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Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2873]

<ul> <li>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2873 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. 833 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 833. 2873. Size 121/2 in. by 71/2 in.; foll. 119. Twenty-one lines in a page. 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 : I.فى فضل العقل وما ورد فى شرفه من النقل ; II. فى علوم الادب و ما ورد فيها من القول المنتخب ; III. فيما روت فيه الصحابة من الحديث و مزجت منه القديم بالحديث IV.فى نبذة ممّا انتخبته من بعض القصائد و المقاطيع الحسان التى هى فى جيد الزمان كفرائد الدرّ وقلائد العقيان ; V.فى بعض قصائد مبدعة و معارضتى لها بقصائد بديعة مخترعة 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. 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 . 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 ‘ Cf. on the author and another work of his, Cat. Mus. Brit. 347. Well written, with vowel-points. Quit modern. [Bible. Leydeniana.]

Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 782]

<ul> <li>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 782 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. 830 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 830. 782. Size 9 in. by 61/4 in.; foll. 307.Seventeen lines in a page. هذا كتاب المستطرف من ( sic ) كل فنّ مستظرف تاليف الفقير الى عفو ربه الراجى لمغفرة ذنبه محمد الخطيب الاشبهى ( sic ) . 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. See also Cat. Mus. Brit. 335, 654; Flügel, Hdss. Wien, i. 374; etc. It was printed at Bûlâḳ, A.H. 1268. This volume goes as far as Chapter 50. Legibly written in a cursive hand.

Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2249]

<ul> <li>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2249 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. 828 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 828. 2249. Size 83/4 in. by 51/2 in.; foll. 16. Nine lines in a page. I. Foll. 1-8. KA’B B. ZUHAIR’S Ḳaṣîdah بانت سعاد . Cf. no. 802. II.Foll. 9-16. SIRÂJ AL-DÎN ÛSHÎ’S Ḳaṣîdah on the Muḥammadan faith called يقول العبد or بدء الامالى . 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). Well written, in a large hand, with vowel-points, but incorrect. Much ornamented and gilt. [College of Fort William, 1825.]

Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2291]

<ul> <li>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2291 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. 826 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 826. 2291. Size 9 in. by 51/4 in.; foll. 205. Twenty-five lines in a page. Foll. 1-186. Another copy of the same Commentary. The complete text of the Ḳaṣîdah is added on the margin. Emendations and various glosses. Foll. 187-194. A long poem in praise of Muḥammad, beginning: اثغور منها الصباحُ اضآءَ Foll. 195 and 196. تخميس of a Ḳaṣîdah of Saiyid Ḥusain .. السيد الشريف حسين بن الصديق الاهدل , by the author of the preceding poem. The Ḳaṣîdah begins: يا رسول الله غوثا و مدد . Foll. 197v. and 198. A short Ḳaṣîdah, beginning: بسيف الححا (sic) عند اشتداد النوائب. It is followed by various notes. Well written in a small hand. An ornament at the beginning. Coloured lines round the pages. 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. Fol. 205. Explanation of the beginning of Sûrah 95, from the Kashshâf. [College of Fort William, 1825.]

Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 686]

<ul> <li>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 686 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. 821 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 821. 686. Size 8 in. by 43/4 in.; foll. 24. Seven lines in a page. Another copy of the Burdah. Boldly written, on a tinted ground. Spaces are left for a Persian interlineation, which, however, has been added to the first verse only. Seal and signature of Mîr Muḥammad Asad Khân, dated Bîjâpûr, A.H. 1185. [Tippu.]

Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2505]

<ul> <li>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2505 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. 829 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 829. 2505.Size 8 in. by 6 in.; foll. 154. About twenty lines in a page. 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. It is arranged alphabetically. Begins: منعتها الصفات و الاسماء Not very clearly written. The diacritical points are often omitted, but the ‘‘unpointed’’ letters are frequently marked. The titles are written in yellow. The copy was made for Wajîh al-dîn… 1 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. 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. Written in a small hand, resembling that of the preceding piece. Headings in yellow and red. IV. Foll. 143-150. A fragment of a Poetical Collection. Many of the poems contained in it are of the kind called تخميس . Written like the preceding piece. The remaining leaves of the volume are filled with various poems, which were added from time to time, by different hands. Fol. 116 is a stray leaf, which does not belong to any of the above collections. [Bibl. Leydeniana.]   1 The rest of the name is erased.

Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2289]

<ul> <li>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2289 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. 822 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 822. 2289. Size 71/2 in. by 51/2 in.; foll. 56. Twenty-one lines in a page. كتاب شرح بردة المديح للامام العلامة الشيخ خالد الازهرى النحوى الخ A Commentary on the Burdah, 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. The preface begins: اما بعد حمد الله المستحق التحميد ( sic ) الخ. 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) . This copy is rather carelessly executed, and only the earlier portion of it has been emended. A Persian translation of verses is added on the margin, by a different hand. The writing is much injured by damp.   [College of Fort William.]

Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2227]

<ul> <li>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2227 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. 840 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/242/mode/2up?view=theater">840</a>. 2227. Size 111/4 in. by 63/4 in.; foll. 315. Twenty-five lines in a page. Another copy of the Kashḳûl in one volume, resembling, as it seems, the MS. described by <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66290">Flügel</a>, l.c. Written in Nasta’liḳ, the lines running in various directions. Coloured lines round the pages. Of the twelfth century. 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. The single parts of the work form separate volumes مجلد) , only the first and second are not separated (see fol. 68v.) ; 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. Foll. 310 and 311 should be placed between 306 and 307. 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. In a strong binding of blue leather, with gold ornaments, and with frequent impressions of the mark &OElig; on the back. [College of Fort William, 1825.]

Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2699]

<ul> <li>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2699 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. 842 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/242/mode/2up?view=theater">842</a>. 2699. Size 101/4 in. by 7 in.; foll. 398. Fifteen lines in a page. The first part of the Thousand and One Nights, ending with the 281st night (the Story of Prince Ḳamar al-zamân). Beginning الحمد لله الملك الجواد ‘ خالق الخلق و العباد‘. Well written in Nasta’liḳ. Rubrics often omitted. Quite modern. [Bibl. Leydeniana.]

Prosody [IO Islamic 1077]

<ul> <li>Prosody.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1077 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. 845 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> PROSODY. <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/244/mode/2up?view=theater">845</a>. 1077. Size 7 in. by 41/2 in.; foll. 75. Seventeen lines in a page. هذا الكتاب المسمى بالكافى فى علم العروض و القوافى فى شرح القصيدة الساوية التى نظمها الامام صدر الدين محمد الساوى رحمه الله تع آمين. A Commentary on Ṣadr al-dîn Muḥammad Sâwî’s Ḳaṣîdah on Metre and Rhyme. This is a commentary by قال and اقول . The author, who is not mentioned, is, according to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashf_al-Zunun">Ḥ. Kh. </a>iv. 204 (v. عروض الساوى), ‘UBAIDALLAH B. ‘ABD AL-KÂFI b. ‘Abd al-majîd ‘Ubaidî, and this is his second and shorter commentary. Cf. Ḥ. Kh. v. 21, 296; and Catal. Mus. Brit. 202, b. Plainly written by two hands. Completed by ‘Abd al-’azîz b. Ḥusain Nahrwâlî. Collated with the original copy, which belonged to ‘Abd al-malik b. Abu’l-barakât البنبانى , by Ismâ’îl b. Aḥmad Ja’far Ḥusainî, in Rabî’ I., 1017. A table of the metres and their varieties is on the title-page. [Gaikwar.]

Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 1169]

<ul> <li>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1169 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. 841 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/242/mode/2up?view=theater">841</a>. 1169. Size 81/4 in. by 6 in.; foll. 98. Seventeen lines in a page. 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. 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> Passim). It was printed at Cairo, A.H. 1282. 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. The progress of the recital is frequently marked by the words قال الراوى . A special authority is not introduced. 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, 1 – 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 . A formula of exorcism, which is also ascribed to BAKRÎ, is added on the last page. [Gaikwar.]   1 Cf. Quatremère, Mémoires sur l'Egypte, ii. 209.

Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 1137]

<ul> <li>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1137 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. 844 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/242/mode/2up?view=theater">844.</a> 1137. Size 101/2 in. by 53/4 in.; foll. 109. From twenty to twenty-five lines in a page. A Collection of Tales and Romances, partly from the Thousand and One Nights. 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: -- Fol.31.حكاية السندباد البحرى و ما جرى له من الاهوال و العجائب الغريبة. Fol.39.قصة مارية والعباس ابن سلطان اليمن و بنت ملك بغداد و ما جرا بينهما . Fol.50v.حكاية سليمان عم يوم نزع الله منه الملك و ما جرا عليه من المصائب و المحن . Fol.59v.حكاية دقيانوس و الفتية اصحاب الكهف و الرقيم و ما جرى لهم. Fol.64.حكاية بهلول رحه من كتاب الآمال عن ابن بابويه القمى. Fol.65v.من كتاب المرحوم حسين باشا الحكاية الثالثة و الاربعون فيها عفى و نجاه الله من الهلاك Fol. 66v. الحكاية الرابعة و العشرون فى برّ الوالدين من كتاب المرحوم ايضا . Fol. 67. ايضا هذه الحكاية من كتاب المرحوم حسين باشا ابن على باشا Fol.67v.قصة هلال المدنى و ما جرى له مع النبى صلعم . Fol.69v.موعظة بهلول لهارون الرشيد و ما كان منهما Fol.70v. قصة بشر و هند و ما جرى بينهما من المرسلات ( المراسلات . r ) و العجائب . Fol. 77v. قصة اليتيم و ما جرا له مع النبى صلعم Fol. 80v. قصة فتوحات مكة زادها الله شرفا و تعظيما و تكريما. Fol.90. حكاية العابدة و ابنها مظلموين رضى الله عنهما اجمعين. Fol.91v.حكاية القلندريّة (!) اولاد السلاطين ثلاثتهم عوران من عين اليمين. 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. Fol. 93. A poem in strophes of five lines, ascribed to IBN ABU’L-SHIMÂL (قال الشاعر ابن ابى الشمال) . Beginning: قم نشرب الراح فويق النهرى . On fol. 2 is a story of Solomon; the following fourteen leaves are left blank. According to the conclusion on fol. 92, the book is inscribed: قصة قرندليه.

Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 635]

<ul> <li>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 635 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. 838 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 838. 635. Uniform with the preceding no.; foll. 75. The fifth and last part of the same copy. Beginning: قال سيد المرسلين و اشرف الاولين و الآخرين صلوات الله عليه و آله اجمعين اذا اقشعر قلب المومن من خشية الله الخ. 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 . This is the date of transcription of the copy. No sixth volume of the work is known to exist. 1 [Johnson.]   1 See, however, no. 840.

Rhetoric [IO Islamic 1596]

<ul> <li>Rhetoric.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1596 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. 849 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/244/mode/2up?view=theater">849</a>. 1596. Size 9 in. by 43/4 in.; foll. 142. Seven lines in a page. An abridged and improved edition of the third part of the Miftâḥ , on Rhetoric, entitled تلخيص المفتاح ; by Jalâl al-dîn Muḥammad b. ‘Abd al-raḥmân ḲAZWÎNÎ, commonly called خطيب دمشق ( d. A.H. 739). Cf. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashf_al-Zunun">Ḥ. Kh.</a> ii. 402 sq.; Fleischer, Cat. Lips. 347; Von Krafft, <a href="https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Turnstile/Challenge?context=eyJwb2xpY3lJZCI6ImdlbmVyYWwiLCJkZXN0aW5hdGlvbiI6IlwvdnVmaW5kXC9SZWNvcmRcLzcxMTQyOCJ9">Hdss</a>. Orient. Akad. Wien, p. 22; <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6827074">Cat. St. Petersb. </a>216; etc. This work was printed at Calcutta, 1815, and at Constantinople, A.H. 1260. Part of it has also been published in Mehren’s der Rhetorik der Araber. Well written Nasta’liḳ. The colophon runs as follows: قد تمت النسخة الموسومة بتخليص المفتاح فى يوم الرابع من شهر ذى الحجه سنه ۱۲۱۰ هجريه مقدسة مقام كنپ فتح كده . A ticket, which is attached to the end of the colophon, contains the erroneous statement that this is a work of Taftâzânî, written by him, A.H. 787, at Samarḳand. It is followed, on the next page, by a list of Taftâzânî’s works, with their respective dates, derived from Taftâzânî himself. The error arose from confounding the present work with that described under the preceding nos. A list of the contents is added at the beginning of the volume.

Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 444]

<ul> <li>Poetry and Elegant Prose.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 444 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. 843 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/242/mode/2up?view=theater">843</a>. 444. Size 9 in. by 61/4 in.; foll. 128. Eleven lines in a page. هذا كتاب حكاية الف ليلة و ليلة من كتب المتقدمین هذا كتاب حكاية الف ليلة و ليلة . The first portion of the Thousand and One Nights. Imperfect at the end, terminating in the fortieth night. Beginning: ذكروا اهلُ الاولين ‘ عبرةً للاخرين ‘ Written in a large plain hand. [Johnson.]

Rhetoric [IO Islamic 2156]

<ul> <li>Rhetoric.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2156 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. 847 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/244/mode/2up?view=theater">847</a>. 2156. Size 10 in. by 6 in.; foll. 260. Twenty-nine lines in a page. A Commentary (by قوله ) on the third part of the مفتاح العلوم , by Sa’d al-dîn Mas’ûd b. ‘Omar TAFTÂZANÎ (d. A.H. 792). See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashf_al-Zunun">Ḥ. Kh.</a> vi. 16. This commentary is very rare. It is one of the latest works of Taftâzânî, which he wrote at the request of his friends, having been previously engaged in writing glosses on the Kashshâf.1 he completed it in Shawwâl, 787. 2 Carefully, but inelegantly written in a Persian hand, somewhat difficult to read .Has the following colophon: وقد اتفق الفراغ من كتابة هذه النسخة و تصحيحه بحمد الله و حسن تيسيره على يد العبد الضعيف المحتاج الى مغفرة الله تع بدر بن محمد الاتقانى 1 عفا الله عنه و عن والديه فى اليوم الخامس عشر من جمادى الآخر سنة ثلاث و ثمانمائة. Many marginal notes in the first portion. At the end are added some moral tracts (foll. 252v. 253). Injured by damp and by insects. Bound with this is --- Foll. 254-257. A short treatise on the Metres, ascribed to Abu’l-Ḳâsim Muḥammad (sic) b. ‘Alî ḤARÎRÎ. Begins: فعولن مفاعلين فعولن مفاعيلن ‘ لوزن طويل الشعر فاحفظه واذكر ‘ Ends: تم الرسالة الحريرى فى علم العروض . Written in Nasta’liḳ, of the tenth century. Some notes. It is followed by a list of Arabic names of stars, explained in Persian, and two astronomical tables. [College of Fort William, 1825.]   1 These glosses remained unfinished. 2 So according to a note at the end of this MS., and to the list in no. 849. 1 The MS. has الاتــقایـی ( sic).

Rhetoric [IO Islamic 1759] حاشِيَة عَلى مُطَوَّل

<ul> <li>Rhetoric.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1759 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. 869 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/248/mode/2up?view=theater">869</a>. 1759. Size 8 in. by 43/4 in.; foll. 192. Twenty-five lines in a page. Another copy of the <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5765560">same Glosses</a>. Well written. The colophon runs as follows: تمت حاشية المطول من تصنيف حسن جلبى عليه الرحمة و الغفران على يدى مالكها و صاحبها افقر عبادالله عبد الله بن احمد غفرالله لهما و لوالديهما بحق النبى و آله و اصحابه فى عصر يوم الجمعة الثامن عشر من شهر شوال المكرم سنة ۱۰۰۶ و السلام على من اتبع الهدى  [<a href="https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n84108880/">Hastings</a>.]

Grammar [IO Islamic 295]

<ul> <li>Grammar.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 295 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. 893 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/252/mode/2up?view=theater">893</a>. 295. Size 83/4 in. by 41/2 in.; foll. 183. Eleven lines in a page. Another Commentary (ممزوج) on the same work, inscribed انوار . It is identical with the commentary described in <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66290">Flügel</a>, <a href="https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Turnstile/Challenge?context=eyJwb2xpY3lJZCI6ImdlbmVyYWwiLCJkZXN0aW5hdGlvbiI6IlwvdnVmaW5kXC9SZWNvcmRcLzcxMTQyOCJ9">Hdss</a>. Wien, i., p. 161, no. 169, under the supposed title الاصباح . 1 The author is not ascertained. Extracts from a commentary with the title انوار are to be found in Fleischer , Cat. Lips., p. 340, no. xiv. 2. Cf. Stewart׳s Catal., p. 127, xxxii. Boldly written, of the twelfth century. Seal of ׳Abd al-ṣamad Khân Dilîr Jang, A.H. 1185. [<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10088">Tippu</a>.]     1 It would appear, from the beginning of this commentary, that it is not identical with الافصاح in Cat. Lugd. i. 35 sq.

Rhetoric [IO Islamic 2206]

<ul> <li>Rhetoric.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2206 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. 886 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/250/mode/2up?view=theater">886</a>. 2206. Size 8 in. by 41/4 in.; foll. 91. Fifteen lines in a page. Glosses on المختصر , by MAULÂNÂZÂDAH (KHUTTÂ׳Î, who flourished in the ninth century). These glosses are also to be found in Catal. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6827074">St. Petersb</a>. p. 191, no. ccx. They were printed at Calcutta, A.H. 1256 (149 pp.). The surname of the author is given here according to the Calcutta edition.1 It is elsewhere spelled الخطائى. He is probably identical with the Niẓâm al-dîn ‘Othmân Khaṭâ׳î (d. A.H. 901, sic), or Maulânâzâdah 'Othmân Khaṭâ׳î, mentioned in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashf_al-Zunun">Ḥ. Kh.</a> ii. 407 sq., 447. The glosses mentioned ib. p. 408 seem to be different from these. Begins: نحمدك اللهم على ما اعطيتنا من سوابغ النعم . Legibly written in Nasta’lîḳ and Shikastah, occasionally across the pages. Marginal notes. The text of the Mukhtaṣar is partly added on the upper margin. This copy was made by ‘Abd al-razzâḳ Ḥusainî.., at الجالس . Date, A.H. 1092. The earlier portion of this MS. has been misplaced in binding. The leaves should stand thus: foll. 1-6 (here a slight defect), 7-8 (another defect), 9-20, 22, 23, 21, 25, 26, 24, 30, 27-29, 38, 32-37, 31, 39-41, 43, 42, 44 to the end. [College of Fort William, 1825.]     1 We read in the editor’s conclusion, p. ‘۴٩: المنسوب الی الخُتّا: See regarding this place, Yâḳût, ii. ۴۰۲.

Rhetoric [IO Islamic 2997]

<ul> <li>Rhetoric.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2997 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. 883 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/250/mode/2up?view=theater">883</a>. 2997. Size 7 in. by 51/2 in.; foll. 139. Seventeen lines in a page. Another copy of the same work, imperfect at the beginning. The first words are: بالبعد و الفراق . Written in a small cursive hand. Of the ninth century. Red lines round the pages. Frequent interlinear and marginal notes. Injured by damp in several places. Slight defects after foll. 3 and 31.