This commentary has been compiled from 120 works, such as commentaries on the Koran, collections of tra¬
ditions, law-hooks, works on morals, dictionaries, grammars, etc. A list of them is given at the end of the work.
BeginB: <nl*5>-jpXJi\ <U*j Si)Le ^^Lc ^ ^
\s>-\psij "itjti. The original work commences (fol. 4».):
.As.i\ j^ydb jjja!>\ Uj
k_srjJ\
<d!±*Mi\
Well written. The colophon runs as follows : lUi'li
^pU! J,u&jy<jwAJ\
.1.^1 ^XmJ <L.V.w> Jj^j ^L^i»
A list of the sections of the is-jL is written on the fly-leaves. "Worm-eaten.
[Coll. Fort William, 1825.]
210.
744. Size llf in. by *l\ in.; foil. 271. Twenty-nine lines in a page.
The first half of the ^IsX^li ^j^ai, or Legal Decisions, compiled hy Fakhr al-dln Abu'l-mahasin
■
al-Hasan b. Mansur b. Mahmud Uzjandl, commonly called Kadikiian (d. A.n. 592). Cf. H. Kh. iv. 364;
Flugel, Hdss. Wien, iii. 240; Cat. Mus. Brit. 724;
and Aumer, Hdss. Miinch. 89. Printed at Calcutta (Asiat. Lithograph. Press), 1835, in 4 vols.
This MS. is founded upon a dictate of the author's, given at his house, on the 6th Muharram, 578.
Well written. Concluding: ^ JjHI i—iLaiH *J Q u l=cUlj> ^jhJu (LiU?! . Dated 24 Rabl' I., 1108. Preceded by a table of contents.
MIA
Thefollowing note runs over fol.117».-118r.: <_>li£ ^
j*. jd xSj *Uj sAyi- ^jS>
£*Li,t-Jaji CSL* j\
(sic) ily ^1. Seal and signatureofSibghat-allah KMn,
a.ii. 1182.
[Hastings.]
211.
605. Size 10J in. by 7 in.; foil. 385. Twenty-one lines in a page.
The first half of Buehan ax-din Abu'l-Hasan 'AH b.
Abu Bakr b. 'Abd al-jalll MAKGHiNANi's(d. A.n. 593)
<L!.^!\, which is a commentary on his own ijrAull, on Hanafite Law. See H. Kh. vi. 479;
Flugel, Hdss. Wien, iii. 202 s<i., and Class. 316. The work was printed at Calcutta, a.h. 1234, and translated into English hy C. Hamilton, London, 1791, and this translation edited for the second time by S. G. Grady, London, 1870.
Concludes with t_ajj!l <-_>li£. Well written, by 'All b. Hasan Azharl, in Shawwal, A.n. 861, ^
il^UJ Jl?-*
( s"0 cM/-^ f^' C>V^
A tablo of contents is on the fly-leaves. Foil. 1 and 2, which are of a much smaller size, belong to a Persian treatise.
ABplcndidornament, in gold and blue, is on the title-page (fol.6r.) (containing thefollowinginscription: ijliA^ll ^» (Jj^
.*JJI
*rj
( 8i°)Jl! J.^ 1 (JUl! ^Ul £AN
Accordingto notes at the end and on fol. 3, the book had been taken from Mubammadubad-Bidar, and came into the Itoyal Library of Bijapttr, in a.h. 1029. Sealsof Mahmftd Khwajah Jahun, and 'Abd al-majid Khan (a.h. 1145). In arich Oriental binding.
[Tippu.]
212.
146. Size 12 in. by 7 in.; foil. 373. Seven lines in a page.
The first part of the Hiddyah, concluding with c_jli£
Plainly written in three different hands, Naskh and Nasta'llk, with frequent marginal notes.
[Tippu.]
213.
147. Uniform with the preceding MS.; foil. 419.
The second part of the same, from ^.l^ill t_>li£ to
<-_jb£.
LAW. [>r>
Written in different hands, Nasta'lik prevailing, with numerous notes. Preceded by a table of contents.
Both this volume and the preceding bear the seal of Khiin Jahan. Cf.Stowart's Catal.144,i.
[Tippu.]
214.
1776. Size 12J in. by 8 in.; foU. 174. Twenty lines in a page.
The first half of the IEddyah.
Mostly written in an inelegant Nasta'lik hand, approaching Shikastah. Dated 25th Eabl' I., 1017.
Colophon: isu^.\ L$J\\ <Lt&x],\ ist^\ slfc c^j' t—a^-ssii! <__a-*«Jl At <&i)t J, ti JU~s? <t!i1* ^ (?) Aajst* ^J[ju <dll <U*.j Jjil t -jj ^ U}J ^\) u-^liH . . J 'lilill *jj (sic) Itv iL-j.
Covered with notes. On fol. 174 recipes.
SignatureofR. Johnson.
215.
1419. Size 10i in. by 7± in.; foil. 232. Eighteen lines in a page.
The second half of the same work, from ^j-J! <-—:\£
to the end.
Mostly written in a bold Nasta'lik hand; not quite finished, though a conclusion has been added, with the date, A.n. 1052. Copious marginal notes. Some portions supplied in two different hands.
[Johnson.]
216.
B 343a. Size 11£ in. by 7 in.; foil. 387. Eleven, afterwards nine lines in a page.
The first portion of the Hiddyah, as faras^\ <_>l^, with copious notes.
Plainly written in a Persian hand, of about the tenth century. Imperfect at the beginning 1and end;
single leaves aro missing after foil. 47 and 96. Injured on the margin and stained.
1Forty-fivefoil, arcwanting.
217.
B 343b. Uniform with the preceding MS.; foil.
244.
Another fragment of the same, extending from t_->l^
jlLH to aLkalll <_>\&, with copious notes.
Written in two different hands. Imperfect at the beginning and end, and in many other places. Stained.
Part of fol. 124 torn off.
This MS. and tho preceding had beon mixed togetherinutter confusion. Fol.380 of tholatterisinscribed:ij[\JJi
Cf.Catal.227, i. 7, 8(?).
218.
CJ -l/!
1393. Size 12 in. by 8 in.; foil. 335. Twenty-nine and twonty-one lines in a page.
The first part of a copious Commentary on the Hiddyah, entitled -jii J, £>lfJK The author is Husam al-dln al-Husain b. 'All Sighnaki (d. a.h.
711), who completed his work in a.h. 700. See H. Kh..
vi. 480, and Fliigcl, Class. 327. Cf. Stewart's Catal.
144, iii. No other copy scorns to be extant.
This is the first commentary that was written upon the Hiddyah. Tho author began it at the exhortation of his Shaikh, 'Ala al-dln Muhammad b.
Ahmad b. 'Omar ij^iUl. Of the two Isnads con¬
necting him with Marghlnanl, the one consists of throe, and tho other of two intermediate persons. Ho can by no means be called his pupil, as he is by H. Kh. (I.e.).
The original text is distinguished by the word <Mji.
The present volume consists of two separate portions.
The first (foil. 1-183) contains the books CL)\j\^i\ and SjLJI, and the second (foil. 184-335) the books t£jt\, fyA\ , and ^\ . Plainly written. Two blanks on foil. 270 and 271, intended for drawings of the Mosque of Makkah, have never been filled up. Worm-eaten.
Seal and signature of a Saiyid named Ashraf b. 'Abdallah, who bought this MS. of Nur Muhammad a 1"1sealsof Faid <Ali Khan (a.h. 1174), and Muhammad Khidr Khan (a.h. 1191).
[Tippu.]
5G ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS.
219.
778. Size 8f in. by 5J in.; foil. 539. Twenty-seven lines in a page.
The first part of a Commentary on the Hiddyah, entitled ili*Jl, by Muhammad b. Mahmud b. Ahmad Hanafi 1 (Akmal al-dln Babaeti, d. A.n. 786). Cf.
H. Kh. vi. 485; Cat. St. Tctorsb. 40 ; and Flugel, Class. 334 sq. The work was printed at Calcutta, a.h. 1247, in four vols.
This is also a commentary by <Jy. The present volume comprises the first half of the Hiddyah, or the first two volumes of the aforesaid edition, and con¬
cludes: h\±4\ cr i J &L*1! ^ ^ylill j=f i_>b£(jJbJI i^M S . . AassT; but the beginning of the second jSj- is not marked.
Inelegantly written; the first two leaves restored by a more modern hand. Owing to the bad quality of the ink, the leaves had stuck together, and often could not be separated without injuring the writing.
ThisMS. was onco a■ .
[Hastings.]
220.
B 344, 347. Size 10 J in. by 7 in.; foil. 624.
Thirty-one, twenty-nine, and twenty-seven lines in a page.
Another Commentary (by <)Jjji) on the Hiddyah, called £>U£5\, by Buehan al-siiaei'ah Mahmud b.
'Ubaidallah b. Mahmud Taj al-shari'ah Mahbubl, who flourished at the beginning of the eighth century (see the following MS.). Cf. H. Kh. vi. 483. The work was printed, together with the Hiddyah, at Calcutta, a.h. 1249, in four vols., and also at Bombay, A.n. 1280.
Originally in two separate volumes, each containing two of the Calcutta edition. "Written in different hands, part of the second volumo in a bad Nasta'lik.
Vol. I. (as far as fol. 297) is revised throughout, and concludes with the date of the original copy
(Eama-1Thus the authornames himself inthe preface.
dan, 832). It is preceded by a different commentary on the preface of the Hiddyah (foil. 4-8), which, after an introductory line, begins : i_>lu£!l <dS &*s>\
vX~».srulj <U-wJb. Both vols, have tables of con¬
tents, in a modern hand. One leaf is wanting after fol. 21, and six after fol. 43. Fol. 39 is much injured.
Stained.
Vol. I. has the correct title, but vol. II. is inscribed: <ul^j
I*j\$>~ jls>- <0lJkfc<Ui>U». Cf.Catal.227,ii.,and i.4.
221.
2555. Size 10 in. by 6 in.; foil. 329. Twenty-one or nineteen lines in a page.
A Commentary on Burhdn al-shari'ah's ilijll, or abridgment of the Hiddyah, compiled by his grandson (Sade al-shaeI'ah) 'Ubaidallah b. Mas'ud b. Taj al-sharl'ah b. Sadr al-sharl'ah (d. A.n. 747 or 745), who completed it in A.n. 743. It is called simply iLli}!!, but also goes by the namo of its author, viz.
i^Jl See H. Kh. vi. 4G0; Fliigcl, Hdss.
"Wien, iii. 209; Cat. Mus. Brit. 119, etc. Copies are frequent.
"Written in different styles. Date, a.h. 965. Scribe, 'Abd al-rahim (b. ?) 'Omar. Frequent marginal notes;
the margin, however, is injured. Stained.
Foil. 1-9 and 320-329 are filled with various extracts and notes.
Signaturo of MuhammadAfdalatthoend.
[Bibl. Leydeniana.]
222.
2148. Size
10in. by 6f in.; foil. 336. Seventeen
lines in a page.
Another copy of the ^Ji>.
"Well written, and finished on the 2nd Dhu'l-lujjah, 1055, by Nazar Muhammad b. Molla Muhammad Khuwarazml. Notes have been frequently added on the margin by different hands.
Frequent impressions of tho seal of 'Abd al-majid Klian (a.u. 1145).
[Coll. Fort "William, 1825.]
LAW. 57
223.
362. Size 101 i n. by 6 in.; Ml. 554. Thirteen lines in a page.
Another copy of the iilijli ^j^> •
Well written, by Muhammad 'Akil b. 'Abu al-ghufur. Copious notes have been added, partly by the same, and partly by Jamiil 'AH, who also revised the latter portion.
Sealsof 'Abd al-razzak Khan (a.h. 1177)and 'Abd al-wahhub Khan.
[Tippu.]
224.
1669. Size 10| in. by 5f in.; foil. 244. Twenty-seven lines in a page.
Another copy of the same Commentary.
Plainly written. Conclusion: <_>lii3i ajjb
*Uj j^s:"* c^L* h^y>\ z/^i
cJ,L-» tf* ^Axllj ti-jL^I d jjs? tty£
JjjJI lI&U
(#y«J'^^j'^ ^Uj
<L»i^La*)
<u3l
I*jJL« a^js-^ ^\
ix>tcr*J US' tl^SU
(sic) LJs^ ^1 ^ Juc c^lsill Ijjk u.Jl <i£!Uj <uj'l£! <0J\yii jjfaftA
Prefixed is a table of contents, in the same hand.
225.
1440. Sizo 11 in. by 6£ in.; foil. 293. Twenty-three lines in a page.
Another copy of the same.
Plainly written, by the samo scribe as the preceding MS. The colophon runs as follows: Ijjs ^~~%zs>-U>*?. (T?d <i kfy c^ ur«*^
jJi*U u^*~> J& liT*J^*° t*-^^ d
*U1 yul utei
2-•<-rA&\ ^ 'fc^ iiUj .-ill j^-lc^Jii <t~£
J****"**Ui ^ >li
_/ *c
UU« c2-oj
^ "Vs f*^ *cU£ J! ^-Ue-*
.^1 <nflUj <U)'^ ^./* (V^r* cr**-J^ ^ c^1tW^
Worm-eaten.
[Johnson.]
1 Comparethecolophonof the followingMS.
>One worderased. Anote onthefly-leafreferringtothe lady owner is alsopartly erased.
226.
348. Size 121 i n. by 8 in. ; foil. 284. Nineteen lines in a page.
Another copy of the same.
Well written in Nasta'lik. The colophon runs as follows : iJ *M*d\ <_>l^31 fjjb jijosr ^ £J>
Sa^* ^j*Ai 0*J (?) d ^S>ji\rj&i
^Lwl^>- t-JjC. jJ* ^j) J**.*." LiJjJ
d
!L~>ht
Mj} *^*"!) ^ (**^ <-0^ ir?*
pjsr* j ^js.' aJ| ij^J^ Zx+A\
&>
jkiS \jJLz <u*uJ jLi tj*>r^IjS)\ t^f*}
.
£\ «,J\S3
With marginal notes. Stained by damp.
[Johnson.]
227.
B 351. Size 9| in. by 5£ in.; foU. 214. Twenty-five lines in a page.
Another copy of the same.
Noatly written in two hands, with marginal notes.
Of the eleventh century. Defects after foil. 41, 71, and 121. Part of fol. 13 is torn off. Injured and worm-eaten.
Sealof'Inilyat Allah on the title-pago, together with the fol¬
lowing note: <t.i^ ^1 jUj lUu-jsr^jbl <_l£>j_jl
i yW«1 UXJ
Cat. 227, viii.
228.
B 348. Size 81 in. by 4| in.; foil. 286. Seven¬
teen or sixteen lines in a page.
An imperfect copy of the 1>}j>^\ ^ j& ■ Neatly written in Nasta'lik, with some notes.
The first portion (thirty-three foil.) is wanting.
Begins: t*£j J Jl "J" Ther ° Bre also defects after Ml. 126, 156, 176, and 183, and the last fol. is lost. Poll. 11, 105, and 106 are injured.
Cat. 227, viii. 5.
58 ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS.
229.
B 341. Size 10 in. by 7± in.; foil. 145. Twenty-two lines in a page.
Another copy of tho iilSjH ^j^>< imperfect at the beginning.
Well written in Nasta'llk, with copious notes. Con¬
clusion :i_jL*«a!\ AJ &Uj*LM<Ls.*u^\ L£
iU ^Jx j^r <iu.U- ^Ull .dl! &j <J\ iJT^
^Uj iL-j j^AjJI ^^.Axll <_i ^-i>
<-l^^ <L-!j^ ti &jU*itJj ijt&.j*}
.j»Lc\
idl^ Ijtae; iis^is^l iiJ
#Sy***l!
The beginning is much injured, and the whole is stained by damp. Begins: ^1 CJ\j.
One portion is inscribed^2i.s' ,» i^j~> Jjl jj!
iUjII, andthoother, ^1 j,A ^^2, jl^j! . Of.Catal. 227, i.
G(?) and 228, viii. 8.
230.
B 341b. Size 10 in. by 6| in.; foil. 193. Twenty-seven lines in a page.
Another copy of the same work, imperfect at the beginning, and much injured by insects, and by damp.
The earlier portion is in a lamentable condition.
Single leaves aro missing after foil. 5 and 49.
Written in Nasta'llk, about a.h. 1000, and collated.
At the end an " introduction" on technical terms (Li!
\ i^j\s>~VaaV\ (sic) <L«jjLU), and Persian poetry concerning Muhammad.
231.
B 364. Size 10 in. by 6 in.; foil. 444. Twenty-one lines in a page.
A Super-commentary on tho <oljjH ^^Jb, by Akhi YtrsuF b. Junaid (Tukatl, commonly called Akhl Cha-labl, d. a.h. 905), who compiled it during tho years a.h.
891-901. Itis entitled hu_yiA\j^e ^jJZi J,^ s JjA\ Sj+&.j
^♦lajd!, and dedicated to the Ottoman Sultan (Baynzid b. Muhammad Khan) b. Murad Khan. 1 Cf. H. Kh.
iii. 327 and vi. 460, 464, and also Fliigel, Class. 346.
1The names in parenthesis are taken from thefollowing M8., there beingablankleftfor theminthe present copy.
The preface begins : i*>jJti\ji~e -Jit <0J&a^\
•UJ! Lk^J\ tMjjSA\ |»K*-b In the
epilogue, the author styles himself ^ i_ sL>j) Jia-lj fj»ji\A>\ ^^.^\ Jw-*^ l/f^Xc idl! ^JiC S+is>-(sic) LiklwH jJJ\ J ioULH £»iUiM, and dates his work as follows: {^)^>.\ J, layu i_aJUl '\&u\
£s^l l£<1 jjjUj (J <t«b.si.j £3UjUjj ij+XjjjJj
. <LSL»
This copy was transcribed for, and apparently in part by, A'azz al-dln Muhammad b. Shaikh Abu'l-ma'ali. Worm-eaten towards the end.
232.
B 350. Size 9£ in. by 5J in.; foil. 244. Nine¬
teen lines in a page.
2s_j\3j^ <L^*£»W. ^_<e (Jj^ Xf^^
&2>\j U_£L.l-tfJ ^yc Another copy of tho same work.
Well written, but not very correct. It was tran¬
scribed in A.n. 1029, at Burhanpur, for Kadi Khushhal, who wrote the following note at the end : £jl^Sow»j\*}'
i.M »&*sb\ jqJu iv c^JI ajJ Jil^lJ!
fc»j
u fc*a j& V J
]\Jd\ #*J~A\ £*rj ^ Jl*V- ju*J! lit, 'wJUdl ^
A similar note is on the title-page.
Illj. Libr., a.h. 1054,from KhUsbMl. Sealsof the latter and of Muhammad'Adil Shah.
233.
B 352, 369. Size 0{ in. by <o\ in.; foil. 264.
Twenty-one lines in a page.
An incomplete copy of the same work, indifferently written, and in some places supplied by another hand.
Fifteen foil, aro wanting at the beginning. The first words are : Lu& i_ sju_ 1 ^ ■ Defects after foil. 38, 60, 61, 62, 86, 87, 89, and 162.
Cat. 227, viii. 6 and 228, xx.
i He evidently alludes to the retreat of the Moghul army beforeMalik 'Anbar. SeeElphinstone's India,5th edition, p.5C2.
i
LAW. 59
234.
792. Size 9f in. by 7 in.; foil. 284. Six lines in a pago.
An Abridgment of the Wik&yah, commonly called fclijll jmsxs^*, by (Sadu al-shaiu'ah) 'Ubaidallah b.
Maa'ud b. Taj nl-shari'ah, the author of the preceding commentary. It is sometimes styled &l8i)1, though this title is not mentioned in tho author's preface. Cf.
H. Kh. vi. 373, and Aumer, Hdss. Munch. 92. It has been published by Mirza Kazcm-Bcg, Kazan, a.k. ]260
(= a.d. 1845).
Well -written in a large hand, by Molla Muhammad 'Alawl b. Molla Ibrahim Samarkandl, in Eabl' I., 1045.
Copious notes have been added in some places, and occasionally written on leaves inserted for the purpose.
Fol. 1, which is in a different hand, is reversed.
Slightly injured by damp.
[Johnson.]
235.
826. Size 8 in. by 4| in.; foil. 154. Eleven lines in a page.
Another copy of the same work, well written, with copious notes on tho margin.
The vacant pages at the end (from fol. 138) arc filled up with various extracts, written partly in Shikagtah, viz., i^j^ill ; a devotional formula, explained in Persian, <Jj jls alLc <t,L»A~j <ti-?)'j; some glosses by Shumunnl and others; extracts from the i_£jLsi
^^il+Ilc; short regulations for purification, prayer, alms, fasting, and i_ >\£±£.\, etc.
Seal of 'Abd al-?amad Khan Bahadur Dilir Jang, A.H. 1185.
[Tippu.]
236.
1697. Size 9| in. by 5| in.; foil. 839. Fifteen lines in a page.
A copious Comm.ntary (^_^^») on the preceding work. The author is, according to H. Kh. vi. 375, Abc'l-makabim b. 'Abdallah b. Muhammad, who com¬
pleted it in a.h. 907. See also Aumer, Hdss. Munch., p. 93, no. 283.
Boldly written. Some blanks on the first pages.
Inscribed djlj. jOls* ^j^> lS-V^»- s <=alof Nusrat [Tippu.]
Jang, A.H. 1174.
237.
2158. Size 10 in. by 5j in.; foil. 296. Twenty-five linos in a page.
The first part of another Commentary (_^<m) on the same work, styled jy*)\ £-^=T »by Shams al-dln Muhammad Khurasan! KunisiANi (d. A.n. 902 or 950), who completed it in a.h. 941. Cf. H. Kh. vi. 374 ; Aumer, Hdss. Miinch. No. 284; and Cat. Lugd. iv.
121. Printed at Calcutta, 1858, by Col. "W. Nassau Lees.
This vol. extends to the end of t_)l^. It
begins: J^l (sic) j*^*^J UL=i ±£&\ <dlSas^\
^lA
Tlainly, but not carefully written. Conclusion : aL>-JjU>- jJ* ^CjW (sic !) -^Aij ^j& J^l
r J^lIU
Foil. 210 and 215 should bo transposed.
Sealsof 'Abd al-majid Khan (a h. 1145) and 'Abd al-Tihalik Khan, a.h. 11G2.
[College of Fort "William, 1825.]
238.
B 345, 346. Size Hi in. by 8 in.; foil. 299.
Nineteen, twenty-one, and twenty-throe lines in a page.
'Abdallah b. Majim^d b. Maudud Abu'1-fadl Mausill's (d. A.n. 683, at Baghdad) Commentary on his own j^s^\ , or Abstract of Hanafite Law. It is entitled jUs^-M . Cf. H. Kh. v. 436; Cat. Lugd. iv.
126 ; Aumer, Hdss. Miinch. 96 ; and Flugcl, Class. 326.
The original text is distinguished by Jli . In two volumes. "Well written, with numerous notes, but imperfect and injured both at tho beginning and end. The first volume, of which 30 foil, are wanting, commences in the JjLaM with the words i_yn'-J Lfclfc, and concludes with the i'ULuU. The colophon runs as follows : J.S1t-Afiill *j'
jg Jx. l^UM yWI ^ ^