام

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 796 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. 105 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 105. 796. Size 10 in. by 63/4 in.; foll. 226. Fifteen lines in a page. تفسیر سواطع الالهام للشیخ العلامة فیضی افاض الله علیه نعیم دار السلام. Two fragments of the <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4487106">preceding work</a>. The first contains the beginning as far as Sû. 5, 65. The other (fol. 176) comprises from Sû. 17, 1 to Sû. 21, 36, and terminates abruptly. Written in different ways; more correct than the preceding MS. The text of the first portion has all the vowels. Some of the names which are paraphrased in the introduction are added between the lines. [Warren <a href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84108880.html">Hastings</a>.]

Koranic Science, a Commentary [IO Islamic 21]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 21 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. 102 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 102. 21. Size 13 in. by 81/4 in.; foll. 787. Thirty-five lines in a page. ارشاد العقل السلیم الی مزایا الکتاب الکریم A large Commentary (ممزوج) on the Koran, by ABU’L-SU’ÛD Muḥammad b. Muḥammad ‘Imâdî (d. A. H. 982), being the most valued after those of Zamakhsharî and Baiḍâwî, upon which it chiefly depends. It is dedicated to the Turkish Sultan Sulaimân I. See Ḥ. Kh. i. 249; Fleischer, Cat. Dresd. 368; Cat. Lugd. iv. 41. Printed at Bûlâḳ, A. H. 1285. Begins: سبحان من ارسل رسوله بالهدی و دین الحقّ. In two volumes bound together; well written in a small hand; richly ornamented and gilt. The first volume ends with Sû. 12, and has the following colophon: کتبه الفقیر اقل عباد الله الشیخ جمال الدین حافظ ابن الشیخ عبد الملک الحنفی مذهبا السنی عقیدة القادری طریقا الهندی مولدا البغدادی موطنا عفی عنهما. The second volume concludes with the author’s epilogue. Foll. 33-36 are misplaced. Worm-eaten. [Johnson.]

Koranic Science, a Commentary [IO Islamic 1394]

<ul> <li>al-Qurʼān القرآن الكريم</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1394 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. 101 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 101 1394. Size 113/4 in. by 61/2 in.; foll. 600. Twenty-five lines in a page. The first part of another Commentary on the Koran by <a href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80081636.html">Suyûṭî</a>, entitled الدرّ المنثور فی التفسیر المأثور. Cf. Ḥ. Kh. iii. 192, and Bibl. Sprenger. 444. This commentary consists entirely of traditions. The author relates in his preface that he abridged it from another work of his called ترجمان القران 1, by omitting the Isnâds, with the sole exception of his own immediate authorities and of the author of each tradition. Accordingly, the explanation of Sû. 1 begins: سورة فاتحة الکتاب و اخرج عبد بن حمید فی تفسیره عن ابرهیم قال سالت الاسود عن فاتحة الکتاب امن القران هی قال نعم. Only the first words of the passages to be explained are given. The present MS. ends with Sû. 5. It is well written and ornamented. Foll. 77-80 and 81-84 should be transposed. Injured, especially near the end, the leaves having stuck together. [Hastings.]   1 See on it Ḥ. Kh. ii. 277.

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Islamic Traditions [IO Islamic 2659]

<ul> <li>Tradition.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2659 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. 127 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 127. 2659. Size 111/2 in. by 73/4 in.; foll. 479. Thirty-three lines in a page. The final portion of a Commentary (ممزوج) on the Ṣaḥîḥ, by Shihâb al-dîn Aḥmad b. Muḥammad ḲASṬALÂNÎ (d. A. H. 923), entitled ارشاد الساری. Cf. Ḥ. Kh. ii. 535 sq. This commentary was printed at Bûlâḳ, A. H. 1285, and at Lakhnau, A. H. 1286. It contains the last quarter, beginning with the chap. باب صلوة الاستسقآء فی المصلّی الاستسقآء. Plainly, by inelegantly written. Seals of a servant of ‘Âlamgîr, of H. Vansittart, and of C. Buddam, and signature of the latter, Calcutta, 1787.

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Islamic Traditions [IO Islamic 732] صحيح البخاري [part]

<ul> <li>Tradition.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 732 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. 124 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 124. 732. Size 131/2 in. by 83/4 in.; foll. 127. Twenty-five lines in a page. The second quarter of the Ṣaḥîḥ, from کتاب البیوع to مناقب عائشة. Boldly written. Headings in red. Seal of ‘Abd al-wahhâb Khân Nuṣrat Jang, A. H. 1175. [Tippu.]

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Islamic Traditions [IO Islamic 1409]

<ul> <li>Tradition.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1409 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. 128 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 128. 1409. Size 111/4 in. By 61/2 in.; foll. 230. Thirty-one lines in a page. A fragment, apparently belonging to the preceding commentary. Plainly written. It contains from near the beginning of کتاب المساقات (fol. 29) to the end of کتاب الوصایا (fol. 230), and also (beginning afresh) part of the book next following, کتاب الجهاد و السیر. This latter has been placed by mistake at the commencement (fol. 1-28). A defect after fol. 151. Foll. 13-18 are mutilated. [Johnson.]

Prayers and Charms [IO Islamic 2131]

<ul> <li>Prayers and charms.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2131 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. 355 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 355. 2131. Size 8 in. by 43/4 in.; foll. 109. Nine and thirteen lines in a page. <ol> <li> Foll. 1-89. The دلائل الخیرات of JAZÛLÎ, without the introduction. </li> </ol> Beginning: اللهم صل علی محمد و ازواجه و ذ[رّیّته]1 کما صلیت علی ابراهیم الخ. Plainly written; vowel-points occasionally added. <ol> <li> Foll. 91v.-101. A prayer for Muḥammad, styled درود اکبر. </li> </ol> It begins: و اشهد بانّا نشهد ان لا اله الاّ الله وحده, and is preceded by a Persian introduction, اسناد درود اکبر. Plainly written, with all the vowels. It was transcribed by Shaikh Muḥammad عرب, in Rajab, 1084, for Malik Yâḳût Ṣalâbat Khân. The vacant pages between these two pieces are filled with a prayer for Muḥammad, written in a very large hand, and at the foot of the second is a charm, ascribed to ‘Alî, in Persian, written in Shikastah. <ol> <li> Foll. 102-109. A morning prayer. </li> </ol> Beginning: بسم الله علی نفسی و اهلی و مالی اللهم انت ربّی. Well written in a large hand. For the rest of the volume, see Urdû and Persian MSS. [College of Fort William, 1825.]   1 Effaced.

Prayers and Charms [IO Islamic 1700] مطالع المسرّات بجلاء دلائل الخیرات

<ul> <li>Prayers and charms.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1700 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. 354 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 354. 1700. Size 10 in. by 53/4 in.; foll. 321. Seventeen lines in a page. A copious Commentary (ممزوج) on the <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4976203">preceding work</a>, entitled مطالع المسرّات بجلاء دلائل الخیرات, by MUḤAMMAD AL-MAHDÎ b. Aḥmad b. ‘Alî b. Yûsuf FÂSÎ Ḳaṣrî (الفاسی لقبا و دارا و محتدا القصری مولدا). Cf. Ḥ. Kh. iii. 235, Cat. Mus. Brit. 78, and Stewart’s Cat. 175, v. Beginning: یقول العبد الفقیر الی الله سبحانه الراجی عفوه و غفرانه The author says in his preface that this is an abridged version of a still more ample commentary which he had written before. Well written. Has the following colophon: قد من الله تعالی و انعم باتمام هذا الشرح الشریف علی ید العبد الضعیف...الفقیر موسی بن الفقیر عبدالله بن الفقیر عطیة بن الفقیر مهنة الخلفاوی بلدا الشافعی مذهبا الرفاعی طریقة .....و کان الفراغ من کتابة هذه النسخة المبارکة یوم الخمیس المبارک ۵ شهر صفر الخیر من شهور سنة الف و مائة و اثنتی عشر من الهجرة النبویة الخ Slightly injured by damp. Seals of Anwar al-dîn Khân and his son Nuṣrat Jang (A.H. 1174). [<a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50052021/">Tippu</a>.]

Prayers and Charms [IO Islamic 2618] دلائل الخیرات

<ul> <li>Prayers and charms.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2618 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. 352 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/90/mode/2up">352</a>. 2618. Size 71/2 in. by 6 in.; foll. 68. Eleven lines in a page. Another copy of the <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4750422">same work</a>. Plainly written in a Malay hand, with vowel-points. The drawings are omitted. At the end (fol. 67v.) is an epilogue, ascribed to the <a href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78093327.html">author</a>. It begins: و ثبت هنا بخطّ المؤلّف ما نصّه اللهم اغفر لمؤلّفه الخ.

Prayers and Charms [IO Islamic 2391]

<ul> <li>Prayers and charms.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2391 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. 364 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 364. 2391. Size 81/2 in. by 43/4 in.; foll. 213. Twenty-one lines in a page. Another copy of the same Commentary, more incomplete than the preceding MS. Neatly written. Coloured lines round the pages. Much injured by insects. Fol. 213 should be placed after 206. Inscribed: “Explanations of theological terms by Alî ibn Ahmad Alghaurî.” [Sir Charles Wilkins.]

Prayers and Charms [IO Islamic 1460] کنز العباد فی شرح الاوراد

<ul> <li>Prayers and charms.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1460 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. 363 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 363. 1460. Size 93/4 in. by 5 in.; foll. 378. Twenty-three lines in a page. A copious Commentary on a Religious Manual (اوراد) by “Shihâb al-dîn.” The commentator styles himself ‘ALÎ B. AḤMAD GHÛRÎ (الغوری),1 of خطه کره (?), a disciple of Shaikh Rukn al-dîn, and he entitles his work کنز العباد فی شرح الاوراد . See Ḥ. Kh. v. 254, who identifies the author of the manual with the celebrated ‘Omar Suhrawardî (d. A.H. 632). This work is written in Persian, but the commentary is in Arabic. The latter was compiled from various works in both languages, on rhetoric, lexicography, grammar, and law. The passages to be explained are introduced by قوله. Begins: اعظم المحامد لله العظیم و اکرم الصلوات علی رسوله الکریم اما بعد فان هذا شرح الاوراد للشیخ الاجل الکبیر محیی السنة ماحی البدعة الخ. Well written in two hands; terminating abruptly. The beginning is much injured. Foll. 72 and 73 should be transposed. A defect after fol. 270. Cf. Stewart’s Catal. 176, xi. [Tippu.]   1 The present MS. has الفوری.

Prayers and Charms [IO Islamic 604]

<ul> <li>Prayers and charms.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 604 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. 361 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 361. 604. Size 10 in. by 53/4 in.; foll. 75. Thirty-one and eighteen lines in a page. An abridgment of the preceding work. It begins: الحمدلله ...فهذا منتخب من مائة الفوائد الفائدة الاولی فی فضل التسمیة قال النبی صلعم کل امر ذی بال الخ, and concludes: تمت الفوائد و الصلوة و العوائد بعون الله الخ. Written partly in a small Nasta’liḳ, and partly in a large Naskh character. The portion in Nasta’liḳ has corrections, and indications of the contents, on the margin. It is on thin paper, and injured in some places. Red lines round the pages. Inscribed منتخب الفوائد by a later hand. [Johnson.]

Prayers and Charms [IO Islamic 2168]

<ul> <li>Prayers and charms.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2168 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. 357 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 357. 2168. Size 91/2 in. by 6 in.; foll. 88. Eleven and thirteen lines in a page. SADÎD AL-DÎN KÂSHGHARÎ’S instruction in Prayer and Purification, according to the Ḥanafite rite, entitled مُنْیة المصلّی و غنیة المبتدی. Cf. Ḥ. Kh. vi. 227; Fleischer, Cat. Lips. 467; Aumer, Hdss. Münch. 50, etc. Plainly written in two large hands, partly with Persian interlineation and notes. Fol. 88. A funeral prayer, with directions in Persian. [College of Fort William, 1825.]

Prayers and Charms [IO Islamic 1162]

<ul> <li>Prayers and charms.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1162 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. 358 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 358. 1162. Size 91/2 in. by 61/4 in.; foll. 71. Twelve, afterwards up to eighteen lines in a page. Another copy of the preceding work. Ill written in two hands, Nasta’liḳ and Naskh. The former ends confusedly on fol. 68v., and has the date, A.H. 1169. The remaining portion has been added by the Naskh hand. The colophon mentions ‘Alî Muḥammad as the transcriber, and a note below, Molla Fâḍil Âkhûn as the owner of this copy. Coloured lines round the pages of the earlier portion. Fol. 7 should be placed after fol. 9. A few lines in Pushtû are on the fly-leaf.

Prayers and Charms [IO Islamic 657] *Selection of prayers

<ul> <li>Prayers and charms.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 657 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. 370 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 370. 657. Size 83/4 in. by 63/4 in.; foll. 26. Nine lines in a page. Selections from the Koran, to be used as prayers. Beginning: اَبْجَدْ هَوَّزْ الخ, to the end of the alphabet. Next comes Sûrah 1. Written in a large plain hand. Of the twelfth century. [<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50052021/">Tippu</a>.]

Prayers and Charms [IO Islamic 2349] اوراد فتحیه

<ul> <li>Prayers and charms.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2349 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. 368 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 368. 2349. Size 61/2 in. by 31/2 in.; foll. 16. Eleven lines in a page. Forms of prayer, called <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/awrad-fathiyah/oclc/950747427">أوراد فتحية</a>; beginning with the words استغفرالله العظیم, which are thrice repeated, and concluding (fol. 12) with a short prayer, which commences: اللهم یا مالک الرقاب In an edition of these prayers, published at Lakhnau, A.H. 1257, the author is called <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85345052/">SAIYID ‘ALÎ HAMADÂNÎ </a>(d. A.H. 786 [=1385 CE]); and this would agree with the brief statement of Ḥ. Kh. i. 492. 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>. 176, and Cat. Lugd. iv. 341. Well written, with all the vowels. Dated “A.H. 81” (i.e. 1181?). The last two pages contain an enumeration of the names of God, added by a different hand. It begins: هو الله الذی لا اله الا هو [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_College">College of Fort William</a>.] <ul> <li>[ed note: Quick <a href="https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/person_90062645">link</a> to other works by Hamadānī]</li> </ul>

Prayers and Charms [IO Islamic 5] *Collection of prayers

<ul> <li>Prayers and charms.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 5 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. 369 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 369. 5. Size 14 in. by 81/2 in.; foll. 63. Seven lines in a page. I. Foll. 1-19. الاوراد الفتحیة. The same prayers as in the <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4983375">preceding MS</a>. II. Foll. 20-33. Forms of prayer, founded upon the Koran; beginning with the first Sûrah. With some Persian notes. III. A few Sûrahs of the Koran, viz. Sû. 36, 48, 78, 73, and 67. Beautifully written in a large character, with all the vowel-points. Richly ornamented and gilt. The following name is written at the end of the prayers: اضعف العباد فقیر الله بخش شاکرد شیخ رحمة الله سلمه الله تعالی [<a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4085990">Johnson</a>.]

Prayers and Charms [IO Islamic 655]

<ul> <li>Prayers and charms.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 655 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. 375 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 375. 655. Size 9 in. by 43/4 in. Twenty-one lines in a page. A Miscellany, inscribed by a later hand متفرّقات. Contents: <ol> <li> Foll. 1-23. A treatise on exorcism, styled بستان الناظرین, by Shaikh ‘ABD AL-RAḤMÂN b. Shaikh Naẓar Muḥammad. Imperfect at the end. </li> </ol> The author declares this to be an abridgement of the الفاتحة الاسرار (?). Begins: الحمدلله الموصوف بالتصریف، المنعوت بالتخفیف. It has an introduction, فی فضائل الفاتحة, and is divided into sections (فصل). It contains also passages in Persian. Indifferently written, with notes. Soiled.   <ol> <li> Foll. 25, 28-45. Prayers and benedictions on Muḥammad, often in verse. </li> </ol> Beginning: فاذا قرات القران فاستعذ بالله من الشیطان الرجیم. Well written, in a large character. The rest of the volume contains Persian, and occasionally Urdû, poetry on the same subject; irregularly written across the pages. Bound in red leather, with the marks of Tippu’s library.

Prayers and Charms [IO Islamic 2284]

<ul> <li>Prayers and charms.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2284 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. 374 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 374. 2284. Size 8 in. by 51/2 in.; foll. 122. Twenty-one lines in a page. I. Foll. 1-13v. A treatise on augury, imperfect at the beginning. It gives a description of twenty-four omens (فأل), connected with the names of as many prophets, the last being Muḥammad. The first heading is: فأل ادریس عم. Fol. 1v. gives a table of contents. II. Foll. 13v.-29. A treatise on lawful magic (العلم الروحانی), by an unknown author. It has the superscription نوع آخر عزائم و منادل غیر ذلک. The preface begins: الحمد لله الذی کون الاکوان و دبر الزمان. <ol> <li> Fol. 31-43. کتاب شرح المنظومة الدمیاطیة المسمی بالمواهب السنیة لسیدی احمد بن محمد ابن عیسی عرف بابن زروق المالکی مذهبا الخ. </li> </ol> A commentary on a rhymed prayer, which contains all the names of God, by Nûr al-dîn Dimyâṭî. The commentator is Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ‘Îsâ, commonly called IBN ZARRÛḲ (Burnusî, d. A.H. 896). See Cat. Mus. Brit. 109, and ib., Add. et Corr. ad 77. <ol> <li> Foll. 89-102. A treatise on the letters of the Abujad, by Shams al-dîn Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. Ya’ḳûb Kûfî TÛNISÎ. </li> </ol> It begins:الحمدلله رب العالمین قال الشیخ...نحمد من احاط بالجلیات و الخفیات; and it ends abruptly in the chapter on the letter ح. The rest of this MS. consists of a variety of amulets, charms, magic circles and squares, and also some prayers, mostly written continuously. Slightly injured by damp. On the title-page is a note in Turkish, and at the foot of it another note, partly effaced, with the signature of Ḥâjjî Sulaimân b. Muḥammad, and the date, A.H. 1102. [College of Fort William, 1825.]