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Miscellanies [IO Islamic 824]

<ul> <li>Miscellanies.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 824 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. 1043 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1043. 824. Size 73/4 in. by 5 in.; foll. 250. Seventeen lines in a page. Collectanea of Molla AḤMAD B. SULAIMÂN [ed note: He lived in western India in the 18th century, see XIII below]; the greater part in Arabic, the remainder in Persian. Inscribed: نقل بیاض حضرت..1 احمد بن مولوی سلیمان قدس الله سرهما الحنان المنان This collection contains complete treatises, extracts, and notes (فائدة), bearing chiefly on mathematical and philosophical subjects. Of longer extracts or more remarkable works, the following may be noticed. I. Foll. 26-35. مقالة ابی ریحان محمد بن احمد البیرونی فی راشیکات الهند A treatise of <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80014376/">BÎRÛNÎ</a> (d. A.H.430), on the rule of proportion, based on Indian system. The author says (fol. 26v.), referring to the rule of three: والهند یسمونها تری راشیک1 ای ذو الثلاثة المواضع و راش2 هو البرج وراشیک هو الموضع من الصورة فان منجمیهم یسمون البیوت الاثنی عشر راشیک The treatise begins: النسبة فی ما بین المقادیر المتجانسة Blanks are left for some diagrams which have never been added. II. Fol. 36. برهان آخر علی الشکل السابع من کتاب بنی موسی, and foll. 37-38 الشکل السابع من کتاب بنی موسی  A proposition of the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban%C5%AB_M%C5%ABs%C4%81">BANU MÛSA</a> (cf. no. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5637313">734</a>, viii.), on the mensuration of triangles; preceded by a demonstration, which is probably by AL-KHÂZIN (Abu Ja’far). III. Foll. 50-52. الشکل السادس عشر من کتاب معرفة مساحة الاشکال البسیطة و الکریة لبنی موسی محمد و الحسن و احمد The sixteenth proposition from the book of the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban%C5%AB_M%C5%ABs%C4%81">BANU MÛSA</a>, on the mensuration of plain and spherical bodies, from which apparently also the preceding no. is taken. This book is to be found in Cat. Bodl. i. 208, b. Begins: نرید ان نجد مقدارین یقعان بین مقدارین مفروضین Diagrams omitted. IV. Fol. 58. A short mathematical treatise by <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82136884/">NAṢÎR AL-DÎN ṬÛSÎ</a> (d. A.H. 672), inscribed للمحقق نصیر الدین الطوسی رحه فی بیان انه لا یمکن ان یجتمع من عددین مربعین فردین عدد مربع V. Foll. 76-77. A riddle on قانون; and Foll. 78v.-81, another on کافیة; both by <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83196143/">BAHÂ AL-DÎN ‘ÂMULÎ</a> (d. A.H. 1031). The first riddle was composed in A.H. 1002, as appears from the chronogram لغز طبیبانه بی عدیل (i.e. 1116, minus 114). VI. Foll. 113v.-123. A treatise on Astronomy, called <a href="https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/manuscript_16019">تشریح الافلاک</a>, by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baha%27_al-din_al-%27Amili">BAHÂ AL-DÎN ‘ÂMULÎ</a>. See Cat. Mus. Brit. 244. It consists of five sections (فصل). Additional notes by the author on the margin. Diagrams omitted. VII. Foll. 125-128. رسالة فی اثبات حدوث العالم, by ḤUSAIN B. IBRÂHÎM التنکابنی [Ḥusayn ibn Ibrāhīm al-Tunukābunī, fl. 17th cent.?] VIII. Foll. 131 and 146.1 A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qasida">Ḳaṣîdah</a> ascribed to the Khalîf <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85807131/">YAZÎD B. MU’ÂWIYAH</a>, قصیدة میمیة منسوبة الی یزید بن معاویة علیه ما یستحقه Begins: اراک طروبا ذا شجی و ترنم Various readings on the margin. Dated 20th Jum. II., 1135 [=28 March 1723] <ul> <li>[ed note: Quick <a href="https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/manuscript_7931">link</a> to a manuscript with work attributed to this author]</li> </ul> IX. Foll. 140v.-142. An extract from the fifth treatise of the Ikhwân al-ṣafâ, on Music. Begins: فائدة ان الحکماء الموسیقیین انما اقتصرو من اوتار العود علی اربعة X. Foll.143-145. A treatise of ARCHIMEDES, inscribed کتاب ارشمیدس فی قسمة شکل سماه بسیطماشیون (؟) باربعة عشر شکلا مناسبة له Identical with that noticed in Cat. Bodl. ii. 603, ad CMLX.2 Diagram omitted. <ul> <li>[ed note: Quick<a href="https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/person_29547910"> link</a> to other works of Archimedes.] </li> </ul> XI. Foll. 184-191. A theosophic treatise, by MUḤAMMAD AFḌAL AL-DÎN, a shî’ite, who wrote it at Mashhad ( الروضة الرضیة الرضویة), for the use of his pupils. This treatise has no special title. It is preceded by a long introduction, which begins: اما بعد فتح الکلام بحمد الملک العلام الخ. After this, the first paragraph commences as follows: المسئلة الاولی من الکلام فی توحیده تعالی واجب الوجود. The author quotes <a href="https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr92018469/">Dawwânî</a>, Amîr Fakhr al-dîn Astarâbâdî, Abu’l-Ḥasan Kâshî, and others. Imperfect at the end. XII. Foll. 191-194. مقالة لقسطا بن لوقا فی البرهان علی1 حساب الخطائَیْن و هو الباب الجامع الذی یستخرج به جمیع مسائل الحساب التی لیس لها جذور. A treatise by <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80106962/">ḲUSṬA B. LÛḲA</a> (d. A.H. 311), on the regula falsi. A revised edition of this treatise, by Jâbir b. Ibrâhîm Ṣâbi’, seems to be contained in Cat. Lugd. iii. 59. XIII. Foll. 225-229. An extract from (‘Alî b. Aḥmad) <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81067951/">IBN ḤAZM</a> Andalusî Ẓâhirî’s (d. A.H. 456) work on Shâfi’ite law المحلّی, for which see Ḥ. Kh. v. 428. This extract bears on the law of inheritance. It is accompanied by the glosses of MOLLA AḤMAD. Collated on 7th Dhû-alḥijjah, 1140 [= 15 June 1728 CE] XIV. Foll. 234-241. A Ḳaṣîdah, called العروس, by <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/np-qannas,%20khalid%20b%20safwan%20al$709/">KHÂLID B. ṢAFWÂN FAIYÂḌ</a> [خالد بن صفوان]. See Cat. Mus. Brit. 260b. The author flourished under the last Omaiyades and the first Abbasides. The collection concludes with the خاتمة of <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83196143/">‘ÂMULÎ</a>’S <a href="https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/work_4467">خلاصة الحساب</a> (see no. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5706354">758</a>). This copy belonged to a grandson of the compiler, Muḥammad Riḍa b. Ghulâm Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Sulaimân. It is dated Dhû-alḥijjah, 1134 [=September/October 1722, which date is nonetheless earlier than that in part XIII above]. On the last page is a poem, beginning: لقد صار قلبی باللواحظ جَوْدر (!) Which was written by the owner on 18th Ramaḍân, 1141, at Sûrat (بالبندر المسمی بسورت). An extract from <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr94033786/">ḲUṬB-ALDÎN SHÎRÂZÎ</a>’S نزهة القلوب, about the parentage of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziyad_ibn_Abihi">Ziyâd b. Abu Sufyân</a> and a method of divination, both derived from Aḥmad b. Sulaimân, have been prefixed to the original volume by a later hand (foll. 1-3). [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaekwad_dynasty">Gaikwar</a>.]   1 Two words erased. 1 The latter fol. has been misplaced in binding. 2 There, however, the name of the figure is written بطماشیون (!). 1 Here follows in the MS. the word عبل.

metadata [IO Islamic 149] کتاب نعمتنامۀ ناصرشاهی

<ul> <li> Kitâb-i-Ni’matnâma-i-Nâṣirshâhî (کتاب نعمتنامۀ ناصرشاهی).</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 149 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 2775 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   e. Cookery. <a href="https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.106448/page/n775/mode/2up">2775</a> Kitâb-i-Ni’matnâma-i-Nâṣirshâhî (کتاب نعمتنامۀ ناصرشاهی). A large and curious, but unfortunately defective work on Indian cookery, preparation of sweetmeats, spices, etc., without author’s name and date of composition. It seems to begin on fol. 162b, where a frontispiece appears together with a kind of title or beading, which runs thus: کتاب نعمتنامۀ ناصرشاهی و عطرنامه و ترکیب خوشبوئیها و ترکیب چووه   (i.e. چَوا or چَو۠وَا) و ترکیب تیلهای (a fragrant paste of four ingredients  خوشبوی و ترکیب پختن کافور الخ and goes down to fol. 194, after which must be added ff. 1b-161b; there are some leaves missing between fol. 194 and fol. I, the latter opening abruptly thus: a wide-mouthed cauldron) پاتیلى  بیارند خواه از زر یا از نقره یا از برنج الخ.... The proper place of ff. 195b and 196a is doubtful; they evidently belong to the same work, but are detached from it by an intervening blank page. Besides the lacuna already mentioned, there are several others, for instance, one leaf is missing after ff. 16, 17, 19, 37, 46, 56, 60, and 67; two leaves after ff. 80 and 151; several pages are moreover badly injured. According to a note on fol. 1a this copy must have been written before A.H. 1044 (A.D. 1634, 1635). No. 149, ff. 196, II. 10; very large Naskhî; illuminated frontispiece on fol. 162b; illustrations on ff. 4b, 5a, 6b, 8b, 11a, 14a, 18a, 23a, 25b, 29a, 32a, 35b, 40b, 44b, 51a, 54a, 66a, 71b, 76a, 79b, 83b, 88b, 91b, 94a, 98a, 100b, 103b, 111b, 115b, 118b, 121b, 124b, 129b, 133b, 136b, 144b, 147a, 153b, 157a, 159b, 165b, 168b, 171b, 174b, 177b, 180b, 183b, 186b, 189b, and 192b; size, 123/8 in. by 8 in.

[IO Islamic 2424] Maâthir-alumarâ, The Second Edition of the Great Biographical Dictionary of the Famous Amîrs, Nawwâbs, and other Noblemen who Lived

<ul> <li>   Another Copy of the Maâthir-alumarâ.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2424 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 627 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 627 Maâthir-alumarâ (مآثر الامرا). This curious MS. of a rather unattractive exterior (both on account of the uncouth hand and the many cancelled portions) is nevertheless of singular interest and importance, as it exhibits the brouillon or first sketch of the second revised and greatly enlarged edition of Ṣamṣâm-aldaulah’s biographical dictionary, by the author’s son, Mîr ‘Abd-alḥayy (born A.H. 1142=A.D. 1729, 1730, died A.H. 1196=A.D. 1782), who commenced this edition, for which he used all the most famous historical and biographical works, A.H. 1182 (A.D. 1768, 1769), and completed it A.H. 1194 (A.D. 1780). Unfortunately there are seventy-two leaves missing between ff. 4 and 5. Contents: Preface of the second editor, ‘Abd-alḥayy, on fol. 1b, beginning: ستادش بیکران و نیایش بی اندازه مالک الملکی را سزد که آثار الخ. The date of the completion, A.H. 1194, appears in the last line of this preface (ta’rîkh: زهی ادیب مصاحب مآثر الامرا). The author’s original preface, on fol. 3b (the first line, beginning الحمدلله و سلام علی عباده الخ, is crossed out). The dictionary itself is subdivide into at least five parts, each of which is arranged in alphabetical order and preceded by a table of contents; the system of these subdivisions is not clear, since they all appear to be of mixed contents both as to chronology and to rank. The first part is missing; the second, on fol. 5a, contains twenty-two biographies, beginning with Amîn-aldaulah Amîn-aldînkhân, who died A.H. 1152 (A.D. 1739, 1740), and ending with Muḳarrabkhân, the son of Amînkhân, who died A.H. 1158 (A.D. 1745). In the text itself there were originally a larger number of biographies, but they have been crossed out (denoted by بطل) and not inserted in the table on fol. 5a. The third part begins on fol. 35a and contains 126 biographies, four of which, although first inserted in the index, have afterwards been cancelled (denoted by بطل in the text, by a big م=محو in the table of the contents). First biography: Ibrâhîmkhân Aurang, under Humâyûn, who died A.H. 975 (A.D. 1567, 1568). Last biography: Yûsufkhân of Kashmîr, who died A.H. 999 (A.D. 1590, 1591). The fourth part begins on fol. 98a and contains eighty-five biographies, three of which are afterwards cancelled. First biography: Ihtimâmkhan, who died A.H. 1056 (A.D. 1646). Last biography: Ya’ḳûbkhân Badakhshî, who died A.H. 1037 (A.D. 1627, 1628). The fifth part begins on fol. 132a and contains 138 biographies, four of which are afterwards cancelled. First biography: Aḥsankhân Sulṭân Ḥasan, who died A.H. 1120 (A.D. 1708, 1709). Last biography: Yalankûshkhân Bahâdur, who died A.H. 1076 (A.D. 1665, 1666). The whole number of biographies therefore in this Brouillon is 371, or deducting the eleven which afterwards have been crossed out, 360. In the first missing part there may have been eighty or ninety more, which would give a total of about 450 biographies, whereas the usual copies of this second edition contain 731… A khâtimah, giving the editor’s short account of his own life, is found on fol. 203b; see Rieu i. p. 340. This MS. exhibits throughout erasures of certain lines in the text and corrections and annotations in the margin, all in the same handwriting. Usually a blank space is left between the single biographies for future additions. Ff. 96-97, and 131 are entirely blank. Presented by Lieut.-Col. W. Kirkpatrick, 30th of May, 1804. No. 2424, ff. 204, II. 21-23; Shikasta; size, 123/8 in. by 63/4 in.

[IO Islamic 2910] Maâthir-alumarâ, The First Edition of the Great Biographical Dictionary of the Famous Amîrs, Nawwâbs, and other Noblemen who Lived during the Reign of the Tîmûrides in India

<ul> <li>   Another Copy of the Maâthir-alumarâ.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2910 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 625 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   625 The same. Complete index, on ff. 1-6. Editor’s preface, on fol. 7b. Author’s original preface, on fol. 20a. Beginning of the dictionary, on fol. 22a. No date. No. 2910, ff. 672, II. 15; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 113/4 in. by 7 in.

[IO Islamic 2847] Maâthir-alumarâ, The First Edition of the Great Biographical Dictionary of the Famous Amîrs, Nawwâbs, and other Noblemen who Lived during the Reign of the Tîmûrides in India

<ul> <li>   Another Copy of the Maâthir-alumarâ.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2847 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 624 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 624 The same. Another excellent but undated copy of the first edition of the Maâthir-alumarâ, styled here (by an inference drawn from the words: امّا بعد این کتابیست ممتاز و کارنامه in fol. 1b, I. 5) on the fly-leaf: Montauz-namah, i. e. ممتازنامه. Editor’s preface, on fol. 1b. Life of the author, on fol. 2b. The author’s original preface, on fol. 10a. Beginning of the dictionary, on fol. 11a. No. 2847, ff. 366, II. 21; very clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 123/4 in. by 81/8 in.

[IO Islamic 2443] Maâthir-alumarâ, The First Edition of the Great Biographical Dictionary of the Famous Amîrs, Nawwâbs, and other Noblemen who Lived during the Reign of the Tîmûrides in India

<ul> <li>  IOL Islamic 2443 Another Copy of the Maâthir-alumarâ.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2443 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 623 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   623 Another copy of the same first edition. This copy, which is dated the 10th of Sha’bân, A.H. 1203 (A.D. 1789, May 6), by Muḥammad Yûsuf of Aurangâbâd, contains: A complete index of all the biographies found in this work, on fol. 1b. The editor’s preface, on fol. 5b, beginning as in the preceding copy. The author’s life, on fol. 6b. The author’s original preface on fol. 14a, beginning as in the preceding copy. Beginning of the dictionary, on fol. 15b. Many English notes on the margin. No. 2443, ff. 403, II. 21; clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 12 in. by 71/8 in.

[IO Islamic 837] Maâthir-alumarâ, The Second Edition of the Great Biographical Dictionary of the Famous Amîrs, Nawwâbs, and other Noblemen who Lived

<ul> <li>   Another Copy of the Maâthir-alumarâ.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 837 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 628 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   628 Another copy of the same. This copy of the second or revised and enlarged edition is the usual one, beginning on fol.1b with the second editor׳s preface : ستايش بيكران و نيايش بی اندازه الخ , after which follow: The preface of the first editor, Faḳîr Ghulâm 'Alî, on fol. 3b, beginning: حمد شاهنشاهى الخ . The author׳s life, on fol. 4a, and a detailed index of the whole work, on ff. 9b-12b. Beginning of the dictionary with Ism’îlbeg Dûldî (see No. 626), on fol. 12b. The right order of ff. 206-221 is: 206, 208, 207, 209-212, 214, 213, 215-218, 220, 219, 221; of ff. 272-287 : 272, 274, 273, 275-278, 280, 279, 281-284, 286, 285, 287 ; and of ff. 522-592 : 522, 526, 525, 524, 523, 527-541, 543, 542, 544-547, 549, 548, 550-559, 561, 560, 562-565, 567, 566, 568-571, 573, 572, 574-589, 591, 590, 592. Dated the 22nd of Shawwâl, A.H. 1221=A.D. 1807, January 2. Nos. 837, 838, ff. 597, II. 27; clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ ; size, 141/2 in. by 81/2 in.

metadata [IO Islamic 2685] تذكرة الأمراء

<ul> <li>Tadhkirat-alumarâ.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2685 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 629 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 629 Tadhkirat-alumarâ (تذكرة الامرا). The biographical dictionary of famous Amîrs and Khâns who served under the Moghul emperors of India, Akbar, Jahângîr, Shâhjahân , and ‘Âlamgîr, compiled by <a href="https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/person_73885269">Kîwal Râm</a>, son of Raghunâth Dâs ; comp. Bodleian Cat.[<a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3344766">Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library</a>], no. 258 ; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Pierre_Henri_Rieu">Rieu</a> i [<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1301270">Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum, vol. 1</a>], p. 339 ;  <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloys_Sprenger">A. Sprenger,</a> MSS. of the late <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Miers_Elliot">Sir H. Elliot</a>, in <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6619302">Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. xxiii</a>. p. 239, no. 70; <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n87876334/">Elliot</a>, History of India, viii. p. 192. The date of composition is here distinctly 1194 (A.D. 1780); see fol. 2b, I.3. Other copies exhibit the dates 1184 and even (if it is not a mere mistake in writing) 1140 (as the Bodleian copy does , a date which after all would not be inconsistent with the chronology of the tadhkirah, as it does not mention any Amîrs beyond ‘Âlamgîr’s reign). The work is divided into two bâbs, the first containing the Muḥammadan, the second the Hindû Amîrs, both in alphabetical order. Each bâb is subdivided into two faṣls, viz.: First bâb: فصل اوّل در ذكر اميرانى كه بخطاب خانى و غيره سرافراز شده اند , on fol. 2b ; with an appendix, در ذكر وصل فصل اوّل , on fol. 197a . فصل دوم در ذكر اميرانى كه خطاب نيافته اند , on fol. 204a. Second bâb : فصل اوّل در ذكر آنهای كه خطاب راجه و مهاراجه و رانا وراو و راى ووت ( وراوت read) وراى رايان و غيره يافته اند , on fol. 231a. فصل دوم در ذكر احوال راجپوتان و غيره كه خطاب راجگى و غيره نيافته اند , on fol. 263b. Beginning: بعد حمد قادری كه بيك امر کُن هژده هزار عالم را موجود فرمود و پس از نعت پيغمبرى الخ Copied from a MS. in the possession of Captain <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nb2008016048/">[Thomas] Roebuck</a> [1781-1819], by Munshî Mirzâibeg. No date. No. 2685, ff. 294, II. 15-17; Shikasta; size, 103/4 in. by 75/8 in.

[IO Islamic 1164] Thawâḳib-almanâḳib-i-auliyâi-allâh

<ul> <li>Thawâḳib-almanâḳib-i-auliyâi-allâh.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1164 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 631 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   631 Thawâḳib-almanâḳib-i-auliyâi-allâh ( ثواقب المناقب اولياء الله ). A modern edition of Shaikh Aḥmad ‘Ârifî Aflâkî’s Manâḳib-al’ârifîn, by ‘Abd-alwahhâb bin Jalâl-aldîn Muḥammad al-Hamadânî (see fol. 2b , l . 2 ), who revised and corrected the original work, curtailed it in some places by omitting superfluous stories and traditions , increased it in others by adding much needed explanations , and paid particular attention to dates , genealogy , etc. This edition, the title of which is a chronogram for A.H. 947 = A.D. 1540, 1541 (see fol. 234a, last two lines), is divided into a muḳaddimah, nine dhikrs or biographies, and a khâtimah. The nine dhikrs deal with the same mystic Shaikhs as the first nine faṣls of the original work, viz.: 1.Bahâ-alḥaḳḳ wa-alḥaḳiḳa wa-aldunyâ wa-aldîn Walad Balkhî, styled Sulṭan-al’ulamâ, the father of Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî, on fol. 5b, in six bâbs. His death is fixed here in A.H. 618 (clearly a mistake for A.H. 628), the 18th of Rabî’-alâkhar (see fol. 19b, ll. 8 and 9). 2.Sayyid Burhân-aldîn Muḥaḳḳiḳ, teacher of Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî and disciple of the preceding Shaikh ( مربّئ مولانا و مربّاى سلطان العلما ), on fol. 20b . 3.Maulânâ Jalâl-aldîn albalkhî alrûmî, on fol. 24a, in ten bâbs , each subdivided into two faṣls. 4.Shaikh Shams-aldîn Tabrîzî, on fol. 169b,in eight bâbs. His death is fixed here in A.H. 643=A.D. 1245, 1246 (see fol. 185a, l. 4). The usual (and probably more correct) date is A.H. 645 (A.D. 1247, 1248). 5.Shaikh Ṣalâḥ-aldîn Farîdûn Ḳûnawî ( قونوى , read قونيوى Ḳûniyawî), on fol. 186a. He died the 1st of Muḥarram, A.H. 657 = A.D. 1258, December 29 (see fol. 190a, l. 3) 6. Ḥaḍrat Ćalabî Ḥusâm-aldîn, on fol. 190a. He died the 22nd of Sha’bân, A.H. 683=A.D. 1284, November 3 (see fol. 194b, ll. 7 and 8). 7.Sulṭan Bahâ-aldîn Walad, Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî’s son, on fol. 194b. He died the 10th of Rajab, A.H. 712 = A.D. 1312, November 11 (see fol. 200a, ll. 13 and 14). 8.Jalâl-aldîn Farîdûn, known as Ćalabî ‘Ârif, son of the preceding Shaikh, in six faṣls, on fol. 200b. His death is fixed here on the 24th of Dhû-alḥijjah, A.H. 729, instead of 719, as in the original work (see fol. 232a, l. 3 ab infra). 9. Ćalabî Shams-aldîn Amîr ‘Âbid, brother of the preceding Shaikh, on fol. 232b. Khâtimah, on fol. 233b, giving the ta’rîkh of the work and munâjât. The tenth bâb of the original work is altogether omitted in this revised edition. Beginning: نير اعظم حمدى كه صد هزاران هزار شمس فلك چهارم يكذرّه از اشعات جمال الخ . No date. Eleventh century of the Hijrah . A former owner was Nawwâb ‘Abd-alḥamîd Miyâna. No. 1164, ff. 235, ll.16; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 95/8 in. by 51/4 in.

[IO Islamic 1670] Manâḳib-al'ârifîn

<ul> <li> Manâḳib-al’ârifîn.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1670 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 630 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> c. Shaikhs. 630 Manâḳib-al’ârifîn ( مناقب العارفين ) . Biographies and detailed traditions of the principal mystical Shaikhs of the seventh century of the Hijrah, that is, of Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî, his father, son, and descendants, as well as his friends and spiritual successors, composed by Maulânâ Shams-aldîn Aḥmad Aflâkî al’ârifî ; comp. Rieu i. p.344 ; G. Flügel ii. p. 371; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 553 ; Hammer, in Wiener Jahrbücher , vol. 74 , Anzeigeblatt, p. 5 ; Ḥ. Khalfa vi. p. 154, etc. Numerous portions of this work have been translated into English by J.W. Redhouse in the Introduction to his translation of ‘The Mesnevi, Book the First,’ Trübner’s Oriental Series, London, 1881. The author commenced this work, according to his own statement , on fol. 2a,lin. penult., A.H. 710 = A.D. 1310, 1311 (perhaps a clerical error for A.H. 718= A.D. 1318, 1319, the usual date given in the Vienna and British Museum copies ), and did not complete it before A.H. 754 (A.D. 1353), as the last words of this copy unmistakably prove. They run here (with one important difference from the wording in other copies) thus: تأريخ تصنيف المصنّف افضل الفضلا مولانا شمس الدين احمد افلاكى العارفى رحمه الله سنۀ اربع و خمسين و سبعمائة’. The work is divided into ten faṣls, the first nine of which contain, each, one biography of a great Shaikh, whilst the tenth gives a complete list of the descendants of Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî’s father, of Jalâl-aldîn himself, and of his son, Sultan Walad. Faṣl I: Bahâ-alḥaḳḳ wa-aldîn Walad Muḥammad bin al-Ḥusain bin Aḥmad alkhaṭîbî albalkhî, the father of Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî, who died A.H. 628 (A.D. 1231), on fol. 3a. Faṣl II: Burhân-alḥaḳḳ wa-aldîn almuḥaḳḳiḳ wa almudaḳḳiḳ altirmidhî alhusainî, the spiritual guide of Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî, on fol. 17b. Faṣl III :Maulânâ Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî, the great mystic poet , born A.H. 604, The 6th of Rabî’-alawwal (A.D. 1207, September 30), in Balkh, died the 5th of Jumâdâ-alâkhar, A.H. 672 (A.D. 1273, December 17), in Ḳûniyah (Iconium), seems to begin on Fol. 22b (no heading marked in the text ). Faṣl IV: Maulânâ Shams-alḥaḳḳ wa-aldîn Muḥammad bin ‘Alî bin Malakdâd altabrîzî, Jalâl-aldîn’s friend and guide, on fol. 177a. Faṣl V: Shaikh Ṣalâḥ-alḥaḳḳ wa-aldîn Farîdûn, known as Zarkûb-i-Ḳûnawî ( القونوى , more correctly Ḳûniyawî, القونيوى ) the gold – beater of Iconium, friend and one of the spiritual successors of Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî , on fol. 200b. Faṣl VI: Ḥusâm-alḥaḳḳ wa-aldîn Ḥasan bin Muḥammad bin al-Ḥasan Ibn Akhî Turk, also one of Jalâl-aldîn’s spiritual successors and chief collaborator in the Mathnawî, on fol. 211a. Faṣl VII: Bahâ-alḥaḳḳ wa-aldîn Sulṭân Walad, Jalâl-aldîn’s son, died A.H. 712 (A.D. 1312), on fol. 225a. Faṣl VIII : Jalâl-alḥaḳḳ wa-aldîn Farîdûn, known as Ćalabî Amîr ‘Ârif albalkhî son of Sulṭân Walad, born the 8th of Dhû-alka’dah, A.H. 670 (A.D. 1272, June 6), died the 24th of Dhû-alḥijjah, A.H. 719 (A.D. 1320, February 5), on fol. 238a. Faṣl IX : Ćalabî Shams-aldîn Amîr ‘Âbid, brother of Amîr ‘Ârif, died the 5th of Muḥarram , A.H. 739 (A.D. 1338, July 24). His brother and spiritual successor, Ḥusâm-almillah wa-aldîn Amîr Wâḥid, died the last of Sha’bân, A.H. 742 (A.D. 1342, February 7), and was succeeded by his younger son Ćalabî Amîr ‘Âbid (according to Rieu, loc. cit.: ‘Âlim), on fol. 283b. Faṣl X: Full list of the descendants of the foregoing Shaikhs, on fol. 288b. <ol> <li> Issue of Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî’s father, Bahâ-aldîn (Faṣl I) : 1. ‘Alâ-aldîn Muḥammad; 2. Jalâl-aldîn Muḥammad (i.e. Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî); 3.Fâṭimah Khâtûn. </li> <li> Issue of Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî (Faṣl III): 1. Bahâ aldîn Walad, i.e. Sulṭân Walad; 2. ‘Alâ-aldîn Muḥammad, killed in the affray of Shams-aldîn Tabrîzî; 3. Mużaffar-aldîn Amîr ‘Âlim; 4. Malikah Khâtûn. </li> <li> Issue of Jalâl-aldîn’s Son, Sulṭân Walad (Faṣl VII) 1. ĆalabÎ Jalâl-aldîn Amîr ‘Ârif; 2.Muṭahharah Khâtûn, with the epithet Ḥaḍrat Maulânâ ‘Âbidah ; 3 . Sharaf Khâtûn, with the epithet ‘ Ârifah – These three were by his wife Fâṭimah, daughter of Shaikh Ṣalâḥ-aldîn ; 4. Ćalabî Shams-aldîn Amîr ‘Âbid; 5. Ćalabî Ṣalâḥ-aldîn Amîr Zâhid (died in Sha’bân, A.H. 734=A.D. 1334, April); 6. Ḥusâm-aldîn Amîr Wâḥid,-these latter three were by two concubines, viz. Nuṣrat Khâtûn and Sunbulah Khâtûn. </li> <li> Issue of Ćalabî Jalâl-aldîn Amîr ‘Ârif (Faṣl VIII and No. I in X, c): 1. Amîr ’Âlim ; 2. Amîr ‘Âdil; 3.Malikah Khâtûn , -- all three by his wife Daulat Khâtûn, daughter of Amîr Ḳaiṣar Tabrîzî. </li> </ol> (e) Issue of Ćalabî Shams-aldîn ‘Âbid (Faṣl IX and No. 4 in X, c): 1. Ćalabî Muhammad; 2. Ćalabî Amîr ‘Âlim; 3. Ćalabî Shâh Malik. (f) Issue of Muṭahharah, Sulṭân Walad’s daughter (Faṣl X, c, 2) : Burhân-aldîn Amîr Shâh.   Beginning of the whole work: الحمد لله الذى نوّر قلوب اوليائه بانوار المعانى و البيان و اجرى من فيض فضله على لسان الانسان الخ . Dated the beginning of Rabî’-alawwal, A.H. 1027 (A.D. 1618, end of February). Collated. A few pages a little injured. Ff. 288 and 289 are turned upside down, so that fol. 287b is immediately followed by fol. 289b. A Turkish translation of the Manâḳib-al’ârifîn, styled هشت بهشت or the eight paradises (containing only the first eight faṣls of the original) , probably by Darwîsh Maḥmûd, who died A.H. 998 (A.D. 1590), is noticed by G. Flügel ii. p. 372, and Ḥ. Khalfa vi. p. 154, No. 13037. No. 1670, ff. 291, II, 23; Naskhî; illuminated frontispiece; size, 93/4 in. by 73/8 in.

[IO Islamic 1426] Naḳshbandî Order

<ul> <li>Naḳshbandî order.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1426 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 636 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   636 A very similar work on the Naḳshbandî order, compiled A.H. 947 = A.D. 1540, 1541 (see fol. 1b, last line), by Abû al-muḥsin Muḥammad Bâḳir bin Muḥammad ‘Alî, without any special title (on fol. 1a it is styled تأريخ غريبه ), in a muḳaddimah, four maḳṣads, and a khâtimah. It differs from the Rashaḥât only in so far, as the biography of the founder of the order, Bahâ-aldîn Muḥammad bin Muḥammad Naḳshband, occupies here the same space as that of ‘Ubaid-allâh Aḥrâr, whose life is the principal theme of the Rashaḥât. Beginning: الحمد لله ربّ العالمين الذى رفع اعلام الشريعة بميامن الخ. . Muḳaddimah. Introduction to the history of the Naḳshbandî order, on fol.2b. Maḳṣad I. Shaikhs prior to Bahâ-aldîn, from the prophet and ‘Alî to Naḳshband himself, on fol. 9a. Maḳṣad II, in three ḳisms. Life, deeds, sayings, and miracles of Bahâ-aldîn Naḳshband (A.H. 718-791 = A.D. 1318-1389), on fol. 35a. Maḳṣad III. Shaikhs who lived from Bahâ-aldîn’s time to that of ‘Ubaid-allâh Aḥrâr, on fol. 119b. Maḳṣad IV. Life, deeds, sayings, and miracles of Khawâjah ’Ubaid-allâh (A.H. 806-895 = A.D. 1404-1490), on fol. 196a, in three marṣads and a khâtimah, the subdivisions quite identical with that in the Rashaḥât. No date. Tenth century. No. 1426, ff. 227, ll. 19; good Nasta’lîḳ; size, 103/8 in. by 63/8 in.

[IO Islamic 625] Rashaḥât-i-'ain-alḥayât رشحات عين الحيات

<ul> <li>Rashaḥât-i-’ain-alḥayât.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 625 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 635 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   635 The same. Maḳâlah, on fol. 3b; Maḳṣad I, on fol. 177a; II, on fol. 210b; III, on fol. 259b; Khâtimah, on fol. 319b. Ff.321 and 322 are supplied by another hand, and the contents of the last original leaf (fol. 323) appear repeated on ff. 322a, last line-322b, last line. No date. No. 625, ff.323, ll. 19; clear Nasta’lîḳ; size, 93/8 in. by 51/8 in.

[IO Islamic 2225] Rashaḥât-i-'ain-alḥayât رشحات عين الحيات

<ul> <li>Rashaḥât-i-’ain-alḥayât.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2225 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 634 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   634 Another excellent copy of the same. Beginning as in the preceding copy. Maḳâlah, on fol.3b; Maḳṣad I, on fol. 189b; II, on fol. 225b; III, on fol. 269a; Khâtimah, on fol. 342a. There is no date; but a note at the end of the book, in another handwriting, informs us that this copy was collated by the owner, Mîr Aḥmad bin Mîr ‘Abd-alrazzâḳ, with the original in Rajab, A.H. 1041 (A.D. 1632, January-February). College of Fort William, 1809. No. 2225, ff. 346, ll. 16; very distinct and correct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 113/8 in. by 63/4 in.

[IO Islamic 698] Rauḍt-alsâlikîn

<ul> <li>Rauḍt-alsâlikîn.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 698 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 632 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   632 Rauḍt-alsâlikîn ( روضة السالكين ). Biographies of prominent Ṣûfic Shaikhs of the Naḳshbandî order, principally of the great Shaikh Maulânâ ‘Alâ-aldîn alâbizhî ( الآبژی , so distinctly on fol. 31b ,last line ,and fol. 170b , l.5 ; in the immediately following first copy of the Rashaḥât, No. 705, the word is spelt, on fol. 152b first line, الآبيزى alâbîzî, with the distinct marginal gloss: آبيز بالف ممدودة و كسرباء موحّده و ياء تحتانيّة و حرف زاى whereas in W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 563, it appears as آبسير Âbsîr ; in all the three different forms of spelling it is the name of a village in Ḳûhistân) alḳûhistânî, compiled by ‘Alî bin Maḥmûd alabîwardî alkûrânî ( الكورانى), and beginning : آنجا كه كمال كبرياى تو بود عالم نم از بحر عطاى تو بود مارا چه حمد و ثناى تو بود هم حمد و ثناى تو سزاى تو بود قال الفقير الى رحمة الله الغنى على بن محمود الخ. The ten introductory biographies, which precede that of the principal hero of this- hitherto unknown- work (no further copies of which are mentioned anywhere), and which are merely copied from the Nafaḥât-aluns, are: 1.Khwâjah ‘Abd-alkhâliḳ Ghujdawânî ( غجدوانى ), died A.H. 575 (A.D. 1179 , 1180), on fol. 2a. 2.Khwâjah Muḥammad Bâbâ-i-Samâsî ( سماسى ), one of the spiritual successors of the preceding Shaikh, on fol. 4a. 3. Sayyid amîr Kulâl, spiritual successor of the preceding Shaikh, died A.H.772 (A.D.1370), on fol.5b. 4.Khwâjah Bahâ-aldîn Naḳshband, with his real name : Muḥammad bin Muḥammad albukhârî, died the third of Rabî’-alawwal, A.H. 791 (A.D. 1389, March 2 )on fol. 6b. 5.Khwâjah ‘Alâ-aldîn ‘Aṭṭâr , friend and pupil of Bahâ-aldîn, died the 20th of Rajab, A.H.802 (A.D. 1400, March 17) , on fol. 10b. 6.Khawâjah Muḥammad Pârsâ, likewise friend and pupil of Bahâ-aldîn died end of A.H. 822 (A.D. 1420, January), on fol. 13a. 7.Maulânâ Niżâm-aldîn Khâmûsh, friend and pupil of ‘Alâ-aldîn (No.5) on fol. 17a. 8.Khawâjah ‘Abdallâh Imâmî Iṣfahânî, likewise a pupil of ‘Alâ-aldîn , on fol. 19b. 9. Maulânâ Sa’d-aldîn alkâshgharî, friend and pupil of Niżâm-aldîn (No.7), died the 7th of Jumâdâ-alâkhar, A.H. 860 (A.D. 1456, May 13), on fol. 20a. 10.Khawâjah ‘Ubaid-allâh , died A.H. 895 (1490), on fol. 29b (see his full biography in the immediately following work, the Rashaḥât). On fol. 31b, the detailed history of the life and wonderful deeds of the principal subject of this work follows, Maulânâ ‘Alâ-aldîn alâbizhî alḳûhistânî, with his real name, Muḥammad bin Muḥammad bin Mu’min, who died A.H. 892, in the month Jumâdâ-alawwal (A.D. 1487, April-May); see fol. 170b. Ta’rîkh of his death : رفت پیر . He was the pupil of Sa’d-aldîn Kâshgharî (No.9). A concluding chapter on the pre-eminence of the Naḳshbandî order over the other Ṭarîḳas and Silsilas ( در بيان فضيلت اين سلسلۀ شريفه بر سائر طرق و سلاسل ) begins on fol. 170b, but is incomplete at the end. It breaks off on fol. 174b. so that both date of completion and date of transcription are missing. Many pages injured. Numerous marginal additions. Fol. 52 Must be inserted between ff. 46 and 47. No. 698, ff. 174, ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 63/8 in. by 49/8 in.

[IO Islamic 1751] سير العارفين

<ul> <li>Siyar-al'ârifîn. سير العارفين</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1751 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 638 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 638 Another copy of <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6667657">the same</a>. This copy contains only thirteen biographies, which completely agree with those in <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr91025331/">[Charles] Rieu</a>’s copy [<a href="https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008986388/page/n361/mode/2up?q=Siyar">Or. 215</a>], viz. I. on fol. 3b; 2. wanting; 3. on fol.13a; 4. On fol. 33b; 5. on fol. 43b; 6. on fol. 65a;7. on fol.74b ; 8. on fol. 98b ; 9. on fol. 104a ;10. on fol. 110b ; 11. on fol.115a; 12. on fol. 121b ; 13. on fol.125b ; 14. on fol.132b. The work ends on fol. 142b [ed note: it appears to end at <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7554361">folio 144r</a> ]; the remaining pages (ff.142b-164a) are filled with various traditions and tales of Khalîfs, saints, etc., in the same handwriting [ed note: the hand at the beginning of the mss is different, <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7554443">folio 1 v</a>]. No date. No. 1751, ff. 164, ll. 19; Nasta’lîḳ; waterspots; size, 87/8 in. by 51/2 in. <ul> <li>[ed note: The notations on the <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7554275">opening folio</a> suggest the manuscipt was in Aurangabad in AH 1144/1731-32 CE]</li> <li>[ed note: Quick<a href="https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/work_6957"> link</a> to other copies of this work.]</li> <li>[ed note: Carries seal of the East India Company Library.]</li> </ul>

[IO Islamic 939] Siyar-al'ârifîn

<ul> <li>Siyar-al'ârifîn.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 939 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 639 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 639 A shorter redaction of the same. This copy contains apparently the same thirteen biographies as the preceding one, but is much shorter in extent. It is dated the 7th of Shawwâl, A.H.1123 (fifth year of Bahâdurshâh׳s reign = A.D. 1711, Nov. 18), by Muḥammad Murâd Sulṭân Shâhî Ḳâdirî. No. 939, ff. 88, ll. 17; Shikasta, some pages supplied by another hand in careless Nasta’lîḳ; worm-eaten and slightly damaged throughout; size, 81/4 in. by 5 in.

[IO Islamic 1450] Akhbâr-alakhyâr

<ul> <li>Akhbâr-alakhyâr.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 640 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 1450 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   640 Akhbâr-alakhyâr (اخبار الاخيار). Biographies of the most renowned Shaikhs and holy men of India, from the Muḥammadan conquest to the end of the tenth century of the Hijrah, compiled by ‘Abd-alḥaḳḳ bin Saif-aldîn alturk aldihlawî albukhârî (see fol. 5b, ll. 10 and 11), the well-known author of the تأريخ حقّى ( see Bodleian Cat., Nos. 195-198; Rieu i. p. 223, and No. 290 in this Cat.) the جذب القلوب الى دار المحبوب , a history of Madînah ( see further below in the next chapter ‘Geography, etc.’) , and many other biographical and mystical works. He was not able to finish the original sketch of this work, made many years before, until after his return from Ḥijâz, whither he had gone, A.H. 996 (A.D.1588), see fol. 269a, in A.H. 999 (A.D.1591), according to the chronogram on fol. 268b: نام و تأريخ اين كتاب عزيز – گر كنى ذكر الاوليا احسن which gives us at the same time ذكر الاوليا as an additional title of this work, other copies of which are described in Bodleian Cat., No. 363 , and Rieu i. p. 355, where as final date of completion, A.H. 1028 (A.D. 1619) is given, in consequence of an incidental remark in Jahângîr’s autobiographical memoirs. The above chronogram, which seems to fix definitely the completion of the work, has not been noticed in any previous copy. The work begins with the biography of the great Ṣûfic Shaikh ‘Abd-alḳâdir aljilânî , on fol. 9b , after which follows immediately that of Khwâjah Mu’în-alḥaḳḳ wa-aldîn Sijzî, the founder of the Ćishtî order (who died A.H. 633 = A.D. 1236, see No. 637, I) , his contemporaries and disciples , on fol. 22b ( طبقۀ اول ); it goes then over to Shaikh Farîd-alḥaḳḳ wa-aldîn Ganj-i-Shakar (who died A.H. 664 = A.D. 1265), his followers and pupils, on fol. 49a. ( طبقۀ دوم ); enumerates all the Shaikhs from the time of Naṣîr-aldîn Maḥmûd Ćirâgh of Dihlî ( died A.H. 757=A.D. 1356) down to the author’s own epoch , on fol. 73b; and deals towards the end in special chapters with a number of ecstatic Shaikhs (ذكر بعضى مجاذب ), on fol. 240a ; with female saints ( ذكر بعضى از نساء صالحات ) on fol. 245a.and the author’s ancestors, family, and own life ( here styled تكمله , in the index on fol. 9a خاتمه ), on fol.248a. Beginning: شكر مر حضرت واهب العطيّات را كه عطاى اورا پايان نيست الخ . The margin of ff. 2-87 is covered with fragments of theological and cosmographical treatises, without any title. No date. No. 1450, ff.270, ll. 17; unequal Nasta’lîḳ; the first page supplied later; size, 10 in. by 57/8 in.

[IO Islamic 1313] سير العارفين

<ul> <li>Siyar-al’ârifîn.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1313 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 637 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 637 Siyar-al’ârifîn (سير العارفين). Biographies of fourteen renowned Shaikhs and holy men of India, all belonging to the Ćishtî order, compiled by <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2002059061/">Ḥâmid bin Faḍl-allâh</a>, known as Darwîsh (or Mullâ) Jamâlî, see fol. 2b. ll. 2. and 3. Other copies of the work are described in Rieu I. p. 354, and W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 556. According to A. Sprenger’s Cat. Oudh, p. 446 the poet Jamâlî of Dihlî died A.H. 922 or 925, the author of the Safînah also fixes his death in 925 (A.D.1519) , and refutes the statement of the author of the Ṭabaḳât-i-Shâhjahânî, that he had lived until A.H. 942 ( comp. Bodleian Cat., No 376, 43). According to the same Safînah, Jamâlî was born near Dihlî, went to Khurâsân under Sulṭân Ḥusain Mirzâ, made the acquaintance of the poet Jâmî, undertook extensive journeys, returned afterwards to India and was in high favour with Sulṭân <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/np-sikandar%20lodi/">Sikandar Lûdî</a> and also with the emperor <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50053659/">Bâbar</a>. This book is dedicated on fol. 4b, last line, to <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50034146/">Humâyûn</a>, and since the epithets given to his name seem to imply that he was sovereign ruler already at that time, the book must have been finished after A.H.937 = A.D. 1530 (the date of Humâyûn’s accession to the throne), and the poet cannot have died already, A.H. 925. A.H. 942 (A.D. 1535, 1536) seems therefore, after all, the more correct date of Jamâlî’s death; comp. also Bodleian Cat., No. 1274. In the preface the author gives us a short statement about his pilgrimage to Makkah, and his travels in Maghrib, Yaman, Palestine, Rûm, Syria, the two ’Irâḳs, Adharbaijân, Gilân, Mâzandarân, and Khurâsân, and tells us, that after his return to Dihlî his friends requested him to write a book on the learned Shaikhs of all the countries which he had visited. But he found that too great a task, and resolved, therefore, to write a work exclusively on Indian Saints. The fourteen biographies deal with the following Shaikhs: 1. Sulṭân-almashâyikh Mu’în-aldîn Hasan Bin Ghiyâth-aldîn alḥusainî alḥasanî Sijzî [ed note: more generally <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu%27in_al-Din_Chishti">Muʿīn al-Dīn Chishtī</a>] (سِجْزِى   as explained in a marginal gloss : بكسر سين مهملَه و سكون جيم و كسر زاى معجمه ), on fol. 5a . He died, A.H. 633 (A.D. 1236), in Ajmîr, see further down in the Safînat-alauliyâ, No. 110. 2. Ḥadrat Shaikh-almashâyikh Badr-almillat wa-aldîn Maḥmûd Mû’înadûz (the furrier) Khujandî, on fol. 18b. 3. Ḥaḍrat Shaikh-alislâm Bahâ-almillat wa-aldîn Zakariyyâ, on fol. 20b (see the Safînat-alauliyâ, No. 152). 4. Ḥaḍrat Sulṭân-al’âshiḳîn Burhâu-alwâḥidîn Ḳuṭb-aldîn Bakhtiyâr Ûshî [ed note: more generally <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qutbuddin_Bakhtiar_Kaki">Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī</a>], on fol. 54b (see the Safînat-alauliyâ, No. 112). 5. Ḥaḍrat Shaikh-almashâyikh wa-alauliyâ Farîd-almillah wa-aldîn Mas’ûd (i.e. the well-known <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fariduddin_Ganjshakar">Ganj-i-Shakar</a>, see the Safînat-alauliyâ, No. 113), on fol. 74a. 6. Ḥaḍrat Sulṭân-almashâyikh Ṣadr-aldîn ‘Ârif, on fol.111b. (see the Safînat-alauliyâ, No. 155). 7. Ḥaḍrat Sulṭân-almashâyikh <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizamuddin_Auliya">Niżâm-aldîn</a> Muḥammad Badâ’ûnî (i.e. Shaikh Auliyâ, see the Safînat alauliyâ, No 114), on fol. 128b. He died A.H. 725 A.D. 1325). 8. Ḥaḍrat Malik-almashâyikh wa-alauliyâ Rukn-aldîn Abû-alḳâsim Abû-alfatḥ, on fol. 168b. He was the son of Ṣadr-aldîn ‘Ârif (see the Safînat-alauliyâ, No.156). 9. Ḥaḍrat Malik-almashâyikh <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_8596">Shaikh Ḥamîd-aldîn Nâgûrî</a>, on fol. 178b (see the Safînat-alauliyâ, No. 111). 10. Ḥaḍrat Malik-almashâyikh Shaikh Najîb Mutawakkil , on fol. 189b. 11. Ḥaḍrat Sulṭân-almashâyikh Shaikh Jalâl-aldîn Abû-alḳâsîm Tabrîzî, on fol. 197a. 12. Ḥaḍrat Shaikh-almashâyikh Naṣîr-almillah wa-aldîn Maḥmûd Audhî (i.e. Ćirâgh of Dihlî, see the Safînat-alauliyâ, No.116), on fol. 207b. 13. Ḥaḍrat Malik- almashâyikh Ma’rifat-shi’ârî Siyâdat-dithârî Sayyid Jalâl-almillah wa-aldîn Makhdûm-i-Jahâniyân Bukhârî, on fol. 214a (see the Safînat-alauliyâ, No. 157). He died A.H. 785 (A.D. 1384). 14. Ḥaḍrat Samâ almillah wa-aldîn Sulṭân-almuḥaḳḳiḳîn u Burhân-al’ârifîn Sulṭân-almashâyikh Samâlmillat wa-aldîn, the author’s spiritual guide, on fol. 226b.He received the investiture from Shaikh Kabîr-aldîn Isma’îl, and died A.H. 901, the 17th of Jumâdâ-alawwal=A.D. 1496, February 2 ( see fol. 243a, ll. 6-10, where the following ta’rîkh is given by Jamâlî : هشت خلد آمد بنام او اگر پرسد كسى – سال تأريخش بگو هشت آمده بر نام او , i.e. هشت = 705, came upon ( was added) to his name , viz . سماء الدين = 196 , total 901 ) . Of these fourteen Shaikhs, No. 2 is wanting in Rieu’s copy and No. 14 in Pertsch’s, so that the present copy is the fullest yet met with. Beginning of the preface, on fol. 1b: حمدى كه ابواب سعادت بر ارباب عبادت مفتوح گردانيد و سپاسى الخ An index on the fly-leaf. Copied in Shawwâl, A.H. 1043 (A.D. 1634, April), at Lâhûr; this copy belonged formerly to Mr. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4085990">Richard Johnson</a>. No. 1313, ff. 244, ll. 13; inelegant Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece; size, 97/8 in. by 53/8 in.

[IO Islamic 868] Akhbâr-alaṣfiyâ

<ul> <li>Akhbâr-alaṣfiyâ .</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 641 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 868 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   641 Akhbâr-alaṣfiyâ (اخبار الاصفيا ) . A much smaller and less known work, of very similar contents, giving likewise biographies of all the famous Saints and Shaikhs who have lived or stayed in India, compiled by ‘Abd-alṣamad bin Afḍal Muḥammad bin Yûsuf Anṣârî, a nephew of the famous Abû-alfḍl and editor of his official letters, the مكاتبات علاّمى , see above, Nos. 271-286 in this Cat., compare also Rieu iii. p. 1087a, where as title of the present work is given: اخبارات الاصفيا . It was completed A.H. 1014 (A.D.1605, 1606) and dedicated to the emperor Jahângîr, see fol. 1b, fol. 6b, last line, fol. 7a, ll. 15 and 16, and fol. 7b, ll. 14 and 15. It contains short biographical accounts of 245 male and 4 female persons, beginning, like the preceding work, with Ghauth alṣamadânî Ḳuṭb-i-rabbânî Shaikh Muḥyî-aldîn Abû Muḥammad ‘Abd-alḳâdir alḥasanî alḥusainî aljilânî ( born A.H. 471 = A.D. 1079, died A.H. 561 = A.D. 1166 ), see fol. 8b, and ends with Fâṭimah Sâlimah, on fol. 70a. A complete index on ff. 1b-5a; the work itself begins thus, on fol. 6b: جهان جهان آفرين مرجان و جهان آفرين را كه جهان دانش و جان سخن بصاحب فطرتان الخ , and concludes on fol. 70b. Ff. 71b-74b are filled by another hand with a story of Shaikh Sharaf-aldîn Abû ‘Alî Ḳalandar of Pânîpat (who died A.H. 724=A.D. 1324, see Rieu ii. p. 668, and iii. p. 1090b sq.). Copied by Bâḳir Sâmânî, in the thirty-first year of ‘Âlamgîr’s reign (A.H. 1098, 1099 = A.D. 1687, 1688). No. 868, ff. 74, ll. 19-28; very irregularly and unequally written in Shikasta; size, 105/8 in. by 63/8 in.

[IO Islamic 1523] ترجمۀ روضة الرياحين

<ul> <li>Tarjuma-i-Rauḍat-alriyâḥîn.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 642 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 1523 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 642 Tarjuma-i-Rauḍat-alriyâḥîn ( ترجمۀ روضة الرياحين ) . Biography of Saints and great Shaikhs, translated from the Arabic work (or more correctlyروض ) روضة الرياحين فى حكايات الصّالحين , by <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85155742/">‘Abdallâh bin As’ad alyâfi’î alyamanî</a>, or with his fuller name : Abû-alsa’âdat or alsa’âdât (in the Cat. Codd. Or. Lugd. Bat. once: Abû-alsiyâdat) ‘Afîf-aldîn Abû Muḥammad ‘Abdallâh bin As’ad bin ‘Alî alyâfi’î alyamanî, who died A.H. 768, the 20th or 21st of Jumâdâ-alâkhar (A.D. 1367, February 21); compare O. Loth, Arabic MSS. of the India Office Library, p. 202 [ed note: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5594630">IO Islamic 708</a>]; Cat. Codd. Or. Lugd. Bat. ii. p. 299; Ḥ. Khalfa iii. p. 488; the Safînat-alauliyâ, No. 62, etc. He was the author of many other similar works, all dealing more or less with the great Shaikh ‘Abd-alḳâdir Jîlânî and the Ḳâdirî Saints, viz. ارشاد و التطريز (Ḥ. Kh. i. p. 254); اسنى المفاخر , in praise of the Shaikh ‘Abd-alḳâdir ( Ḥ. Kh. i. p. 293); اطراف التواريخ (ib. i. p. 344); خلاصة المفاخر , also a history of that Shaikh (ib. iii. p. 167; comp. Bodleian Cat., No. 332) درر فى مدح سيّد البشر , a poem (ib. iii. p. 221); كفاية المعتقد (ib. v. p. 226); مرآة الجنان و عبرة اليقظان , a history from the Hijrah down to A.H. 750 (ib. v. p. 481; comp. O. Loth, Arabic MSS., p. 201 [ed note: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5594620">IO Islamic 572</a>], and G. Flügel ii. p. 43); مرهم العلل المعطّلة (ib. v. p. 501 ); مناقب الامام مايه , in praise of Imâm Mâyah of the Ash’ariyyah sect (ib . vi. p. 151) ; منهل المفهوم (ib . vi. p. 225) ; نشر الريحان (ib. vi. p. 342); نشر المحاسن العاليّة (ib . vi. p. 344) ; نفحات الازهار ( ib. vi. p. 366) ; نوادر المعانى (ib. vi. p. 387); نهاية المحيا , a poem with commentary in praise of famous Shaikhs (ib. vi. p. 404) ; المرهم فى الاصول الدينيّة and the epitome of the same, styled الشاش المُعْلَم شاووش كتاب المرهم الخ (Cat. Codd. Or. Lugd.Bat. ii. p. 315); فوائد جليلة عظيمة النفع جداًّ مجموعة من مواضع متفرّقة من كتاب الدّر النظيم (ib. iv. p. 341; comp. Ḥ. Khalfa iii . p. 197), etc. etc. The present work is also styled: نزهة العيون النواظر و تحفة القلوب الحواضر فى حكايات الصاحين و الاولياء الاكابر . This prose-translation in Persian, which is contained in our copy, is not mentioned anywhere. It was made by Faḍl-Allâh bin Asad-allâh alḥusaini ala’râbî alsimnânî, with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takhallus">takhalluṣ</a> Jahânî (see fol. 3b, last line but two), under <a href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2016211254.html">Sulṭân Muḥammad Ḳuṭbshâh</a> (who reigned A.H. 1020-1035 = A.D. 1612-1626); see fol. 5b, l.1. It contains 500 ḥikâyât in two faṣls: 1. در شمّۀ از فضائل اولياء سالكين و فقراى صالحين , on fol. 8a; 2. در اثبات كرامات اولياى عظام و اصفياى كرام و ظهور كرامات on fol.24a . The first story begins on fol. 31a with a legend of Abû-alfaiḍ Dhû-alnûn Miṣrî (who died in Sh’abân, A.H. 240= A.D. 855, January). The Persian translator has added to the original work a long appendix of his own, or khâtimah, treating especially of the life and miracles of the great Shaikh ‘Abd-alḳâdir Jîlânî, in three faṣls, viz.: 1. در شرح احوال بعضى مشايخ , on fol. 371a. 2. در جواب شبهاتى كه بعضى از فقها مثل ابن جوزى و غيره در حكايات اين طائفۀ عليّه أورده اند, on fol. 410b. 3.در بيان برخى از عقائد مشايخ و علماى ربّانين بطريق اختصار , on fol. 410b. Beginning of the preface: حمد و ثنا مبدعى را كه از بدايت صباح وجود تا نهايت رواح عدم هرچه هست در حدّ پادشاهىء اوست الخ A lacuna after fol. 7. Fol. 200 and several of the last leaves injured. The title جامع الحكايات , given to this book on fol. 1a, is a mistake, probably caused by the initial words, which are identical with those of Muḥammad ‘Aufî’s well-known work of the same title; see Nos. 600-604 in this Catalogue. Dated the 10th of Jumâdâ -alawwal, A.H. 1026 (A.D. 1617, May 16), which cannot be much later than the completion of the work itself. No. 1523, ff. 412, ll. 19; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 12. By 71/8 in.