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Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 1529]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics. </li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1529 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. 668 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 668. 1529. Size 93/4 in. by 53/4 in.; foll. 21. Thirteen lines in a page. رسالۀ خضر An account of al Khiḍr, the patron saint of the Ṣûfîs; the author is not named. Begins:الحمدلله الذى خص من اصطفاه للحضرة القدسية الخ. This treatise is a mere compilation. It is divided into five chapter, as follows: I.(fol.2) فى ذكر نسبه الخ ; II.(fol.5v.) فى اثبات حيوته الخ ; III. (fol. 11v.) فى الاحاديث التى رواها عن نبينا الخ (twenty traditions) ; IV. (fol. 14) فيما رُوى عنه و لم يرفعه الى النبى الخ (also twenty) ; V.(fol.19) فى ذكر اسباب بقائه الخ . According to a statement on fol. 4 this treatise was written in A.H. 860; therefore, it is probably that of IMÂM AL-KÂMILÎYAH (Kamâl al-dîn Muḥammad Shâfi’î, d. A.H. 874), mentioned in Ḥ. Kh. iii. 393. Well written in Nasta’liḳ, of the eleventh century. Marginal notes. Slightly injured by insects.

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 1672]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics. </li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1672 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. 682 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 682. 1672. Size 91/2 by 53/4 in.; foll. 183. Eleven lines in a page. Another copy of the same work, well written in a large Nasta’liḳ. This copy was made by Muḥammad Najîb Khân, for his own use, at سيكاكول , near Ḥaidarâbâd. Date, 1 Jum. I., 1149. [Tippu.]

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 794]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics. </li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 794 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. 680 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 680. 794. Size 91/2 in. by 63/4 in.; foll. 210. Nine lines in a page. A compendious work on Asceticism, called عين العلم . It is not an abridgment of Ghazzâlî’s Iḥyâ, as is stated by Stewart (Catal. 139), who followed a notice on the margin of this MS. (fol. 1v.).1 The author is not named, 2 but it would appear that he was an Indian scholar. Cf. Ḥ. Kh. iv. 282. The work is introduced by an elaborate preface, which begins:يا ربّ يا ربّاه باسمك ابتدى ‘ بك اقتدى‘ وبنور قدسك اهتدى . The author, imitating the old poets, complains of the ‘departure’ of knowledge and science, etc. He dedicates his work to a Saiyid of the Ḥusainî branch, named Ibrâhîm. It is divided into an introduction and twenty chapters, which are entitled as follows: المقدّمة فى العلم (fol. 4v.) ; Chap. I.الباب الاول فى الورد (fol. 10v.) ; II. فى الانفاق و القناعة (fol. 29v.); III.فى الصوم و كسر الشهوة (fol. 35v.) ; IV.فى السفر (fol. 40) ; V. فى التزوّج و التخلّى (fol. 47v.) ; VI.فى الكسب و الورع (fol. 55v.); VII. فى الاتباع فى المعيشة (fol. 60v.) VIII. فى الصحبة (fol.81) ; IX. فى الصمت و آفات اللسان (fol. 102v.); X. فى الانابة و الحلم و العفو و النصيحة (fol. 118); XI. فى العزلة و الخمولة و حبّ الذمّ و بغض المدح (fol. 122v.); XII.فى التواضع و ذكر المنّة (fol.129) ; XIII. فى الاخلاص و النية و الصدق (fol. 134v.); XIV.فى التفويض و قصر الامل (fol. 150) ; XV.فى نفى الخواطر و الرياضة (fol. 154); XVI.فى التوبة و المرابطة و التقوى (fol.163v.); XVII.فى الصبر و الرضا و الشكر (fol. 175v.);XVIII. فى الخوف و الرجاء (fol. 184); XIX. فى الفقر و الزهد (fol. 190); XX.فى التوحيد و التوكل و اليقين (fol. 198). The work concludes with an appendix, الخاتمة فى المحبّة و السلوك (fol. 206). Well written in a large hand. Dated Ramaḍân, 1037. The titles are in gold, and the formula which introduces the traditions quoted by the author ( ورد حand the like) is always in blue. Frequent explanations, extracted from a commentary and from other works, are added on the margin; others are written between the lines. Many ornaments. Foll.144, 169, and 170 are injured. Seal of ‘Abd al-ṣamad Khân Bahâdur Dilîr Jang, dated A.H. 1189. [Tippu.]   1 ان بعض علماء الهند اختصر الاحياء اختصارا بليغا سماه عين العلم الخ . This notice is ascribed to Ibn Ḥajar. 2 Only by Stewart, l.c., he is called Yaḥya b. ‘Abd al-raḥmân.

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 2051]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics. </li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2051 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. 675 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 675. 2051. Size 93/4 in. by 63/4 in.; foll. 360. Nineteen lines in a page. ‘Abd al-wahhâb b. Aḥmad SHA’RÂNÎ’S (d. A.H. 976) اليواقيت و الجواهر فى بيان عقائد الاكابر , or system of Mystic Theology, which he composed A.H. 955. It has been fully analysed by Flügel in Zeitschr. d. Deutsch. morgenl. Gesellsch. xx. 1 sqq.; see also Hdss. Wien, iii. 391, and Cat. Mus. Brit. 106. The work was printed at Cairo, A.H. 1277. This copy is preceded by an index. It is written in Nasta’liḳ. Date, Sha’bân, 1097. The paper is flimsy and injured in several places. Some leaves are misplaced in binding: foll. 102-7 should be placed after fol. 83, and fol. 101 between foll. 138 and 139; foll. 337 and 342 should be transposed. [College of Fort William, 1825.]

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 1815]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics. </li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1815 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. 673 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 673. 1815. Size 93/4 in. by 51/4 in.; foll. 214. Twenty-one lines in a page. A Collection of Moral Sentences, entitled جوامع الكلم فى المواعظ و الحكم , by (‘Alâ al-dîn, or Nûr al-dîn) ‘Alî b. Ḥusâm al-dîn (Hindî Makkî) commonly called MUTTAḲI, a Ḥanafite (of Burhânpûr, d. A.H. 975, at Makkah). Cf. Cat. Mus. Brit. 756 n.; Ḥ. Kh. ii. 553, etc. The preface begins:الحمد لله الذى نوّر قلوب العارفين فاقتبسوا من لوامع كلامه و كلام رسوله غرر وجوه المعانى و الاشارات. The author states that this collection consists of about 3000 sentences (حِكَم) , viz. 500 اقتباسات , or sentences mixed with quotations from the Koran ; 1 500 تضمينات , or traditions which, on account of their conciseness, are preceded by an introductory and explanatory phrase, rhymed with them; 2 300 sentences of Ibn ‘Aṭâ (see below, no. 696), and 100 of his ‘’disciple’’ ( تلميذه , i.e. according to a marginal note, داود بن باخلا ) ; the rest being sayings of the ‘’Ancients’’ (من كلام السلف) . These materials, which follow invariably in the order just mentioned, are distributed under some eighty heads, which are arranged alphabetically, as باب فى الايمان , باب فى الاحسان , and so forth. A list of them is inserted after the introduction (مقدّمة) , which treats of the definition of حكمة . As to the general character of the work, the author remarks (fol.2): كمال لذّة هذا التاليف موقوف على ان يكون الشخص حافظاً مفسّراً محدّثا و ان يكون له ذوق من علوم الصوفية. Conclusion : اتممتُ الكتاب حامداً مصلياً .... و انا الفقير علىّ المتّقى الراجى من الله العطايا و الهبات و هو الذى يقبل التوبة من عباده و يعفو عن السّيئآت. Well written, of the eleventh century. Emended. Numerous marginal notes, some of which are derived from the author. An omission has been supplied by a different hand (foll. 15-17). Foll. 150-152 and 148-149 should be transposed. Slightly injured by insects.     1 Cf. Sprenger’s Dictionary of Technical Terms, p. ١١٨٧. 2 They are defined, in a marginal note, as الاحاديث التى ذكرت قبلها توطئتها و تمهيدها.

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 1180]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics. </li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1180 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. 684 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 684. 1180. Size 9 in. by 5 in.; foll. 59. Seventeen lines in a page. An anonymous Commentary (ممزوج) on the theosophic treatise, التحفة المرسلة الى النبىّ , by MUḤAMMAD B. FAḌL ALLAH Hindi Burhânpûrî (d. A.H. 1029). The latter was a disciple of Shaikh Wajîh al-dîn b. Ḳâḍi Naṣr Allah ‘Alawî Hindi Aḥmadâbâdi, who lived from A.H. 910 to 998, and was the pupil of Shaikh Muḥammad b. Khaṭîr al-din Ḥusainî, commonly called al-Ghauth, the author of الجواهر الخمسة (see above, no. 671). A co-disciple of the author’s, Shaikh of Ṣibghat Allah b. Rûḥ Allah b. Jamâl Allah Ḥusainî Hindî Barûjî, who died at Madînah, was the Shaikh of Abu’l-mawâhib Aḥmad b. ‘Alî b. ‘Abd al-ḳuddûs Ḳurashî ‘Abbâsî Shinnâwî Madanî, and a pupil of the latter was شيخنا الامام ثم الهدلى الانصارى المعروف بالقشار طيفى (!) الدين احمد بن يونس بن احمد المقدسى الرجالى ثم المدنى الانصارى المعروف بالقَشارى (!)1 , who was born A.H. 991, and died A.H. 1071, at Madînah, and was the Shaikh of the author of the present commentary. The latter, therefore, lived in the eleventh century, probably at Madinah. His name is not mentioned, His commentary is entitled اتحاف الزكىّ بشرح التحفة المرسلة الى النبىّ . He wrote it for the instruction of the Muḥammadans of Java, whose notions of orthodoxy had recently been troubled by the introduction of Ṣûfî writings, which their divines were not able to interpret. He, therefore, selected the present treatise, which was very popular with them, in order to show its entire accordance with the doctrines of the Koran and the Sunnah. The preface begins:الحمدلله الاول الذى ليس قبله شئ . The commentary refers only to the commencement of the treatise, and its chief subject is the absolute essence (الوجود) . The treatise begins:الحمد لله رب العالمين اما بعد فيقول العبد .. 2 هذه نبذة من الكلمات فى علم الحقائق الخ. Well written, of about A.H. 1100. The text of the treatise has been added at the end, by a different hand; the greater part of it is, however, lost. Cf. Stewart’s Catal. 47. [Tippu.]     1 These names are given more correctly in no. 696, II. 2 Here follows the name of the author, as given above.

Biography and History [IO Islamic 2554] الجزء الثانى من كتاب مروج الذهب الخ

<ul> <li>Biography and History. الجزء الثانى من كتاب مروج الذهب </li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2554 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. 700 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY. 700. 2554. Size 101/4 in. by 7 in.; foll. 222. Twenty-five lines in a page. الجزو الثانى من كتاب مروج الذهب الخ The Second Part of Abu’l-Ḥasan ‘Alî b. al-Ḥusain <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79074487/">MAS’ÛDÎ</a>’S (d. A.H. 345) Historical Encyclopaedia [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meadows_of_Gold">مُرُوج ٱلذَّهَب وَمَعَادِن ٱلْجَوْهَر</a>&lrm;] It begins with the heading ذكر جوامع من الاخبار ٬ووصف الارض و البلدان و حنين النفوس الى الاوطان and the first words of the text are : ذكر ذوو الرواية ان عمر بن الخطاب رضه (= vol. iii. p. 123 of the edition of <a href="https://archive.org/details/lesprairiesdor01masduoft/">Barbier de Meynard and Pavet de Courteille</a> [Paris, 1861]). It concludes with the reign of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As-Saffah">Abu’l-‘Abbâs al-Saffâḥ</a>, as follows: ولابى العباس اخبار حسان اتينا عليها فى كتابنا اخبار الزمان (cf. vol. vi. p. 156 of the Paris edition). Well written; the titles very large and often in red. Dated Wednesday, the last of Ṣafar, 824 [= February 1421 CE].1 The beginning is injured by damp. A defect after fol. 219. The last fol. has been reversed in binding.  [Bibl. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no91006101/">Leydeniana</a>] 1 The colophon is injured by insects.

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 2106]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics. </li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2106 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. 690 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 690. 2106. Size 81/4 in. by 53/4 in. ; foll. 78. From eleven to thirteen lines in a page. An obscure tract, in which strange ideas are developed regarding the creation, the angels, the resurrection, and kindred subjects. It is inscribed on the title-page دقائق الحقائق . Cf. Stewart’s Catal. 162, xxviii. Begins:الحمدلله ربّ العالمين ... قد جاء فى الخبر انّ الله تعالى خلق شجرة و لها اربعة اغصان فسمّاها شجرة اليقين ثم خلق نور محمد صلعم فى حجاب من درّة بيضاء مثله كمثل الطاءوس ووضعه على تلك الشجرة فسبّح عليها مقدار سبعين الف سنة ثم خلق مرءات الحياء الخ. Written in a large hand, with all the vowel-points, and frequent Persian interlineations. Of the twelfth century. [College of Fort William.]

Biography and History [IO Islamic 1800] وفيات الاعيان وإنباء أبناء الزمان

<ul> <li>Biography and History. </li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1800 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. 703 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 703. 1800. Size 103/4 in. by 61/4 in. ; foll. 599. Twenty-seven lines in a page. وفيات الاعيان The <a href="https://id.loc.gov/resources/works/22053379.html">Biographical Dictionary</a> (وفيات الاعيان وإنباء أبناء الزمان) of Shams al-dîn Aḥmad b. Muḥammad, commonly called <a href="https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n87898981/">IBN KHALLIKÂN</a> (who died on Saturday, 26th Rajab, 681, at Damascus1). Cf. the edition of Wüstenfeld and De Slane, and the translation by the latter. Neatly written. Dated Wednesday, 29th Sha’bân, 1104 [=5 May 1693 CE]. The copy was made for Mîr Muḥammad b. Ḥâjjî ‘Alâ al-dîn. An ornament on the first page. Coloured lines round the others. Some notes. A biographical notice of the author (foll. 11-13), and a list of the names occurring in the present work (foll. 2-10), have been subsequently prefixed by different hands. [<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4085990">Johnson</a>.] 1 This is stated by his son; see no. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5594618">705</a>, fol.333. <ul> <li>[ed note: Quick <a href="https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/person_49372318">link</a> to other works of <a href="https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/person_49372318">ابن خلكان</a>]</li> </ul>

Biography and History [IO Islamic 572] مرآة الجنان وعبرة اليقظان فى معرفة حوادث الزمان

<ul> <li>Biography and History. </li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 572 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. 706 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 706. 572. Size 113/4 in. by 7 in.; foll. 558. Twenty four lines in a page. Annals of Islam, as far as A.H. 750, by (Abu’l-sa’âdât ‘Afîf al-dîn) <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85155742/">Abu Muḥammad ‘Abdallah b. As’ad b. ‘Alî YÂFI’Î </a>(a native of al-Yaman, of the Ḥimyaritie tribe of Yâfi’, who resided, from A.H. 718, alternately at Makkah and Madînah, and died at the former place, on Sunday, 20th Jum. II., 768).1 He entitled his work: <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/mirat-al-janan-wa-ibrat-al-yaqzan-fi-marifat-hawadith-al-zaman/oclc/21116673">مرآة الجنان و عبرة اليقظان فى معرفة حوادث الزمان</a> و تقلّب احوال الانسان و تاريخ موت بعض المشهورين الاعيان  See regarding this work H. Kh. v. 481, and <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr88004247/">Flügel</a>, <a href="https://mdz-nbn-resolving.de/details:bsb10800314">Hdss. Wien, ii</a>. 43. Cf. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n86026042/">[Charles] Stewart</a>’s <a href="https://mdz-nbn-resolving.de/details:bsb10218720">Catal</a>. 32. The valuable part of it are the biographies, especially those of learned men and Ṣûfîs. Besides <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n87898981/">Ibn Khallikân</a>, the author used, for matters relating to his native country, the <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/tabaqat-fuqaha-al-yaman/oclc/427919237">طبقات فقهاء اليمن</a> of Ibn Samurah (<a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr92044737/">‘Omar b. ‘Alî Ja’dî Yamanî</a>, d. A.H. 586).2 A supplement to the latter work is given in an appendix ( تنبيه , fol. 555 sqq.). Plainly written by two hands. A few leaves are missing at the end. The original foll. 248-255 have been misplaced, and stand now as foll. 49-56. [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan">Tippu</a>.] 1 The statements in parentheses are taken from Jamâl al-dîn’s طبقات الشافعية ( see no. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5601759">709</a>, fol. 154), and from Jâmî’s نفحات الانس , as quoted on the first page of no. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5594626">707</a>. 2 See Ḥ. Kh. iv. 150. <ul> <li>[ed note: Quick <a href="https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/work_973">link</a> to other copies of the same work].</li> </ul>

Biography and History [IO Islamic 2151]

<ul> <li>Biography and History. </li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2151 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. 705 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 705. 2151. Size 10 in. by 71/2 in.; foll. 333. Twenty-one lines in a page. المختار من وفيات الاعيان الخ An Abridgment of Ibn Khallikân’s Biographical Dictionary, made by his son MÛSA , for his private use, during the years 701 and 702 A.H. This is the author’s rough copy, consisting originally of two volumes. The earlier portion of the first volume, however, is lost. It begins now with the eighteenth quire (كراسة) , which has been inscribed الجزء الثانى . The first article is ‘Alî b. Aflaḥ (no.487, ed Wüstenfeld). It ends with the thirty-second quire, in the notice of Zamakhsharî (ed; Wüstenfeld, no. 721), the last portion being also lost. The second volume (fol. 151), المجلد الثانى , has a particular title, written by the author himself. It begins with the fourth fascicle of the original work (al-Mu’izz = no. 737, ed. Wüstenf.), and contains the rest of the book. It consists of twenty-three quires, but it has now several defects, especially in the twelfth and thirteenth quires; some leaves of the latter are also misplaced in binding. The author states at the beginning of the second volume, that he began it on Sunday, 2nd Dhu’l-ḥijjah, 701, at Balbee, and he adds in the postscript (fol. 331v. قلت اعنى كاتبها موسى بن احمد لطف الله به الخ ) , that he continued his work at Damascus, where he arrived from Balbee on Sunday , 20th Rabî’ I., 702, and completed it on Sunday, 3rd Rabî’ II. of the same year. At the end is written the epilogue of Ibn Khallikân, to which the author added, in a second postscript, a short memoir of his father and an account of his own work. This rough copy is written in a hurried hand, without diacritical points, and is often difficult to read. On the title-page are the signatures of several recent owners and readers. One of these, ‘Abd al-raḥmân Ḥalabî, whose seal is also added, wrote the title to the first volume. [College of Fort William, 1825.]

Biography and History [IO Islamic 629] with supplement روض الرياحين فى حكايات الصالحين

<ul> <li>Biography and History. </li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 629 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. 708 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 708. 629. Size 91/2 in. by 51/4 in.; foll. 455. Nineteen lines in a page. Two works of ‘<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85155742/">Afîf al-dîn ‘Abdallah b. As’ad YÂFI’Î Yamanî</a> (d. A.H. 768), viz.— I. Foll. 1-328. روض الرياحين فى حكايات الصالحين , also called by the author نزهة العيون النواظر و تحفة القلوب الحواضر فى حكايات الصالحين و الاولياء الاكابر  It contains notices of five hundred saints. See Ḥ. Kh. iii. 488, and v. 329;1 Cat Lugd. ii. 299; Stewart’s Catal. 31. Begins: الحمدلله المعروف بالمعروف الموصوف بالكمال فى الآزال و الآباد  The ten authors from whom this work is chiefly compiled, are: Ghazzâlî, Ḳushairî, Suhrawardî, Abu ‘Abdallah Muḥammad b. Ibrâhîm الخبرى , Ibn ‘Aṭâ Allah , Ḳastalânî, Ibn al-Jauzî, Ibn Ḳudâmah Muḳaddasî, Abu’l-Laith Samarḳandî, and Abu’l-‘Abbâs Aḥmad b. ‘Alî, commonly called . ابن الاطربابى (?) . The appendix (خاتمة) consists of two sections: 1. (fol. 292) فى الجواب عن انكار وقع من بعض الفقهاء المصنفين الخ ;2. (fol.303) فى بيان عقيدة المشايخ العارفين الخ ; and it concludes with the ختام (fol. 316) , فى توحيد الرحمن . Plainly written by Ḥasan b. ‘Abd al-laṭîf. Dated Monday, 20th Muḥarram, 1155. Red lines round the pages. II. Foll. 329-455. A supplement to the preceding work, containing two hundred stories, which mostly refer to ‘Abd al-ḳâdir Jîlânî. The author terms it: خلاصة المفاخر فی اختصار مناقب الشيخ عبدالقادر و جماعة ممن عظّمه من الشيوخ الاكابر  It is mentioned, under a similar title, in Ḥ. Kh. iii. 166 sq.; and it seems to be also contained in Bible. Sprenger. 357. Begins:  قال الشيخ الامام القدوة العالم العلامة العارف بالله عفيف الدين عبدالله بن اسعد اليافعى اليمنى الشافعى نزيل الحرمين الشريفين غفرالله له .... اما بعد حمد الله الذى خضع لسلطان عظمته كل شئ الخ The author dwells subsequently on the approbation with which his earlier work had met from several Shaikhs, and speaks as follows of the present one (fol.330v.): (r. ثم انى رايت ان اردف الكتاب المذكور بمائتين من الحكايات عربيات ( الغريبات  المشتملات على الايات العجيبات ... فانتقيت ذلك من نفيس الجواهر المودعة فى مناقب تاج المفاخر ... محيى الدين عبدالقادر الخ Each story is preceded by the name of the Shaikh on whose authority it is related (عن الشيخ .. ) . The work concludes with a succession of sayings and traits of ‘Abd al-ḳâdir (from fol. 438v. to end). Plainly written by a different hand from no. I, and at a later date. Red lines round the pages. Seal of ‘Abd al-wahhâb Khân Nuṣrat Jang, dated A.H. 1174. [Tippu.]   1 In the latter place the second title is erroneously given to an abstract of the present work. <ul> <li>[ed note: Quick <a href="https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/person_102404336">link</a> to works by the author.]</li> </ul>

Biography and History [IO Islamic 1056]

<ul> <li>Biography and History. </li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1056 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. 704 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 704. 1056. Size 9 in. by 6 in.; foll. 161. Twenty-three lines in a page. The first part of the same work. Plainly written. Imperfect at the end. It extends to the beginning of the article of Abu’l-yumn (no. 248, ed. Wüstenfeld). The last leaf is fol. 152, which has been misplaced, as has already been remarked by a reader. Fol. 161, which contains a list of names beginning with عبد , does not belong to this volume. Worm-eaten. [Gaikwar.]

Biography and History [IO Islamic 3066]

<ul> <li>Biography and History. </li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 3066 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. 701 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 701. 3066. Size 9 in. by 5 in.; foll. 210. Nineteen lines in a page. تاريخ يمينى The History of the first two Ghaznavides, Subuktigîn and Maḥmûd, by Abu Naṣr Muḥammad b. ‘Abd al-jabbâr ‘UTBÎ (d. about A.H. 427). This work was published by Maulawî Mamlûk al-‘Alî and Dr. Sprenger, At Dehli, 1847. Cf. Sir Ḥ. Elliot, Hist. of India, ed. Dowson, ii. 14 sqq. ; Cat. Mus. Brit 152, 551, etc. A valuable copy, beautifully written, with vowel-points. Both the beginning and end have been supplied by a more modern hand. Injured by insects. Fol. 23 should be placed after 18, fol. 134 after 138, and fol. 204 after 198. Seals of H. Vansittart and C. Boddam ; signature of the latter, Calcutta, 1787.

[IO Islamic 606] قصّۀ حاتم طائى

<ul> <li>Ḳiṣṣa-i-Ḥâtim Ṭâ’î.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 783 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 606 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 783 Ḳiṣṣa-i-Ḥâtim Ṭâ’î. A much fuller and greatly enlarged redaction of the romance of Ḥâtim Ṭâ’î, more than twice as large as the preceding copies and as all the other editions of this work, hitherto known. It consists of two different portions, the first of which is styled هفت سَيْر حاتم طى (see the same additional title in Rieu, loc. cit.), and begins exactly in the same manner as the preceding copies, besides being nearly the same length as that, viz.: سپاس بيقياس مر پروردگاری را جلّ شانه و هزاران نعت بر آن محمّد مصطفى الخ. The second part is styled هفت انصاف حاتم طى , and begins on fol. 170a: راوئ ذو فنون بمضمون موزون معروف بمنى بعبارت صاف هفت انصاف حاتم طى را بيان ميكند كه چون حاتم از آن سفرها كه بسبب حسن بانو الخ. No date. No. 606, ff. 416, ll. 17; large and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size 105/8 in. by 65/8 in.

[IO Islamic 2383] قصّۀ حاتم طائى

<ul> <li>Ḳiṣṣa-i-Ḥâtim Ṭâ’î.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 782 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 2383 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 782 A short fragment of the same. Beginning as in the preceding copies. On fol. 380a, the first faṣl begins (فصل اوّل در بيان سرگذشت حسن بانو دختر برنغ بازرگان و اخراج كردن از شهر پادشاه خراسان الخ). The last words on fol. 413b agree practically (of course the exact wording differs, as in all popular romances, considerably in the various copies) with the beginning of fol. 12a, in the preceding copy. Copied in the beginning of the present century. No. 2383, ff. 371-413, ll. 11; large Nasta’lîḳ: size, 81/8 in. by 53/4 in.

[IO Islamic 1550] عيار دانش

<ul> <li>‘Iyâr-i-dânish.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 777 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 1550 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 777 Another disorderly copy of the same. This most peculiar copy agrees in the preface and the first bâbs, although they are without headings, entirely with the preceding ones (index on fol. 9a, first bâb on fol. 10a), but further on a great disorder begins, and the copy differs altogether from the usual ones; for instance, there suddenly occurs, on fol. 52b, another first bâb:باب اوّل در اجتناب نمودن از قول ساعى و نمّام ; on fol. 102b, a third bâb (comp. bâb V in the usual copies): باب سيم در موافقت دوستان و فوائد معاضدت ايشان ; on fol. 220b, a fourth bâb: باب چهارم در ملاحظه كردن احوال دشمنان و ايمن نا بودن از مكر و حيلۀ ایشان (comp. bâb VI in the usual copies). Then follows, on fol. 280b, a tenth bâb: باب دهم در بيان خرابئ اعمال بطريق مكافات ; an eleventh bâb, on fol. 290a: باب يازدهم در مضرّت افزون طلبيدن و از كار خود باز ماندن (comp. bâb XIII in the usual copies); a twelfth bâb, on fol. 303a: باب دوازدهم درفضيلت حلم الخ ; a thirteenth bâb, on fol. 340b: باب سيزدهم اجتناب كردن ملوك از قول غدر و خيانت (comp. bâb XV in the usual copies); a fourteenth bâb, on fol. 362b: باب چهاردهم در عدم انقلاب زمان. This chapter is the last in the copy, which was presented by J. Wombwell, Esq., the 10th of April, 1804. No. 1550, ff. 381, ll. 15; written by different hands very unequally and incorrectly in Nasta’lîḳ and Shikasta; size, 93/8 in. by 6 in.

[IO Islamic 2472] قصّۀ حاتم طائى

<ul> <li>Ḳiṣṣa-i-Ḥâtim Ṭâ’î.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 780 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 2472 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 780 Ḳiṣṣa-i-Ḥâtim Ṭâ’î (قصّۀ حاتم طائى). The Persian romance of Ḥâtim Ṭâ’î, the model of liberality and generosity in the East, beginning, exactly as No. 451 in the Bodleian Cat.: سپاس بي قياس مر پروردگاریرا جلّ شانه و هزاران نعت بر آن سرور كائنات حضرت ...... راويان اخبار و ناقلان آثار چنين روایت میکنند در بيان تولّد حاتم بن طى بن كهلان الخ. Comp. Bodleian Cat., Nos. 449, 2-451; Rieu ii. p. 764; J. Aumer, p. 55; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 991; A. F. Mehren, p. 33. This romance has been translated into English by Duncan Forbes, London, 1830; the Calcutta edition by J. Atkinson, 1818, contains only an abridgment of it. Other editions, Constantinople, 1840, and Bombay. A different version of the same story, made by Ḥusain al-Wâ’iż alkâshifî, A.H. 891 (A.D. 1486), is described in Bodleian Cat., No. 452, and W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 992. This copy is severely damaged by worms in many places, and not dated. No. 2472, ff. 160, ll. 13; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 83/4 in. by 6 in.

[IO Islamic 750] قصّۀ حاتم طائى

<ul> <li>Ḳiṣṣa-i-Ḥâtim Ṭâ’î.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 781 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 750 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 781 Another copy of the same. The same story of Ḥâtim Ṭâ’î, styled here قصّۀ حاتم طائى و حسن بانو. No date. Beginning as in the preceding copy. No. 750, ff. 119, ll. 17; large and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; worm-eaten; size, 111/8 in. by 75/8 in.

[IO Islamic 1359] لطائف الطوائف

<ul> <li>Laṭâ’if-alṭawâ’if.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 778 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 1359 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 778 Laṭâ’if-alṭawâ’if ( لطائف الطوائف). Jests and witty stories about the different classes of mankind, compiled by ‘Alî bin Ḥusain alwâ’iż alkâshifî (the son of the author of the Anwâr-i-Suhailî), better known as Ṣafî (not Nasafî, as is wrongly written here), and completed shortly after A.H. 939 (A.D. 1532 , 1533), In Gharjistân, where he had betaken himself after many hardships and a year’s captivity in Harât, at the court of Naṣîr-aldaulah wa Żahîr-almillah Shâh Muḥammad, the Sulṭân of Gharjistân; comp. Bodleian Cat., Nos. 454-457; Rieu ii. p. 757 sq.; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 975 sq. Another title, sometimes given to this work, is لطائف الظرائف. It is divided into fourteen bâbs, viz.: I.در بيان استحباب مزاج و ذكر بعضى از مطائبات پيغمبر باصحابه الخ (about Muḥammad), in eight faṣls, on fol. 3b. II.در ذكر بعضى از نكات شريفه و حكايات لطيفۀ ائمّۀ معصومين (about the Imâms), in twelve faṣls, on fol. 15b. III. در ذكر حكايات لطيفۀ ملوک و نکات ظريفۀ سلاطين (about kings), in ten faṣls, on fol. 33a. IV. در لطائف امرا و مقرّبان و ظرائف وزرا و ارباب ديوان (about Amîrs, favourites, wazîrs, and other high state dignitaries), in six faṣls, on fol. 43b. V.در لطائف اديبان و منشيان و نديمان و سپاهان و دليران در مناظرۀ پادشاهان (about men of letters, Munshîs, courtiers, officers, etc.), in six faṣls, on fol. 52b. VI. در لطائف اعراب و نكات فصحا و بلغا و ذكر بعضى از حكم و امثال ايشان (about Bedouins, grammarians, orators, etc.) in five faṣls, on fol. 61a. VII.در لطائف مشايخ و علما و فضلا و فقها و اصحاب تذكير (about Shaikhs, ‘Ulamâs, legal men, etc.), in eight faṣls, on fol. 74b. VIII.در لطائف حكماء متقدّمين و متأخّرين و حكايات عجيبۀ اطبّا و معبّرين و منجّمين (about philosophers, old and new, physicians, interpreters of dreams, and astrologers), in eight faṣls, on fol. 85b. IX.در لطائف شعرا و بديهه گفتن ايشان در محلّها و ذكر بعضى از عجائب صنائع شعرى و غرائب بدائع فكرئ ايشان (about poets, etc.), in nine faṣls, on fol. 97b. X. در لطائف ظريفان از مردان و زنان (about male and female wags), in eleven faṣls, on fol. 127b. XI.در حكايات و لطائف بخيلان و پرخواران و طفيليان (about misers, gluttons, and parasites), in five faṣls, on fol. 149b. XII.در لطائف طامعان و دزدان و گدايان و كوران و كران (about greedy men, thieves, beggars, blind and deaf men), in eight faṣls, on fol. 156b. XIII. در لطائف كودكان و غلامان و كنيزكان زيرك و تيز فهم (about clever children slaves), in seven faṣls, on fol. 160b. XIV.در لطائف و حكايات ابلهان و كذّابان و مدّعيان نبّوت و ديوانگان (about silly people, liars, and impostors), in seven faṣls, on fol. 174b. Beginning: بعد از اداى لطائف تحميدات الهى و وظائف صلوات حضرت رسالت پناهى عليه و آله صلوات الخ. Dated the 11th of Sha’bân, A.H. 1191 (A.D. 1777, September 14). No. 1359, ff. 1-185, 11. 17; clear Nasta’lîḳ , on fol. 78a a second hand seems to commence; size, 83/8 in. by 43/4 in.