lijSf-jll <LL«Lj jJdwdslj j»l!ai ^jLpjJ^I
Cyl***"* <Ui J^-aJI^ J^ai ifJu*1*^ <W>.Xftj'^ijSjJ^ ^jUIT
It is said in an additional note of the author that this part (J*»i) is to the following what the Isagoge is to the other parts of Logic. It contains detached paragraphs with the heading
;--
of ^■'i-s^—
'JJ > tn0 first of_
which begins: ^\ ^\ ^1 'tff 1*'
CjlijUJlj <L1a*!\ jJjsj itfJall U
i^*-^1 <L»iJjiM. This part concludes (fol. 119) U^-vtJ
*1H
Jaw uyUj**
1!
The second part J-ai) contains chiefly cyLoyu, and treats of the origin of all existence inGod.2 The third part (fol. 124j>.) contains X»*uJjJjj' C^UjJL! ; the fourth (fol. 135) is inscribed ^ ^jiu U '\k^J\ <ui CjUjjSal! ; and the fifth (fol. 148».), J
.hs+js*^ CjLjj&j toiiJjaf' CulsA^~ 3-' The MS. concludes: i'U***l! ilLjl
jjJbU! i^***-^ l^J^ n/ * er* ^.y^V
^^mU yjfiJiatI
JU&>- J*>-!j tjJ/^H^ 'ULc J*ai!
pi
0-.,m.J| oUUl ^ J\i it
cannot be decided whether this conclusion or the above beginning is inaccurate, and whether, accordingly, this MS. contains the complete work, or not.
"Written in a loose Nasta'llk hand, approaching to Shikastah. The copyist gives his name as ^ |*LJ! ^-i ,jj jJl^s.-' A/fsr*. He transcribed this MS. inafew days, from an incorrect copy, " whose very sight would have frightened and sickened others"— ^-~ij> V^- 2 U^JJs £ UJLj If** i^_~«L»]_j Date, probably A.n.
1127. 3 A defect after fol. 181.
IV. Foil. 166-169. A fragment of the preceding work, on red paper. It contains tho end of the second and the beginning of the fourth part. Written in Shikastah, mostly across the pages. The headings are
' Thewordsnext followingare indistinct.
s Thewords ofthe inscriptionarepartly corrupted.
1 This dato ispartly destroyed.
omitted. Imperfect at tho beginning, and ending abruptly.
Pol. 170. An extract from the samo work (j»Jj&N written in a similar style, but more hurriedly.
Fol. 171. An extract from MupiBB Allah Baharl's
<L$!in ZJaj&\ *JLy, ill written in a small hand.
V. Foil. 108, 180-181. A short treatise on motion, by the same author.
Begins: Ufc^l ^^-ia* ^Ic jlki <L£jJ\ J[ Ae\
Conclusion : iJjS^\ (J-^sT J, i^SLJ! ilLJ! u>U3 .(sic) ^-wJl^- y'V j^* CJlij^a^
VI. Foil. 1810.-185, 193, 194, 186, 187. A trcatiso on time, evidently by the same author.
Begins: i^t*/^ ij ^ j»W . . <0J .^1 La Jj \u+£. lllL^ ^jij ^ (jwliH Imperfect at the end. Terminates in the fourth dis¬
cussion (i_i^ac7).
VII. Foil. 188-192, and, probably, 196 and 195r.
Glosses by Bakir Dajiad, on a passage of an unknown philosophical work, concerning the simple bodies.
Begins: . . . <u£»- JjSljo \i**£s>-\ ^» L tlioL<U) j+aj j£ji^J! ^iU j,^^'* . .^-iwH
.^ iLs £j la r »\fJi\ eyUl£ ast> ^\ (sic) ^Slsh The first gloss begins: u l ^Jfl] 0,^] '(aJjS)
^ V*!!; ^Sku S^Ul! ,»L*-W us^lill
j^lV^Jl Jjil
l«l^"U uf^xj
SIjJI *1^-J1
He quotes cul^ls:"^! (of Tahtanl), and Mirza Jan's glosses on them, 2 but the work commented on here is not Tbn SimVs cu^liSJ!.Imperfect after fol. 192. Foil. 196 and 195/-., which are stray leaves, probably belong to the samo work. The first words of both arc effaced. The latter has a conclusion, which would agree with the above beginning. It runs as follows: u*^" <-i *J
s.
.IlL^ll
ajjt>j (sic) \&y>.\,J\ ^lall J_jl ^
1Ablank. 2See nos. 482and 483.
3Thefollowing wordsare effaced.
PHILOSOPHY. 159
VIII. Foil. 195«\ and 197. A fragment of Muham¬
mad b. As'ad Siddlki's (Dawwani, d. A.n. 907 or 908) Commentary on Nasir al-dln T&si's treatise on the immaterial and self-existing intellect, inscribed:
^jJlj &U1! fc^jill . . If^SrM jJ! <L!Ljl
cjIJI j L_s-»_jLiil &*s*
(r. J.<H JaJb L5^J] j^l^^l. Cf.
H. Kh. iii. 387, and Cat. Mus. Brit. 453, xx. and xxi.
The beginning of fol. 197 is effaced.
IX. Foil. 83-107, 109, 110. A treatise on the simple substance 6jsh\j&ys!\, by Muhibb Allah b. 'Abd al-shakur Muhibbabadi Baharl (d. a.h. 1119). Im¬
perfect at the end.
Begins: Jyui cMJ «. . . JlaM X-*
t—r^s'* <-£;V^ <iijx* ij c_iS.> <Wii Lsj*.* (j^sull
<LlL** ul
t-$/<-N
<-? JV~ t-r^-5^^ ^ <d!l .j)!^*^!^
The author, who belongs to the purely philosophic school, refutes tho scholastic doctrine on indivisible atoms.
This treatise ends abruptly with fol. 11Or.
"Written in Nasta'llk, approaching to Shikastah.
582.
98. Size 7 in. by 4J in.; foil. 68. Five and seven lines in a page.
I. Foil. l-19n Amis al-din Abhaei's (d. A.n. 663)
^-jiLujI (see no. 497).
II. Foil. 19».-50. The logical treatise jkjj J\j»«
(see no. 573).
Transcribed in Dhu'l-hijjah, 1210, in the camp (t_-*i£ jS) at Fathgarh.
III. Foil. 51-68. TaftazAni's (d. a.h. 792) U—Jd^
(Jn^\ (see no. 534).
Copied a.h. 1212, also in the camp at Fathgarh.
Written in a good Nasta'lik hand, with a few note3.
683.
B 170. Size 81 in. by 5f in.; foil. 72. Mostly nineteen lines in a page.
I. Foil. 1-24. The beginning of Maibudhi's ^jl>
i>\&£\ (see no. 487).
Plainly written, with marginal notes. Stained, and injured on tho margin.
II. Foil. 25-72. A fragment of Mieak's «u£»-y^J! (see no. 498).
It begins soon after the commencement of the work, with tho words i_i*~iJ1_j iAAl!.
"Well written. The margin covered with glosses, and in better preservation than that of I.
684.
B 146,167. Size 7 in. by 4 in.; foil. 151. Seven¬
teen lines in a page.
I. Foil. 1-71. Saiyid Shaeif's Glosses on JCutb al-dtn's Commentary on tho Shmnsiyah (see no. 507).
The latter portion wanting. Eight leaves missing after fol. 31.
II. Foil. 72-151. Mieak's Commentary on the Hiddyah (seo no. 493).
The first leaf missing. Begins : UJU ■ Both pieces are boldly written, by Yusuf b. Mu¬
hammad b. Yusuf Zauzan5. The second is dated 4th Safar, 825. Foil. 110 sqq. are worm-eaten, but tho text is not injured.
685.
B 162, 454, 173, 163. Size 9± in. by 6 in.;
foil. 22. Nineteen and twenty lines in a page.
I. Foil. 1-10 :
a. (foil. 1-5.) A treatise on the subdivision of know¬
ledge, by Saiyid ShakJf Jueja.ni. It is termed in the colophon <j *j* U*"^ VVj/*^ ^*{/^\ ilL^JI pU!1. Cf. H. Kh. iii. 382 (?).
Begins: Mwi! d J\ (Xe\ ^ U£ *Li>J! Ijj\
c^ftl j*LJ1. After having explained the four ways in which knowledge has been divided by the different schools, tho author proceeds to say (fol. 4) :
£\ ^ 1<dJ!if j ^a^ll *mJU Jyi^i lift Li-J^c 1il.
This is a gloss on the beginning of the introduction (<U<AjU) of tho ShamsUjah, which nearly agrees with the latter portion of his gloss on the words of Kutb al-dln's commentary *L£sM LSl-= (= p. ff of the Calcutta edition, cf. no. 507). The colophon
IGO ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS.
bears the double date, 15th Dhu'l-ka'dah, 932/ and Jum. L, 980.
b. (foil. 5i\-10.) Glosses on Kufb al-din's Com¬
mentary, and on Jurjdni's Glosses on the aforesaid passago of tho Shamsiyah.
Beginning: <L»j\ iJuJj ■ ■ ' (***•
.jJl (•yil! ^ UJ(r. ^IfiJl) JlS Jr^^
Conclusion: *Uj^SI (sic) i_iJlsl! ^
i^i/^j fc**' ^i ->,r*-^ ^ ^.i.*!^
^Lc (sie) JLiiiJ^ &JLx«! <GL^ll £jI***<*jj
.ia. ^L«S\ i-i^acr The author is perhaps Muiiammad Hanafi Tabrlzl (cf. H. Kh. i. 210 and 211).
II. Foil. 11-14. A Gloss on a passage near the beginning of Jurjdni's Glosses on JCufb al-din's Com¬
mentary on the Shamsiyah (p. r, Calcutta ed.).
Begins: <k\ji^jJls^W <L*j\ aJ-J; (J^iyi\ <*.UbjJy!
.£\ ^/al/ixM \JlS>JJ <ulc JJ The colophon runs as follows : iii^lJI "LiL^l! c^-^j'
i>Usf^fi J lL/^uII
|»Ul"eUsr
«a. ^ Jjill. The author, accordingly, seems to be tho aforesaid IIanafi.
III. Foil. 15-17. Glosses on tho passage of Jurjdnl, immediately following tho preceding one, probably by the same author.
Colophon : lL^ssT ^Ic <Lsui*s>\<LjLkM<U\^»J ILS^**J
iUJjUSI ti J <—«y
. 1a. JjM jUs;-The beginning is wanting ; tho first words are : ^\
■ —• j£> U«
IV. Foil. 18-20. A short treatise on argument, styled in the colophon : (sic) A_ftj <riJ\ LsjjJiW ilL^ll .£1^ lL-st^ <iL:J\ Lk.J\
It begins : LxJ^\ Lkslil \jj&>- ^\
.f\j&t\ 9 y*^^ AjulUII J, V. Foil. 21-22. This seems to be another edition of the same treatise, differing, however, entirely in the latter portion.
1Probably the dateofthe original copy.
Begins: Ul <Lksll| ilW! bjilS p$>\ ^e\j j\ i:jA*i3 j\ Hsu^a*. Concludes: \as> ti£Jj jSA) dJJwaJj dLi*j' |«liuJ! Uj/ I*
fjs" jf£> fffin ill-^ll ia-wW iULiistr
. ^A. tU^J
Well written in Nasta'llk ; tho last piece in a smaller character.
688.
B 156. Size 8£ in. by 5 in.; foil. 157. Mostly twenty-five lines in a page.
I. Foil. 1-99. Saiyid Sharif Jubjani's Glosses on Ifutb al-din's Commentary on the ^Jlk* (see no. 525).
The first part written in a small but legible hand, and the rest in a minute and rather illegible character;
the beginning of each gloss marked with an asterisk, instead of <s]y. Finished on 8th Eamadan, 828, by Muhammad b. al-Hasan Sadik Husaini jjljsil.
Various marginal notes. Two leaves missing after fol. 6. Fol. 55 mutilated.
II. Foil. 100-102. 'Apro al-din iri's ('Abd al-rahman b. Ahmad, d. A.n. 756) short treatise on Dia¬
lectics, <jjjua*!l £!L^JI, or more commonly, <L!L,!1
<L**A], H. Kh. mentions this treatise under ^ ilLy (iii. 453), but describes it more fully under <_>1j|
(i. 210). Cf. Krafft, Hdss. Akad. Wien, 155, and Cat.
St. Petersb. 221.
It begins here, with the omission of the introductory words, as follows: *Jlet> ^,J>!I Jwic ^J^\ J^>
J-**^
^. Jl^''^^
Written by tho second hand of the preceding piece, but more plainly. Dated Dhu'l-ka'dah, 831.
III. Foil. 102i\-139. Glosses on the second part (C^UbA^Jl i±~o~L**) of Kufb al-din's Commentary on tho jJlk*. The author not mentioned.
Beginning: ^"-^ i_iLj tw» tli3 jj' .<_>j^!j JJuaSI J-*i=r U L^aJI ^j^* 'iL^JUl This piece is written, as is also the remainder of this volume, in the same style as the second part of I.
Dated Samarkand, Sha'ban, 818 (sic!). Some notes.
1Wordsfromthe commentary( =fol.16t\of no.524).
!^§9^^S
PHILOSOPHY. 161
i, i*^^
IV. Foil. 140-141. Some Glosses on a dialectic treatise, beginning: <uK ^jesr"
<ul£ll ^,1 U.£A»-1 ^^Lc i_>y_j-» 13j&
.^JM ^»1 ^1 <U«»dJi&yiyt {jJLZ, 3 V. Fol. 142. A short treatise on the three grades of existence. It is inscribed by a different hand, ULi\dj>-y jt^AJ • According to the beginning (^1 lu\ i}f>-f*\\ t_->j'l^), it seems to be identical with the treatise mentioned by H. Kh. iii. 452, under <OLo^
Oji^-jll o in the second place, and ascribed by him to Saiyid Sharif; and also with Cat. Lugd. iii. 376, mdlxv., though the latter is ascribed to Holla Lu(fl.
VI. Foil. 142t\-143. Another treatise on existence, inscribed by tho later hand, tJjSfj t-L»*V» dJUj.
Begins: £y>-^j}^*
(J^-The remainder of fol. 143 is filled with a note, which is written in the opposite direction. It begins : ^,1 j»lcl
ji,
VII. Foil. 143«\-146. Ktjtb al-din's jjisr J A'JL, CuLKSl, the same as that described in Aumer, Hdss.
Miinch. 308, no. 5, and Cat. Lugd. iii. 377. Cf. H. Kh.
iii. 433.
The colophon gives the name of the copyist as above, and the date, Sha'ban, 828.
VIII. Foil. 146jj.-155. A treatise on fenced pro¬
positions, author unknown. It is inscribed by tho later hand : Uu\ jj^ff 1 J^'f 1aJUj .
Begins : aHoi ^■r*} ' ^_j-?5l {j^z** A*^!
J_^>-^1• The first part is iJL)\jyas^\ JkjAflC J, dLA*s)l, and the second (fol. 152), ^.jJiar j, .<ttojj!A\ CL)\jyesr\
The colophon gives the name of the copyist as above, and the date, 6th Ramadan, 828.
IX. Foil. 155v.-157. The treatise, Li / J\ ilL^l Lb wuJl, described in Aumer, Hdss. Munch. 308, no. 6.
Tho author appears to bo Saiyid Siiaiuf Jurja.ni.
"Written in a more legible style. Dated a.h. 831.
Tho book is injured by damp.
687.
1480. Size 6f in. by 3J in.; foil. 64. Nineteen and fifteen lines in a page.
I. Foil. 1-7. A treatise on the Definition of Know¬
ledge (j»L«!l), compiled chiefly from works of Saiyid Sharif. The author is Mihza Jan (d. A.n. 994).
It begins with a quotation from the i_ajily*Jl (near the beginning of that work), as follows : J Jli jJkj jjj«ll Cjli)y»j jjLJI <^>y^>_5ujulytol .^1 ^y*j\xa£^\
Written in iNasta'lik, in narrow columns. Marginal notes, marked i_J (jw. The first two leaves arc written in a different style. The colophon runs as follows : U^*J
Jj#&\ <J**^\ Z*hi\ jjl UlymidS ilL^l ci C?jl/*^1 ld*r])jif* ij" *U1 i,ai al^^Jl iLjyi+Ai] <L£)L*!1 ^ Xtsr* jL*ll jZ>.\ Jo Jci^Jl ikyuz**1] jfuL j
.j{| ^1 jl^Bl 1. ^1 jjL II. Foil. 8-64. Dawwani's Commentary on the
^ilail,! k_*%)3tfi(see no. 539), without tho preface.
Written in a hurried Nasta'lik, by tifij-J iJU-yl (?), at Shahjahanabad. The first two pages have ornaments in gold and blue, and tho others are written within blue lines.
[Hastings.]
688.
1618. Size 8^ in. by 4| in.; foil. 97. Three, five, fourteen, eighteen, and fifteen lines in a page.
I. Foil. 1-50. Sa'd al-din Taftazani's i__ i&p
^kj,! (sco no. 534), with numerous marginal notes.
Well written. A double red line round text and notes. Foil. 18-24 reversed.
EE. Foil. 51-70. The logical treatise called <U«iJl
or (see no. 575).
Well written in a large hand. Has the following colophon : r c-«JI ^ 'Uu*Jl us-Sj *3j> uu**7
jJUSl Jufi ^ ^iluaJl '-VA
•^j"
21