copies, of which ho gives an account. Prom these he has made a new, and what he hopes will hecome the standard edition of the text. To write also a com¬
mentary ho was induced hy the consideration, that almost all the labour bestowed upon the work was due to the Shafl'itcs.
This volume concludes with l>Lsj!l l-jlsa. Well written, in a small hand. Eichly ornamented and gilt.
Foil. 50 and 57 should be transposed.
[Johnson.]
159.
314. Uniform with the preceding MS. ; foil. 580.
The second volume of the preceding commentary, from <_}\s&to the end.
C •
No date. Occasional blanks in the text seem to indicate that the original MS. was mutilated.
The leaves after fol. 9 should stand thus: 11, 12, 10, 15, 13, 14, 16 ; and after fol. 95, thus : 103, 102, 98-101, 97, 96, 104. Foil. 120 and 127 should bo transposed.
[Johnson.]
160.
343. Size llj in. by 7± in.; foil. 439. Twenty-nine lines in a page.
A fragment of the same commentary, containing about one-third of the whole, viz. from ^l^JI to the commencement of 1(t>V> wnere ^ en ^8 abruptly.
Plainly written ; coloured lines round the pages.
Sealsof Ifctidar Khan (a.h.1179)and Nusrat Jang (a.h. 1186).
Bound in redleather, whichishighly gilt.
[Tippu.]
ML
1053. Size 7J in. by 4f in. ; foil. 252. Eleven lines in a page.
A Collection of Traditions, apparently an abridgment of the Mhhkdt. The order of the books and chapters is the same as in that work, but many traditions, as
i The MS. has .
well as whole chapters, are omitted. It begins :
<CTj ^x^jsr* &A±. jfjL. LJLi ijLJlj (itf-*^ *—>j ^ ij-»**s»-l<Usrtfj. Next comes a tradition of 'Omar, taken from the end of tho introduction of the Mishkdt, then begins ^UjSI <_>\z!>.
The title and tho name of tho author cannot bo found.
Plainly written. All rubrics omitted after fol. 20.
A list of the chapters precedes.
[Oaikwar.]
162.
2263. Size 8f in. by 5 in.; foil. 160. Twenty-one lines in a page.
A Collection of Apophthegms of 'Aii, without the Isnads, arranged alphabetically. It is entitled
j_f-\jjtij ^s^\. Tho author is 'Add AL-WAniD b.
Muhammad b. 'Abd al-wahid Amidi Tamlml, who flourished, according to H. Kh. ii. 646 sq., at the beginning of tho sixth century. Cf. H. Kh. iv. 318 ; Cat. Mus. Brit. 331 sq.; and Cat. Lugd. i. 193.
Written in a good Persian hand, of about the tenth century. The end is missing. Thin paper. "Worm-eaten.
Seal ofNujrat Jang.
[College of Fort William, 1825.]
163.
1046. Size 9 in. by 5 in.; foil. 209. Twenty-ono lines in a page.
'Iyad b. Musa Yahsubl's (d. a.h. 544) celebrated work on tho excellency of Muhammad, entitled
^.ftk>a*!] Jf^*> '—^.j*^ A full account of it is given in H. Kh. iv. 56 sq. Cf. Cat. Mus. Brit.
97, etc. Printed at Cairo, a.h. 1276.
Clearly written. The colophon runs as follows : i—L*,ri\\ . . . <-_.'lsi3!1a£>JtjrfjJ J-Jj Jki Jtibji CjUjSI Ou* ^jjill <&\ Ias~-j ^j>-\J\
(sic) ^>-\jj\ <d!l u*"^ L^j-JjJl j»U!
j& ur*<-iJl4ll J <-r>^\ \m> fS Sij . . . U^Jj (sic) LiJlill (♦)■>J
.£\ <sl)\uJ Sj£*> ^ £3U*«Jj ttr?*!'-y
^
TKADITION. 39
Coloured lines round the pages. Glosses in Arabic and Persian. Somewhat injured by insects. Foil.
1-26 have been supplied by a different hand.
[Gaikwar.]
164.
B 71. Size lOf in. by 6 in.; foil. 301. Seventeen lines in a page.
Another copy of the preceding "work, executed by two hands. Colophon: jic ^ }\ ^Ui'l&l L2_v«J
U#yi
<d!ljks. lUUI (♦V^-Tj cri^^
f->j\
<L»>^w^s^ Mji _ji ^ o t^laCl
'.(sic) l'AF i-j t—cM_j(j^V-J Frequent marginal notes, taken from different com¬
mentaries on the present and on other works. Nine leaves are missing after fol. 38.
Cat. 224, xiv.
165.
2312. Size 8£ in. by 6 in.; foil. 197. Twenty-three lines in a page.
Another copy of the Shifd.
Legibly written, by Molla 'Abd al-'azlz b. Husain b. Muhammad b. 'Abd al-'azlz Ahsa'l, who finished it on Thursday, 24 Kamadan, 1089. Collated.
After several other owners, whose signatures are tohefoundonthe title-page,the MS.cameinto thepossessionof Hujji Jalal al-din, of Palembang, in a.h. 1177. A notico in Malay onthofly-leaf refers to his pilgrimage to Makkah, which was performedinthe years 1175-6.
[College of Fort William, 1825.]
166.
1302. Size 10 in. by 6 in.; foil. 225. Twenty-three lines in a page.
An account of the various controversies between the twelve Imams and their opponents, according to the Shi'ah tradition. It is in all probability the
■Aas^t i->^ of Abu 'All al-Fadl b. al-Hasan Tabahsi (d. a.h. 548). 2
1 Onlya.h.1084 agreeswith the restofthe date.
* See regarding him No. 61. On the title-page wo find the inscription: ^j^s ■JT^?^*"^
-Although, as a rule, the Isnads are omitted, yet that leading up to the eleventh Imam, al-Hasan 'Askari, is given at full length at tho beginning of the work (fol. 2».). It runs thus: ^JUll Ju*J! fa ^ite*- U LSA£ /JI L5V"^1 ^j*- j>\ ^ J^r ^
^j£M>- <dJl y\ jjjjuall ^J^^- **°J
^j>\ ^5*^*- Jli Ai>-j j^jWijjjJI .x*s-! ^
j&xs?- j)\ Ju**J! ^uJI ^ J^JC*
JU tJ>j ^J*$A ^ ^J-c ^ J^s-»
j*Ji*\\ i^d\i\j^Ji\ ^uJb\ Ji^sr* ^ jjf***^ ^ i^**^
^ ^ i_ Li^ t-r iy^. y}\ u^*^*"
<L,«l*)n iu^I ^ Ul^j jLi ^ j^Lc ^^s^
L*4-.Lc ^Jic ^ ju^s-1* LJjk^ Vij
.fUl
Another Isnad connects the author with Abu Ja'far Tusl (d. a.h. 460), in the following way (fol. 25t>.) :
fj) l/J^ ^ J^bll jJUll Ju*Jl
^yJ-Va-^Jx. j)\ JU tJ>j (sic) ^jiws'l lr JJ s
-^^Dl
{£}Mjs±\ ^) Jut*- ^
<d!! jsms^ ji\ jJiyi ju**JI^_jlJI
^>j?>-\J^>
•**"»
The preface begins: eule*j ^ ^1*41 <d!
.^^A
The author complains of the slackening spirit of his sect. Ho quotes, by way of introduction, what is said in favour of religious contention in the Koran, to which he subjoins an account of the various disputes of the Prophet with idolaters, Jews, and Christians.
He then proceeds to relate at great length the claims and arguments of 'All, and subsequently thoso of the other Imams in succession. Each of them is repre¬
sented as pleading his cause in speeches and disputa¬
tions, or in letters. Tho work is accordingly divided into sections (J-ai), each of which is inscribed.. j-l^ls-' •
The "pleading" of tho twelfth Imam, al-Mahdl (<Ls^|
1 Hero follow the name of the Imam and thesubjectof the controversy.
II)
ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS.
^l^jM t-^o-L* (_fJi^ll Jax~A\ jjls^), chiefly consists of his correspondence with Muhammad b. 'Abdullah Himyari 1 and others, and is further supported by the arguments of Mufld (d. A.ir. 413) and Saiyid Murtada (d. a.h. 436), two great Shi'ah divines.
Neatly written, and collated with another MS.
Some notes.
[Hastings.]
167.
B 88. Sizo 10 in. by 7 in.; foil. 135. Twenty-five lines in a page.
^j-^Ls^ u^^J t
-r->^'
^jJl ^J^* J"*W1 jJUll |»UU! LA^a?
MM^J 'V.^^J
SjSJd.\><JICO <V.^Vj ^ ^
. I ^t"^***^A Collection of sound Traditions bearing on morals and asceticism, by Muhyi al-din Nawawi (d. A.n. 67C).
See H. Kh., iii. 518, and Aumcr, Hdss. Munch., p. 30 sq.
An old copy, carefully written in a firm hand, with constant distinction of the un-pointcd letters. Con¬
cludes (fol. 133) : ul^ll
<dl!
<U*y Jli t&ij* ^J^i.i (jrtj*
Ia^s-Ai-J yliMj ^>}j jjf-iJ^ ftf, C^-vC^S
. i'o'w*i«. :t ^^X+tl
Corrections onthe margin, mostly in the original hand.
A notice of Nawawl, which begins (fol. 133i>.) :
ufjtyJ! jjijJI
L5r^ £^ ^wty
jy-4, •■•
\j*£*5!*, and some poetry alluding to him, fill up the vacant space at the end.
A list of the chapters of tho work has been added on the first and last pages in two different hands. It concludes (fol. 135v.): ioUilj \^SSe } t_ >\^)i\
j»Lc! <0J!j bb The number given here, though varying from the statements of H. Kh. and
1 Secregarding him Tusi, p. r,a.
Aumer (I.e.), fairly agrees with the number of tho chapters marked in the present text.
Accordingto a noto on fol. 133»., 'All b. Haruii b. Yusuf
^j)^s^\ (sic) bought thiscopyin Muharram, 790. Signature of 'Abd al-rabmun b. 'Alawi . . . al-'Aidarus at tho end of the text.
Cat. p. 223, iv.
168.
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Another copy of the same work, ill written ; headings in red. Concludes: (J-oOWl ^ <_>lu£]l Ijjs J .(sic)^JLK^ jJlxA Lckr^juslLJl (sic!) ^y* <£>j-J!
A list of tho chapters of the work (264 in this MS.) is inserted after tho preface (foil. 3-9). Notes in tho earlier portion.
Bij. Libr., a.h. 1059. Sealof Muhammad'Adil Shah.
169.
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w-iAJ tl*J<*as^
{ij^XjJi\ C_jI^T
^L^\ js=^ ^ • • j»U^\
A copious Commentary (_^v«) on the Forty Traditions of Nawawi (d. a.h. 676), by Ahmad b.
Hajae 11 \itii\ mi (d. a.ir. 973), properly entitled ygJCjl] c>r-iJ i^f*^^ Cf. H. Kh. i. 241, and Stewart's Catal., p. 158, iii.
The author says in his preface: ^\ IjJj
£}>j \$»&s-\ izjjftf,) Vlf tr*i b*y"> W-11tf Sfl
L^wi U» |_^a»j (-Jj*},} \ttij&
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u*Ul&! U! J^b £^ if-J^^j
•i^Vf^j ^ t
31^ ^ 4*
111written, by Saiyid 'Omar b. Muhammad ^j^l.
Dated 1st Eabl' I., 1151.
SealofNusrat Jang.
[Collego of Fort "William, 1825.]
TRADITION. 41
170-H 108. Size 9J in. by 5$ in.; foil. 230. Twenty lines in a page.
Another, imperfect copy of the same Commentary.
Clearly written in Nasta'llk.
Single leaves are missing after foil. IS9,96, 217, and 223, and the last fol. is lost.
Cat. 223, xiii.
171.
1227. Size 7$ in. by 4£ in.; foil. 7G. Thirteen lines in a page.
«•°,;V'.aj'^jLr^S! bJ>jcJ <_->Lji (_->lii IjOs
f)U\ J^iJl
rum ^AJI
^r^l ^Ul .Uoill ^JcJU <ui!1 ^i-s ^.jJl ^
•£\ j^" ^ ^Uftxs ^ (sic) ^ ^ks"
One thousand sound Traditions bearing on moral subjects, compiled by Siit.u al-i>Lv fjsui (Abu Mu¬
hammad 'AH 1 b. 'Othman, flourished in the sixtli century). Cf. H. Kh. vi. 345 and iv. 317, and Aumer, Hdss. Miinch. 29.
This work is an abridgment of the author's jjk ill. It is divided into a hundred chapters, a list of which is inserted after the preface.
Begins; <_>b£ ^ t« \ss> .... Junll J IS
<U^>- ^J^, (J^ ! ^jjl 'jUilH '^L&JI jji.
iij/SJl \s\J&i\ yjgs j, '<uJb'_j <ulijj '(tiji-aJj
U J* cylZ*. Jl £jl^
tM^jJ ^jLc l^auiL* '^lil^Jl it^_u*jSUj'_j(jb\js^\ <Lii^j
ti l**^* <—^
. c_>Ij Written in a cursive hand, except the preface and the list of the chapters, which aro executed in a fine Naskh. Coloured lines round the pages. Some mar¬
ginal notes. A table of abbreviations on the title-page. ' Worm-eaten.
[Gaikwar.]
1Thus he is always called; the above form of the name is evidentlyiucorrcct.
172.
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A diffuse treatise on the state of the soul after death, inscribed on the title-page: o <tj^
rj^) tSJytJl Jju L» (J+*eJ- The
author docs not give his name; but as he professes to be a disciple of the famous Ibn Taimiyah Ilanbali (d. a.h. 728), ho is veiy probably Shams al-din Muhammad b. Abu Bakr Dimishki Hanball, commonly called Iiin Kaiyim al-JauzIvah (d. a.h. 751).' A work of this author, with the title zjJ\ , is mentioned by H. Kh. v. 88,' and with this the present treatise appeurs to be identical. Itisbased on twenty-one questions, though by mistake only nineteen arc counted in the present MS. It was compiled from the tradition and from old authors, e.g. Ibn Abu'l-dunya (d. a.h. 281),
whose is quoted, Muhammad b. Nasr
Marwazl (d. a.h. 294), Ibn Hazm, the author of the Js.-illj JUSI <_>li£, (d. a.h. 456), etc.
Begins: (Jj-*j 'aU?^ <Lcltl ^ jy* <d! Jt^s't iLcij ijt\ t_fllt>-. The twenty-one questions are:
I. (fol. Iv.) >La-i\ tjhji J^l <-jju Ja> ; IL (fol. 20) ^JhJ ^1 z\v \ u\; III. (fol. 24f.) cD^HI Jjylj *L*Jt z \v \ JihS ti\; IV. (fol. 45) iA^, u jJJ o_>Jj |«1CJyJ Jj& zS)\ J\ ; V. (fol.
51) Ij^LxT 1 tt*s* }\ iu&i Z}J\ Ji>; VI. (fol. 69t>.) IfiLi- jti»\> jLj*-^ ^^Lc ^jjM J^- ^vXio (Jjb)
<Uc; VII.' (fol. 92) \6\ JsiN tij\L, J»o Z \3J1\ J
^1 ijaxs ^ l^oxJ j«*ZJ ^ii ^fh CDdjSC?; VIII.
(fol. 107?)4}\ jjjJlj uu ui\ ^J.z i~r>\±c JJt>
£\ u jJI uy i vJd'' ^; IX. 8 (fol. 121) U
<-j\ Jul rfJ^Vi ii*>lip1j i'j^U!; X. (fol. I37v.) (ijj^l J jAi (J ^1 t-jlic ^ J, Z*LJ\ t« ; XI. (fol. 140) c_>U"«l l^J c^Jwu ^1 <-r»L-!" L.
1 See onotherworksofhis,Cat. Lugd. iv.263sq.
2 Ho describes, howevor, only anabridgmentof it.
3Wrongly numberedv.
4Not marked.
8Numberedvii., and soon.
6