The appendix (<L*j'l>-) comprises two discussions, one regarding 'A'ishah, and whether she deserves to ho cursed, the other treating of the diverging principles of the law of the two sects.
XI. Foil. 283-316. ^>! 7Jli_aAS'<_>l^. A treatise on the Leading Dogmas of Islam, entitled ^^.iLj,! j|j
^dill J^cl S, with a copious Commentary on it, both by Muhammad b. 'All b. Ibrahim b. Hasan b. Ibrahim b. Fadil Ibn Adtt jranfjE Aiisawi (^Lus^l, sic, r.
,_jjLtt»JI, as in the following piece). 1
The preface begins: i_syLH A_J L^-Jy« U ^1 ^
<U!US *p ~yj. The author gives in it a circum¬
stantial account of the origin of both works. He states, first, that he had already written several other works on theology (specified in a note on the margin as
titf*"*) (itf'U eft** >etc.). He then proceeds to relate that, A.n. 877, he made the pilgrimage to Makkah, and after it visited ^L! (i.e. Madinah, according to a marginal note). He then went into 'Irak, and visited the tombs of the Imams there, and finally travelled into Khurasan, in order to pay his devotions to the tomb of 'All Eida, at Mashhad. On his way thither he com¬
menced the treatise ^^iUul,! S\j , at the request of a travelling companion, and completed it after his arrival at Mashhad. Having subsequently made there the acquaintance of a distinguished Saiyid and descendant of 'All Eida, named Ghiyath al-dln Muhsin b. Muham¬
mad, he was induced by him to write a commentary on the said treatise. He completed this commentary, as we learn from the conclusion, on Wednesday, 17th Dhu'l-hijjah, 878, at the mansion of tho Saiyid.
The original text and the commentary are dis¬
tinguished by JU and J^Sl, and the former is given in full. It begins: ^=r^ <~jf>-£ djc~%\\ <dl A^Jl
jjlx U ^jL:
ilL*Jm1u»<L!Lj
Jk*Jj....
Uy*N JiUtfj
«»4lfcM^ wlsict UAS\\,
and
isdivided
intoseven sections (J-ai)
:I.
(fol.284v.) Oy^jl! i^eylj cjLjI <i; H. (fol. 287».) J
*Jjr*M; in.
(fol.291) aLLJl cjUJI J . iv. (fol.
295».) <u)1 JUifl J; V.
(fol.299*.) jf^Jj J •
1 See also below,xviii.
VI. (fol. 302) £.U! j ; VII. (fol. 313) j. In the commentary tho author displays a great deal of learning. He always speaks of himself in the third person.
Frequent marginal and interlinear notes, the latter in red.
XII. Foil. 317-318. JjU*!\ <L\L,j. The Minimum of Tenets indispensable to the Shi 'ah ; by the same author, who completed his work on Monday, 25th Muharram, 889, at Mashhad.
Begins : iJL, xj^s Axi} . . . HAT" Jk>- ^ Sa.s>\
^ L» (JJi! jj^c^j'
•etf.^ Jj^V
jjjjl ^ y^A^ ^J-Z
Additions by the author are on the margin.
XIII. Foil. 319-331. Jj-ai <_jl^. A Com¬
mentary on a short treatise by Abu Ja'far Muhammad b. al-Hasan Ttiti (d. a.h. 460), on tho fundamental dogmas (J_j-sl) of the Shl'ah creed, which is called here Jj-aill. 1 The author of the commentary is not named. The latter is entitled ^ Jj*J! ^jf^*
Jj-osM .
Begins: v_.~2Ji ^j^s^j 'J_j-s^ ^*UaJ^V* ^ >yd\
Jj-uili. The passages to be explained are introduced by <0y, and tho commentary by Jyl. The preface of the original work is omitted. It consists of four sections (J-ai) : I. d-*^ J; H. (fol. 324i>.) J JjjJI ; III. (fol. 327) <L,UI_j ir^JI J ; IV. (fol.
328v.) jUll o • Fach section comprises sundry dogmas
(J-ty
Marginal and interlinear notes, the latter in red.
XIV. Foil. 332-378. i^ff A Com¬
mentary on JVasir al-dln TAd's (d. a.h. 672) dojsf (see no. 405). The author is not named; 5 there is, however, no doubt that it is the commentary of Idn al-Mutahhab Hilli (Hasan b. Yusuf, d. A.n. 726) mentioned in H. Kh. ii. 194. It is true, the first words quoted there do not agree with this MS., which
1This treatiseisnotmentioned inthelistofhis works,Fihrist, no.1r".
8In a recent inscription it is erroneouslyascribedto Isfahani (cf.no. 406).
128
ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS.begins: Joli (r. ^leuA\) ^a.x\\ '<GlkL>jlb\ft\ ill but tbe words following here subsequently, Ajo L»l i_i,Utf J>-»? UjI wLj!I1 JU£ (r.WU?) JU
^1 <L$!^, seem to bear some relation to them. There are probably two different versions of the preface.
The author styles the work of Tusl jliLieM *ifF>
and he entitles his commentary, accordingly, ^i_/sr ^j£>
jUueUl (it is, however, mentioned by him in his JlyiHI <uLi-' under the fuller title ^ J^ll i_a^£
oUicill J^J/sT ^-^--). He was a disciple of Tusl, and completed this commentary on 16th Eabl' I., 096.
Some portions have copious marginal notes. The margin exceeds the size of the volume, and is generally folded down, but in some cases cut away.
XV. Foil. 379-388. Jo^siiJ JjAs^ ^ <UiU.
Glosses on that part of KushjVa Commentary on the Tajrid* which comprises the fifth J^ji*, on the Ima-mate; by Ntm Allah b. Sharif Imaml Husaini.
Begins: 'Jla^j ^ j£ fX*\ } *J1j ^fj y\ j£ j»U\
.,»ij!nji*uy
rui fli! ^ ir
The author observed that the criticisms of Kushjl, a Sunnite, on the tenets professed in the said part of the Tajrid, had not yet been answered by writers of the Shi'ah sect; he, therefore, undertook this task, lest the opposite party should have the last word in the matter. He seems to have written in India, when the Muharamadan kings of the Dakhan were still in power.
This would appear from the following remark on fol. 380:
Js Jojl j\ (sic)
/»—
Li all ^Jjy. ^\jysr kUi^jjfclSo L£J£ CS***), C
<:f**,iyU! vi J>j\ j u^lL-J! JU- ^ JlJl (sic)
<^\y-»f^y. He quotes occasionally a work of his father, namely a Fenian commentary on *t.UJi \ L>sl£*'&£*\\, an alleged speech of 'All,3and alsoasupple¬
ment to it (<lL*£j), in which Mlrkhond's (d. a.h. 903) Xj.j is quoted (fol. 381t>.).
Tho first gloss is: ^jll j*\ <ule *->b_y
£\ Ujjlj (s= fol. 323 in no. 409).
1Quoted in the JliUlt ^^s^, which will be described under"Biography."
»Seeno. 409.
3From thecollection <LcLl! ,onwhich seeH.Kb.,vi.406.
Lt i!Lj. HrjSAIN B.
There follows immediately XVI. Poll. 388-389.
'Abd al-samad's j^jcLsll (?) account of his disputation with a gentleman of Halab, a.h. 951, by which the latter was converted to the Shi'ah creed.
Begins : U$! i^ss? 'ijye ssp Sxi} . . . <dl
£\jJJb\. It comprises only that part of the debate which turned on fundamental questions, such as the superiority of the Imams, the principles of jl^j-il, etc., leaving the minor topics, which were discussed after¬
wards, when the opponent was already convinced.
XVII. Foil. 390-397v. <L*-*1M JjljJLl!
<uLLJ! CuLsuJU. A treatise on tho Fundamental Dogmas, and on Piety, written, as appears from the end, by Faker, al-din b. Shaikh Hasan, at Mashhad.
Begins: Ait^w*; J**! Ji>l ^\ cLS3
tilsc}
WLJ1II JU£ Qi a*Jj... 'itehj
•
^ jjtj
It is divided into two "Orients" (j^»). Tho first, which is dogmatical (^V-V. tfi^ ^ ij), consists of an introduction (^lk*), on knowledge, and five t2j& ; viz., I. (fol. 391) JoJ! Jjs-j j AjU-j ; II. (fol. 392) aIjlcj <0Uil J ; III. (,J. e.) ifjJl di IV. (fol. 393) j»Ul di V. (fol. 395t>.) J 4>l**ll. The second Ji;«"», which is parenetical (i_£^$ysd!i\^J^\ <t«jl~^j J./«j«1^(J^iil), comprises three <UsU);
viz., I. (fol. 396) 1^^ cO&Jl ^r*»- J; II. (ti.) J
l^Lc ci^s:5^ III. (». ».) jj^Il ^ J
^Jj«l\ fcjJ^u^Uy^ io_j^Ul\ ^^ji\j=tr ^ ^>-jsAJi,\
£\ tfyLJl ui^WfJ Uv«, containing sermons ascribed to 'All.
This treatise seems to be rather modern. The author, in his epilogue, places his work under the patronage of the Imam 'All Eida. His name is given in the con¬
clusion, which has apparently been modified by the
SCHOLASTIC
copyist: J-UaM i—a^llj J-A-s^ cT*
J 5 uri i^j ctf er**-f** -r*^
<U!ob *l!f
aLL
(?)J^Ull
There ia added a laudation of the present treatise, by BaiiA al-din Hakithi, written in a high-flown style.
It is inscribed: ^U-M LscuA Lri. Jij ^ J£j ij^LuAj aJL^I i—flJ^aJ J <d!l, and begins: di!
(sic) ^ <«jj^ Ci3L^ jjLr. .
There follows immediately:
XVIII. Foil. 397t>.-403. (sic) <_>,*!!£fc&J1ill*,.
An account of three disputations (^J^sr*) which the author, a Shi'ite, had with one Molla Harawl, on differences of the two sects. The name of the author is, as appears from the opening of the first meeting,
MtrrrAMMAD, from Lua^l, properly , al-Ahsa, in
Bahrain, and he is evidently identical with Muhammad b. 'All b. . . . Abu'l-jumhur, the author of XI. The present treatise seems to be the same as Cat. Mus. Brit.
403, xxxiii.
Begins: culiL* cfj^l ^jjJj V_J~J (J 1"3*- J^>
U
K Jlj
J3i\ u As^
>]^JU* ijjj J tx« lsJjU*
&LaJl
Jtf>suJi)
ju«J1j\d j
It appears that the meetings took place at Mashhad, where the author lived with Saiyid Muhsin, the Bamc whom he mentions in the preface of XI., where he describes his journey to Mashhad, A.n. 878. The first and third meetings took place in the mansion of tho said Saiyid, the second on the <xd\ Aji, or 10th Dhu'l-hijjah, in the Academy of Sultan Shahrukh Mlrza.
The altercation chiefly turned on tho Imamate and the Chalifate, and concluded with the defeat of the oppo¬
nent, who, as the author asserts, had at last almost made up his mind to become a Shl'ah.
Colophon: <0JI&j J» ^r* 11£^ ^ j-ij
.
£\ Ufx ^ ^ U) ^.s- ^1 ^jiill
XIX. Foil. 404-439. ^1**^ ^uje^C^W Juiil irt«JJ .
£.
Aphorisms of Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad b. Muhammad b. al-Nu'man, commonly called MufldTHEOLOGY. 129
(d. A.n. 413; cf. Tusi, p. rtf), extracted from two works, viz., the written record of his lectures and dis¬
putations ((^JLs*), and his ^Iss^lj uJ**^ (men¬
tioned by Tusi, p. ne). The compiler, who does not give his name, made this selection for the use of a friend. It would appear that he was a contemporary of Mufld, and that tho latter was still alive, when this selection was made. Probably it is the work of Abu Ja'fab Ttsi (d. A.n. 460).
Begins: tlioJl cuJL . . . aJJuSIj <dl j^^J]
^j>\ SJt\,\ Lsfcii
<—>l^yj* di3 £-*s»-l <0J\
U&j j JU*A\ ^ AAS." ^ J^«^ Ju£
<0'*Jy>,_j (iy«jls:'*''lj ^-.sIIj L-i^yc*!! <uIa£
.
^ j,
These aphorisms bear on various Shl'ah doctrines and points of controversy, but chiefly on the Imamate.
Mufid is usually denoted by <dl\»JjI •
XX. Foil. 440-450. u ay nA\ jJsly u->te.
A trcatiso proving Shi'itism to be the only true creed. It was composed by an unknown author, a.h. 1152. The above title does not occur in the work.
Begins : i^ 3>{j 1\^a^\\ ^ [~lx>- ^yjJl <d!tX*Jl
<d!lL-jVJ ^UilV {aJZ»*sd\ ^^Uil i-Jj <dl! J_j-)j ,J .yU^-l V.\)-*Axli • • ••<_«^ «u31 <tj^c_j
^ <iL?-UI ij?t*> ti (**^
«m<il... jj^jJI
.Jl j^il! ^
The author demonstrates his thesis from the Koran, from tho Sunnah, of which he quotes all the standard works down to Suyutl, and by argumentation.
The epilogue begins: xjjb ^ liij ^^-}
^Ui^j jq£i
J&J.S.(jjuoUJI JxksJI
<lL3 (sic)_jaJL^ll
^Au^ri-j ^j-^Aj <L5L»j (__dJ! "U-j
^i Uflfi jjiij ^ j bj^i.
The author relates a vision, in which he learned from tho Prophet and 'AH that of the later Imams, B&kir, Kazim, and Rida were those upon whose worship salva¬
tion depended.
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