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Plainly written. Completed on Saturday, 17thDhu'l-ka'dah, 1169, at Muhammadpur-Arkat (jlj i'jL <_j Cjl^lj L—iiiyX^ j^ks-* j^JI). Prefixed is a detailed list of contents (foil. 1-6). An interlinear Persian version is added to a few passages.
Sealof'Abd al-wahhab Khan (Nusrat Jang). In the original bindingofTippu's library.
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Plainly written. The colophon begins as follows (fol. 347r.) : Ju*M i^ijJj M J.*^ <Lul&£ ^
*jj *H ^ ijjM\ ^ J! L5-** (sic) )j>r\}\
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A collection of Sermons of 'Abd al-kadir Gilani.
These sermons were held by him in the years 545 and 546, partly in the Academy (LijSaW), and partly in the dwelling-house of the Sufis (kljjl), at Baghdad.
They are followed hero by other sayings of 'Abd al-kadir, which conclude with an account of his death. As appears from the latter, this collection was made by a person who was acquainted with the sons of 'Abd al-kadir. It is called in this and the following MSS., \syL, . It
169
seems to be identical with the Jb\j^\ mentioned in H. Kh. ii. 605 sq., though the two dates do not agree.
The sermons are here not in the chronological order.
Cf. Stewart's Cat. 46.
Begins: ^j) ^uJl J,>-j jc iW\ MJj! t)JL> i_^»J tirfdJlj aLLiJlj a&fUlj Aw^J'j <LU!1 • iX*jt*
^ 'ij i>\j>j\j <uc <dll ^gij jj'JiJI aLJ!
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y^f**^-! j»fus JUi' <d!1 <^»-j<d!l^ i_Jlk ^\
<0J1 jjUl! Jufi ^jJl jj-j*" J.*^ yl £v&J1 Jli (fol. 2) JljA eJU Jo-Sl *y . . . <Ue
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Juft-«ill cjyi ^.jJI c^j.»jljjil Jjjjj j^fi J^jjfi
.^1 yeJU.!)^ J^all <^y.
The last sermonisdated Friday, the last of Raj ab,646.
The appendix begins (fol. 288o.): J\ ^
^\ ^jjji uj,u!i (.uiii
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JiSbj <ul.fi <dl! <U«U Jj Ui->-2J'^-fi ^ ilafij
^ jLclj j»f.fi_, <Ur <d!l ^jij Axsi (fol. 289) yoUfi J^-is!^ ^ tS^V» Ul jkf^j <to^J
"Well written, with all the vowels. Ornamented and gilt. On the margin are numerous notes, amongst them constant indications of the contents of tho text, which begin . . ^U-J ti >and are written in red. An index to these, and also extracts from the <—*j\)c i_and from other works, are written on the fly-leaves.
Soal and signature of Faid 'Ali Khan, dated a.h. 1191. Seal ofMuhammadKhidr Khan.
[College of Port "William, 1825.]
1This passagegives afair outline of the contentsofthe work. 1Added on thomargin.
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170 ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS.
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Well written, with many vowel-points. The sermons are here inscribed (jdcsr*, and numbered (60). Fre¬
quent indications of the contents, and notes of strik¬
ing passages, are on the margin. Numerous passages in the latter portion are marked with red lines. Fol.
317 should stand after 319.
This copy was made for Jauntl 'AH, who collated it subsequently.
Seal ofNasir al-daulah Nusrat Jang.
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An elegant copy of the same work, well written in a bold hand. Ornamented and gilt.
It is stated in the long colophon, that this copy was made for 'Abd al-hamld Khan Miyanah, son of Nawwab 'Abd al-nabl Khan, by Saiyid Muhammad b. Mu¬
hammad Rida Bahari, at Sidhaut (OJj>.x~j <ulijj).
Date, Tuesday, 23rd Dhu'l-hijjah, 1163.
[College of Fort William.]
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A collection of various short Essays on Sufism, by 'Abd al-kadib, Gilani, concluding with a biographical notice. The name of the compiler is not mentioned.
Well written, but imperfect both at the beginning and end. The first words are <uL: . The essays are introduced by the words tj>j Jlij.
Foil. 43-45. Another fragment, written in the same hand, containing notices of eminent Shaikhs and theologians.
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A work on Morals, called ^JU^l <La!l»-by Abu'l-Kasim MAiiMtrn b. Ahmad b. Abu'l-Hasan Fakiyabi (d. A.n. 607). See H. Kh. iii. 128, who, however, culls the author always Farabl ('Imad al-dln). Cf.
Bibl. Sprenger. 829.
The author states that aftor two earlier compositions, viz. yUjrl t^-*) u^"^ ^V*^ and ^blyj Lsls>~, he compiled the present work from more than seventy books, by order of a prince named Bur-han al-din—
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A list of the fifty chapters of the work is inserted after the preface. They treat of faith, religious duties, ethics and Sufism, and also of death and the resurrection, of the Trophet, the Koran, and the Tradition, etc. As is stated at the end of this list, each section (J-ai) of a chapter is arranged so as to contain: 1. Definitions (i>jJ*.)i 2. Traditions (J&fij j\f*J\); 3. Sentences and anecdotes (C^l>l£r*-j CL)\j\JS>\)CjlCi^ lxcly«).
At tho end (fol. 287) the author gives an alphabetical list of the books which he used in compiling his work.
They are: 2
1. jU*J\, by Nasir al-dln Abu'l-Kasim b. Yusuf;
2. (ihazzali's ^ ; 3. <ulii^J1, by Abu'l-Hasan b. 'All Mu'addib; 4. Lj^j)\ <-j\Si\, by al-Husain b. al-Fadl Sarakhsl; 5. ^LjM , by Kadi Abu'l-Fadl Muhammad . . Marwazl; 6.J\y]\, by Abu Bakr ... Samarkand!; 7. ^l^-M j\ssr\ , by Abu'l-Kasim . . Nisaburl; 8. ^^i^l! ^'^"J» by Abu Na?r •• Had-dadi; 9. (JLuJ!, by Abu'l-Laith Samarkandl; 10.
1This MS.hasJjliLs^ L>l£..
2Several errorsofthe MS., whicharenotmentionedhere, have been corrected accordingto tj. Kh.andthefollowingMS.
SUFISM AND ETHICS. 171
^JsXtW JL» by Muhammad b. al-Husain b.
'Anbasah (sic) Biizjanl; 11. Kushairi's j++sxl\ ; 12.
^iJ>xA\ by Nasnin b. Nasr (sio); 13. jLil!, by Abu Mansur al-Muzaffar b. al-Hasan Farisl; 14.
t_-S^5, by Eukn al-dln . . Shahldl (sic); 15.
Bukhari's ^K-^l j^Ul; 16. JU^l ^, by Ibra¬
him .. Harawi; 17. ^>]/^\ J*s»-, by Bayan al-hakk .. . Nlsaburl; 18. Nasafi's Sjy Ull J*J! ; 19.
jjill, by Abu Bakr . . . SMd»ij 20.y>^1, by Abu [ghAk Ibrahim b. Muhammad Mausill; 21. ^UJl JjliLsh JftJ, by al-Hasan .. Nlsaburl; 22. IJyM s>-JUcSI J (sic) JLJ1, by Muhammad b. Zaid Baghdad!; 23. 'Ujil <LU-, by Abu Nu'aim Isfahan!;
24. ULJ}I1 jLt., by Bayan al-hakk (sec 17.); 25.
The author's own C^UUU Lshk. (see above); 20.JjJl, by Abu Ahmad 'tsa b. al-Husain Nasaft; 27. CL>[>-ji}
,by Isma'ilb. Ibrahim X^s&\ ; 28. t£j|»*i*H, by Mustaghfirl Nasafl; 29. JmaI! JjSj, by the same;
30. tir 4sSU!lJ6, by Abu 'Abd al-rahman . . Bukharl;
31. Zamakhsharl's 32. '\Ax>\ SLijj, by 'All . . ^jjjjJl ; 33. Kushairi's ISL jl ; 34. j\*J\, by 'Abdallah b. al-Mubarak Marwazl; 35. <Ljt>j JflU-SI, by Msir al-dlfl Samarkand!; 36.
by Muhammad b. Abu Hafs Bukharl; 37. jlajJl by Yusuf . . ^JmJI; 38. t_>b£, by
Abu'l-'Abbas Saghanl; 39. j~>, by Mu'ln al-dln . . Nlsaburl; 40. The author's own jJOjj C^Lo
41. (ji^Jl, by Abu Da'ud Sajastanl; 42.
eyliUJI, by c^lill ^^Sil ^iJI ; 43.JJ&\ uJ^i
Uill ^ , by Abu Ishak Kalabadi ; 44. jU^ , by 'Abd al-raalik b. Abu 'Othman; 45. Tirmidhl's ijjl J3UJb; 46. jUUI t_>\^,, by Kuda'l; 47.
Jauharl's ^.U"^; 48. *L«i, by al-Fadl b.
Salamah; 49. cyliUs, by Abu 'Abd
al-rahman Sulaml; 50. by 'Abd al-karlm
Samanl; 51. Ibn Kutaibah's JL^-I] (r. ; 52. ^JLs^l ^^c, by Tahir Haddadl; 53. JaII
iilfJI, by Sahl. . Tustarl; 54. t-L-oAs^ by Ibn al-Sallam; 55. (r. ^^j^il!) ^-iiSI , by Abu 'Ubaid Harawi; 56. jL>JI {jMj^ji, by Shlruyah b.
Shahrdar Hamadan!; 57. CJliJl JJUii, by 'Abd al-jabbar Baihakl; 58. by Nasaf 1; 59.
ULJ\,, by Ahmad Tha'alibi (sic); 60. uJjllalll, by Kushairt; 61. , by Abu Mutt' Makhul Nasafl;
62. by Abu Sa'ld 'Abd al-malik b. Abu 'Oth¬
man; 63. lljxA (Ji]/*, by I)iya al-dln Bistaml; 64.
Aa m\,\iby al-Haithamb. Kulaib Shashl; 65. Baghawi's
^jU^SI; 66. h\sT^\ <£iyn, by Hafiz Isfahan! ; 67.
JUiHI li*, by Muhammad .. Farghanl; 68. CjUliU
*Uj!J\, by Abu 'Abd al-rahman Sulaml; 69. i—jLu!!,by
Abu Bakr Wasiti; 70. -U^l ^ J by
Nasafl; 71. by Abu Yazld Bistaml; 72. k~jj!l
ji»JcA\ d, by Wahid!; 73. LUa, by Mu¬
hammad . . Farghani; 74. cuJ^I, by Ahmad . . Sarakhsl.
This list has been used by H. Kb.., who occasionally also mentions the <Lsls^l as his authority.
The author concludes with nine verses (rather incorrect in this MS.), in which he gives the date of his work, as mentioned by H. Kh., namely, A.ir. 597.
They begin:
^JjliJl iJU-
ASS-L*laJ * j!>h&\ J&z J
<)JJ1A*sT .jJi^l^Lir*^!?,^^
'Tj_jjL> u^^. si p\ju
In the following verses ho praises a prince of Samar¬
kand, apparently the same whom he mentioned in the preface. His name was Ibrahim ((jls-
iS^>-
V-U^)-There is added a general Ijdzah of tho author for the present work.
Neatly written. Dated Sha'ban, 984. An ornament at the beginning. Gold lines round several pages.
Injured by insects.
Cat. 230, iii.
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