XXI. Foil. 451-456. ^jll ijys dJL,.
XXII. Foil. 456u.-458. <ulj^jy «i!L,.
XXIII. Foil. 459-460. ali, jjicl A^sr* <dL,.
XXIV. Foil. 461-468. JjUc <o!oJ*<>3L,.
Four Persian treatises.
XXV. Foil. 469-472. jgUfl *!L ,. The Funda¬
mental Articles of the Shi'ah Creed. Nothing is known about the author mentioned in the inscription.
Begins: J-*^, t_>ls^\ \m ^ . . .<d!&*s^\
J^xSlj kX-s>-yJ\ Jlye'i] «Uj jJjCJ JjLk* ^jLc
^e^Dlj jJMj
t—>\>i!lLijx* } <uUlj ij-Jlj
.^\(|| tyJMj
The subjects enumerated are treated of in six chapters, each of which is subdivided into sections (J-oi).
The works contained in this volumo are generally well written on good stout paper. The handwritings vary, but two prevail. Most of the texts have been collated; however, they are not first-rate as regards correctness. A detailed table of contents is to be found on one of the fly-leaves. It enumerates twenty-six works, the second of which is not in the present volume (see above). Fol. 291«\ is ornamented.
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PHILOSOPHY.
472.
82. Size 8£ in. by 4f in.; foil. 180. Twelve lines in a page.
A treatise on Natural Philosophy, ascribed to the sage BalinOs or ^ygli-L, 1 i.e. Apollonius of Tyana), who received it from Hermes Trismegistus. It was translated (into Syriac) by the priest SAKuirfrs (i.e.
Zachacus, j^^iri-Lj in this MS.), and is called <_>l^
Jlx!\, or, originally, *Li W £*lfM. See De Sacy in Notices et Extraits des Manuscrits de la Biblioth. Nation, iv. 107 sqq.; cf. Cat. Lugd. iii. 166; Mus. Brit. 203;
Upsal. 226; and Leclerc in Journal Asiatique, 1869, p. Ill sqq.
This MS. does not contain the introduction of the translator. It begins : U \jj& CJiiLiyj <-r>jV.tlXi^c (r. i_£jJ)
uf^ JIjJI <-r>^ / U"^\
<4\<*i
CuU-Jia! \ ^jj\ U-*J! d y».<*/>
<u
tlJi^i i_>i^£n ijjb ij^*>- j <u£s!i>
lO* <Hlt
cT*
(sic) (jwj-Jj Jli
( sio)L^r-^ )*3
The latterform ofthe nameoccursin the epilogue.jjU! -La j*!f^«^ (sic) (_/ai^-Jj
.
^\ j^yuti^ jJ\
Compare De Sacy, I.e., 138 sqq.
Neatly written in Nasta'llk. Richly ornamented and gilt.
One of the fly-leaves has tho erroneous inscription ^jm^jIh
^\ -\,*\}, which appears to be taken from the concluding wordsofthe work.
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473.
673. Size 8 in. by 4£ in.; foil. 59. Fifteen lines in a pago.
A treatise on Elixirs and Talismans, called *j*£-t3 jJcJUl. Cf. Stewart's Catal. 121 sqq.
Preceded by an introduction by Mtjiiammad b.
Khaxid, the geometrician, giving an account of the alleged origin of tho work, which is said to have been translated from the "Greek and Eoman languages"
Li\ijJ\), by order of the Khalif al-Mu'tasim.
The original work was discovered by the writer of this introduction in a Christian church at Amorium, after tho capture of that place. It consisted of 360
PHILOSOPHY. 131
leaves, being entirely of gold, and was deposited in a chest of the same material, and declared to be "the Treasure of Alexander"— ^> dJ3..*!! _^Ju£«o)!| ij^-S
.. * .p-'t,-'
^yftJl (sic) j^^JiLi. It had been buried there, after his death, by his disciple Antiochus (ijMy>.jAx>\
^6 jjJL.H1 u^UI lSI* Ajjj iiO.
.<u»V
The original preface is by Aristotle (^IkjLLj'l) and contains a dedication to Alexander. It begins (fol. 4t>.): Oy>-jl! Uj-^ljll Otf.iyi We are told in it that this is a work of Hermes (cl£L!1
1 which was discovered by Balinfis (Apol-lonius, see the preceding no.), and made over by him to Aristotle.
It consists of ten chapters I. (fol. 5v.) J^l^j ,J CJUSLij; II. (fol. 12t>.)j-Jdtfj iuJ! J^l Jj J,
isjSj^H} in. (fol. 23) JuUl cjL^I J; iv.
(fol. 30) Jibysll <Ux* J; V. (fol. 33) (sic)j£Jl fcc* J
$1 SjJii\ ^l^Hl <uiU1 IILwJLII ; VI. (fol. 36) J
<U-J1 wljri.j&J VII. (fol. 40e>.) J
C15UJU1 ^ JLii u yJ ; VIII. (fol. 48) jU?1 J
(jwjAill <—aJlJj <__>jljiJ1; IX. (fol. 52v.) Ja1_p- j ILacwdl CjLilb jLej; X. (fol. 54) . . j ul*^ '• and it concludes with an epilogue which was added by Alexander.Well written, with all the vowel-points. Illustrated with drawings. Dated 1st Dhu'l-ka'dah. Scribe, Imamwardi (^iijy^*\). Another talisman has been added on the last page.
[Tippu.]
474.
2770. Size 9£ in. by 6 in.; foil. 173. Twelve lines in a page.
The twenty-first of the treatises of the Ikhwdn al-Safd, on the dispute between the animals and man. It has been printed at Calcutta, 1812 and 1846, and
1Tho following headings differ occasionallyfrom the list of contents givenon fol.5.
translated into German by Dieterici, Berlin, 1858. Cf.
Aumer, Hdss. Hunch. 295.
The preface is omitted. Begins : jd-s^l *JJ (j^-J (J 1CJjJIy Ul &j\ JUj— like the Munich MS.
Well written in Nasta'llk. All rubrics omitted.
[Biblioth. Leydeniana.]
476.
1420. Size 11 in. by 8f in.; foil. 411. Thirty lines in a page.
jJjm jjl i^Jyuii,\ *lLlJ\ (_>l^ ^y* jk-JI JJj 1JJk
^jS^W *Lai 'iAAX. ^^Jus^l 'Lie SjSi uiJbJI
<d!1
ju.fi ^jj jA 'LiLstl u^J\ ^vfiJI
.l~»~> jjj1 The first part ILJl) of Ibn SinI's (d. a.h.
428) System of Aristotelian Philosophy, called 'LifiJI, on Logic. See Cat. Lugd. iii. 315, sqq.; cf. H. Kh.
iv. 62.
This part comprises the first four fascicles of the work.
It is divided into nine ,ji; viz., 1. (fol. 3) without title (Isagogc); 2. (fol. 24».) cyiyull J; 3. (fol. 81v.)
^Li-^jl ^jj\> (Trepi epfi7]veia<!) ; 4. (fol. 107) <j (juLa-W ; 5. (fol. 201) ^LJl J J 6. (fol. 272) <_jls£
iLj^L (r. liujjk , tottiko) ; 7. (fol. 336e>.) liLk»*ij~) ,_J; 8. (fol. 355».) <Llki! 1J; 9. (fol. 401)yt^ll <_>b£.
An elegant copy, transcribed by order of (Saiyid) Muhammad Husainl, at Kashmir, by Muhammad Sadik b. Hajjl *Abd al-haklm, from a MS. of a.h. 868.
Completed on 4th Eabl' I., 1148. Each book (IllJU) has its own conclusion, and the volume ends with a long epilogue by the said Saiyid (fol. 411)—
x*jsr* <d!1 ybiJl tf* CJljAslI *L«1
^ji-^Jl. A splendid ornament on the first page, and gold lines round the others. There precede (foil. 1 and 2), the life of the author, taken from tho
; the introduction of Abu'TJbaid (which is given at full length in Cat. Lugd., I.e.), transcribed from tho original MS., where it had been added by Sharif b.
'Abd al-latif Hasani, a.h. 891; and an incomplete list of contents.
Inanelegant bindingofredleather, withgoldornaments.
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132 ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS.
476.
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LJ>j*JL.d\ ol-Je~~J3^ (jji
l±M\
The second part of the preceding work, on Physics.
The eight <ji of this part are: 1. ^yc^-Jall ^U.*J1 ij;
2. (fol. 94t>.) oL«**Ul XcL* j ; 3. (fol. 109v.) J oLil^ 4. (fol. 133) JUAjJIj JUiSl j{ 5.
(fol. 144».) i^U^liSl Jj 6. (fol. 161».) ^iJ! i_A^;
7. (fol. 214) CjUl! J; 8. (fol. 222) jJU, J,
Like the preceding MS.; the colophon gives the same names of the transcriber (adding the surname ^J)W), and of his employer. Dated Kashmir, Sha'ban, 1150.
Foil. 24-31 are to be placed in the following order:
24, 27, 25, 26, 29, 30, 28, 31. Slightly injured by insects.
Boundin green leather, withgoldornaments.
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477.
1811. Size 111 i n. by 6J in.; foil. 286. Thirty lines in a page.
I. Foil. 1-264. The remaining portion of the pre¬
ceding work, written in the same hand, and arranged in the following manner:— 1
1. (foil. 1-44) Geometry; without title, but conclud¬
ing : <L&^\ ^ .
2. (foil. 47-131) Astronomy. Concludes: ^ *j (tjLgH. Then follows the colophon of the original copy,
which begins: dA**!^! } it,} *J,
This copy had been written by 'Abd kaiyum b. al-Husain b. 'Ali Farisl, a.h. 642.
3. (foil. 134-149) Arithmetic. Begins: O-JliM ^
1The numberingseems tobe inconfusion,as is also the case with the Leyden MS.(I.e.,p. 319).
cu^lil* ys>j (sic) ^J}Y\ Conclusion:
.^1
J&UjK f3
4. (foil. 152-174) Music. Begins: Jls. ^ylill ^\&>j ^JL~iy^\ y>j <_>b£ ^ cuU-ili.^ cT*
tLAA)
w„ \J w
^Ji+~>^\ jj-t
Fol. I74v. contains an epilogue to this part by the aforesaid Saiyid Muhammad. Date, a.h. 1152.Each of the preceding parts was copied from "an old MS.," and collated with another which had been written at Mau?il, a.h. 652.
5. (foil. 179-264) Metaphysics. Begins: ci-Jlill ^\
.c^ysi j 'UaJI ^
This part concludes also (fol. 264) with an epilogue by Saiyid Muhammad. It was transcribed from a copy of a.h. 897. The aforesaid Muhammad Sadik finished it at Shahjahanabad, on 2nd Rabi' I., 1154 (^ylill J,
U^ls!] Axj ZxAJ\ «LJ\ ^ k-L-Jlill ^
J\i
i^ ^ jJWI UM\ I3U11 ^
\ Oj^j!! »j He concludes with a poem in praise of the work, beginning :
\J**rj
u c& y> p>
Each of the above parts has an ornament on its first page; the vacant leaves between them are ornamented with gold lines.
II. Foil. 266-286. The first part of the author's abridgment of the preceding work, called iUs\Jl, on Logic. This work has been printed at Rome, 1593, as an appendix to Ibn Sina's JfdnAn. Cf. H. Kh. vi. 303.
Begins: ^^uuJl (sic) ^ ^Lc ji\ ,j>~*>)\ >g/»A Jti
<d!l
&r ±ki W\ i&\
t>?~jL--> ^ <M -v: &A
.
£\ aJLsLu^j <d-^ Uj <uJx
"Written in the same hand as the preceding, with gold borders.
In an elegant illuminated binding. This MS. and the two precedingarefromLakhnau.
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PHILOSOPHY. 133
478.
423. Size 9] in. by 6 in.; foil. 154. Twenty-three lines in a page.
{^JJ^ ^J** 3
The Commentary of Fakhb al-din Razi (Muhammad b. 'Omar, d. a.h. 606) on the second and third parts of Ibn Sind's (d. a.h. 428) U^ 6' 011Phy8*08 and Metaphysics. See H. Kh. iv. 290, and especially regarding the first part, omitted iu this MS., Fliigel, Hdss. "Wlen, ii. 600. Extracts from this work have been given by Haneberg in Abhandl. d. baier. Akad.
xi. 250-267.
Beginning : J^oill J_yxai Vy* ^j&j CJuw.^wn j, ^J)*i\ iiluu^l JSL»^ fjUl imJj j, JjS!
u JlA\ JUii-i! A-*£sJl ^yiJ'i J13 <u£sll j+mLj
aLiUil
The remaining fourteen sections of this part are in¬
scribed as follows: II. (fol. 5v.) ey^oLaJ! ti
^-.-.LH JoJl ^lc IfwJjtf III. (fol. 16».) J
jUiil ^l^'; IV. (fol. 23)11 CjlfJl
w! u Lj J
ji^j la-^lj ^ JJu*jj; V. (fol. 26) J
-Lkj^JI pL^-DI; VI. (fol. 29) 'is*\ ^Ju j, ; VII.
(fol. 36)
AjtiSjbjJS -^Ji. J; VIII. (fol. 43».) J IX. (fol.
56«>.)ejl^'l J\y>~\ J,; X. (fol.
67«>.)jJUSIj
'UJI J5L~, J; XI. (fol.
73t?.)^Vji)lJ
*[^UJIi XII. (fol. 80».) CULill J; XIII. (fol. 81t>.) J; XIV. (fol.
91i>.)£JsUl ^l^s
1! J; XV.
(fol.
96) £jtj*Jl
t^jA-Hj ; XVI. (fol. 100».) .^LjIII J
The third part, luL^\ (foil. 113-154), comprises nine J*ai, as follows: I. without title; II. (fol. 118v.) J ljy A\ 3 J HI- (fol. 124) Lsyi] oLJ! j ; IV. (fol. 127t>.) CjUjLmJIj Jl*!\ fl^l j ; V. (fol.
130) J>j& } J»>y4\ L5^ yWj ^T^' ii i
VI. (fol. 134«.) i-^r^^ C^L, J; VII.
(fol. 137) J)4SJ^ ^' VIIL
(foL
141)'
IX-(fol.
150) ^J\^
S)\
<i-Very well written, probably by (or for) Abu'l-fath b. 'Abd al-razzak, whose seal is at the end of the MS.
Of the end of the tenth century.
Foil. 15 and 24 should be transposed. Foil. 64-85 should stand in the following order: 64, 74, 66-73, 65, 84, 76-83, 75, 85. Injured by insects.
This MS. was bought at Shahjahanabad, by Muhammad Hitdi Husaini, a " servant" (>X>r*) of Aurangzib, for the use of his son Muhammad Ibrahim, a.h. 1089.
479.
1867. Size 8J in. by 5 in.; foil. 313. Twenty-three lines in a page.
A Commentary on Ibn Sind's Cjlfc.-^j lu\ ^liiSl, by Fakhr al-din Razi (d. A.n. 606). Part of this commentary is contained in Cat. Bodl. I. no. cccclxxx.
Cf. H. Kh. i. 301, and also Cat. Lugd. iii. 320.
This copy is imperfect at the beginning; the first words of Ibn Sina's which occur arc (fol. 2v.) : ^*X&>
£\ *!Ujl J»*ls^, from the first k*J of the second part, on Physics. The comments of Razi are, in the first portion, invariably introduced by the words J X»
<Uc aJJI. His epilogue, which follows that of the author, begins (fol. 3129.): A**^* ^<d\ fUH! JlS
J ^>.\ l> ^ ^ ^J°) J**
\&# J*»3 J y^-sJI ±J&> J (j-a-Uj ^aJl .jjl w yl3 ^ J^O' II J <j ^J! cJ^I U The
bookconcludes: eii^LiiS) iJj\J\ f^lH jy- jJ.
An indifferent copy. All the rubrics are omitted.
A defect after fol. 19; foil. 48-55 aro left blank.
Injured by insects.
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480.
B 175,176. Size 9 in. by 6 in.; foil. 251. Seven¬
teen lines in a page.
Another Commentary (by )on Ibn Sind's cyljl&ll!
c >\ g ,v, y. M; , by Nasik ai-dot Ttsi (d. a.h. 672). It
was composed a.h. 644, and entitled ldKa* Ja-CJ^Li^l. See H. Kh. i. 302 ; Cat. Lugd. iii. 321;
and Cat. St. Petersb. 60.