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Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 633]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 633 </strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> <strong>Otto Loth, </strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 836 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>836.</p> <p>633. Uniform with the preceding no.; foll. 81.</p> <p>The third part of the same copy.</p> <p>Begins: قال السيد البشر الشفيع المشفع فى المحشر صلوات الله عليه و آاله و سلم الدنيا دار بلاء الخ.</p> <p>Ends: هذا آخر ما وجد من المجلد الثالث من الكشكول و يتلوه المجلد الرابع ان شاء الله تع بمنه و كرمه قد تم فى عام ثمان و اربعين و الف من الهجرة النبوية المصطفوية.</p> <p>[Johnson.]</p> <p> </p>
Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2170]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2170 </strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> <strong>Otto Loth, </strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 831 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>831.</p> <p>2170. Size 9 in. by 6 in.; foll. 268. Seventeen lines in a page.</p> <p>The second part of the same work, from Chapter 51 to the end. Written like the preceding MS. Completed at the end of Shawwâl, 1138, by Sa’îd b. Sâlim b. Muḥammad Bâ Râshid Ḥaḍramî Ḥimyarî. At the end are the following verses:</p> <p>كتبت و قد ايقنت يوم كتابتى</p> <p>بان يدى تفنى و يبقى كتابها</p> <p>و اعلم بان ( sic ) الله سائلها غداً</p> <p>فيا ليت شعرى ما يكون جوابها</p> <p>and</p> <p>ان تجد عيبا فسُدّ الخللا جل من عيب فيه وعلا.</p> <p>Both parts bear the seals of ‘Abd al-wahhâb Khân (A.H. 1168), and Iḳtidâr Khân (A.H. 1179).</p> <p>[College of Fort William, 1825.]</p> <p> </p>
Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 894]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 894 </strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> <strong>Otto Loth, </strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 834 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>834.</p> <p>894. Size 9<sup>3/4</sup> in. by 6<sup>1/4</sup> in.; foll. 93. Twenty-one lines in a page.</p> <p>The first part of an elegant copy of BAHÂ AL-DÎN MUḤAMMAD ‘ÂMULÎ’S (d. A.H. 1031) Collectanea, called الكشكول , or the Beggar’s Bowl. See, regarding this work, Flügel, Hdss. Wien, i. 409. <sup>1</sup> It was printed at Teheran, A.H. 1266, <sup>2</sup> and recently at Bûlâḳ (<em>s.a</em>.). It contains both Arabic and <em>Persian </em>extracts.</p> <p>Neatly written in Nasta’liḳ. A splendid ornament on the first page, and gold and blue lines round the others. Explanations of words and various notes are added on the margin.</p> <p>Ends: هذا آخر ما وجد من المجلد الاول من الكشكول و يتلوه المجلد الثانى و الحمد لله ... فى سنة ست و اربعين و الف من الهجرة.</p> <p>This, however, appears to be the colophon of the copy from which this MS. was taken. <sup>1</sup></p> <p>The title-page has been covered by another leaf, but the seal and signature of Muḥammad ‘Askarî, a servant of Shâh ‘Âlam (I.), may still be seen through the latter.</p> <p>[Johnson.]</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><sup>1</sup> Cat. Bodl. ii. 304, no. CCIV. is a different work.</p> <p><sup>2</sup> See Cat. Bibl. Sprenger. 1201.</p> <p><sup>1</sup> See below, no. 838.</p> <p> </p>
Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 632]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 632 </strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> <strong>Otto Loth, </strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 835 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>835.</p> <p>632.Uniform with the preceding no.; foll. 59.</p> <p>The second part of the same copy, beginning as in Flügel, l.c.</p> <p>Ends: وافق الفراغ من هذه المجلد الثانى من الكشكول فى سنة اربع و اربعين الف من الهجرة النبوية الخ.</p> <p>[Johnson.]</p> <p> </p>
Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2873]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2873 </strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> <strong>Otto Loth, </strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 833 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>833.</p> <p>2873. Size 12<sup>1/2 </sup>in. by 7<sup>1/2</sup> in.; foll. 119. Twenty-one lines in a page.</p> <p>The first part of MUḤAMMAD B. ḲÂNIṢAUH B. ṢÂDIḲ'S (flourished about the beginning of the tenth century, in Egypt) السحر الحلال من ابداع الجلال , that is, a selection from his Dîwân (which is entitled ابداع الجلال في السحر الحلال), preceded by five dissertations (مقدّمة) , which are inscribed as follows :</p> <p>I.فى فضل العقل وما ورد فى شرفه من النقل ;</p> <p>II. فى علوم الادب و ما ورد فيها من القول المنتخب ;</p> <p>III. فيما روت فيه الصحابة من الحديث و مزجت منه القديم بالحديث</p> <p>IV.فى نبذة ممّا انتخبته من بعض القصائد و المقاطيع الحسان التى هى فى جيد الزمان كفرائد الدرّ وقلائد العقيان ;</p> <p>V.فى بعض قصائد مبدعة و معارضتى لها بقصائد بديعة مخترعة</p> <p>Only these dissertations are contained in the present volume. The last two, as is indicated by their titles, consist merely of poetical extracts. IV. contains, among others, long selections from the Dîwâns of Kamâl al-dîn Ibn Nabîh, Ibn Nubâtah, Mutanabbi’, and Ṣafî al-dîn Ḥillî. V. gives, besides Ḳaṣîdahs of the authors just mentioned, some of (Sulṭân) Ḳâniṣauh Ghaurî, Maḥmud b. Âghâ, Shihâb Manṣûrî, Shihâb al-dîn Aḥmad b. Mas’ûd Nâbulusî, and the author himself.</p> <p>The Dîwân of the author was divided into five chapters (باب) as follows : I. فى القصائد ; II. فى الموشّحات و المخمّسات ; III. فى الالغاز و المطارحات ; IV. فى المراثى ; V. فى المقاطيع .</p> <p>The preface begins: قال الفقير الى رحمة ربّه المحبّ الصادق محمد بن قانْصَوه بن صادق غفر الله ذنوبه .... الحمد لله المانّ على البلغاء بصحاحِ بيانِ معانى بديعِ تخيّلِ اختراعِ المقال ‘</p> <p>Cf. on the author and another work of his, Cat. Mus. Brit. 347.</p> <p>Well written, with vowel-points. Quit modern.</p> <p>[Bible. Leydeniana.]</p> <p> </p>
Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 782]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 782 </strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> <strong>Otto Loth, </strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 830 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>830.</p> <p>782. Size 9 in. by 6<sup>1/4 </sup>in.; foll. 307.Seventeen lines in a page.</p> <p>هذا كتاب المستطرف من ( sic ) كل فنّ مستظرف تاليف الفقير الى عفو ربه الراجى لمغفرة ذنبه محمد الخطيب الاشبهى ( sic ) .</p> <p>The first part of the Anthology of Shihâb al-dîn Muḥammad b. Aḥmad KHAṬÎB ABSHÎHÎ (who flourished about A.H. 800). Cf. Ḥ. Kh. v. 524. A full account of this work has been given in Catal. Bodl. ii. 97 sqq.</p> <p>See also Cat. Mus. Brit. 335, 654; Flügel, Hdss.</p> <p>Wien, i. 374; etc. It was printed at Bûlâḳ, A.H. 1268.</p> <p>This volume goes as far as Chapter 50.</p> <p>Legibly written in a cursive hand.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2249]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2249 </strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> <strong>Otto Loth, </strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 828 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>828.</p> <p>2249. Size 8<sup>3/4</sup> in. by 5<sup>1/2</sup> in.; foll. 16. Nine lines in a page.</p> <p>I. Foll. 1-8. KA’B B. ZUHAIR’S Ḳaṣîdah بانت سعاد . Cf. no. 802.</p> <p>II.Foll. 9-16. SIRÂJ AL-DÎN ÛSHÎ’S Ḳaṣîdah on the Muḥammadan faith called يقول العبد or بدء الامالى .</p> <p>It was composed A.H. 569. Cf. Ḥ. Kh. iv. 158; Flügel, Hdss. Wien, i. 459; and P. von Bohlen’s edition (Amâlî , etc., Regiom . 1825).</p> <p>Well written, in a large hand, with vowel-points, but incorrect. Much ornamented and gilt.</p> <p>[College of Fort William, 1825.]</p> <p> </p>
Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2291]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2291 </strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> <strong>Otto Loth, </strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 826 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>826.</p> <p>2291. Size 9 in. by 5<sup>1/4</sup> in.; foll. 205. Twenty-five lines in a page.</p> <p>Foll. 1-186. Another copy of the same Commentary.</p> <p>The complete text of the Ḳaṣîdah is added on the margin. Emendations and various glosses.</p> <p>Foll. 187-194. A long poem in praise of Muḥammad, beginning:</p> <p>اثغور منها الصباحُ اضآءَ</p> <p>Foll. 195 and 196. تخميس of a Ḳaṣîdah of <em>Saiyid</em> <em>Ḥ</em><em>usain </em>.. السيد الشريف حسين بن الصديق الاهدل , by the author of the preceding poem.</p> <p>The Ḳaṣîdah begins: يا رسول الله غوثا و مدد .</p> <p>Foll. 197<em>v</em>. and 198. A short Ḳaṣîdah, beginning:</p> <p>بسيف الححا (sic) عند اشتداد النوائب.</p> <p>It is followed by various notes.</p> <p>Well written in a small hand. An ornament at the beginning. Coloured lines round the pages.</p> <p>Foll. 198-204. A short account of the sects of Islâm, transcribed from ÎJÎ’S كتاب المواقف . Begins: تذييل الكتاب فى ذكر الفرق الخ . Written in a minute character.</p> <p>Fol. 205. Explanation of the beginning of Sûrah 95, from the <em>Kashshâf</em>.</p> <p>[College of Fort William, 1825.]</p> <p> </p>
Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 686]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 686 </strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> <strong>Otto Loth, </strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 821 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>821.</p> <p>686. Size 8 in. by 4<sup>3/4</sup> in.; foll. 24. Seven lines in a page.</p> <p>Another copy of the <em>Burdah</em>.</p> <p>Boldly written, on a tinted ground. Spaces are left for a <em>Persian</em> interlineation, which, however, has been added to the first verse only.</p> <p>Seal and signature of Mîr Muḥammad Asad Khân, dated Bîjâpûr, A.H. 1185.</p> <p>[Tippu.]</p> <p> </p>
Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2505]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2505 </strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> <strong>Otto Loth, </strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 829 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>829.</p> <p>2505.Size 8 in. by 6 in.; foll. 154. About twenty lines in a page.</p> <p>I.Foll. 1-68. The Dîwân of ‘AFÎF AL-DÎN Sulaimân b. ‘Alî TILIMSÂNÎ, the Ṣûfî (d. A.H. 690).Cf. Catal. Mus. Brit. 292 sq., the Ḥ. Kh. iii. 297.</p> <p>It is arranged alphabetically. Begins: منعتها الصفات و الاسماء</p> <p>Not very clearly written. The diacritical points are often omitted, but the ‘‘unpointed’’ letters are frequently marked. The titles are written in yellow.</p> <p>The copy was made for Wajîh al-dîn… <sup>1</sup></p> <p>II.Foll. 69-100. Religious and Mystic Poems by various authors, such as IBN al-FÂRIḌ (d. A.H. 632), JA’BARÎ (Burhân al-dîn Ibrâhîm b. ‘Omar, d. A.H. 732), ‘ABD AL-LAṬÎF BAKRÎ, etc. Many of the poems are anonymous.</p> <p>III.Foll. 101-142. The Poems of ḤÂJIRÎ (Ḥusâm al-dîn ‘Îsa b. Sanjar b. Bahrâm Irbilî, d. A.H. 632), collected and arranged in seven books, by ‘Omar b. Muḥammad Dimishḳî. See Cat. Lugd. ii. 68, and Ḥ. Kh. iii. 271. The collection is here entitled مسارح الغزلان الحاجرية.</p> <p>Written in a small hand, resembling that of the preceding piece. Headings in yellow and red.</p> <p>IV. Foll. 143-150. A fragment of a Poetical Collection. Many of the poems contained in it are of the kind called تخميس .</p> <p>Written like the preceding piece.</p> <p>The remaining leaves of the volume are filled with various poems, which were added from time to time, by different hands.</p> <p>Fol. 116 is a stray leaf, which does not belong to any of the above collections.</p> <p>[Bibl. Leydeniana.]</p> <p> </p> <p><sup>1</sup> The rest of the name is erased.</p> <p> </p>
Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2289]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2289 </strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> <strong>Otto Loth, </strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 822 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>822.</p> <p>2289. Size 7<sup>1/2</sup> in. by 5<sup>1/2</sup> in.; foll. 56. Twenty-one lines in a page.</p> <p>كتاب شرح بردة المديح للامام العلامة الشيخ خالد الازهرى النحوى الخ</p> <p>A Commentary on the <em>Burdah</em>, by (Zain al-dîn) KHÂLID (b. ‘Abdallah) AZHARÎ (d. A.H. 905), who wrote it A.H. 903. Cf. Ḥ. Kh. iv. 526. The worthlessness of this compilation is pointed out by Ralfs, die Burda, p. 25.</p> <p>The preface begins: اما بعد حمد الله المستحق التحميد ( sic ) الخ.</p> <p>The author gives in it an account of the origin of the poem. The text is given in portions, according to the connexion of the verses. The commentary is very circumstantial at the beginning. It consists usually of three sections: explanation of words, grammatical analysis (الاعراب) , and general interpretation (معنى البيت) .</p> <p>This copy is rather carelessly executed, and only the earlier portion of it has been emended. A <em>Persian </em>translation of verses is added on the margin, by a different hand. The writing is much injured by damp.</p> <p> </p> <p>[College of Fort William.]</p> <p> </p>
Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2227]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2227 </strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> <strong>Otto Loth, </strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 840 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/242/mode/2up?view=theater"><strong>840</strong></a>.</p> <p>2227. Size 11<sup>1/4</sup> in. by 6<sup>3/4</sup> in.; foll. 315. Twenty-five lines in a page.</p> <p>Another copy of the <em>Kash</em><em>ḳ</em><em>ûl </em>in one volume, resembling, as it seems, the MS. described by <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66290">Flügel</a>, l.c.</p> <p>Written in Nasta’liḳ, the lines running in various directions. Coloured lines round the pages. Of the twelfth century.</p> <p>It concludes with the colophon of the original copy, which begins: تم المجلد الخامس من الكشكول بعون الله تعالى و يتلوه المجلد السادس (!) بحسن توفيقه نسخته من خط جامعه جمع الله بيننا و بينه فى الدارين الخ , but has no date.</p> <p>The single parts of the work form separate volumes مجلد) , only the first and second are not separated (see fol. 68<em>v</em>.) ; the conclusion of the former is different from the common one, and something is omitted at the beginning of the latter , which commences : تولى ابن السراج القضاء الخ.</p> <p>Foll. 310 and 311 should be placed between 306 and 307.</p> <p>On the title-page are added: a tract proving the existence of God; a note regarding the anthropomorphism of various sects, which is derived from the author's own copy (نقل من خط المصنف قدس سره بواسطين ) ; and the names of the Seven Sleepers, اصحاب الكهف, the latter by a different hand.</p> <p>In a strong binding of blue leather, with gold ornaments, and with frequent impressions of the mark Œ on the back.</p> <p>[College of Fort William, 1825.]</p> <p> </p>
Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2699]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2699 </strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> <strong>Otto Loth, </strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 842 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/242/mode/2up?view=theater"><strong>842</strong></a>.</p> <p>2699. Size 10<sup>1/4 </sup>in. by 7 in.; foll. 398. Fifteen lines in a page.</p> <p>The first part of the Thousand and One Nights, ending with the 281st night (the Story of Prince Ḳamar al-zamân).</p> <p>Beginning الحمد لله الملك الجواد ‘ خالق الخلق و العباد‘.</p> <p>Well written in Nasta’liḳ. Rubrics often omitted. Quite modern.</p> <p>[Bibl. Leydeniana.]</p> <p> </p>
Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 1169]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1169 </strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> <strong>Otto Loth, </strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 841 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/242/mode/2up?view=theater"><strong>841</strong></a>.</p> <p>1169. Size 8<sup>1/4</sup> in. by 6 in.; foll. 98. Seventeen lines in a page.</p> <p>كتاب الدرة المكللة فى فتوح مكة المبجلة زادها الله تعالى شرفا و كرما و مهابة و تعظيما تاليف الشيخ الامام العالم المحدث ابى الحسن البكرى رضى الله عنه و رحم سلفه آمين.</p> <p>A legendary and poetical account of the conquest of Makkah by the Prophet, ascribed to ABU’L-ḤASAN BAKRÎ (probably Shams al-dîn Muḥammad b. ‘Abd al-raḥmân Miṣrî, who died about A.H. 950 ; sec <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashf_al-Zunun">Ḥ. Kh.</a> <em>Passim</em>). It was printed at Cairo, A.H. 1282.</p> <p>Beginning: الحمدلله رب العالمين ‘ و العاقبة للمتقين ‘ و لا عدوان الاّ على الظالمين ‘ احمده على نعمه .... اما بعد فهذا ما تيسّر الينا من كتاب الدرة المكللة فى فتوح مكة المبجلة روى عن الامام على بن ابى طالب الخ.</p> <p>The progress of the recital is frequently marked by the words قال الراوى . A special authority is not introduced.</p> <p>Plainly written, by ‘Omar Ibn Ḥijâzî. Dated Thursday, 23rd Jum. I., 1062. The copy was made for Ḥasan, Shaikh of the Hawârah Arabs, in al-Ṣa’îd, <sup>1</sup> – مما عمل برسم المجلس العالى الاوحدى الاكملى الدخرى المعتمدى شيخ مشايخ عربان هوارة بالصعيد الاعلى مَن اسمه و فعله حسن احسن الله تعالى اليه الخ .</p> <p>A formula of exorcism, which is also ascribed to BAKRÎ, is added on the last page.</p> <p>[Gaikwar.]</p> <p> </p> <p><sup>1</sup> Cf. Quatremère, Mémoires sur l'Egypte, ii. 209.</p> <p> </p>
Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 1137]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1137 </strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> <strong>Otto Loth, </strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 844 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/242/mode/2up?view=theater"><strong>844.</strong></a></p> <p>1137. Size 10<sup>1/2 </sup>in. by 5<sup>3/4</sup> in.; foll. 109. From twenty to twenty-five lines in a page.</p> <p>A Collection of Tales and Romances, partly from the Thousand and One Nights.</p> <p>Imperfect at the beginning. The first fragment relates the adventures of Amîr Mûsa, governor of Africa under ‘Abd al-malik, in search of the demons of Solomon. The remaining tales are inscribed as follows: --</p> <p>Fol.31.حكاية السندباد البحرى و ما جرى له من الاهوال و العجائب الغريبة.</p> <p>Fol.39.قصة مارية والعباس ابن سلطان اليمن و بنت ملك بغداد و ما جرا بينهما .</p> <p>Fol.50<em>v</em>.حكاية سليمان عم يوم نزع الله منه الملك و ما جرا عليه من المصائب و المحن .</p> <p>Fol.59<em>v</em>.حكاية دقيانوس و الفتية اصحاب الكهف و الرقيم و ما جرى لهم.</p> <p>Fol.64.حكاية بهلول رحه من كتاب الآمال عن ابن بابويه القمى.</p> <p>Fol.65<em>v</em>.من كتاب المرحوم حسين باشا الحكاية الثالثة و الاربعون فيها عفى و نجاه الله من الهلاك</p> <p>Fol. 66<em>v</em>. الحكاية الرابعة و العشرون فى برّ الوالدين من كتاب المرحوم ايضا .</p> <p>Fol. 67. ايضا هذه الحكاية من كتاب المرحوم حسين باشا ابن على باشا</p> <p>Fol.67<em>v</em>.قصة هلال المدنى و ما جرى له مع النبى صلعم .</p> <p>Fol.69<em>v</em>.موعظة بهلول لهارون الرشيد و ما كان منهما</p> <p>Fol.70<em>v</em>. قصة بشر و هند و ما جرى بينهما من المرسلات ( المراسلات . r ) و العجائب .</p> <p>Fol. 77<em>v</em>. قصة اليتيم و ما جرا له مع النبى صلعم</p> <p>Fol. 80<em>v</em>. قصة فتوحات مكة زادها الله شرفا و تعظيما و تكريما.</p> <p>Fol.90. حكاية العابدة و ابنها مظلموين رضى الله عنهما اجمعين.</p> <p>Fol.91<em>v</em>.حكاية القلندريّة (!) اولاد السلاطين ثلاثتهم عوران من عين اليمين.</p> <p>Plainly written. Of the eleventh century. Conclusion (fol. 92): و هذا ما انتهى الينا من قصة القرندلية على التمام و الكمال و نعوذ بالله الخ.</p> <p>Fol. 93. A poem in strophes of five lines, ascribed to IBN ABU’L-SHIMÂL (قال الشاعر ابن ابى الشمال) .</p> <p>Beginning: قم نشرب الراح فويق النهرى .</p> <p>On fol. 2 is a story of Solomon; the following fourteen leaves are left blank.</p> <p>According to the conclusion on fol. 92, the book is inscribed: قصة قرندليه.</p> <p> </p>
Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 635]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 635 </strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> <strong>Otto Loth, </strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 838 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>838.</p> <p>635. Uniform with the preceding no.; foll. 75.</p> <p>The fifth and last part of the same copy.</p> <p>Beginning: قال سيد المرسلين و اشرف الاولين و الآخرين صلوات الله عليه و آله اجمعين اذا اقشعر قلب المومن من خشية الله الخ.</p> <p>Conclusion: تم المجلد الخامس من الكشكول بعون الله تعالى و يتلوه المجلد السادس (!) انشاءالله بحسن توفيقه قد وقع الفراق (!) من هذه النسخة المباركة فى شهر ذى القعدة سنه ۱۱۰۶ .</p> <p>This is the date of transcription of the copy. No sixth volume of the work is known to exist. <sup>1</sup></p> <p>[Johnson.]</p> <p> </p> <p><sup>1</sup> See, however, no. 840.</p> <p> </p>
Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 444]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 444 </strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> <strong>Otto Loth, </strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 843 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/242/mode/2up?view=theater"><strong>843</strong></a>.</p> <p>444. Size 9 in. by 6<sup>1/4</sup> in.; foll. 128. Eleven lines in a page.</p> <p>هذا كتاب حكاية الف ليلة و ليلة من كتب المتقدمین هذا كتاب حكاية الف ليلة و ليلة .</p> <p>The first portion of the Thousand and One Nights.</p> <p>Imperfect at the end, terminating in the fortieth night.</p> <p>Beginning: ذكروا اهلُ الاولين ‘ عبرةً للاخرين ‘</p> <p>Written in a large plain hand.</p> <p>[Johnson.]</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
[IO Islamic 1425] Miscellaneous-Poetry
<ul> <li>Miscellaneous-Poetry</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1765 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 1425 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span>1765</span></p> <p><span>Miscellanies.</span></p> <p><span>A large collection of Persian compositions in prose and verse, containing:</span></p> <p><span>1.An incomplete copy of Jâmî</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>s </span><span><em>Lawâ</em></span><span><span><em>’</em></span></span><span><em>i</em></span><span><em>ḥ</em></span><span> (see No. 1357, 15; No. 1358, 2; and Nos. 1368-1373 above), on ff. 1</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>-13</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, defective at the beginning and injured moreover on fol. 1.</span></p> <p><span>2.A story from Muḥammad</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>s life, on ff. 14</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>-16</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>اسناد هفت كلام ربّانى </span></span></span><span><span><span>چ</span></span></span><span><span><span>هارده حديث </span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>يغمبر عليه السّلام اسرار تمام الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>.</span></p> <p><span>Dated the 28th of Dhû-alḳa</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>dah, A.H. 1066 (A.D. 1656, Sept. 17).</span></p> <p><span>3.Grammatical fragments, on ff. 17</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>-26</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, for instance:</span></p> <p><span>; </span><span><span><span><span><span>فصل در بيان تنوين باب </span></span></span><span><span><span>ا</span></span></span><span><span><span>لمداد </span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; </span><span><span><span><span><span>فصل در قلب</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; </span><span><span><span><span><span>فصل در بيان اخفا</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>;</span></p> <p><span>; </span><span><span><span><span><span>فصل در بيان مخارج حروف</span></span></span></span></span><span>;</span><span> </span><span><span><span><span><span>فصل در بيان هاى ضمير و هاى اصلى و هاى سكته </span></span></span><u><span><span><span>الخ</span></span></span></u><span> </span></span></span><span>; </span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>در بيان ادغامات</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; </span><span><span><span><span><span>فصل در بيان الف ولام تعريف</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; </span><span><span><span><span><span>فصل در بيان ساكن</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span>; </span><span><span><span><span><span>فصل در بيان قواعد وقف</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>.etc ;</span></p> <p><span>4.</span><span><span><span><span><span>قَفِيل نام</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>امام حسين</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>(the scourge-book of Imâm </span><span>Ḥ</span><span>usain), a lamentation over </span><span>Ḥusain</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>s martyrdom, on fol. 26</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p> <p><span>5.Short Persian commentary on Sûras 73 (</span><span><span><span><span><span>سورة الْمز</span></span></span><span><span><span>َ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ّمِّل</span></span></span></span></span><span>) and 74 (</span><span><span><span><span><span>سورة المُدَّثِّر</span></span></span></span></span><span>), on ff. 27</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>-35</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p> <p><span>6.A poetical Persian paraphrase of verses and phrases of the </span><span>Ḳ</span><span>urân, on ff. 36</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>-52</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, 81</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>-82</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, and 89</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>-90</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p> <p><span>7.Ni</span><span><span>ż</span></span><span>âmî</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>s </span><span><em>Makhzan-alasrâr</em></span><span> (see No. 972 sq. above), on ff. 53</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>-75</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p> <p><span>8.Fragment of a Persian commentary on the initial ḳaṣîdah of </span><span><em>Khâḳânî</em></span><span><span><em>’</em></span></span><span><em>s</em></span><span> dîwan (see No. 950 sq. above), beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>دل من </span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ير تعليم است الخ</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, on ff. 75</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span> and 76</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p> <p><span>9.Some other </span><span>ḳaṣîdas of the same </span><span><em>Khâḳânî,</em></span><span> on ff. 76</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>-78</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p> <p><span>10.A short mystical mathnawî, entitled entitled: </span><span><span><span><span><span>ترغيب القلوب</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>(identical with the </span><span><span><span><span><span>مرغوب القلوب</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>in Nos. 1840 and 1841 below), on ff. 79</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>-80</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, in ten fa</span><span>ṣls, beginning:</span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>ب</span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ويم حمد ربّ العالمين را</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>عطا كو كرد بر ما عقل و دين را</span></span></span></p> <p><span>11.Extracts from Persian dîwâns, on ff. 88</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>-83</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span> (the order of leaves is inverted).</span></p> <p><span>12.A ghazal of Shaikh </span><span><em>Au</em></span><span><em>ḥadî Kirmânî</em></span><span>, correctly </span><span><em>Auhad-aldîn Kirmânî</em></span><span> (died A.H. 697=A.D. 1298) , the spiritual guide of </span><span><em>Auḥadî Marâghî,</em></span><span> who died A.H. 738 (A.D. 1337, 1338), on fol. 91</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p> <p><span>13.Mathnawî-fragments, on ff. 91</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>-124</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>; the larger portion is filled by the </span><span><span><span><span><span>مظهر الآثار</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>of Khwâjah </span><span><em>Hâshim</em></span><span> of Tattah, correctly Mîr </span><span><em>Hâshimî </em></span><span>of Kirmân, surnamed Shâh Jahângîr, who completed this </span><span>Ṣûfic mathnawî in Tattah, A.H. 940 (A.D. 1533, 1534), and was slain during his pilgrimage, A.H. 948 (A.D. 1541, 1542), see further down in this Cat. Copied A.H. 1065 (A.D. 1655).</span></p> <p><span>14.Shabistarî</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>s </span><span><em>Gulshan-i-râz</em></span><span> (see No. 1761, 2 above), on ff. 125</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>-136</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span> (fol. 131</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span> does not belong to it).</span></p> <p><span>15.</span><span><span><span><span><span>رقعه</span></span></span></span></span><span>, a note, on fol. 136</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p> <p><span>16.Various </span><span>ḳaṣîdas, a short mathnawî-fragment, and a ghazal, on ff. 137</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>-151</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p> <p><span>17.A mathnawî on the seven days of the week, styled : </span><span><span><span><span><span>ساعت نام</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>روزهاء كريم</span></span></span></span></span><span>, on ff. 152</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>-153</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, beginning:</span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ر تو خواهى كه </span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>رددت فيروز</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>كار و بار جهان بتو هر روز</span></span></span></p> <p><span>18.Various poetical fragments, a </span><span><span><span><span><span>معراج نامه</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>(on the ascension of Mu</span><span>ḥammad), in form of a ḳaṣîdah, by Muḥtasham, who died A.H. 996 (see Nos. 1447 and 1448 above), a </span><span><span><span><span><span>وفات نام</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>حضرت</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, etc,. on ff. 154</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>-164</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p> <p><span>No. 1415, ff. 164; written by different hands, mostly in careless </span><span>Nasta’lîḳ, with a great variety in the number of lines; size, 11</span><sup><span>1/4</span></sup><span> in. by 5</span><sup><span>1/8</span></sup><span> in.</span></p>
[IO Islamic 2634] Miscellaneous-Poetry
<ul> <li>Miscellaneous-Poetry</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1770 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 2634 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <p><span>1770</span></p> <p><span>Miscellanies.</span></p> <p><span>1.</span><span><span><span><span><span>نقل حكم نام</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>اتاليق شاه زاده</span></span></span></span></span><span>, on fol. 1</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, beginning:</span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>باسم محمّد جعفر و مهدى عليخان و غلام حيدر معلّم زيب ن</span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ارش مى بايد الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>.</span></p> <p><span>2.</span><span><span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ندنام</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>حيدرى</span></span></span></span></span><span>, on fol. 4</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, in mathnawî-baits, beginning:</span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>س از حمد رب نعت خير الورا</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>هم از بعد مدح همه اوصيا</span></span></span></p> <p><span>Bibliotheca Leydeniana.</span></p> <p><span>No. 2634, ff. 12, ff. 10 on ff. 1-3; 2 coll., each ll. 9 on ff. 4-12; Shikasta; size, 8 in. by 6 in.</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
[IO Islamic 483] Miscellaneous-Poetry
<ul> <li>Miscellaneous-Poetry</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1763 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 483 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <p><br><br></p> <p><span>1763</span></p> <p><span>A large collection of miscellaneous works in prose and verse.</span></p> <p><span>This collection of treatises, loosely bound together, contains:</span></p> <p><span>1.An anonymous treatise in prose, not even specified in the index on the fly-leaf, beginning, on fol. 1</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>:</span></p> <p><span>.... </span><span><span><span><span><span>و س</span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>اس مصوّرى كه ار</span></span></span><span><span><span>ژ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ن</span></span></span><span><span><span>گ </span></span></span><span><span><span>آسمان را بنقوش انجم </span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>رداخته </span></span></span><u><span><span><span>الخ</span></span></span></u><span> </span></span></span><span>; ll. 25; written in careless </span><span>Nasta’lîḳ and Shikasta.</span></p> <p><span>2.Another short anonymous treatise, likewise not marked in the index, beginning, on fol. 9</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>: </span><span><span><span><span><span>آب و رن</span></span></span><span><span><span>گ </span></span></span><span><span><span>بهارستان سخن ثناى </span></span></span><span><span><span>چ</span></span></span><span><span><span>من سرائيست كه به نسيم هدايتش طفل الخ</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; 12-13; rude handwritings in careless </span><span>Nasta’lîḳ.</span></p> <p><span>3.</span><span><span><span><span><span>دستان</span></span></span></span></span><span>, according to the index, by Mu</span><span>ḥyî-aldîn Ghulâm, with the takhalluṣ Khushdil, comprising letters, notes, short stories, etc. beginning, on</span><span> fol. 14</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>:</span><span><span><span><span><span>منّت منّانى كه معنى آشنايان حقيقت انديش امراى عالى و قارش و حمد سلطانى الخ</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; ll. 21-24; careless </span><span>Nasta’lîḳ and Shikasta, very much resembling the handwriting of No. 1.</span></p> <p><span>4.</span><span><span><span><span><span>نسخ</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>خطّ و سواد</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, a treatise on the style of writing, called Naskhu Ta</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>l</span><span>îḳ and their respective character, by Majnûn bin Maḥmûd alrafîḳî (see fol. 38</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, l. 6), beginning, on fol. 36</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>: </span><span><span><span><span><span>حمد و س</span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>اس استادى را كه كاتب لوح و قلم بي</span></span></span><span><span><span>چ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ون و حافظ نون و القلم الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>. Another copy of the same is noticed in Bodleian Cat., No. 1369, and Rieu ii. 531</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>; Majnûn was the takhallu</span><span>ṣ of the great penman and Nasta’lîḳ-writer, Mîr </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span>Alî-alkâtib of Mashhad, who lived at the court of </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span>Abdallâhkhân Uzbeg in Bukhârâ, and died about A.H. 950 (A.D. 1543, 1544). He wrote besides a </span><span><span><span><span><span>رسم الخطّ</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>in verse and a </span><span><span><span><span><span>رسال</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>وضع نسخ و تعليق</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, likewise in mathnawî-baits, both on the same topics, see Bodleian Cat., loc. cit., and No. 1370; Rieu, loc. cit., and p. 532</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>; see also iii. p. 1089; ll. 15; </span><span>Nasta’lîḳ.</span></p> <p><span>5.</span><span><span><span><span><span>مثنوئ ناصر على</span></span></span></span></span><span>, the same religious mathnawî, by Nâ</span><span>ṣir </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span>Alî of Sirhind (who died A.H. 1108), which is found in Nos. 1646-1648 above, beginning, on fol. 50</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>: </span><span><span><span><span><span>الهى ذرّ</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>دردى بجان ريز الخ</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; usually seventeen baits in a page; clear, but small </span><span>Nasta’lîḳ.</span></p> <p><span>6.Some scattered pieces in prose, on ff. 71</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>-75</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, written in Shikasta.</span></p> <p><span>7.</span><span><span><span><span><span>انشاء امان الله حسينى</span></span></span></span></span><span>, a collection of letters by Amân-allâh </span><span>Ḥ</span><span>usainî, on fol. 76</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>حمد وافر مر خداى را كه ياقوت قوّت ناطق</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>بى بها در عقد انشاى كبرياى او بى</span></span></span><span> </span><span><span><span>بهاست الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>. Amân-allâh </span><span>Ḥ</span><span>usainî, with the epithets of Khânazâdkhân Fîrûzjang and later on of Khânzamân, was the son of Mahâbatkhân Zamânbeg and greatly distinguished himself under Jahâng</span><span>î</span><span>r and Shâhjahân; he died A.H. 1044 or 1046 (A.D. 1634-1637), and left besides a dîwân, in which he uses Amânî as takhallu</span><span>ṣ (a copy is described in the Bodleian Cat., No. 1095, see also A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 330) and a general history, an Arabic and Persian dictionary, styled </span><span><span><span><span><span>چهار عنصر </span></span></span><span><span><span>دانش</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>(see Rieu ii. pp. 509 and 510); a </span><span><span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>نج باداوارد</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>on Indian agriculture (ib. p. 489</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>), an </span><span><span><span><span><span>امّ العلاج</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>on purgatives (ib., p. 794</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, No. III), and the same </span><span><span><span><span><span>انشا</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>(ib., p. 877</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, No. II), of which a considerable portion is found here; the </span><span><span><span><span><span>انشا</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>(or </span><span><span><span><span><span>رقعات</span></span></span></span></span><span>) has been printed in Calcutta, and lithographed in Lucknow, A.H. 1269, see also W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 129, No. 14, and a complete copy further down in this Cat.; ll. 13, large rude </span><span>Nasta’lîḳ, sometimes plain Shikasta.</span></p> <p><span>It comprises ff. 76</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>-99</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span> and 119</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>-139</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, dated the 10th of Shawwâl, A.H. 1075 (A.D. 1665, April 26), at Lâhûr, and written by Sayyid </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span>Abd-alla</span><span>ṭîf.</span></p> <p><span>8.Two other prose-tracts, one treating of rhetorics and tropical figures, inserted into the two halves of the preceding work, on ff. 100</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>-118</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, very rudely written in Shikasta.</span></p> <p><span>9.</span><span><span><span><span><span>مثنوئ محيط اعظم</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>(the great ocean), by </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span>Abd-al</span><span>ḳâdir Bîdil (died A.H. 1133), in eight </span><span><span><span><span><span>دور</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, only six of which are found in this incomplete copy, beginning with a preface in prose, on fol. 141</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>: </span><span><span><span><span><span>حمد نشاء آفرينى كه ميخان</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>حقيقت انسانى الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>. The first </span><span><span><span><span><span>دور </span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>begins on fol. 143</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>: </span><span><span><span><span><span>خوش آندم كه در بزم</span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>اه قدم الخ</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, see two other copies of the same in Nos. 1682 and 1683 above; 2 columns, each ll. 17; Shikasta. The last leaves extremely damaged. The two pages before it are filled with a </span><span><span><span><span><span>رقع</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>محمّد قلى سليم</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, that is, the prose-story of the </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span>Complaint of the mouse and request of the cat.</span><span><span>’</span></span><span> noticed above in the complete works of Salim (who died A.H. 1057), No. 1558, 3; it begins: </span><span><span><span><span><span>صاحب سليم سلامت فرياد الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>.</span></p> <p><span>10.Scattered pieces in prose and verse.</span></p> <p><span>11.A fragment of Shaikh Mu</span><span>ḥammad Murâd</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>s writtengs, incomplete at the beginning, on fol. 188</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p> <p><span>12.</span><span><span><span><span><span>بحر طويل محمّد بيك</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, beginning, on fol. 216</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>:</span><span><span><span><span><span>ابتدا ميكنم اين نامه بر درد بنام ملك قادر قيّوم الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>.</span></p> <p><span>Other treatises with the same title </span><span><span><span><span><span>بحر طويل</span></span></span></span></span><span>, by Mir Sayyid </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span>Alî Mihrî (under Shâh Sul</span><span>ṭân Ḥusain A.H. 1105-1135), and by Muḥammad Ḳ</span><span>âsim bin </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span>Abd-al</span><span>ḳâdir Tûnî, are noticed in Rieu ii. p. 796</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, No. VII, and p. 833</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, No. IV (the latter in praise of Muḥammad and </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span>Alî</span><span>), see also W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., pp. 119, No. 13, and 175, No. 3.</span></p> <p><span>13.Another fragment of only two pages (fol. 218), taken from </span><span><span>Ż</span></span><span>uhûrî</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>s </span><span><span><span><span><span>مينا بازار</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>(see above, No. 1509, 6; and Rieu ii. p. 742</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, No. IV). All three pieces, 11-13, written by the same hand in Shikasta, ll. 20-21.</span></p> <p><span>14.Mirzâ Mu</span><span>ḥammad Taḳî Munshî</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>s description of Banâras, etc, </span><span><span><span><span><span>تعريف بنارس و درياى كنك</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, beginning, on fol. 219</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>: </span><span><span><span><span><span>ديبا</span></span></span><span><span><span>چ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ه از ميرزا محمّد تقى حمدى كه طرّاحان بناء اذكار الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>.</span></p> <p><span>15.The same Muḥammad Taḳî</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>s contest between </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span>mirror and target</span><span><span>’</span></span><span> (</span><span><span><span><span><span>مناظر</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>آئينه و نشانه</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>), on fol. 237</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p> <p><span>16.Naubâwa (</span><span><span><span><span><span>نوباوه</span></span></span></span></span><span>), a collection of letters and notes, by Abû-albarakât Munîr of Lâhûr (died A.H. 1054), compiled A.H. 1051 (A.D. 1641, 1642), beginning on fol. 240</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span> : </span><span><span><span><span><span>اين منتخب از بخت نكو فرجامش الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>.</span></p> <p><span>17.</span><span><span>Ż</span></span><span>uhûrî</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>s preface to the </span><span><span><span><span><span>نورس</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>(see No. 16 in the preceding copy), on fol. 264</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, and some other treatises without any heading, the last dated A.H. 1104 (A.D. 1692, 1693). This tract and the preceding ones are all written in the same style of Shikasta, ll. 20-21.</span></p> <p><span>18.</span><span><span><span><span><span>انو</span></span></span><span><span><span>ا</span></span></span><span><span><span>ر المشارق</span></span></span></span></span><span>, by </span><span>Ṭughrâ (see No. 1586, XVIII, above), incomplete at the beginning, on fol. 291</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>; ll. 15; careless Nasta’lîḳ.</span></p> <p><span>19.</span><span><span><span><span><span>رساله در فنّ انشاء</span></span></span></span></span><span>, beginning, on fol. 299</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>: </span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>الا اى دوستان نكته </span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>رداز </span></span></span><span><span>–</span></span><span><span><span> قدردان سخنهاى سرافراز</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span>ll. 13; Nasta’lîḳ.</span></p> <p><span>20.Letters, notes, and other fragmentary prose-pieces, on fol. 306</span><sup><span>a </span></sup><span>sq. (</span><span><span><span><span><span>خطوط و رقعات متفرّقه</span></span></span></span></span><span>).</span></p> <p><span>21.</span><span><span><span><span><span>خطب</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>ديوان حكيم شفائى</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, i.e. Mirzâ Jalâl-aldîn Mu</span><span>ḥammad Ṭ</span><span>abâ</span><span>ṭa</span><span>bâ’î’s preface to the dîwân of Shifâ</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>î (died A.H. 1037); the same </span><span>Ṭ</span><span>abâ</span><span>ṭabâ</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>î wrote a preface to </span><span>Ḳ</span><span>udsî</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>s dîwân (see above, Nos. 1531-1533 and Nos. 1552-1557), on fol. 312</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, and other scattered prose-pieces; ll. 21-25; careless </span><span>Nasta’lîḳ and Shikasta.</span></p> <p><span>No. 483, ff. 345; written by many different hands in the most various styles of Nasta’lîḳ and Shikasta; size, 8½ in. by 5</span><sup><span>3/8</span></sup><span> in.</span></p> <p> </p>
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