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Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2044]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2044 </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. 811 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>811.</p> <p>2044. Size 10<sup>1/2</sup> in. by 6<sup>1/2</sup> in.; foll. 350. Nine lines in a page.</p> <p>Another copy of the same work.</p> <p>Well written in a large hand, with vowel-points.</p> <p>Many interlinear and marginal notes.</p> <p>The first and the last seven leaves have been supplied by a later hand, but the MS. is still incomplete at the end.</p> <p>Seal and signature of Muḥammad Khiḍr Khân (A.H. 1191).</p> <p>[College of Fort William, 1825.]</p> <p> </p>
Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 692]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 692 </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. 801 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>801.</p> <p>692. Size 6<sup>3/4 </sup>in. by 3<sup>3/4 </sup>in.; foll. 284. Fifteen lines in a page.</p> <p>I.Foll.1-161. The greater portion of al-Ḥusain b. Aḥmad ZAUZANÎ’S (d. A.H. 486) Commentary on the <em>Mu’all</em><em>aḳât</em>.</p> <p>It breaks off in the <em>Mu’allaḳah</em> of ‘Amr b. Kulthûm. The last verses of this poem are, however, added at the end, with a conclusion (تمت القصائد) .</p> <p>II.Foll. 162-203. The remaining <em>Mu’alla</em><em>ḳahs</em> of ‘ANTARAH and AL-ḤÂRITH, with another commentary. One leaf is missing after fol. 180, with the end of the former, and part of the introduction to the latter, poem.</p> <p>The commentary appears to be an abridgment of <em>Tabrîzî’s</em> commentary.<sup> 1</sup> As in the latter, there follow here three other poems, which are not unfrequently added to the ‘‘Seven,’’ viz.:---</p> <p><em>a</em>.Foll. 204-212. The Ḳaṣîdah in ب of ‘ABÎD B. AL-ABRAṢ, which, as is also stated here , stands occasionally in the place of the Mu’allaḳah of al-Ḥârith. It is preceded by a historical introduction on the authority of Muḥammad b. ‘Amr Shaibânî, which is also found in Tabrîzî.<sup>2</sup></p> <p><em>b</em>.Foll. 213-222. The Ḳaṣîdah in د of AL-NÂBIGHAH, or no. 1 of the Dîwân , as edited by H. Derenbourg (Paris, 1869). It was published by De Sacy in his Chrestomathic Arabe , vol. ii.</p> <p><em>c</em>.Foll. 224-237. The Ḳaṣîdah in ل Of AL-A’SHA. It was published by De Sacy, l.c.</p> <p>III.Foll. 238-270. A Commentary on the Ḳaṣîdah لامية العجم , of al-Ḥusain b. ‘Ali <em>Ṭ</em><em>ughrâ’î</em> (d. about A.H. 514). This is an abridgment (تلخيص ) of the commentary of Jamâl al-dîn Muḥammad b. Mûsa <em>Damîrî</em> (d. A.H. 808). The author gives his name at the end as MUḤAMMAD B. AL-KHALÎL Kâzarûnî, of al-Aḥsâ.</p> <p>IV.Foll. 270-284. The celebrated Ḳaṣîdah لامية العرب , attributed to AL-SHANFARA. It was published by De Sacy, l.c.</p> <p>Many glosses. Verses 51-54, which are omitted in their proper place, are added at the end.</p> <p>Neatly written in Nasta’liḳ, the text of the poems in Naskh and in red. The copy was made by Muḥammad Ma’ṣûm Ḥusainî Shîrâzî Manṣûrî, son of Niẓâm al-dîn Aḥmad Dashtakî, for his own use.</p> <p>Date A.H. 1072. Injured by insects.</p> <p>[Johnson.]</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><sup>1</sup> See Catal. Mus. Brit. 259.</p> <p><sup>2</sup> See <em>ibid</em>. 260.</p> <p> </p>
Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2378]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2378 </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. 808 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>808.</p> <p>2378. Size 7<sup>3/4</sup> in. by 5<sup>3/4</sup> in.; foll. 272. Thirteen lines in a page.</p> <p>The <em>Ma</em><em>ḳâmât</em> of Abu Muḥammad al-Ḳâsim b. ‘Alî ḤARÎRÎ (d. A.H. 516).</p> <p>Well written in a large hand, with vowel-points.</p> <p>Dated end of Rajab, 991. The copy was made by Rabî’ b. Sulaimân b. ‘Alî Barâshî, for Majd al-dîn Ḳabânî Yamanî.</p> <p>This MS. came, A.H. 1112, into the possession of Muḥammad Chelebi.. , commonly called Tiryâḳî, of Bûlâḳ, who collated it with three other copies. One of these had been collated with the archetype, A.H. 654.</p> <p>This latter collation is noticed at the end of each <em>Maḳâmah. </em>Some explanations were transcribed from the same copy. Tiryâḳî finished his collation at the end of Ṣafar, 1118. He also added the epilogue of Ḥarîrî, <sup>1</sup> and his الرسالة السينية . <sup>2</sup></p> <p>A notice of the author is written on the fly-leaf.</p> <p>[Bibl. Leydeniana.]</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><sup>1</sup> As in De Sacy’s edition</p> <p><sup>2</sup> The same has been added to the <em>Ma</em><em>ḳâmât</em> in the Munich MS. 553, Aumer.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2330] ديوان المتنبى
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2330 </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. 807 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>807.</p> <p>2330. Size 7<sup>1/4</sup> in. by 4<sup>3/4</sup> in.; foll. 155. Twenty-one lines in a page.</p> <p>ديوان المتنبى</p> <p>The Dîwân of <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80103859/">Abu’l-Ṭaiyib Aḥmad b. al-Ḥusain MUTANABBI</a> (d. A.H. 354), alphabetically arranged, with short notes on the subject, metre, and rhyme of each poem.</p> <p>Begins:</p> <p>(قال) ابو الطيّب احمد بن الحسين المتنبى رحمه الله و مولده بالكوفة فى كندة سنة ثلاث و ثلثمائة يمدح سيف الدولة و كان امره باجازة ابيات على هذا الوزن و هذا الروى</p> <p>عذل العواذل حول قلبى التائه</p> <p>و هوى الاحبّة منه فى سودائه</p> <p>with which compare the beginning of the commentary of ‘Ukbarî (printed at Calcutta, A.H. 1261), Cat. Mus. Brit. 280, and Cat. Upsal. 76.</p> <p>Well written. Dated A.H. 1017 [=1608-09 CE]. Diacritical points occasionally omitted. Vowel-points irregularly and not always carefully added. Fol. 112 mutilated.</p> <p>A circumstantial account of the text of this MS. is given at the end (foll. 152-154). It was derived from two copies, one of which had been written by Rajâ b. al-Ḥasan b. al-Marzubân, and collated – among other اصول with a copy which had been read to Mutanabbi’, and again to Ibn Jinnî. The other copy had been verified by Mutanabbi’ himself. This text was subsequently collated with three copies, which were apparently arranged on the chronological principle.</p> <p>‘‘Ex libris <a href="https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/68a46572-7827-4140-a01b-3e9338585db5">A[braham] Lockett</a>, 1811.’’</p> <p>[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_College">College of Fort William</a>, 1825.]</p> <ul> <li>[<strong>ed note</strong>: <a href="https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/work_20785">Quick link</a> to other copies of the same work.]</li> </ul>
Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 634]
<ul> <li><strong>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 634 </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. 837 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>837.</p> <p>634. Uniform with the preceding no.; foll. 74.</p> <p>The fourth part of the same copy.</p> <p>Beginning: قال سيد المرسلين و اشرف الاولين و الآخرين صلوات الله عليه و آله اجمعين فى خطبة خطبها و هو على ناقته العضباء الخ.</p> <p>Conclusion: هذا آخر المجلد الرابع من الكشكول قد تم فى عام سبع و اربعين و الف من الهجرة النبوية .</p> <p>[Johnson.]</p> <p> </p>
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>
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