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• Scholastic Theology [IO Bijapur 247] حاشیة التجرید

<ul> <li>Scholastic Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 247 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. 407 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7854/page/n111/mode/2up?view=theater">407</a> B 247. Size 101/2 in. by 6 in.; foll. 398. Nineteen lines in a page. Glosses on the <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5031749">preceding Commentary</a> of Iṣfahânî, by <a href="https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJk4yDPqVKqXmtGjfQ7fv3">SAIYID SHARÎF JURJÂNÎ</a> (d. A.H. 816). They are commonly called حاشیة التجرید. Cf.  <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12234949">Ḥ. Kh.</a> ii. 195, and <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1960416">[Miguel] Casiri</a>, [<a href="https://archive.org/details/bibliothecaarabi01esco/page/n3/mode/2up">Bibliotheca Arabico-Hispana Escurialensis</a>, 2 vols (Madrid, 1760–1770)], i., no. <a href="https://archive.org/details/bibliothecaarabi01esco/page/178/mode/2up">DCXV</a>. Annotations on these Glosses are to be found in <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q543081">Fleischer</a>, <a href="http://Cat. Lips">Cat. Lips</a>. 388. The work extends only over the first two chapters (مقصد), or the philosophical part, of the Tajrîd [ed note: i. e. Tajrīd al-iʿtiqād of <a href="https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmtyX9GkP4yxtHT6v7CQq">Naṣīr al-dīn al-Ṭūsī</a> (d. 1274 CE)], the two parts dealing with general ontology (<a href="http://mullasadra.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-summary-of-belief-tajrid-al-itiqad.html">umūr ʿāmma</a>) and substance and accident (<a href="http://mullasadra.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-summary-of-belief-tajrid-al-itiqad.html">jawhar wa-ʿaraḍ</a>).  It begins with the preface of Ṭûsî, instead of that of Iṣfahânî, as follows: قوله اما بعد حمد واجب الوجود علی نعمائه خص بالذکر من صفاته العلی ما هو اخص به تع  The first gloss on words of Iṣfahânî is: قوله لما کان علم الکلام...اعترض بانّ ما ذکره الخ1 Well written, by Ibrâhîm b. ‘Abdallah, for Saiyid Shams al-dîn Muḥammad Âtashî. Date, A.H. 1082 [=1671-72 CE]. Corrections and notes are on the margin. Cat. 225, viii. 1 (?) [ed note: = Ḥaqīm Ḥamid al-Dīn's Urdu catalogue prepared at the behest of <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85120180/">H. B. Frere</a>]. 1 Compare Casiri, l.c. [<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105569536">Bîj. Libr.</a>]

Scholastic Theology [IO Bijapur 208] الشَرْح الجَدیدُ

<ul> <li>Scholastic Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 208 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. 415 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 415. B 208. Size 63/4 in. by 31/2 in.; foll. 133. Seventeen lines in a page. The second part of <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5031766">ḲÛSHJÎ’s Commentary</a>, containing Chapter II., فی الجوهر و الاعراض, but imperfect at the end. Illegibly written in Shikastah, with some marginal notes. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijapur_Collection">Bîj. Libr.</a>, A.H. 1028.

Scholastic Theology [IO Bijapur 191] الحاشیة القدیمة

<ul> <li>Scholastic Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 191 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. 419 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/108/mode/2up?view=theater">419</a>. B 191. Size 8 in. by 41/4 in.; foll. 202. Twenty-one lines in a page. Another imperfect copy of the <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5032285">same work</a>, ending with the words قوله و فیه نظر لانا لا نم (=fol. 116v. of no. <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5032285">417</a>). Written in a clear Nasta’liḳ, of the tenth century; with some marginal notes by the <a href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr92018469.html">author</a>. A small ornament at the beginning; red lines round the pages.

Scholastic Theology [IO Bijapur 139] الحاشیة القدیمة

<ul> <li>Scholastic Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 139 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. 418 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/108/mode/2up?view=theater">418</a>. B 139. Size 71/4 in. by 43/4 in.; foll. 153. Seventeen lines in a page. Another copy of the <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5032285">preceding work</a> preceding work. Very neatly written in Nasta’liḳ, by Muḥammad Riḍa b. Ismâ’îl Hamadânî, in the Raḍawîyah Academy at Shîrâz. Dated Tuesday, 22nd Sha’bân, 999 [=15 June 1591 CE]. Incomplete at the end. The last gloss is: قوله نعم لو لم یجعل الکرة (= fol. 138 of the preceding MS.).

Scholastic Theology [IO Bijapur 233] الشَرْح الجَدیدُ

<ul> <li>Scholastic Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 233 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. 413 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 413. B 233. Size 8 in. by 6 in; foll. 376. Seventeen lines in a page. A fragment of the <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5031766">same work</a>. It begins: للسابق زیادة کمال لیس للمسبوق (=fol. 44v. of no. 409). There are slight defects after foll. 122 and 128, and a larger one after fol. 240; a few leaves are also wanting at the end. Plainly, but inelegantly written, of the twelfth century. Erroneously inscribed اجزاء حاشیة قدیم. Cf. Cat. 226, xxxvii.

Scholastic Theology [IO Bijapur 298]

<ul> <li>Scholastic Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 298 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. 425 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 425. B 298. Size 101/2 in. by 53/4 in.; foll. 164. Twenty-seven lines in a page. A fragment of the preceding work, imperfect at the beginning and end. The first complete paragraph begins: قوله فی المعارف الاهیة (=fol. 10v. of the preceding no.). Well written, of the twelfth century. A defect after fol. 72. Several leaves are injured. Erroneously inscribed: حاشیه چلبی بر بیضاوی در علم تفسیر. Cf. Cat. 222, iii. 7.

Scholastic Theology [IO Bijapur 206] مطالع الانظار فی شرح طوالع الانوار

<ul> <li>Scholastic Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 206 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. 427 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 427. B 206. Size 91/4 in. by 61/4 in.; foll. 156. Twenty-five lines in a page. A Commentary on <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82085851/">Bai</a><a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82085851/">ḍâwî’</a>s طوالع الانوار, by Shams al-dîn Abu’l-thanâ <a href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr91044051.html">Maḥmûd b. ‘Abd al-raḥmân IṢFAHÂNÎ</a> Shâfi’î (d. A.H. 749 [=1348 or 1349 CE]). It is entitled مطالع الانظار فی شرح طوالع الانوار. Cf. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka%C5%9Ff_az-Zun%C5%ABn">Ḥ. Kh</a>. iv. 168, and Cat. Lugd. iv. 248 [=<a href="https://mdz-nbn-resolving.de/details:bsb10800144">Catalogus codicum orientalium Bibliothecae Academiae Lugduno-Batavae</a>]. This copy contains the author’s preface, in which he dedicates his work to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Nasir_Muhammad">Sultan Nâṣir</a> of Egypt. The commentary begins: قال الحمد لمن وجب وجوده و بقاؤه اقول ضمّن هذه الخطبة معظم مطالب اصول الدین الخ Written in a good small hand, with frequent omission of the diacritical points. It was transcribed by ‘Aṭâ Allah b. Muḥammad Ḥusainî, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samarkand">Samarḳand</a>, at the beginning of Rajab, 829 [=May 1426 CE]. There is a considerable defect after fol. 26. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijapur_Collection">Bîj. Libr</a>., A.H, 1028 [=1619 CE], from Molla Pâyandah Muḥammad. <ul> <li>[ed note: Quick <a href="https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/work_118">link</a> to other copies of the same work] </li> </ul>

Scholastic Theology [IO Bijapur 172]

<ul> <li>Scholastic Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 172 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. 424 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 424. B 172. Size 91/2 in. by 51/4 in.; foll. 422. Twenty-one lines in a page. Another Gloss on Ḳûshjî’s Commentary, by MÎR ṢADR AL-DÎN Abu Naṣr Muḥammad Ḥusainî Shîrâzî (d. A.H. 903). This is the second gloss by the author, written in reply to the second gloss (الحاشیة الجدیدة) of Dawwânî. It is dedicated to the Ottoman Sultan Bâyazîd II (who reigned from A.H. 894 to 918). See Ḥ. Kh. ii. 200, and Aumer, Hdss. Münch. 295. Cf. Cat. Mus. Brit. 452. The first annotation begins: قوله ای علی آله....محبوبیه قال الشارح فیما کتب علی الحاشیة قیل لم یرد به معینا الخ This MS. terminates abruptly in a note to the words و احتج المص علی ما اختاره, from the fourth فصل of the second مقصد (=fol. 189 of no. 409). It is written in various hands, of the beginning of the eleventh century. The first quire and the last were written by Nûr Allah Yazdî. Corrections on the margin. Worm-eaten. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijapur_Collection">Bîj. Libr</a>., A.H. 1059, from Nawwâb Muṣṭafa Khân (Muḥammad Amîn). Seals of Muḥammad ‘Âdil Shâh and ‘Aṭâ Allah. Cat. 225, xii. 2.

Scholastic Theology [IO Bijapur 178]

<ul> <li>Scholastic Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 178 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. 421 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 421. B 178. Size 81/4 in. by 43/4 in.; foll. 175. From eighteen to thirty-one lines in a page. Notes on the greater part of Dawwânî’s الحاشیة القدیمة, by Molla MÎRZÂ JÂN (Ḥabîb Allah Shîrâzî, d. A.H. 994). See Ḥ. Kh. ii. 202, and Cat. Mus. Brit. 387. The first note comments on the commencement of the Tajrîd; it begins: قال المص رحمه الله اما بعد حمد واجب الوجود علی نعمائه اقول لا یبعد ان یقال فی ترک الموصوف ههنا ایماء لطیف. The second note refers to words of Ḳûshjî, thus: قال الشارح رح فافعل ههنا الخ لا یبعد ان یحمل الخ, and the third to the first words of Dawwânî, قوله رحمه الله مراده بالزیادة الخ. The last gloss is: قوله فان المیل الطبیعی الخ (referring to words from fol. 120 of no. 417). Written in different hands, partly in an illegible Shikastah, with numerous marginal notes by the author. The colophon runs as follows: تمّ الکتاب بعون الملک الوهاب و رزقنی الله السعی فی اتمامه بالکتابة و الاستکتاب فمنه الابتداء و الیه الانتهاء و لکل شئ عنده مرجع و مآب و انا العبد الراقم خوشحال. Two leaves are missing after fol. 7, and twenty-six after fol. 51. The seal (A.H. 1013) and signature of the owner, Khushḥâl, are on the title-page. On the last fol. is a list of twenty-four books, which he had with him at Burhânpûr. Bîj. Libr., A.H. 1054. Seal of Muḥammad ‘Âdil Shâh. Cat. 226, xix.

Scholastic Theology [IO Bijapur 178A]

<ul> <li>Scholastic Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 178A 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. 422 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 422. B 178A. Size 71/2 in. by 43/4 in.; foll. 154. Twenty-one lines in a page. Another copy of the preceding work. This book is in a bad condition, nearly one-half of it, from the margin inwards, having been eaten by white-ants. The text is, however, comparatively little injured. Clearly written in a small hand. Imperfect at the end. An ornament in blue and gold is on the title-page. Bîj. Libr., A.H. 1029; with the following note: بابت زرادخانه بدیاپور (!).

Scholastic Theology [IO Bijapur 203, 234]

<ul> <li>Scholastic Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 203, 234 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. 426 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/110/mode/2up?view=theater">426</a>. B 203, 234. Size 91/2 in. by 63/4 in.; foll. 178. At first from eleven to fifteen, afterwards about thirty lines in a page. <ol> <li> Foll. 4-90r. Nâṣir al-dîn ‘Abdallah b. ‘Omar BAIḌÂWÎ’S (d. A.H. 685) Compendium of Scholastic Theology, entitled طوالع الانوار من مطالع الانظار. Cf. Ḥ. Kh. iv. 168, and Flügel, Hdss. Wien, ii. 607. </li> </ol> Well written in a bold hand. With numerous glosses, which are chiefly derived from a commentary, for which the abbreviation صد is used; this is perhaps the commentary by ‘Abd al-ṣamad Farâbî, mentioned in Ḥ. Kh. iv. 169. Fourteen leaves are missing after fol. 34. <ol> <li> Foll. 90v.-94r. A Commentary by TAFTÂZÂNÎ (d. A.H. 792), on the Exordium (الخطبة) of Marghînânî’s الهدایة (see no. 211). </li> </ol> Written in a smaller character than the preceding. Dated 10th Muḥarram (یوم عاشورا), 798. <ol> <li> Fol. 94v. and 95r. An explanation of the Exordium (الخطبة) of Baiḍâwî’s طوالع الانوار, taken from the commentary of IṢFAHÂNÎ (see the following no.). </li> </ol> Foll. 95v.-178. A Commentary on the طوالع االانوار. The author is, according to Ḥ. Kh. iv. 169, Burhân al-dîn ‘Ubaidallah b. Muḥammad ‘Ubaidalî Sharîf Farghânî, commonly called ‘UBRÎ (d. A.H. 743). Cf. Cat. Bodl. i., no. exl., and ii. 570. The text and the commentary are distinguished by the words قال and اقول. The author says in his preface: و بعد فهذه حواشٍ کتبناها علی کتاب الطوالع المنسوب الی القاضی ...بالتماس جمع من الاصحاب مقتصرا علی حَدِّ الکتاب تیسیرًا للامر علی الطلّاب الخ. The commentary begins: قال رحه و بعد فمقصود الکتاب مرتب علی مقدّمة و ثلاثة کتب اقول مقصود الکتاب مرتب علی مقدمة اعنی ما یتوقف علیه المباحث الآتیة الکلامیة. Carefully written in a small character, with copious marginal notes. Several leaves are missing after foll. 130 and 132. The whole volume was written by Muḥammad b. Shihâb الوابکنوی (!)1 Sirâj, who was a pupil of Taftâzânî. Foll. 1-3 are filled with Persian poetry and various extracts from Arabic works, partly in the original hand. Fol. 4r. bear an ornament intended to contain the title. This MS. was brought from Muḥammadâbâd-Bîdar, and came into the Bîj. Libr. A.H. 1028. Seal of Maḥmûd Khwâjah Jahân. Cf., on this and the following nos., Cat. 224, ii.; 226, xvi. 2, 3, 4, xvii., xxvii.   1 The regular form of this surname is الوابکنی, from وابْکَنة, or وابَکْنة, a place near Bukhâra. See Liber as-Sojutii de nom. rel., ed. Veth, p. ۲۷۰, and Yâḳût, iv. ۸۷۲.

Scholastic Theology [IO Bijapur 22]

<ul> <li>Scholastic Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 223 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. 429 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 429. B 223. Size 7 in. by 43/4 in.; foll. 199. Twenty-one lines in a page. Another copy of IṢFAHÂNÎ’s Commentary on the Ṭawâli’, Without the preface. Closely written in various Nasta’liḳ hands, with marginal notes added by the last hand. Of the ninth century. The beginning is much injured, and a few leaves are wanting at the end. Bîj. Libr., A.H. 1054, from Ḳâḍi Khushḥâl. Seals of Muḥammad ‘Âdil Shâh, and of ‘Abd al-raḥîm Muḥammad, who bought this MS. at Aḥmadâbâd, A.H. 992.

Scholastic Theology [IO Bijapur 205]

<ul> <li>Scholastic Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 205 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. 432 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 432. B 205. Size 7 in. by 4 in.; foll. 351. Nineteen lines in a page. A Commentary (ممزوج) on the طوالع الانوار, by HUMÂM AL-DÎN Gulnârî. Cf. Ḥ. Kh. iv. 169. It begins: لما جرت عادة المصنفین بل فاعل کل امر ان یبتدی بالبسملة و للحدیث المشهور افتتح المص رحمة الله علیه بقوله بسم الله و الاسم اما من الوسم بمعنی السمة الخ. Neatly written. Conclusion: قد تم تسطیر هذا الشرح المدعو بالهمامی رحم الله مولفه رحمة واسعة و عفی عن کاتبه ناظریة و تقدیریة (!) ببلدة کارزون (؟کازرون) صینت عن ریب المنون فی یوم السبت ۶ ماه ربیع الاول سنة اربع و تسعین و ثمانمائة الهجریة. The earlier portion bears corrections, derived from a MS. of Molla Jalâl al-dîn, and some notes. Injured by insects. Bîj. Libr., A.H. 1026, from Shâh Nawâz Khân.

Scholastic Theology [IO Bijapur 223A]

<ul> <li>Scholastic Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 223A 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. 428 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 428. B 223A. Size 11 in. by 63/4 in.; foll. 296. Twenty-one lines in a page. Another copy of the preceding Commentary. It does not contain the author’s preface, but includes the complete text of the Ṭawâli’. Beautifully written in Nasta’liḳ, with a separate space for glosses, which have been occasionally added by the original hand. The word قال is invariably written in gold, and اقول in blue. Each page is between gold lines. The colophon runs as follows: وهذا آخر الکتاب، و قد تم بالخیر بعون الملک الکریم الوهاب ، فی العتبة الشریفة، و السدّة العالیة المنیفة، لدار الکتب المبارکة لحضرة من خصّة الله تع بالکمالات الملکیة، و الریاسة الانسیة، مظهر کلمة الله العلیا، مکرّما (!) بالعنایة و الهدی، علیم نطق بلسان الشریعة المصطفویة، حکیم ظهر بحکمته آثار العلویّة، ملجأ الافاضل و العلماء، ملاذ الاولیاء و الاتقیاء، امام الائمة و العلماء الراسخین، سلطان السادات و المشایخ فی العالمین، کریمی که در کامش اهل جهانرا جهان امانست و جای امانی، مظهر الطاف الملک المهیمن الآله الامیر الکبیر السیّد السند التحریر حبیب الحق و الملّة و الدین شاه محبّ الله خلّد الله تع فی تشیید مبانی الدین مآثر افاضته و خلافته، و اوضح علی کافة المسلمین مفاخر رحمته و رافته، کتبه احقر خدامه، و تراب اقدامه، جعفر بن جعفر الرضا الْعَریْضی الحسینی تجاوز الله عنه فی یوم الاحد الثالث من ربیع الاول عام احدی و ستین و ثمانمائة الهجریة الخ. Two seals of the above-mentioned owner, Muḥibb Allah b. Khalîl Allah Ḥusainî, are on the title-page, which also has an ornament in gold and colours, intended to contain the title of the work. Seal of Ibrâhîm Nauras (‘Âdil Shâh II.) on the first page.

Scholastic Theology [IO Bijapur 241] عُمْدَة عَقائِد

<ul> <li>Scholastic Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 241 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. 435 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 435. B 241. Size 9 in. by 6 in.; foll. 56. Seven lines in a page. Another copy of the <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5090101">same work</a>, probably older than the preceding. The first leaf of it is missing. It begins: اهل الحق. Written in a large inelegant hand, with many glosses. The name of the copyist is erased. A defect after fol. 47. The beginning and end are injured, and the whole is stained.

Scholastic Theology [IO Bijapur 226] عُمْدَة عَقائِد

<ul> <li>Scholastic Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 226 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. 434 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 434. B 226. Size 111/4 in. by 63/4 in.; foll. 53. Seven lines in a page. A treatise on the Muḥammadan Creed. By <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82144374/">Ḥâfiẓ al-dîn Abu’l-barakât ‘Abdallah b. Aḥmad NASAFÎ </a>(d. A.H. 710). It has been edited by Cureton (for the Society for the Publication of Oriental Texts, London, 1843), under the title: <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/umdat-aqdat-ahl-al-sunnah-wa-al-jamah-pillar-of-faith-of-the-sunnites/oclc/987455715">عمدة عقیدة اهل السنة و الجماعة</a>,3 or Pillar of the Creed of the Sunnites. It is named عمدة العقائد by Ḥ. Kh. iv. 261, and it is also called العقیدة الحافظیة. Written in a large hand, with many marginal and interlinear notes. Part of these are specified as extracts from commentaries on the present work, namely that by the author, entitled الاعتماد فی الاعتقاد, and those of Rafî’ al-dîn and Zakarîyâ. Of the tenth century. One leaf is missing after fol. 49. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijapur_Collection">Bîj. Libr</a>., A.H. 1027. Presented by Ḳâḍi Naṣîr al-dîn. Cat. 226, xxxi.   3 These words are from the author’s preface.

Scholastic Theology [IO Bijapur 230]

<ul> <li>Scholastic Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 230 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. 433 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 433. B 230. Size 81/2 in. by 43/4 in.; foll. 40. Thirty-three and thirty-seven lines in a page. <ol> <li> Foll. 1-31. A concise treatise on Muḥammadan Theology, by Badr al-dîn Muḥammad b. As’ad Yamanî TUSTARÎ (who wrote about A.H. 700, according to Ḥ. Kh. v. 597). </li> </ol> Beginning: استبح الله الذی لا یحوم حول الوهیّته الواصفون...و بعد یقول مولانا و استادنا الفاضل المحقّق و الکامل المدقّق علامة الزمان استاد علماء عراق و خراسان بدر الملة و الدین علاء الاسلام و المسلمین محمّد بن اسعد الیمنی محتدا و التستری تعریفًا متّع الله المسلمین بطول حیوته لا ریب لمن رزقت (!) الفطرة السلیمة فی شرف علم الکلام لشرف متعلّقه و قوّة براهینه و شدّة الحاجة الیه هذا و ان مختصرنا هذا منطو علی لباب مطالب المهمّة (!) و نقاوة انظار اهل الصنعة لا یعرفه الا من یتبع کتب القوم الخ. It comprises an introduction (مقدّمة) and three chapters (مطلب): I. (fol. 3) فی الالهی; II. (fol. 18) فی الممکنات; III. (fol. 25) probably فی السمعیات. This MS. is not quite complete, but terminates abruptly in the paragraph فی الامامة. Marginal notes. <ol> <li> Foll. 32-40. The beginning of a Commentary on the preceding work, by the author himself. </li> </ol> Begins: یقول مولانا و استادنا علامة الزمان بحر الحقائق کاشف الدقائق بدر الملة و الدین...اللهم وفق الفقیر الی عنایتک الخ. The author says subsequently: و لما کانت الکتب المصنّفة فی هذا الفنّ1 للافاضل من الاوائل و الاواخر وافرة طویلة الاذیال منتشرة الاطراف و الارجاء قلّما یصل الیها غیر المتموّلین من المنتمین الی اهل العلم2....دعانی ذلک الی ان انتزع من کتب الاولین و زبر الآخرین من المخالفین و الموافقین امّهات اسرارهم الخ. The text and the commentary are distinguished by قال and اقول, but only the first word of the former is given in each case. This MS. is imperfect at the end, and does not extend beyond the introduction (مقدّمة) of the original work. Carefully written in a small hand, but often without the diacritical points. Of the eighth century. Rubrics omitted throughout. Stained by damp.   1 Namely, the Kalâm. 2 Here follows an invective against money-making scholars.

Scholastic Theology [IO Bijapur 204]

<ul> <li>Scholastic Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 204 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. 430 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 430. B 204. Size 9 in. by 6 in.; foll. 214. Nineteen lines in a page. An incomplete copy of the same Commentary. Written in different Nasta’liḳ hands, of about the tenth century. Marginal notes. Numerous leaves are missing, especially in the portion from fol. 60 to 88, and others are injured, owing to the bad quality of the paper. Bîj. Libr., A.H. 1026, from Shâh Nawâz Khân.

Scholastic Theology [IO Bijapur 214] مَمْزُوج

<ul> <li>Scholastic Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 214 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. 439 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 439. B 214. Size 93/4 in. by 7 in.; foll. 353. From twenty-one to thirty-three lines in a page. Another copy of the <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5090832">same work</a>, said to have been transcribed from the author’s own copy, A.H. 909. Well written, in several hands, with marginal notes. Imperfect at the end. Book (موقف) III. left unfinished (see fol. 169). The preface of Jurjânî is wanting. Begins: اقول ضمن المصنف. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijapur_Collection">Bîj. Libr</a>., A.H. 1028, from Molla Pâyandah Muḥammad.

Scholastic Theology [IO Bijapur 227] نهج الحق و کشف الصدق

<ul> <li>Scholastic Theology.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 227 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. 437 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 437. B 227. Size 93/4 in. by 6 in.; foll. 236. Nineteen lines in a page. A Refutation of the Theology and Legal System of the Sunnites, entitled نهج الحق و کشف الصدق. The author, who is not mentioned, appears to be1 Jamâl al-dîn Abu Manṣûr Ḥasan b. Yûsuf, commonly called IBN AL-MUṬAHHAR ḤILLÎ, a great Shî’ah divine and pupil of Ṭûsî, who died A.H. 726. See regarding him, Cat. Mus. Brit. 452 and 455. The present work is mentioned in Stewart’s Catal., p. 141. It is dedicated to Sultan Ghiyâth al-dîn Ûljâitû Khudâbandah Muḥammad of Persia (A.H. 703-716). The preface begins: الحمدلله الذی غرقت فی بحار معرفته افکار العلماء. The author blames the Sunni divines for their utter disregard of intuitive and natural knowledge, which in his opinion leads them to conclusions quite unacceptable to the sound mind. He says: اوضحت فیه لطائفة المقلِّدین من طوائف المخالفین انکارَ روسائهم و مقلَّدیهم القضایا البدیهیةَ و المکابرة فی المشاهدات الحسّیة و دخولهم تحت حرف1 السوفسطائیة و ارتکاب الاحکام التی لا یرتضیها لنفسه ذو عقل ورویة لعلمی بان المنصف منهم اذا وقف علی مذهب من یقلّده تبرّأ منه و حاد عنه و عرف انه ارتکب الخطأ والزلل He confines himself to eight questions (مسئلة), namely, I. (fol. 3) فی الادراک; II. (fol. 9) فی النظر; III. (fol. 10v.) فی صفاته تع; IV. (fol. 53v.) فی الانبیاء; V. (fol. 60) فی الامامة; VI. (fol. 142v.) فی المعاد; VII. (fol. 144) فیما یتعلق باصول الفقه; VIII. (fol. 160) فیما یتعلق بالفقه. In the dogmatical part he chiefly attaches the Ash’arites, to whom, he says (fol. 3v.), with the exception of some divines of Transoxania, all the four orthodox sects are now reduced (جماعة الاشاعرة الذین هم الیوم کل الجمهور من الحنفیة و الشافعیة و المالکیة و الحنابلة الّا یسیرا من فقهاء ما وراء النهر); and he vindicates against them the doctrines of the Imâmîyah. Well written in Nasta’liḳ. Dated A.H. 1072. Inscribed: الجز الاول من کشف الحق و نهج الصدق Cf. Cat. 229, ii.   1 See the conclusion of no. 471, ii. 1 No. 471, ii. reads: ووغولهم تحت فرق.