0i> t "f' ? \ ? \ l> \^MS- I<U)^i- Jl U^vuuJ
UmI) A*J>LwiJ V •)
.\j d hj\
The author says subsequently that in tho course of his studies he read the ti-*»Jjpl t—alajr* of KutaM {i.e. Ibn Kutaibah, d. A.n. 276). 1 The present treatise is an abridgment of that work, with additions by the author. It tries to solve tho discrepancies be¬
tween single traditions, as well as between traditions and the Koran. The discrepant traditions arc
intro-' See on this work, fl. Kh.v. 463and i. 198, and Cat. Lugd.
iv. 54.
duccd, the one by ^ri-T C«,tAi»., the opposite by J.J jjls, and tho solution by fc—>!j«l. The author dedicated his work to ^Uaill lJ^.^} (jJlS*^
^!Ls!l ^juixH ^t\j&\, for whom he had already written a treatiso on Koranic science, ti^j^l ij>
,«yW/M Ui^j JjjU) jJUj
"Written in different hands, ofabout the tenth century.
Much is wanting at the end. Single leaves are also missing after foil. 7, 10, and 11. Fol. 3 is much torn.
WronglyinscribedJjjiJ tX»l*£C—• Cf. Cat. 226,xxxiii.
197.
2347. Size 7| in. by 5f in.; foil. 44. Thirteen lines in a page.
\fi*\ .
A treatise in verso on tho Science of Tradition, by 'Abd al-rahbn b. al-IIusain Atharl 'Iitviri (d. A.n. 800), composed in a.h. 768. It is chiefly an abstract of the iJ-oJu^l *ju of Ibn al-Saldh (d. A.n. C43). Cf.
H. Kh. i. 416, and Fliigel, Hdss. Wion, iii. 82.
"Well written, by Abu'l-su'ud b. 'Izz nl-din , and dated Thursday, 2nd Dhu'l-hijjah, 1146. With vowel-points. Tho headings in tho Thulth character.
Seal ofNusrat Jang.
[College of Fort William, 1825.]
7
50 ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS.
198.
B 104. Size 7£ in. by 5£ in.; foil. 147. Twenty-one lines in a page.
c^dl t \*ii\ t_>l^ ^ JjSI ^Jl
^ . . <ul*!\
\jJkcS>j-^r ^
.<tUJ>^J <0Jt iJ^j'^sr^
Ibn Hajar 'AskalanI's (Abu'1-fadl Ahmad b. 'All, d. a.h. 852) Glosses on the j»jLc of Ibn al-Saldh (Abu 'Amr 'Othm&n Shahrazurl, d. A.n. 643), and on the annotations on that work by 'Irdkl. Cf.
H. Kh. iv. 250.
These glosses begin with the preface (<LL>-) of Ibn al-Saluh. The last heading which occurs is (fol. 142) :
<__>^L»ilhjM (jj^Aallj tjlili and from a note at the end (<tij ^Li^l ^£> IxsT &>-} U
it would appear that tho work was never continued beyond this first volume.
Written in a good small hand, probably transcribed from tho author's own copy. The passages commented are preceded by Ay, with or ^written over it, in order to distinguish the original text (J«eM) and the annotations of 'Iraki (^ill). Several blanks, intended in the author's copy for the full text of some quo¬
tations, which were never inserted, appear likewise in the present MS.
Btj. Libr., a.h. 1046. Sealsof Muhammad'Adil Shah,andof twoservants of 'Alamgir (Aurangztb),namely'Inayat Khan and Kabil Khan. Cat. 224, i.
199.
2182. Size 9 in. by 5 in.; foil. 58. Fifteen lines in a page.
Ibn Hajae 'Askalani's Commentary (_jj^») on his own i^sr, on the technical terms used in Tradi¬
tion, entitled JJk\ LsT ^iyS J JaA\ Cf. H. Kh.
vi. 316. Edited by Col. Nassau Lees, Calcutta, 1862 (Bibl. Indica).
Plainly written. Dated a.h. 1184. The distinction
of the text and the commentary is often inaccurate.
Frequent glosses in the first portion.
SealofNusrat Jang.
[College of Fort William, 1825.]
200.
B 109. Size 10 in. by 5} in.; foil. 102. Nineteen lines in a page.
A Commentary on the preceding work, probably that of 'Ail Kaiu' (b. Sultan Muhammad Harawl, d. a.h. 1014), which is entitled Jl\ JaI Jj&\ LxT L5Le. Cf. H. Kh. vi. 316, and Bibl.
Sprenger. 485.
This commentary contains the complcto text of Ibn Hojar. Begins: <Uxi (jljj !iX*>- <*li iX^Jl .s&tj*
Well written. The colophon runs as follows : itsr**^
^ <d!l 'u-jLJ i—flJ^i <0J1 jLc i_a*«ol . . .^Jiill
^ ^mu^\ ilylS.'* [i—flj]^ jjii^JI
p\j£±\ <d!l j»jU- <X*j£"' (sic)
M j^Ai, ^jjl jL J tJi\jk . .. a! <JJ]Jlc.
,i.er ^lill Some marginal notes.
Fol. 102v. An account of the seals of Muhammad and his three successors, and of those of Abu Hanlfah, Abu Yusuf, and Shaibanl, beginning: \J»JC^_ "$^li^uJl o iX*,^4, and concluding: iiUjIl ja&sf pi (sic).
Cat. 224 (Osoole Hudeeth), ii.
201.
B 110. Size 8 in. by 4 in.; foil. 157. Seventeen lines in a page.
An indifferent copy of the same work, apparently transcribed from the preceding MS. The last sheet but one is missing (after fol. 147).
Cat. 224 (Osoole Hudeeth), iii.
1 Sic,r. ij>^a or i__Lye .
LAW. 51
LAW.
HANAFITES.
202.
1157. Size 9| in. by o± in.; foil. 116. Thirteen lines in a page.
I. Foil. 1-4. A short treatise in explication of tho following eight law terms: ^J>j>, i«_-^>-\j, £>~), k_^s£W«, ^L^, fj^i ^i/^ 4' an(* ^*u^»> in as many chapters. According to tho conclusion, 1 the materials wcro taken from the following works : la-*"*^
<L>\*^\
tijliAll, l^'i-^U-j
<V,WKLS«^U, and Jj^DI u
1}^*-
Be Sins: 'V^ u
1^
• . •<UJ^Jt
It appears from a work printed at Dehli (about A.n.
1870), which contains glosses on the present treatise, that the name of its author is Taj al-dln ^J\£J\ , and it seems to bo entitled ^JuH Saaz.
II. Foil. 5-115. lJjj^ t—j\z£. An abstract of Ilanafite Law, by Abu'l-IIusain Ahmad b. Muhammad ErDtBi (Baghdadl, d. A.n. 428). It is also called
jAmf, or merely ^jjjJill. See H. Kh.
v. 451; Aumer, Hdss. Munch. 84; Fleischer, Cat.
Lips. 477, etc. Frinted at Dehli, 1847, and sub¬
sequently.
This MS. begins: Jli . . . <*1J4X*Jl
^jljkiJ! J^sr* ^ J^s-\ (sic) j>\
^-
r
>)=rj d J-»^ cd\j\£A\
<—>h£<uLc iU.>-j .jJl JU* &\ J13
(sic)cy^l
"Well written in Nasta'llk, by Shaikh Farld al-dln Muhammad b. Shaikh Hasan Muhammad. Dated 5th Rabl' I., 1091. Covered with notes in different hands, and preceded by a table of contents.
Library of Faidabad (Oudb). Seal of Mir Muhammad Asad Khan, a.h. 1185. •
["Tippu" (Johnson?)]
1The textis veryinaccurate.
203.
2059. Size 8J in. by 6 in.; foil. 97. From fifteen to twenty-two lines in a page.
Another copy of the ^^jJill j^s^*, somewhat differing from the preceding.
It begins: ^.jJI \#\ \i i^lill <-J^
and concludes with two Persian versos. Boldly written. Occasional notes. Interleaved with European paper, the first few pages of which contain notes and explanations in English.
This MS. cameintothe possession ofA.Locket,at Baghdad,a.i>.
1811. The following note is on the title-page: ,_j ^Jjisil J»i (_^J>iil ^.liill Ju£ ^<d\ i^f* J>j*&>
Liib j^jjaus- ,an(lsomenotes in Turkish,inthesamehand, arc on tho lastpage. Tho MS. hadbeena <<i'«j,
[CoU. Fort William, 1825.]
204.
11. Size 13£ in. by 8 in.; foil. 243. Twenty-seven lines in a page.
A portion of the t^J,!, or system of Ilanafite Law, by Shams al-a'immah Abu Bakr Muhammad b.
(Ahmad b.) Abu Sahl Sarakhsi (d. a.h. 490 or 500), who dictated the whole work during his imprisonment
A
at Uzjand. See on it JJ. Kh. v. 363, and on the author, Fliigel, Class, d. hanefit. Eechtsgel., p. 303, and also Hdss. "Wien, iii. 201.
This seems to bo the only fragment of the work extant. It is said to bo the ninth volumo, and contains the following books, each of which is subdivided into chapters: ^oMj ^1 j J>j^\ J, <_~*M(foL 53)i (fol. 79».)i (M. 97«.); u<^ !1 u^ji (fol. 161».); J^± ]\ (fol. 166) j b>jJl (fol.
170p.); kj/JI (fol. 190».)j J^ !l(fol- 205t>.) ; c r ^3l (fol. 218); c \j>)\ (fol. 235). Tho name of the author