last words arc, however, written in the form of a real conclusion, and followed by a colophon, according to which it was finished by Mir Muhammad Amln, at Shahjahanabad (?), on a "Wednesday in Jumada I. . . .'
Cf. Stewart's Catal. 119.
[Tippu.]
501.
1712. Size 8± in. by 5 in.; foil. 250. Nineteen lines in a page.
Annotations on the preceding Commentary of Mlralc, and on its ^j^^y-> by Muhammad Hashim Hasani, a physician. They are entitled -pi ^ ^-il! i—iLkS'
.^^^jtH <uX»-The long preface begins : ^y-* iz*L=s? JJii ^ \&z 'Laill jjJw> diLijij f-jZi) *UL*n. The author states in it that he compiled these annotations only for private use, not for publication. He made use of the glosses (CuUubtJl) of Mas'ud Sharwdni, 2 while he usually took no notice of the popular glosBes of
(probably Ku$b al-din, see no. 498). The preface con¬
cludes with a long invocation of 'All.
Those annotations end with the first book (djlL*) of the cW*M<iu£»-. The passages commented on are introduced by J13 or .
Well written. Coloured lines round the pages.
Seals of Muhammad Khidr Khan and Faid 'All Khan (a.h. 1174).
[Tippu.]
602.
1620. Size 6f in. by 3f in.; foil. 19. Thirteen lines in a page.
The celebrated treatise on Logic by Najm al-din 'AH b. 'Omar KjLtibi Kazwini (d. a.h. 675). It is entitled <U*w*m^ , from its being dedicated to the Wazir Shams al-din Muhammad Juwaini (d. a.h.
681). Cf. H.Kh. iv. 76; Cat. St. Petersb. 63; Cat.
Lugd. iii. 369; and the edition of Dr. Sprenger (Bibl.
Indica, First Appendix to the Dictionary of the Techn.
Terms, etc.), Calcutta, 1854.
1The yeariswanting.
1Not Shir&zi, as J?. Kh. iii. 103 has. He died a.h. 905.
Seeno. 448.
Well written, of the beginning of the twelfth century.
The preface is omitted. Begins: ^<L»«xL* ^.z tcJijy A defect after fol. 17. Fol. 18 belongs to a Persian treatise on the same subject.
Signature of 'Ahdallah b. MuhammadMtraVb. 'Abd al-hamid, and seal of Amanat-dar Khan1 (a.h. 1131). This MS. was originallypartof alarger volume.
[Gaikwar.]
603.
B 145. Size 7 in. by 4f in. • foil. 133. Fifteen and twenty-five lines in a page.
The Commentary of Kutb al-din Mahmud b. Mu¬
hammad Rizi Tahtani (d. a.h. 766) on the Shamstyah.
This is a commentary by Jli and J_y>V. It is entitled L«*+£i\ iSL^ll J <Lak.J! iXeS^jijSsr, but is often simply called ^-^> • The author dedicated it to Amir Ahmad Sharaf al-din.' Cf. Cat. Bodl. ii. 354;
Fleischer, Cat. Lips. 348; Casiri, i. 180. The work was printed in 1815, at Calcutta, and also, with glosses, in a.h. 1263, s.l. (Lakhnau?).
A valuable copy, dated 28th Rajab, 777. It was transcribed by Muhammad b. Ahmad Muhyi al-dln, in the Madrasah of Amir Musa at Larandah (aju^), the capital of Karaman. Marginal notes.
The first few leaves are wanting. Begins : i\ ^.yi . I_j^£
Foil. 125 and 126, inserted by a later hand, repeat the contents of the preceding fol., but with the full text of the Shamslyah.
There is added (foil. 130t>.-132) Athir al-din Abhaki's ^s>-jiLkj! (see no. 497), closely written in the same hand. Then follow various notes.
Slightly injured by damp.
Cat. 236, vi. 2.
604.
B 148. Size 8J in. by 5 in.; foil. 160. Twelve and fifteen lines in a page.
Another copy of the preceding Commentary.
The preface begins : ^U-ll jj^ ^ .
Written by two hands, the first in Nasta'Iik. The
1Possiblythesameperson.
2The statementof If..Kh.isincorrect.
PHILOSOPHY. 141
latter portion (from fol. 85) was transcribed by 'At,a Allah b. Jamal al-din Ahmad, in Rabl' I., 1014.
Numerous marginal notes in the earlier portion. The diagrams near the end of the work have not been filled in.
Seals of'A^ Allah, MustafaKhan, and Muhammad'Adil Shah.
Cat. 236, vi. 4.
605.
1588. Size 9 in. by 5± in.; foil. 326. From nine to eleven lines in a page.
Another copy of the same Commentary, with many marginal notes.
Well written, on thin paper. Slightly injured by insects. The last fol. is mutilated.
[Hastings.]
606.
1068. Size 8f in. by 4f in.; foil. 152. Fifteen and nineteen lines in a page.
Another copy of the same work, well written by several hands.
[Johnson.]
507.
509. Size 8 in. by 4£ in.; foil. 259. Nine lines in a page.
Glosses to Kufb dl-dln's Commentary on the Shamsiyah, by Saiytd Sharif Jubjaiu (d. a.h. 816). Cf. H. Kh.
iv. 76, Fleischer, Cat. Lips. 348, and Stewart, 119.
This work was printed at Calcutta, A.n. 1261.
"Well written, with copious marginal notes both at the beginning and end. The colophon runs as follows:
<ti~: A f^y* r> IJi-wJl j*3J&\ l^-Jj iJUk JJ
<Uc ^jic i.va;and 0n the margin is
written: Aj*^ i^T* ^ ^
.i.wLj i^xs e Ljs bLiall iJUsX-.
Ornamented. Fol. 258 should be placed before 250.
508.
2205. Size 7£ in. by 4 in.; foil. 99. Fifteen lines in a page.
Another copy of the same Glosses.
Neatly written in Nasta'llk, with numerous notes.
Fol. 75 should stand after 83, fol. 84 after 77, and fol. 99 after 95. The last fol. is wanting.
Seal ofNusrat Jang.
[College of Fort William, 1825.]
609.
411. Size 10 in. by 6 in.; foil. 64. Twenty lines in a page.
The same Glosses.
Clearly written in Nasta'llk. Red lines round the pages. Notes.
On the fly-leaf is a Persian mnemonic verse, on the ten categories, with explanations. It is ascribed to Molla Jalal Dawwa.ni.
[Hastings.]
610.
B 160n. Size 7| in. by 5 in.; foil. 109. Sixteen lines in a page.
Another copy of the same Glosses, well written in Nasta'llk.
Colophon: ^ ]^lr*^ t^J ^ f*3" *f^*
gft J ilvu^-i ^jJS> iIi>yiJI igj^i is^ ajjb '.ivr !L~> Jo-SI Defects after foil. 64 and 70. Worm-eaten towards the end.
611.
B 149. Size 9 in. by 5£ in.; foil. 78. Mostly seventeen or twenty-two lines in a page.
lJu^ tX~J\ '<L^U. ^yo Jj^\
sy=J\
w-c-i-i^ ^^r
2*^
Another copy of tho same Glosses, written by several hands, with numerous marginal notes.
Injured at the beginning. A few leaves are wanting after fol. 43 and after fol. 46.
612.
B 136. Size 7J in. by 5 in.; foil. 71. Fourteen lines in a page.
An imperfect and damaged copy of the same Glosses.
•i.e.a.h. 1072.
142 ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS.
Clearly written. Eed lines round the pages. Notes.
The beginning is wanting. The first gloss is jr x£. There are defects after foil. 6, 20, 22, 28, and 29.
613.
1492. Size 1\ in. by 4£ in.; foil. 160. Mostly thirteen lines in a page.
The preceding Glosses of Saiyid Shabif, introduced here by the words: i^La!^ Jjj^r *^ &*^\
.dJTj Jl*^* itS^wj They are accompanied, on the margin, by two suc¬
cessive explanations:—
1. Foil. 1-121. The Glosses of 'Imad b. Yahya b.
'All Farisl, 1 which extend over the first <UlL» of the Shamdyah, and refer both to Saiyid Sharif's glosses and to the commentary of Kutb al-dln.
The date runs as follows : xo\j\ U» \ss>
^Jyill j3j . . . . <d! <_>Wl \jjb j f^rf-ll <LJ1 j_^fi ^ Jjltl (V**'' ti ijL J (sic) iyS^ ^yU ^-jIj ^ ^^IsJl
^»^r>- ij X^y^i i^yi) '^y>
.£] <dlJk^Jlj <LjUJU5j [^j-***]^
The author's preface is written on the title-page of this volume. It begins: ^LJ ^ V. lliJ**^
.<Ah>- Cjlib jyjur.
2. Foil. 1210.-160. The Glosses of Khalii, b. Mu¬
hammad b. Eadawl 1(Karamanl) on tho remaining part of the work, viz., (jyL>LiLMj liUiiJl, or CuUbJwaJI, as H. Kh. styles it (iv. 78 sq., where he gives an abstract of the preface). These glosses also refer both to those of Saiyid Sharif and to the commentary itself.
Very neatly written, of the eleventh century. Both the text and tho margin are bordered with red lines.
[Johnson.]
614.
B 147. Size 7 in. by 4f in.; foil. 65. At first from nineteen to twenty-two, latterly sixteen lines in a page.
The Glosses of 'Imad before mentioned, written in Shikastah and Nasta'llk, of tho tenth century.
Bij. Libr., a.h. 992.
Cat. 236, vi. 1.
616.
2313. Size 9J in. by 5 in.; foil. 117. Fifteen lines in a page.
Another copy of tho same Glosses.
Clearly written, with a broad margin. The passages to be explained are written in red.
Seals ofIktidar Khan (a.h.1179)and Nusrat Jang.
[College of Fort William.]
616.
1709. Size 7f in. by 4f in.; foil. 156. Mostly eighteen lines in a page.
Annotations to tho Glosses of Saiyid Sharif, by Molla (Kara) Di'to, a pupil of Taftazanl. See H. Kh.
iv. 77.'
These annotations extend only over the first <L!lL«
of the Shamdyah. They begin: ^Lc
(r.^ls) ijLuf Jli Xj ^^aUu>1j*lx\j xj>.\ a^jjU
.^ J^rl (r. i_iUj) i_JlaI Sx~, ^ Jjll Carelessly written in Nasta'llk. Dated Friday, 1st Dhu'l-ka'dah, 1044. The name of tho copyist is erased.
Foil. 50-55 should be placed between foil. 1 and 2.
Seal ofNusrat Jang (a.h. 1175).
[Tippu.]
617-438. Size 9J in. by 5 in.; foil. 197. Fifteen lines in a page.
Another copy of the Annotations of Molla Da'Od, written in the same hand as no. 515.
Seals ofIktidar Khan (a.h. 1179) and Nusrat Jang.
[Tippu.]
1 Sothe authorgives hisnamein thopreface. 1Compare,however,Catal. St. Petersb., p.66,xcii.
PHILOSOPHY.
143518.
B 152. Size 8} in. by 4j in.; foil. 108. Twenty-one lines in a page.
Notes to the earlier portion of the above Glosses of Saiyid Sharif, by 'Abd al-hakim b. Shams al-din Siyalkuti (d. soon after A.n. 1060). Those notes have been printed at Dehli, 1870.
The preface begins: UU ij Uki* [J**\
tf \jSit
w\jbil J JjJ K,^ Jj\j '>\^\
\ ill. The author states in it that ho wrote these notes by the advice of his father, and he dedicates his work to Shahjahan.
The first note is: \—J>y Ys£ £\ ^>^j <&js
<_Jl£
y«
Well written, but left unfinished. The last note begins: J$~> lLS3J ij ■
Cat. 236, ii.
519.
B 158. Size 8f in. by 5£ in.; foil. 80. Twenty-one lines in a page.
Another copy of the Notes of Siyalkut!, more com¬
plete than the preceding, but imperfect at the end.
Written in Shikastah, by different hands.
The first fol. is missing. Begins: all jlj ^l^s-^Li Jlill t-^-U. A defect after fol. 73.
Erroneously inscribed (fol. 29): j> |*Lic L»
<U-ils>-^JhJ ; cf. Cat. 236, v. 3.
620.
B 144. Size 8J in. by 5| in.; foil. 190. Seventeen lines in a page.
Other Notes to the Glosses of Saiyid Sharif, by an unknown author.
Very incomplete. Both the beginning and end are wanting. There are defects after foil. 24, 71 (both slight), 102, 110 (considerable), 126 (slight), 142 (large), and 158. The first complete note begins:
•
LJ^-l '^J^S (4^)
Plainly written. Date, about a.h. 1100. Injured by insects in some places.621.
B223b. Size 7 in. by 4f in.; foil. 30. Twenty-one lines in a page.
The concluding portion of other Glosses on Kufh al-din't Commentary on the Shamsiyah. It appears from the quotations on the margin of tho Lakhnau edition of this commentary that the author of these Glosses is 'Isam al-din (Ibrahim b. 'Arabshiih Isfara'inl, d. a.h. 943). Cf. H. Kh. iv. 78.
Imperfect at tho beginning. The first entire gloss is: ^1 ^LJI <djj>.
Written in a small Nasta'lik hand, mostly without diacritical points. Colophon: l*^ri-l Iaa
jJj *jj . . . . ^Lil! jjjpjM J
^yu Jjp*s!l J^lflJ ibjAl] Hs^\ 4AJ> <ijls£
^> J\~~ ujL*^!! ^ jkj
. 1 A* &wj
Injured by damp, and worm-eaten at the beginning.
522.
B 165. Size 8J in. by 5£ in.; foil. 10. About twenty lines in a page.
A Commentary (^y^) on the beginning of an Ex¬
planation of the Shamsiyah by Jli and Jjil. This commentary is ascribed in tho colophon to Saiyid Shakif Juejani (d. A.n. 816). The author of the explanation is not named. He quotes Ku$b al-din (d. a.h. 766), and is here spoken of as being dead.
The present work extends only over his preface and his explanation of the preface of the Shamsiyah.
Begins: ij.fi J*Jj. . . . ^ Jk*Jl
J! J^l! LL^
'J^j siL J£ J\ ^
.^LiuA«^ &
This copy was transcribed by 'All b. Hajjl Mir (?) 'All b. Mas'ud, A.n. 876. Marginal notes.
A Seal and signature of Muhammad 'Adil Shah.
623.
B 242. Size 8| in. by 4| in.; foil. 123. Mostly twenty-nine lines in a page.
A Commentary on the first part, or Logic, of Siraj al-din Abu'l-thana Mahmud b. Abu Bakr UrmawVs