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Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 749]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 749 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. 608 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 608. 749. Size 111/4 in. by 7 in.; foll. 439. Thirty-three lines in a page. The first half, or the first two parts (ربع) , of the Iḥyâ, slightly imperfect at the end. Plainly written on European paper, with frequent vowel-points. Ornamented. Revised and emended by different hands. Of the twelfth century.

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 2145]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2145 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. 607 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 607. 2145. Size 11 in. by 6 in.; foll. 250. Twenty-seven lines in a page. The first part (ربع العبادات) of the same work. Well written. Completed on Thursday, 11th Dhu’l ḥijjah, 1098, by Molla Abu’l-fatḥ b.Shaikh Yûnus. Ornamented. Worm-eaten, and sometimes injured in mending. [College of Fort William.]

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 2529]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2529 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. 615 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 615. 2529. Size 113/4 in. by 8 in.; foll. 105. Nine lines in a page. The Arabic version of GHAZZÂLÎ’S نصيحة الملوك , or Advice to Kings. See Cat. Bodl. ii. 99, and Ḥ. Kh. vi. 352 sq. According to the latter, the work is entitled التبر المسبوك . The name of the translator is not known. The Persian original, which was dedicated to the Saljûḳ Sulṭân Muḥammad b. Malikshâh, is lost. Written in a large hand, with vowel-points. The greater part of text is accompanied by a Javanese translation, written in the Arabic character. The rest of the volume contains tracts in Javanese, written in the Arabic character.

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 2021]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2021 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. 609 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 609. 2021. Size 123/4 in. by 8 in.; foll. 297. Thirty-one lines in a page. The second and third parts (ربع) of the same work. Very neatly written, richly ornamented and gilt. Of the eleventh century. The date, A. H. 952, which is given at the end, evidently belongs to the original copy. Slightly injured by insects. Fol. 295 should be placed after 288. [College of Fort William, 1825.]

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 2050] Sermons of al-Jīlānī ملفوظ

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2050 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. 619 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 619. 2050. Size 91/2 in. by 6 in.; foll. 374. Fifteen lines in a page. A collection of Sermons of <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n90650670/">‘ABD AL-ḲÂDIR GÎLÂNÎ</a>. These sermons were held by him in the years 545 and 546, partly in the Academy (المدرسة), and partly in the dwelling-house of the Ṣûfîs (الرباط), at Baghdâd. They are followed here by other sayings of ‘Abd al-ḳâdir, which conclude with an account of his death. As appears from the latter, this collection was made by a person who was acquainted with the sons of ‘Abd al-ḳâdir. It is called in this and the following MSS.,ملفوظ. It seems to be identical with the جلآء الخاطر mentioned in Ḥ. Kh. ii. 605 sq., though the two dates do not agree. The sermons are here not in the chronological order. Cf. Stewart’s Cat. 46. Begins [giving the year: سنة خمس و اربعين و خمسمائة]: نسبُ سيّدِ اوليآء الله عزّ و جلّ الشيخ ابى محمد محيى الملة و الشريعة و الطريقة و الحقيقة والدين السيّد عبدالقادر رضى الله عنه و ارضاه و لا حرّمنا من بركاته بن ابى صالح موسى جَنْكى دوست بن عبدالله الجيلى بن يحبى الزاهد بن محمد بن داؤد بن موسى الثانى بن عبدالله الثانى بن موسى الجُون بن عبدالله المحض بن الحسن (المُثَنَّى بن الحسن)1 بن على بن ابى طالب كرّم الله وجهه رضى الله تعالى عنهم اجمعين قال الشيخ ابو محمد محيى الدين عبدالقادر رضى الله عنه ... بُكْرةَ يوم الاحد بالرباط ثالث شوّال (fol.2) سنة خمس و اربعين و خمسمائة الاعتراض على الحقّ عزّ و جلّ عند نزول الاقدار موتُ الدين موت التوحيد موت التوكل و الاخلاص الخ The last sermon is dated Friday, the last of Rajab, 546. The appendix begins (fol. 288v.): بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم من كلام الامام العارف محيى الدين ابى محمد عبدالقادر بن ابى صالح الجيلى فى مجالس وعظه من غير تثبّت بل مما فتحه الله عليه و تلقّفه (fol. 289): عنه اصحابه رضى الله عنه و عنهم واعاد من بركته و بركتهم لمّا مات على بن الفضيل بن عياض الخ Well written, with all the vowels. Ornamented and gilt. On the margin are numerous notes, amongst them constant indication of the contents of the text, which begin..فى بيان, and are written in red. An index to these, and also extracts from the <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5532866">عوارف المعارف</a> , and from other works, are written on the fly-leaves. Seal and signature of Faiḍ ‘Alî Khân, dated A.H. 1191 [=1777-78 CE]. Seal of Muḥammad Khiḍr Khan. [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_College">College of Fort William</a>, 1825.]   1 Added on the margin.   <ul> <li>[ed. note: <a href="https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/person_71359982">Quick link</a> to other works of al-Jīlānī]</li> </ul>

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 433] خالصة الحقائق

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 433 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. 624 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 624. 433. Size 91/2 in. by 51/2 in.; foll. 423. Twenty-three lines in a page. Another copy of the <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5532855">preceding work</a>. Well written by ‘Abd al-raḥmân, son of Shaikh Naẓar Muḥammad. Emendations, and some extracts from other works, are on the margin. The concluding verses are incomplete. The first two foll. are supplied by a later hand. Foll. 296 and 297 should be transposed. [(<a href="https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Walker,_Alexander">Walker</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaekwad_dynasty">Gaikwar</a>.] <ul> <li>[ed note: <a href="https://manuscripts.nls.uk/repositories/2/archival_objects/24813">Papers of Alexander Walker</a> in the National Library of Scotland]</li> </ul>

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 1583]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1583 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. 645 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 645. 1583. Size 9 in. by 51/2 in.; foll. 278. Nine lines in a page. IBN ‘ARABÎ’S mystic work, فصوص الحكم , with a Persian Commentary on the margin. See Ḥ. Kh. iv. 424, Flügel, Hdss. Wien, iii. 333 sqq., etc. Begins:قال الشيخ الامام العالم الراسخ الفرد المحققين (!) محبى الملة الخ. Well written, the text in Nasta’liḳ, with all the vowel-points added in red ink, and the commentary in Shikastah. [Johnson.]

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 19]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 19 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. 632 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 632. 19. Size 113/4 in. by 71/2 in.; foll. 606. Twenty-nine lines in a page. The second volume of الفتوحات المكَّيّة , from chapter 74 (الباب الرابع و السبعون فى التوبة) to chapter 360. Ends with the inscription of chapter 361: فى معرفة منزل الاشتراك. Plainly written, of the twelfth century. Coloured lines round the page. Injured by insects. [Hastings.]

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 1378]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1378 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. 628 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 628. 1378. Size 153/4 in. by 10 in.; foll. 423. Twenty-three lines in a page. Two fragments of the great work on Mystic Theology, الفتوحات المكّيّة , by IBN ‘ARABÎ (Muḥyi al-dîn Muḥammad b. ‘Alî Andalusî, d. A.H. 638). See, for a full account of this work, Flügel, Hdss. Wien, iii. 361. Cf. Fleischer, Catal. Sen. Lips. 490. The first fragment (foll. 1-175) gives the beginning of the work as far as chapter 41. A blank at the beginning of fol. 40. A defect after fol. 65. Fol. 31 should be placed after 28. The second fragment (fol. 176v.) begins with chapter 197, الباب السابع و التسعون و مائة فى معرفة الذهاب and ends in chapter 304. Well written in a large hand, of the eleventh century. Cf. Stewart’s Catal. 139. [Tippu.]

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 437]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 437 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. 626 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 626. 437. Size 91/2 in. by 6 in.; foll. 254. Seventeen lines in a page. ترجمه عوارف المعارف در حقايق للشيخ الشيوخ شهاب الدين سهروردى Another copy of the preceding work, well written in Nasta’liḳ. Seal of Anwar al-dîn Khân, dated A.H. 1145. [Tippu.]

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 676]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 676 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. 653 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/176/mode/2up">653</a>. 676. Size 83/4 in. by 5 in.; foll. 256. Thirteen and twenty-one lines in a page. I.Foll. 1-208. A Commentary (ممزوج) on Ibn ‘Arabî’s Abridgment of his own فصوص الحكم , called نقش النصوص , by ‘Abdl al-raḥmân <a href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79068673.html">JÂMÎ </a>(d. A.H. 898). It is entitled نقد النصوص , and written alternately in Arabic and Persian. Cf. Ḥ. Kh. vi. 380; Von Rosenzweig, Biographische Notizen, no. 4. The work is also to be found in Flügel, Hdss. Wien, iii. 336, no. 1900, where, however, the introduction is omitted. This introduction is of considerable length (to fol. 45). It begins:الحمد لله الذى جعل صفائح قلوب ذوى الهمم 1 قابلة لنقش فصوص الحكم . The author says subsequently (fol. 2v.):اما بعد اين كلمۀ چند است از نصوص ارباب خصوص بشرح معانى نقش الفصوص که شیخ کامل مکمل ... ابن العربى .. از كتاب فصوص الحكم كه خاتم مصنفات ويست اختصار فرموده است الخ. He gives his name in the epilogue, which concludes with a Persian poem. Very neatly written in Nasta’liḳ, in narrow columns. Ornamented and gilt. Emendations and some notes on the broad margin. The first two leaves pasted on modern paper. II.Foll. 209-248. A Commentary (ممزوج) on Ibn ‘Arabî’s رسالة الغوث , or الغوثية , the same as no. 655. The beginning is wanting. The first words, باظهار الصدق , are from the preface. The commentary begins with an explanation of the Basmalah, as follows: اى ابتدأ باسم الله الذى عبارة عن الذات الخ. Well written in Nasta’liḳ; the text not accurately distinguished. A defect after fol. 214. There follow some tracts in Persian. The first piece (I.) was purchased by Muḥammad Muḥsin, at Shâhjahânâbâd, and brought to Lakhnau. [Johnson.]   1 Ḥ. Kh. gives these words erroneously as the beginning of Ibn ‘Arabî’s abridgment.

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 1886]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1886 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. 651 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 651. 1886. Size 81/2 in. by 41/2 in.; foll. 59. Seventeen lines in a page. An anonymous Commentary (ممزوج) on the introductory part of the فصوص الحكم. It is dedicated to Nawwâb Anwar al-dîn Ḳhân (of the Carnatic, who died A.H. 1162). Begins:الحمد للمحمود فى كل مكان ... و بعد فهذه نكات عرفانية و كلمات ايقانية بل هى جوامع الكلم فى شرح فصوص الحكم حريّة بان يهدى بها الى جناب امير الخ. Well written. Dated A.H. 1177. Ornamented. The title-page has the following inscription: كتاب هدیۀ انوريّه للامير ذى الشان نوّاب عبدالوهّاب خان بهادر فيّاض الزمان. [Tippu.]

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 2311]

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2311 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. 662 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 662. 2311. Size 83/4 in. by 51/4 in.; foll. 54. Nineteen and twenty lines in a page. The Technical Terms of the Ṣûfîs, اصطلاحات الصوفيّة , by ‘ABD AL-RAZZÂḲ KÂSHÂNÎ (d. A.H. 730). See Ḥ. Kh. i. 325, and Flügel, Hdss. Wien, iii. 371. The first part of this work has been edited by Dr. Sprenger, Calcutta, 1845. Well written, in two different styles. Ends abruptly. Injured by insects. [College of Fort William, 1825.]

Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 2177] الدرة الفاخرة

<ul> <li>Ṣûfism and Ethics.  الدرة الفاخرة</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2177 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. 670 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/184/mode/2up">670</a>. 2177. Size 93/4 in. by 53/4. Seventeen lines in a page. Foll. 1-15. A theosophic treatise on the Divine Essence, in which are reviewed the opinions of the Ṣûfîs, theologians, and philosophers. No title occurs in the work, but it has a recent inscription, درة فاخرة, which proves to be correct. The author is the celebrated <a href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79068673.html">‘ABD AL-RAḤMÂN JÂMÎ</a> (d. A.H. 898), who entitled this treatise الدرة الفاخرة . See  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka%C5%9Ff_az-Zun%C5%ABn">Ḥ. Kh</a>. iii. 207; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Leberecht_Fl%C3%BCgel">Flügel</a>, <a href="https://id.loc.gov/resources/works/3217598.html">Hdss</a>. Wien, iii. 409; Stewart’s Catal. 141, xxix. Well written. Additions of the author on the margin. Rubrics omitted. Seal of Nuṣrat Jang. [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_College">College of Fort William</a>.]

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.