Miscellanies [IO Islamic 2820]
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<li><strong>Miscellanies.</strong></li>
<li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2820 </strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li>
<li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> <strong>Otto Loth, </strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 1039 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li>
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<p>1039.</p>
<p>2820. Size 7<sup>1/4</sup> in. by 4<sup>1/2</sup> in.; foll. 212. From thirteen to seventeen lines in a page.</p>
<p>I.Foll. 1-24. Badr al-dîn Muḥammad SIBṬ MÂRIDÎNÎ’S (d. A.H. 934) Commentary on a treatise in (<em>Rajaz</em>) verse. On the Law of Inheritance, styled المقدمة الرحبیة. Cf. Ḥ. Kh. iv. 398 sq., according to whom the treatise is properly entitled بغیة الباحث.<sup>1</sup> The author of it is not known. It begins in this MS. as follows:</p>
<p>اول ما نستفتح المقالا بذکر ربنا تعالی (!) والحمدلله علی ما انعما حمدا یجلو عن القلب العمی</p>
<p>The commentary commences:</p>
<p>قال الشیخ الامام ....الحمدلله رب العالمین ...اما بعد فهذا شرح مختصر علی المقدمة الرحبیة فی الفرائض.</p>
<p>Dated Saturday, 29<sup>th</sup> Muḥarram, 1080.</p>
<p>II.Foll. 26-40. A moral treatise, styled انیس المتّقین, by ‘ABD AL-ṢAMAD b. Ḥusain b. Muḥammad.</p>
<p>Begins: الحمدلله الذی اقام السموات بغیر العماد. It is divided into five chapters, as follows:</p>
<p>1. فی بیان الغفلة و التکفر (التفکر.r);</p>
<p>2. العلم و الجهل;</p>
<p>(3. العقل و الحموقة<sup>1</sup>;)</p>
<p>4. الفقر و الدنیا;</p>
<p>5. المتوکل و الحریص.</p>
<p>Dated 17<sup>th</sup> Sha’bân..(year omitted). Transcribed by Shaikh Ibrâhîm کوبره, for his own use. The colophon is introduced by two <em>Persian </em>distichs.</p>
<p>A defect after fol. 32.</p>
<p>III.Foll. 41-172. Another work on Morals, probably entitled سراج القلوب. It was compiled from the traditions and various books, by an unknown author.</p>
<p>Begins: الحمدلله علی ما اولانا و الصلوة ...و بعد فهذا سراجُ القلوب و علاج الذنوب اتیتُ فیه من الاحادیث و الآثار و المواعظ المُرِقّات و الحکایات النافعات الخ.</p>
<p>It consists of a number of sections (فصل), the first of which is inscribed فی المبادرة الی الطاعة. Ghazzâlî, Yâfi’î, Damîrî, and others, are frequently quoted.</p>
<p>Completed on Thursday, 14<sup>th</sup> Sha’bân, 1055, by Ḥâfiẓ Aḥmad. Notes.</p>
<p>IV.Foll. 173-175. A moral Ḳaṣîdah, beginning:</p>
<p>ایا طالب الرزق الهنئ و نعمة</p>
<p>و من شر دنیا ثم اخری سلامة</p>
<p>Cf. no. VI. It has the erroneous superscription تتمة کتاب السنن, which belongs to the next piece.</p>
<p>V.<em>a</em>. Fol. 175<em>v</em>. The conclusion of ABU DÂ’ÛD SAJASTÂNÎ’S (d. A.H. 275) کتاب السنن. Cf. Ḥ. Kh. iii. 622.</p>
<p><em>b</em>.Foll. 176 and 177. Various extracts.</p>
<p>VI.Foll. 177<em>v</em>.-198. A collection of Prayers drawn from the Tradition. Author unknown.</p>
<p>In two parts: 1. Daily prayers, الفصل الاول فیما تکرر للانسان فی الیوم و اللیلة من حین ایقاظه<sup>2</sup> من النوم الی نومه باللیل.</p>
<p>2. Prayers for special occasions, الفصل الثانی فی اذکار و دعوات لامور عارضات.</p>
<p>Begins: الحمدلله رب العالمین ...و بعد فاعلم ایّها الحریص علی محو<sup>3</sup> السیّئات، الراغب فی اکتساب الخیرات، ان الاشتغال بما ورد فی الحدیث النبوی من الاذکار و الدعوات الخ.</p>
<p>Ends (fol. 198<em>r</em>.):</p>
<p>خاتمة الکتاب فی خصال تورث البرکة و الوقر و تنفی السوء و الفقر ذکرها الامام الوصابی (!) فی کتاب البرکة نفعنا الله به و هی منظومة فی هذه الابیات.</p>
<p>Then follows the beginning of the above-mentioned Ḳaṣîdah (no. IV.), written on the margins of this page and the preceding.</p>
<p>VII. Foll. 198<em>v</em>.-200. A short treatise on the properties of every hour in the week. Inscribed: هذا خصال هو الساعات (!).</p>
<p>Begins:</p>
<p>الحمدلله علی ما هو اهله ...فان فی هذه الورقات خصائص الساعات خصائص ساعات یوم السبت الاولی لزحل ردیة الخ.</p>
<p>It is followed by a list of the companions of the Prophet who knew the Koran by heart.</p>
<p>VIII. Foll. 201-204. A legendary account of the wedding of Fâṭimah.</p>
<p>Begins:</p>
<p>هذا قصة تزویج فاطمة رضی الله عنها قال الشیخ ان الله تبارک و تعالی خلق الخلق الخ.</p>
<p>The contents of the first page, which had been lost, have been written on the margin of fol. 201.</p>
<p>IX. Foll. 205-209. A fragment, containing the latter portion of a work on daily prayers.</p>
<p>X. Foll. 210-212. A prayer in verse, inscribed هذا المناجات لقضاء الحوائج من المُجربات.</p>
<p>Begins:</p>
<p>لک الحمد یا ذی الجود و المجد و العلی</p>
<p>تبارکت تعطی من تشاء و تمنع</p>
<p>With a <em>Persian </em>interlinear translation, also in verse. It is followed by various alleged sayings of the Prophet.</p>
<p>Written by various hands.</p>
<p>The seal of Ḥâfiẓ Aḥmad (see no. III.) is impressed on most of the tracts.</p>
<p>[Bibl. Leydeniana.]</p>
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<p><sup>1</sup> He did not, however, mention it under this title, as he supposes.</p>
<p><sup>1</sup> The beginning of this chapter is lost.</p>
<p><sup>2 </sup>Correction from the margin; the text has اسقاطه.</p>
<p><sup>3 </sup>Margin دفع.</p>
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