[IO Islamic 842] Jâmî's Collection
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<li><strong>Jâmî's-Collection.</strong></li>
<li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1357 in the India Office collections.</strong></li>
<li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 842 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li>
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<p>1357</p>
<p>A collection of Jâmi’s prose-works.</p>
<p>This large and beautifully written collection is introduced by a few preliminary lines, on ff. 2<sup>b</sup> and 3<sup>a</sup>, beginning:حمدى كه لوائح اشعۀ لمعات معرفتش دل گوشه نشینان الخ, and contains:</p>
<p>1.تفسير سورة فاتحة الكتاب, a commentary on the first Sûrah of the Ḳurân, on fol. 3<sup>b</sup>, beginning: بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم ربّ وفّق بالاتمام الحمدلله ربّ العالمين من الاوّلين الاقدمين الخ ; see G. Flügel iii. p. 375, No. 8.</p>
<p>2.ترجمۀ منظومۀ چهل حدیث. A paraphrase in Persian verses, of forty sayings of Muḥammad, on fol. 10<sup>a</sup>, beginning:صحيح ترين حديثى كه راويان مجالس دين الخ. It was composed A.H. 886 (A.D. 1481), see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 20; No. 895, 14; and Rieu i. p. 17, and ii. p. 828, No. i.</p>
<p>3.رسالۀ مناسک حجّ, on the rites of the pilgrimage, on fol. 12<sup>a</sup>, beginning:الحمد لله الذى جعل الكعبة البيت الحرام الخ. Composed A.H. 877 (A.D. 1472, 1473); see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 26; No. 895, 16; and W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 166, No. 21.</p>
<p>4.رسالۀ درّ فاخر (or الدرّة الفاخرة ), usually called رساله فى تحقيق مذهب الصوفيّة, on the definition of Ṣûfism, on fol. 23<sup>b</sup>, beginning:بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم و به الثقة الحمد لله الذى تجلّى بذاته لذاته الخ ; see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 25; No. 895, 15; G. Flügel iii. p. 409; Ḥ. Khalfa iii. p. 207, No. 4952.</p>
<p>5.رساله فى الوجود, with its full title: رسالۀ وجیزه در تحقيق واثبات واجب الوجود, proof for and definition of the absolute, on fol. 30<sup>b</sup>, beginning: الوجود اى ما بانضمامه الى الماهيّات الخ ; see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 24.</p>
<p>6.كتاب شواهد النبوّة, the evidence of Muḥammad’s divine mission, on fol. 31<sup>b</sup>, beginning:بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم الحمد لله الذى ارسل رسلاً الخ . It is divided into a مقدّمه ; seven ركن, and a خاتمه, and composed A.H. 885 (A.D. 1480), see Ḥ. Khalfa iv. p. 82, No. 7689; Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 4; No. 895, 2; Nos. 967 and 968; Rieu i. p. 146; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 40, No. 13; p. 90, No. 3, and p. 529 sq.; Cat. des MSS. et Xylographes, p. 370, No. 422, 1; J. Aumer, pp. 101-103; Cat. Codd. Or. Lugd. Bat. iv. p. 299 sq.; Turkish translation by Lâmi’î, G. Flügel iii. p. 126.</p>
<p>7.رسالۀ طریق توجّه خواجها, on the mystic road, on fol. 118<sup>b</sup>, beginning:سر رشتۀ دولت اى برادر بكف آر الخ.</p>
<p>This tract is styled in Bodleian Cat., No. 895, 26: رساله در شرائط ذكر, rules for devotion; and in W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 1052, No. 4: در طریقۀ نقشبنديّه ; see also Rieu ii. pp. 863<sup>a</sup>, No. xii, and 876<sup>a</sup>, No. vi.</p>
<p>8.كتاب نفحات الانس, the famous Ṣûfic biographies, on fol. 119<sup>b</sup>, beginning:بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم و به ثقتى الحمد لله الذى جعل مراتی قلوب اوليائه الخ. This work contains here 612 biographies; beginning with Abû Hâshim alṣûfî, and ending with an anonymous Persian Lady (امراة فارسيّة). Composed A.H. 883 (A.D. 1478), see De Sacy, Notices et Extraits, xii. pp. 287-436; Wiener Jahrbücher, tom. 84, Anzeigeblatt, p. 40; Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 3; No. 895, 3; and Nos. 957-961; Rieu i. p. 349; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 40, No. 14; p. 89, No. 2; and p. 558 sq.; Fleischer, Dresden Cat., p. 408; Ḥ. Khalfa vi. P. 367, No. 13922. Turkish translation by Lâmi’î, printed in Constantinople; another by Mîr ‘Alîshîr Nawâ’î, see Rieu, Turkish Cat., p. 274<sup>b</sup>. Edited by Nassau Lees, Calcutta, 1859.</p>
<p>9.شرح فصوص الحكم, on fol. 278<sup>b</sup>. A commentary on Ibn al-’Arabî’s (died A.H. 638 = A.D. 1240, 1241) mystic work, the فصوص الحكم, see G. Flügel iii. p. 333 sq., where also several commentaries are described, and Ḥ. Khalfa iv. p. 424, No. 9073; beginning: بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم الحمد لله الذى زيّن خواتم قلوب اولى الهمم بفصوص نصوص الخ. Composed A.H. 896 (A.D. 1491).</p>
<p>10.نقد النصوص فى شرح نقش الفصوص, a commentary on the نقش النصوص, the extract which Ibn al-’Arabî himself made from his فصوص الحكم, on fol. 337<sup>b</sup>, beginning:بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم الحمد لله الذى جعل صفائح قلوب ذوى الهمم الخ. Composed A.H. 863 (A.D. 1458, 1459), see Ḥ. Khalfa vi. p. 380, No. 13968; Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 9; No. 895, 4; and No. 976; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 274, No. 1.</p>
<p>11.كتاب شرح لمعات عراقى, commentary on theلمعات of ‘Irâḳî (see above, No. 1116), usually styled اشعّة اللمعات, on fol. 448<sup>b</sup>, beginning: لولا لمعات برق نور القدم الخ . Composed A.H. 886 (A.D. 1481), see Ḥ. Khalfa v. p. 335; Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 11; No. 895, 5; and No. 966; Rieu ii. p. 594<sup>b</sup>; Cat. des MSS. et Xylographes, p. 371, No. 8; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 282 sq.</p>
<p>12.رسالۀ شرح رباعيّات, Jâmî’s commentary, on some of his own rubâ’îs, on fol. 485<sup>b</sup>, beginning: حمداً لاله هو بالحمد حقيق الخ ; see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 15; No. 895, 11; Rieu ii. pp. 827<sup>a</sup> and 834<sup>a</sup>; Cat. des MSS. et Xylographes, p. 373, No. 28; A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 452; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 280, No. 1.</p>
<p>13.شرح بيتين مثنوى, commentary on the first two baits of Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî’s mathnawî, on fol. 496<sup>b</sup>, beginning: عشق جز نائى و ما جز نى نه ايم الخ ; see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 17; No. 895, 8; Rieu ii. p. 863<sup>a</sup>, No. xiii; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 43, No. 40, and p. 1052, No. 1; Cat. Codd. Or. Lugd. Bat. ii. p. 112; Journal Asiat. 1868, i. p. 477. It is also styled نى نامه.</p>
<p>14.سخنان خواجه پارسا, extracts from the انفاس قدسيّه of Khwâjah Muḥammad Pârsâ al-Bukhârî (died A.H. 822=A.D. 1419), also styled الحاشية القدسيّة, on fol. 498<sup>b</sup>, beginning: بعد از گشایش مقال بستایش خجسته الخ ; see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 23; No. xi; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 1052, No. 2.</p>
<p>15.رسالۀ لوائح, system of Ṣûfic doctrines, on fol. 501<sup>b</sup>, beginning: ربّ وفّقنا للتكميل و التسميم لا احصى ثناء عليك الخ ; see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 16; No. 895, 12; and Nos. 971-975; Rieu i. p. 44; Cat. des MSS. et Xylographes, p. 252, No 256; W. Pertsch. Berlin Cat., p. 282, No. 3, and p. 284; Rosen, Persian MSS., p. 292; J. Aumer, p. 21; Ḥ. Khalfa v. p. 344, No. 11234.</p>
<p>16.شرح قصيدۀ ميميّۀ خمريّه, commentary on ‘Umar Ibn al-Fâriḍ’s (died A.H. 632=A.D. 1235) ‘wine-ḳaṣîdah,’ on fol. 508<sup>b</sup>, beginning: سبحانه من جميل ليس الخ. Composed A.H. 875 (A.D. 1470, 1471); it is usually styled لوامع, see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 12; No. 895, 6; Rieu ii. p. 808<sup>b</sup>, No. ii, and p. 828<sup>b</sup>, No. iv; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 282; Cat. Codd. Or. Lugd. Bat. ii. p. 72; Ḥ. Khalfa iv. p. 537.</p>
<p>17.شرح قصیدۀ تائيّۀ فارضيّه, commentary on ’Umar Ibn al-Fâriḍ’s ḳaṣîdah, rhyming in ت, on fol. 523<sup>b</sup>, beginning: پاکا خداوندى كه صفحات كائنات الخ . Its proper title is نظم درر, see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 14; No. 895, 7; compare on Ibn al-Fâriḍ’s ḳaṣîdah, Ḥ. Khalfa ii. p. 85; Loth, Arabic MSS., pp. 199 and 236; G. Flügel i. p. 461 sq.</p>
<p>18.شرح حديث, commentary on a tradition of the prophet, delivered by Abû Dharr al-’uḳailî, also styled شرح حديث نبوى, on fol. 530<sup>b</sup>, beginning: اى پاك زحيّز و مبرّا ز مكان الخ; see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 19; No. 895, 10; Rieu ii. p. 862<sup>b</sup>, No. viii.</p>
<p>19.شرح بيت امير خسرو, commentary on a verse of Amîr Khusrau Dihlawî (see above, Nos. 1186-1221), on fol. 531<sup>b</sup>, beginning: يا من لا ربّ غيره الخ ; see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 18; No. 895, 9; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 166, No. 8.</p>
<p>20.رسالۀ تهلیليّه, on the formula ‘there is no God but Allâh,’ on fol. 532<sup>b</sup>, beginning: من طلب البرء من البارى الخ. It is also styled رسالۀ لا اله الّا الله, see A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 448, l. 1.</p>
<p>21.صرف منظوم و منثور, on Arabic inflexions, on fol. 533<sup>b</sup>, beginning:صرف اللّسان الخ.</p>
<p>22.شرح كافيۀ نحو, an Arabic commentary on the كافيه of Ibn-alḥâjib (died A.H. 646=A.D. 1248, 1249), usually styled الفوائد الضيائيّة, on fol. 538<sup>b</sup>, beginning: الحمد لوليّه و الصّلوة على نبيّه الخ. Composed A.H. 897 (A.D. 1492), see Bodleian Cat., No. (894, 2; and No. 970; G. Flügel i. p. 167; Cat. des MSS. et Xylographes, p. 158, No. 64; printed Calcutta, 1818, Constantinople, 1820; lithographed, Lucknow, as شرح ملاّ جامى, 1887; the glosses of Muḥarram Efendî to the first part of this commentary, entitled كتاب المحرّم فى حاشية جامى, were printed, Constantinople, A.H. 1226 (A.D. 1811); a حاشيۀ شرح ملاّ جامى also appeared, Lucknow, 1879 and 1880. ‘Abd-alghafûr al-Lâri’s (see below in No. 1362) glosses to Jâmî’s commentary are noticed in G. Flügel i. p. 21, and Ḥ. Khalfa v. p. 10.</p>
<p>The <em>first</em> treatise is dated A.H. 960 (A.D. 1553); the <em>third</em>, Rabî’-alawwal, A.H. 968 (A.D. 1560, Nov.-Dec.); the <em>sixth</em>, the last of Muḥarram, A.H. 979 (A.D. 1571, June 24); the <em>eighth</em>, the 14th of Rajab, A.H. 980 (A.D. 1572, Nov. 20); the <em>fourteenth</em>, the 7th of Rabî’-alawwal, A.H. 968 (?perhaps 986?).</p>
<p>No. 842, ff. 613, ll. 27; beautiful Nasta’lîḳ; two splendid vignettes with the titles of all the treatises on ff. 1<sup>b</sup> and 2<sup>a</sup>; ff. 2<sup>b</sup> and 3<sup>a</sup> most brilliantly illuminated; illuminated headings at the beginning of each treatise; excellent eastern binding; size, 14 in. by 9 in.</p>
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