2906. Size 10J in. by 8} in.; foil. 9. Twelve lines in a page.
A Muhammadan Catechism, ascribed to Abu'l-Laith Muhammad h. Abu Nasr b. Ibrahim Samabkandi (pro¬
bably the well-known author, who is generally called Nasr b. Muhammad, d. A.n. 375 or 383). Cf. Catal.
Mus. Brit. 393.
Begins: JJ Ul £Llu* . . ^fiJl JU . . <d! J*J\
.JvuJ\ U
"With an interlinear Malay translation. "Written in a large hand.
The rest of tho volumo consists of treatises in Malay.
382.
1442. Size lOf in. by 6 in.; foil. 292. Nineteen lines in a page.
j*^ juj\ ^
An account of Beligious and Philosophical Sects, by Abu'l-fath Muhammad b. Abu'l-Kasim 'Abd al-karlm SnAHEASTANI (d. A.IT. 548).
A rather incorrect copy. It has already been de¬
scribed by Curcton in the preface to his edition of this work (vol. ii. p. vi.).
[Johnson.]
383.
1011. Size 9£ in. by in. ; foil. 27. Sixteen lines in a page.
A fragment, containing the beginning of the preced¬
ing work (as far as p. ta of Cureton's edition).
Prefixed is an outline of the contents, inscribed (J^siJ^ (JlU <~J^ iS b which extends to the commencement of the account of tho Shi'ah sects. It begins: ^ ijU^ ^>J\^\ <XT aJJ .
Clearly written in Nasta'llk.
[Johnson.]
384.
2323. Size 8 in. by 5 in.; foil. 89.
Principles of Muhammadan Faith, entitled Juf*iM CuJSijj •SJiijMs* j£l &)\jJ>>j tl, by Abit SrnjxfjE Saumi, i.e. Muhammad b. 'Abd al-saiyid b.
Shu'aib KaBhshi (or Kissl)1Hanafi. Cf. H. Kh. ii. 423, v. 153, and Bibl. Sprenger. 831.
The author, who belonged to the old orthodox school, icUJlj <L*J! Jjkl, lived in the latter part of the fifth century. He says (fol. 78».): ^^T)
u^fiaTj aUlll iUUJlj J iwlaUj
*l$ju u^a!^ <Jj^\ l5 i^J^l
<£»51LikrlA^ ^ CJjA\ j\i<ij tijt
SL>} '\J} t»j
uL|y>-, and (fol. 80):
SasT*Jj ji\ Mt\J\ ftJl Qi> ^
ii** ij ^J\xi <0J1ATj (sic) AiJ^-j L_-~k=H 'iyr y)\
i^* L^-iiiijj *Jki£ <L3U ijiP-^j ******
\ nr-j iJi^Jl <_j\i£. He commonly quotes the opinions of Abu Hanifah, Ash'ari, the Mu'tazilites, and the Philosophers.
The work begins: ^jX* y\ ,_£iX5f*!!JU .jrjJI <dl u^-*^ ^ JuJl Ju^ nr? A-^ 5r<
Jjij ...'V^^ ikla*!^ *Mj (sic) ^ U
Lhj*i\ Jya! j^S ^1
w1^yly*-! (sic)
ij\j*V\t C/j^j ijL^V <—^*jl**** ■V'-.j^'j
Tho chapters are inaccurately marked. The following titles occur here: fol. lv., 'U*\\ 3 Ji*H; fol. 8,(.jLmJIj CJL^M ; fol. 14, jJU! CJUI; fol. 20i>., Cili-all CjlJ!; fol. 27, *U-)D\ (onfol. 40 is marked as given by another MS., <dJ\ ^j^^ J <-r>V);fo1-65l,-»
lilkllj t-i-Ka!!; fol. 71, 5,U!Mj lil^t; fol. 78, .AejJ! ^jLa AcUs)\j <LJ!
Each chapter is subdivided into paragraphs, which in¬
variably begin with the words J, JyiJl .
The name of the author, as given at the beginning, occurs often in the course of the work.
Clearly written; only a few (generally two) lines at the top, in the middle, and at the foot of each page, are straight, dividing it into two squares. Tho rest run diagonally. Persian notes aro on the margin.
1 Scoon thissurnamo, Abu'l-fadhl, Homonyma,cd. De Jong, IM, riPj Liber as-Sojutii de nomin. rel., ed. Veth, rrr ; and Yakut, iv. rvr and rvv.
i
■M^vwm
ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS.
102
A statement of the answer given by the Imam Amr Haps (Nasam) to four questions, which wore put to tho divines of Transoxania by those of Khurasan, in Persian, is written on the title-page. Another note, beginning Jjl ^J> i^skb <d_M**, is on the fly-leaf.
[College of Port William, 1825.]
385.
B 190. Size 9J in. by 6| in.; foil. 56. Twenty-one and twenty-three lines in a page.
Sa'd al-din Mas'M b. 'Omar Taftazani's (d. a.h. 792) Commentary on tho JjIac, or Fundamental Articles of tho Muhammadan Creed, by Najm al-dln Abu Hafs 'Omar b. Muhammad Nasafl (d. a.h. 537).
This commentary was written in a.h. 768. Cf. H.
Kh. iv. 219; Pliigcl, Hdss. Wien, iii. 92; Cat. St.
Petersb. 19, etc. It was printed at Calcutta, a.h.
1244, and at Constantinople, a.h. 1260. The text of the 'Akd'id was published by Cureton, as an appendix to the
"Pillar of the Creed of the Sunnitos," 1London, 1843.
A translation of it, with extracts from the commentary, is to be found in Mouradgca d'Ohsson's Tableau do l'Empiro Othoman, vol. i.
Well written, with marginal notes.
Bij. Libr., a.h.1014, from Molla 'Abdal-'ali. Cf. Catal. 225,x.
386.
B189. Size 7f in. by 5 in.; foil. 82. Prom thirteen to sixteen lines in a page.
Another copy of Taftazani's Commentary.
"Well written, with many marginal notes. It con¬
cludes : Zm^jJA]is.^) i JJbj)j=^ ^ (sic) jji
....
rui ji
fm ^ UZU J*
v_^-
c
s -•
>—s-yiW
^>\f^>1—^*^11
Jt»^gLc
<**^* u
3. J^=r J-£> ^ i-a-yi tirf
^U^H ^tJ^l J^>-- This colophon is extended to the foot of the page, only a few letters being in a line.
It is followed by two Persian couplets.
On the recto of the first fol. is the beginning of a different treatise on logic.
The margin is injured by insects.
1Seebelow, no.434. 2 One worddoubtful.
387.
B 192. Size 9J in. by 5£ in.; foil. 52. Nineteen and fifteen lines in a page.
Another copy of tho samo work, with many inter¬
linear and marginal notes, derived from Khayall, 'Izzi, etc. Much used and soiled. A defect after fol. 49.
Tho lower part of the last fol., with the conclusion, is torn off.
388.
2275. Size 7\ in. by 3f in.; foil. 115. Twelve lines in a page.
Another copy of the same work, clearly written in Nasta'llk, with a broad margin, but no notes. It breaks off abruptly, though the last words arc written in tho form of a conclusion.
There follows (fol. 107«\) an incomplete Persian treatise, on the Principles of Tradition, beginning:
^^■sr* ^£lJ\ j J
ci-oJo-At the end is a receipt, ^.-xj j^l ^ k=)l [College of Port William, 1825.]
389.
B217a. Size llj in. by 61 in.; foil. 44. Nineteen lines in a page.
A very incomplete copy of the same work.
Plainly written. Has the following colophon:
i)***-
VJ=f-
( ?)^ ^. ^ <—&&\
liW*"' ^-•♦IdJj kkr\J!L» } <uc<dJ\ L5i&
'ij&s. <U~> ^y* ^j^j&.r.j (sic) iJ>s»-\y hyA\ *jf£$\ ^ (_a!lj £jUj Marginal notes at the beginning.
The first leaf is wanting, and there are defects after foU. 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 31, 40, 41, 42, and 43.
Tho following problem is added at the end:
£JLij ju^l) J_t,
WK U!
j«—Ssj ^IjJ J \joj \ <t,*M,4.~i-j
<_>L»Jl jjtc (J c^iS"
j^JJ 'ihj ^j+Ml.d] iXsr*
SCHOLASTIC THEOLOGY. 103
390.
15a. Size 9J in. by 5 in.; foil. 45. Twenty-two lines in a page.
oJloxM ^j±> ^Js- ^JK**- ^ y* **£>W <*0^
\Ju*£\
Glosses on Ta/tdzdni's Commentary, by Ahmad b.
Musa Kiiatam. Cf. H. Eh. iv. 220; Cat. St. Petcrsb.
20; Tornbcrg, Codd. Lund. 26; Pliigol, Hdss. "Wicn, 94, and Class, hancfit. Kechtsgcl. 343.
These glosses were written in A.n. 802. Consequently, the author was not already dead A.H. 860, as is usually stated. The prefaco contains a long dedication to the great Mahmud Pasha.
Legibly written. Dated Tuesday, 3 Safar, 1189.
Sealof Nusrat Jang.
391.
1219. Size 8 in. by 4f in.; foil. 92. Thirteen lines in a page.
Another copy of the preceding Glosses, without the preface.
Beginning: <Ukb <dll <*L»le ^/sall ^.jluJI JU
ys^l
"Written in Nasta'Uk, by Saiyid Ibrahim b. Saiyid Sharif, at Shahjahanabad. Date, Friday, 12 Muharram, 1089. This copy was made in seven days (sco fol. 92).
Marginal notes in the earlier portion.
Pol. 84v. is left blank. A defect after fol. 47.
[Hastings.]
392.
1218. Size 8 in. by 4£ in.; Ml. 95. Thirteen lines in a page.
Another copy of the same Glosses, without the prefaco.
Clearly written, with the following colophon:
^1 uyj ^SU*» cr l JLJ| ^u.
rrtj^^y, i.il <u-u/,LU Ji^Uj *U ^2j\x)
.S^jjjjj Marginal notes, written in Shikastah.
[Hastings.]
393.
B 193b. Size 7f in. by 5£ in.; foil. 50. Mostly seventeen lines in a page.
The Glosses of KhaydU.
Well written, with additions by the author on the margin. Dcfoctivo after fol. 8 and at the end.
Erroneously inscribed ^£ jj (_gjua.t*. j> ^j!Lr>. <U^>W-J^rfl. Cf.Cat.229,v. 7.
394.
B 193. Size 7\ in. by 4j in.; foil. 80. Five and thirteen lines in a page.
Another copy of the same Glosses, consisting of various fragments in Nasta'llk and Shikastah.
The preface is omitted, as in the preceding MSS. The concluding portion was written by Muhammad 'Adil, resident of Shaikhpurah, on Sunday, 10 Eabl' II., 1097.
One portion has marginal notes.
Cat. 225, x. 7.
395.
B 193a. Size 7£ in. by 5 in.; foil. 17. Sixteen lines in a page.
A fragment of the same Glosses, plainly written, with marginal notes.
The beginning is wanting. The first entire gloss is:
jJsLuJ <Ay■ There is a considerable defect after fol. 8.
396.
B 199. Size 10| in. by 6J in.; foil. 176. Twenty-one lines in a page.
The Glosses of Khaydll, with additional notes by Kara Kamal (Kamal al-dtn Isma'll Karamani, con¬
temporary of Sultan Muhammad tho Conqueror). See H. Eh. iv. 223 and 221.
The work begins: ijLallj yLo-llj ^ <±*^\
(Jti) Ju>J\ d *u3\ J*, yUJI *~* J*
cJ lfiJl Jli iu. aJJl lie JU^I J^> and so on, to the end of the first gloss of Khayall, which con-eludes with the words <u!£ It is followed by