337-B 229. Size 10£ in. by 6 in.; foil. 63. Twenty-five, afterwards twenty-ono lines in a pago.
GnAzziii's (Abu Hamid Muhammad b. Muhammad, d. A.n. 505) explanation of tho ninety-nine names of God, entitled ^-^^ Ami*!I or LS~aii1l Juaiu!!. See H. Kh. vi. 89, iv. 27, vfvo and also vpvp, and for a full account of its contents, Fliigel, Hdss. Wien, iii. 326.
Cf. Bibl. Sprenger. 857.
At first written in a small clear hand, but continued (from fol. 35v.) in an inelegant Nasta'llk. The colophon runs as follows: ij ^f**^ <Xa<Ullfc—JU5 ^1
i-i-JuaJ! Jufi J»J ^1*11
t-r>j^ *^
lSj*" f**!^ ^■ s '* ^ vj' L5^y
(sic) ^ J** J ji*> ii- Marginal
notes.
A prayer, inscribed <_jIj ^1 y, with directions in Persian, is added at the end.
The title-page isfilled with various extracts, amongst them a fragment of a preface, which begins: j^Jl tjffk u \ jy^-i, *llJ^ ^> an<* en(Ja abruptly with the first few words after JutJ Ul. From these it would appear that we have here only a variation of the original exordium of the present treatise.
"Worm-eaten and stained.
338.
B 429. Size 9£ in. by 5| in. ; foil. 89. Thirteen lines in a page.
A fragment of a work on prayers and cabbalistic matters, by Sharaf al-dln Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad Bum (d. A.n. 622), the same as that described by Fliigel, Hdss. Wien, ii. 566, 3.
Written in a large bold hand, of about the tenth century. Two leaves are wanting at tho beginning.
The first words are: jy a«*J . Defective after foil. 6, 14, and 83, and at the end. Much injured.
That part which treats of tho names of God (see Fliigel, l.o.) has its own title (fol. 33), *UJ LLjl U«»sl|, and the name of the author is introduced at
tho beginning of it. It is probably mentioned as a separate work, in II. Kh. iv. 24, under *U«»1
^jiAwjs^l, in the third place.
The part just spoken of had been placed at tho beginning of this volume, and inscribed JmmJI 'L*~j! _ . Cf. Catal.
234, viii. 2 (?).
339.
B 438. Size 6 in. by 4£ in.; foil. 36. Eleven or twelve lines in a page.
Prayers for tho week, ascribed to Muhyi al-din (Mu¬
hammad b. 'All) Idn 'Aeadi (d. A.n. 638). Cf. Cat.
Mus. Brit. ii. 78.
Beginning: ^/^\ ^ 0o41 <LL! «iy
&2-)j <M\ (JwAjS ^ j^jJl ^fi* 1*
«J1 r"«JJI
Then follow the nocturnal prayers for the remaining week-days, and after them tho diurnal prayers (^y Jo-^, etc.), one in each case.
Well written, on European paper, with notes referring to tho quotation of someofthese prayers in the Jjli^l ijJ (of Bistaml, d. A.n. 858; sco H. Kh. iii. 200). Bed rulings.
Cat. 233 (Duawat), ii. 1.
340.
B 115. Size 9 in. by 5£ in.; foil. 241. Nineteen lines in a page.
(ijW^J^J ^
jlfjlj Jj.il! d <£-S^A\ J6Mj CLJ^fzd]
^»\j> HU\
{j t
Mf%p±J\ ^ j»Ull\
,<L.c ^jgej) Xj~> ^Jj^ [Jffi^'^/j 3 1) Prayers for all occasions of Muslim life, collected from tho tradition by Muhyi al-dln Nawawi (d. a.h.
676). The work is often called jOl <_jI^. See H. Kh. iii. 109, and Wiistenfcld, das Leben dea al-Nawawl, p. 48.
Beginning: jliil! ^JUI ^ ^
jfcjjl
^(M
\"M Jli Aii
ofoco*W
• ■■
P?**~oJ&*
.
£\ fJS\ J^jM
86
AEABIO MANUSCRIPTS.The author confines himself chiefly to traditions from the five canonical collections of Bukharl, Muslim, Ahu Da'M, Tirmidhi, and Nasa'l. He generally omits the Isnads. The work begins with a succession of introductory paragraphs (J-ai).
The date of the work is given at the end as follows :
jj^ull lai\J\ ^U!
(JUi\ g&H ti^ Jti
^> Jt L5^ Vj ^ LS^*
(V*^' ^ <|Jt^>- ^ l#r«jy ^ dill lie (sic) ,_fj/t A*j l^yiJl i—jj£>-\ <L3l*i«y li^***^ 4-J"»>
.
J\ ^^ljj t^*"^ t ~i/
ef"b
About one-third of this copy was written by Khwajah Eukn al-dln Buzbahan b. Mansur b. Yahya b. Shaikh Eukn al-din Mansur Bastgui, in a good hand, about the ninth century. The rest, including also the first loaf, has been supplied by a descendant of his, named 'Abd al-rahman b. Junaid Eastgu (j^e: ■^j), in a more hurried character, towards the end of the tenth century.
Prefixed is a list of the chapters of tho work (foil.
1-6), followed byalittle tract in Persian, on the lawful¬
ness of using vinegar (J^S-). It concludes: \jdb
|JU!1 J^JLtfU! . The name of the author, however, is not given. This tract was copied in a.h.
991, by Haidar b. 'All, who succeeded the transcriber in tho possession of this MS. "Worm-eaten. Several leaves stained.
Sealoftho aforesaidIJaidar b. 'AU. Bij. Libr., a.ii. 1033.
Cat. 223, ix.
341.
2821. Size 74 in. by 5J in.; foil. 112. Seventeen lines in a page.
J*\ C^T
A Vade-mecum for Travellers, comprising prayers and ceremonies to be performed, and amulets and remedies to be used by them for their safety. It was compiled by Radi al-din Abtj'l-Kasim 'All b. Musa b. Ja'far b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Taus (Ti'tsi)
'Alawl Fatimi, a Shl'ite and chief (t^-Si) of the
Saiyids, who probably lived in the latter part of tho seventh century. 'This trcatiso is properly entitled
^UjSlj jlLJ\ jlLrU ^ UU1 <_A^- Cf. H. Kh.
i. 433.
Begins: leu)^\ M yfl J-ii i\ljiy J /t
<u cy,WL| ^jJ! <dJ **J\----.U,U-U ^ \iPr\r^\ <i u^.
In thirteen chapters, each subdivided into sections (J«ii), a list of which is inserted in the preface. The chapters are on the following subjects: I. ^ j> jj U*S
(j^f Ji* ^ J*~>^ Kr&)
fj>A\Z*jS
_^jJ\> ilJLM*}>\) in fifteen sections; II. (fol. 19i>.) U-i
»Jkd*] ^yt <uUJ »j\Lt\ J, <U* ^LJUI i^s^i.
Sj\^>\ s , in fivo sections; III. (fol. 24) I** U-j
^UJlj A&iJ\ ^ J ULJS! <Us"=V., in four sections; IV. (fol. 29p.) i_j|aT ^ i^jj U»J jli-o^ll JO£ i'jmllj L_e...Wi tJ*Jlj (jwlj^l (_/«,-!, in three sections; V. (fol. 37) J^Ax^-jI ^» xj, jj U-J
^ <uUs^
t_>1jjil_j jU«oSljob <-^!^ ou^UJJ
jllari-lll, in five sections; VI. (fol. 45) U-i icLti\ ^jLi ^jO' ^1 iw^31 ^ ic^js.-" iLtaT i(jU*Jl, in thirteen sections; VII. (fol. 53».) ar^Aj aL**; J[iJ& ^* t^rjf*- d (^^j^ ^-i> 131
l-A^I <-r,y^ in five sections;
Tin. (fol. 60».) oU^j J^UIj^^ Jar UJ
J^ycllj ^Li^i ^ (^UUIj JnijJl ij^-> in three sections; IX. (fol. 62».) ^ i^i-j \6\ i^jj U;J
l^j'Ug^ (jj) ijsi L-Ls l^i jjiz j\ <ti-i-j,
in twenty-five sections; X. (fol. 76) Uw*ij>& U^j
^
LJ..C^« l*j Li>ji' (ir*
JJ>ji
',^ Jy^
^ oliji^h ^ <u ^j^astLj Uj J_j^ d i'olij cylysjJl, in twelve sections; XI. (fol. 88t>.) ajjj
j j-^>=r ur*
U
LJ1 ^ 'Ij^j i*L ^* t—yW^I jJL,,
comprising tho whole treatise of Abu Bakr Muhammad b. Zakarlya ltizi, the celebrated physician (d. a.h. 311 or 320). This treatise begins: Aa\ y& aJJ a^J]
PRAYERS AND CHARMS. csr
'\tjSj Sajt* dill (fol. 89) Lfjte \jjb . . . (tAa&nMiy
(sic) j^l y\ J
ISdLcL <u=ry_j
i—-JailJ tijyi
dJJl ^Ull ^1^1 ufjl^l 'IJj u; \
£\ t_Jall j ^/J dJ^s- u^; 1 XII. (fol. 93) JjJillj liya*lj UJ» on amulets tried by the author's own experience, in five sections; XIII. (fol. 94)
^ ^S_J Ua*J <uLs tjjiaS' ^ j^jj UJ
^ 1,0 ^aJI j
UU^1 ^-jjJ J j*Ur* ^^1
diLa-* kalj <djLjJLaillj ,jej.\, consisting only of the treatise of Kusta b. LtTKA.See on this treatise, Cat. Mus. Brit. 204.
Neatly -written, of the eleventh century.
Tho last two pages contain an extract from jjjl
^LzJI, i-c probably the treatise of Ibn al-Khasiisiiai!, on tho properties of some verses of the Koran, mentioned in H. Kh. iii. 197. This extract begins: j»Ul!l JlS CjbT t ; ;l «Jm!1 ^lyill J, J)| JbiJl. It is written by a different hand.
The first eight leaves are misplaced; they should stand in tho following order: 1, 4, 2, 3, 6, 7, 5, 8.
Worm-eaten.
[fiibL Leydeniana.]
342.
799. Size 9 in. by by in.; foil. 199. Fourteen lines in a page.
A work on religious duties, especially prayer, entitled
^.Ual.1 J ^LJl ^If**, by Ilasan b. Yusuf Ibn al-mutaiihab Hilli (a Shl'ite, d. a.h. 72G). It is an abridgment of Abu Ja'far TAsi's (d. a.jr. 400) dJs^l ^Ua^,* which the author made for the "Wazir 'Izz al-dln Muhammad Kuhadl. 3
The following is an abstract of the preface; tX*Jl J^li Am Ut . . • • *S*I Jr^Tj ' doU*j Jjjr>- ^Js. <d!
u
liL'lki^ JiJl_5 J**!l cjI JyV.
• • •i^y*- c»«*<all ju*!l
JUc^b UjI ^UjDI %ji JUS (fol. 2) J,! ^Ls1 Cf.Cat.Bodl.I.,p. 288, xcii.G.
1 Cf. T^si, JKfc**, p. Taa, and H. Kh. v. 685. Seo also no. 336.
3SeeIIammer.rurg8tall,Gescli. d.Ilchane, ii. 140.
jkx>- yl . . LaCU& Si} . . . <L*i*!l <*-Jj*
<LU*!1
ijJiJl ^11 U-i . . . ^j-^l
U ^1 <Ui (iyu»lj <LUl cuIjL* J jiL-^l ^Ua*. . Xj*ZCX£>~\*J . . ^^rfixl,!
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.Jj L^rli cySjUil c-Si^r
The work contains eleven chapters: I. C^U^l >II. (fol. 0) i^kll j ; in. (fol. 11) *J-J1 J ; IV. (fol.
13*.) JL»jJ! if^Ul <Li/ J; V. (fol. 17) <LcjS! J yaSl^lj JJljill ; VI. (fol. 43) JS J JUj UJ 'Lu^ ^.L* ; VII. (fol. 38».) CJlcUl L*4>l J ; VIII. (fol. 60».) jjfi J *d*i jJuW UJ ; IX.
(fol. 72) CJbUll ^ c^-Sy ^I^sr; ILw;X. (fol.
70) ^\^\ CjljaJ Ji XI. (fol. 184) t_^sr UJ .^jJl Jj-al iLiyt-* (sic) ^ J Litf-K^Al Beautifully written. Dated Eajab, 984. Vowels aro frequently added. Titles in gold. An ornament on the first page, and gold and bluo lines round the others.
Benedictions on tho Prophet, said to have been com¬
posed by 'All Eida, and handed down by Himyarl, and prayers for Tatimah (<ulsli <t»li CUjUj), are added on tho last two pages.
[Johnson.]
343.
B 429b. Size 10 in. by 6J in.; foil. 37. Twenty-seven lines in a page.
An explanation of the Epithets of God.
The first leaf being missing, tho author and the title of tho work are not ascertained. It appears, however, fromanotice at the end that it consists chiefly of oxtracts from a treatiso, whose author is merely called the "Kadi," to which aro invariably added other extracts from a work of Eushairt (d. a.h. 405), probably his^^^Jl (see H. Kh. ii. 248). The passage