"Well written, but without diacritical points. Marginal notes. The preface of Jurjunl is prefixed to the book in a different hand.
This MS. consisted originally of 360 foil. A lacuna in the middle of it was restored by .two more modern hands, but part of this modem portion (after fol. 172) is now also lost, and part is much injured by insects.
The defect comprises the end of Book (wiSj*) HI.
The MS. is also damaged at the end.
Bij. Libr., a.h. 992.
Tho socond part of this copy, which begins with fol. 173, is wrongly inscribedJoliic j ,*> ' ^ ^atal.225, vii.1and226,xviii.
439.
B 214. Size 9j| in. by 7 in.; foil. 353. From twenty-one to thirty-three lines in a page.
Another copy of tho same work, said to have been transcribed from the author's own copy, a.h. 909.
Well written, in soveral hands, with marginal notes.
Imperfect at the end. Book (*~Jiiyt) III. left un¬
finished (sec fol. 169).
The preface of Jurjani is wanting. Begins: Jjil t_a;«nXl ■
Bij. Libr., a.h. 1028, from MollaPayandah Muhammad.
440.
1300. Size 9f in. by 6 in.; foil. 400. Twenty-nine and twenty-seven lines in a page.
Another copy of tho preceding work.
The greater part of itiswritten inalegiblo Nasta' Ilk, though often without diacritical points. The remainder has been supplied by two more modern hands. Marginal notes. Injured by damp.
Foil. 315 and 316, and foil. 319 and 320 should bo transposed.
[Hastings.]
441.
1443. Size 10 in. by 6J in.; foil. 498. Twenty-five lines in a page.
Another copy of the same work, with the preface and the epilogue.
Written in Nasta'lik. It was transcribed for X>z |
C_>is^ ^jJl uJai Siiy* ^4 (u UaLo ^) t^ji^S, at Lahore. Collated, and with some notes.
Two leaves are missing after fol. 67.
[Johnson.]
442.
425. Size 9£ in. by 5£ in.; foil. 505. Twenty-five lines in a page.
The same work.
Written in Nasta'lik, the concluding portion in a different hand from tho rest. Three leaves are missing after fol. 1. Injured by insects.
Seal of 'Ahd al-subhan, a servant of Muhammad Shah (a.h. 1147).
[Johnson.]
443.
B
225. Size 11] in. by 6f in.; foil. 306. Twenty-five lines in a page.
The first part of tho samo work, to Book (i_juy«) IV.
Begins: £\ fa iLki- .
Well written in Nusta'llk, completed at the cud of Shawwal, 1015, by Mh b. al-Hajj Mustafa. Witli numerous marginal notes.
Prefixed is a detailed index, which extends also over tho remaining portion of the work. The first leaf of it, however, is wanting, and it is injured at the beginning.
444.
1295. Size 11 in. by 6£ in.; foil. 449. Twenty-three and twenty-five lines in a page.
The first part of the ^, to Book IV. The name of Ghiyath al-dln Plr Muhammad, to whom the work is dedicated in the preface, ispreceded here by that of Jalal al-dln Iskandar dLljjJbj jJ\
J)U-\ CjUi jJc.CJ), which perhaps was substituted >for it subsequently.
Well written in Nasta'Uk, by two hands. Gold lines round the pages. Tho first two pages are richly orna¬
mented. Book IV. (fol. 345) formed originally a separate volume.
This copy was made for 'Abd al-'a?im Hanafi, accordingto a noto at the end, which is dated 22nd Jum. II., 48th year of
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116 ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS.
'Alamgir( =a.h. 1116). Itbelonged subsequently to hisgrandson Muhammad Ghauth (a.h. 1160). The fly-leaf has a French inscription, "Chera mavakef commentaircsur la philosophic de Socrate" (!), written probably by Nicolas de la Merliere, from whom thecopypassed to It. Johnson. In an elegant Oriental binding.
[Johnson.]
445.
1686. Size 9| in. by 6 in.; foil. 283. Twenty-five lines in a page.
The first portion of the cJi^l ^^i, extending nearly to the end of Book III. The name of Jalal al-din Iskandar is inserted in the preface as in the preceding MS.
Plainly written. Coloured lines round the pages.
Poll. 30 and 25 should be transposed.
[Hastings.]
446.
13220. Size 7£ in. by b\ in.; foil. 184. Twenty-one lines in a page.
Glosses on the i__flj>!j\l , ascribed to Molla Hasan Chalabi (b. Muhammad Shah Fanari, d. a.h.
886). See H- Kh. vi. 236, and Casiri I., nos. 1495, 1532, and 1573.
Beginning: yuJi c^-AS ^li ^ J^ou-i
.
£\ ij/j^l 5j\Ai\ J, Jri. X* <LUuJJ
Closely written, in different hands, mostly Shikastah, and difficult to read. It ends abruptly in BookIII. The latter part of a preface, which probably belongs to the present work, is on the title-page. It begins: jS^^S
^j>-Bij. Libr., a.h.1026, fromShah Nawaz Khun.
Cat. 226, xiv. (?).
447.
B 186. Size 10§ in. by 6 in.; foil. 149. Twenty-four lines in a page.
Various fragments of the preceding Glosses, extending from Book II. to Book VI.
The first entire gloss is: ci;lJlj ^j^u yt^ (<$Jjj)
\ iUaJjH ; and the last gloss begins: (<^ji)
.^1 JUL*
<u1Jl
l_yr Jl
"Written in a small hand. Injured on the margin.
448.
B 231. Size 8J in. by 5f in.; foil. 186. Twenty-one lines in a page.
Glosses on Book II. of the i_m^-*!1 which is on the univeraalia jy*^), by Molla Mas'Od (SnAEWANiKamal al-din, d. a.h. 905). See Casiri I., p. 521, no. 1495; Aumer, Hdss. Munch. 307 sq., and H. Kh. i. 207."
Beginning: ^y^^ 'U£sM ^1 Ojj Jjliill Jcc <dy
,*fr)\
Written in Nasta'lik. The leaves are alternately white and yellow. Imperfect at the end. Four leaves arc missing after fol. 184.
Cat. 225, vii. 4.
449.
B 218, 219. Size 10£ in. by 6* in.; foil. 275.
Nineteen lines in a page.
Two fragments of the Annotations on the ^ji>
c-iiilj/tJ! by 'Abd al-hakim b. Shams al-dln (Siyal-Ktirf, d. about a.h. 1060). Cf. H. Kh. vi. 241. The author wroto those annotations while reading the book with his son 'Abdallah Lablb.'
The first fragment contains the commencement of the work, with the preface, which begins as follows:
Jo^i ij^i Juoj .... cliUjc ^jj^i
'<AT"J^Jl Ci3 ,J-is^ ^.iuJd! 0«LJ ^jJ* ^s.
l^siLcJuj^i Jj
<d!1 ^-v^
\'±4cr*^ */ ^ l^-****^
ilcj c-jls-'JU AiaTj
<__>L>JJijijj i_-~JJb
dufi Jr-^V CJi***z\\ <—»LfcK^
.
^1 ^jJ!
(JM^> ^£> pt^^
It breaks off on fol. 102v., soon after the commence¬
ment of Book (i_ijy*) II.
The second fragmont begins with the words (fol.
103t>.) culjlj LJxtojJl, from the third JuaiU of the first of Book EL, and extends to the end of the same book.
"WeUwritten in Nasta'lik. Injured by insects.
Cat. 225, vii. 3.
1The statementofJJ. Kh.vi. 239 isincorrect, 5See above,nos.113and 327.
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450.
1812. Size 11 in. by 6J in.; foil. 187. Twenty-one lines in a page.
Another copy of tho Annotations of SiYAXKfrri, extending nearly to the end of the second ^i'iy. The concluding portion is wanting.
Written in Nasta'llk. Red lines round the pages.
Injured by damp and by insects.
Foil. 74-83 should be placed in the following order:
74, 76, 79, 77, 78, 81, 82, 80, 75, 83; fol. 148 should come after 140; and foil. 181-7 should stand thus:
181, 187, 184, 182, 183, 185, 186.
[Johnson.]
451.
B 237. Size 10 in. by 5$ in.; foil. 56. Twenty-four and twenty-five lines in a page.
Glosses on Book II. of the (__m^*!\ ^/^> by Mir Zahid (Muhammad Zahid b. Muhammad Aslam Ilasanl Harawi). The first portion of these glosses was printed at Lakhnau, a.h. 1263.
The preface, in which the author dedicated his work to Aurangzib, is wanting in this MS. It begins: dji
.
£\ jjmi' d-Jl A yd&?.
SIU
Closely written in Shikastah. Has the followingcolophon: isr^\ ^ jJj &>}
^jJS> ^jlx Juiilj (sic) ^i>^r "i**}-^!
t_JM L~i d JlyJI j^j* ^ Zxjj]\ d uJi^l
pJJjA- JftXO ^j. . y.W *rs='S> iiy j^-J <l5L«jjucs^U- jJj ^fry^ »li> i—ijc <d!l -LIUI
.t\}£ii Jltf jjii »LsOl j£) <)^3L»
452.
1347. Size 7£ in. by 5| in.; foil. 160. Fourteen lines in a page.
Another copy of the preceding Glosses.
Well written in Nasta'llk. Colophon: <ui!j
<_>Lsu
■ • *ijy*
>Ji_>Lu
•*» s*&>lJ\~> <d!l
wols. c_>l^
1TheMS.hasL->j£..
JjoJI jJjc ^js^lj j£ f** £pW
ye a
inv (sic) _)o\&. ±$\j>
.Juiib f^ja^jii x£ utyfit) Jj>* J>\ Ut-Jbjj;ijir [Hastings.]
453.
1883. Size 8J in. by 6 in. ; foil. 99. Nineteen lines in a page.
Annotations on the preceding glosses of Mtr Zdhid, ascribed to Kadi Mubabak.
Beginning: ^ UI J lib H <U*jj'uiJl Jl <Jy
.
^\
Well written in Nasta'lik, of the twelfth century;
terminating abruptly.
[Hastings.]
454.
B 232. Size 7J in. by 5 in.; foil. 65. Twenty-one lines in a page.
Notes on the commencement of Book II. of the t_jul^U £j£>, ascribed to Molla Sadik.
Beginning: ^ J-cUl <J y> i-J&yAS
<—jjSjil. This MS. terminates before the end of the first JwaiU. It is written in Nasta'lik, without dia¬
critical points. Corrections, and some additions by the author (marked with <U^»),are on the margin.
Cat. 225, vii. 2.
455.
B 215. Size 8 in. by 5 in.; foil. 75. From fifteen to nineteen lines in a page.
A Commentary {^jy**) on 'Adud al-din Iji's (d. a.h. 756) Articles of Faith (Jjlib), by (Jalal al-dln) Muhammad b. As'ad Siddlki Dawwani (d. a.h. 907 or 908). Cf. H. Kh. iv. 217, and Catal. St. Petersb.
225. This work was printed, together with a com¬
mentary on it, at Constantinople, a.h. 1233.
The author's preface begins: juasoJ lyu> ^ k fjj&\ 3 Jj*N d jJJbll ^ U-*, '^S-H! aSULJl
The commentary, omitting Ijl's preface, begins with the words |*c Lj:Jl JU.
118 ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS.
Plainly written, by Ilyas b. Shaikh Farld, of Fathpur-Slkrl (j^jsIu (_Jj^jmJ\ (jjpSLJl SjL <J), for his own use. Date, end of Eabl' I., 990.
Cat. 225, x.
456.
949. Size 8£ in. by 5£ in.; foil. 78. Seventeen lines in a page.
Another copy of DawwanI's Commentary. Written in Nasta'lik, with extracts from the glosses of Molla Yusuf, and from other works on the margin.
A slight defect after fol. 32. Injured by damp.
Thefollowing noteof an owneriswrittenat the endofthebook:
^L^Uixll J^js.^^\ jjUll Ju^'l^b <n£]L AilWtjjti) iJya Jfc4«< J&j~> t^j* <l^"*"c
.L5aLi)Jk^s'* MiU-j jUljl^ -<Uaj(jO jbbl^jll [Johnson.]
457.
1246. Size 8| in. by 5 in.; foil. 115. Thirteen and seventeen linos in a page.
Another copy of Dawwani's Commentary. It gives at the end tho author's dato as follows: Jairun, Wednesday, 18th Eabl' I., 905. 1
Well written in two different hands, with the glosses of 'Abdallah b. 'Abd al-haklm Siyalk^ti on tho margin of tho first eight leaves. These glosses arc preceded by a preface, which begins: ^\
taul^j.
In the original binding of Tippu'a library.
[Tippu.]
458.
B 216. Size 7J in. by 4g in.; foil. 169. Nineteen lines in a page.
I. Foil. 1-43. Another copy of Dawwani's Com¬
mentary, neatly written in Nasta'lik.
Colophon: ^Jx. <_>li>jHC&*>\ u} ni <_;W| c^v*j Jjl^ j** ^\ <^*Z~j j*» ^/T^ t-8;>.vaJ\ J^c A)
4,1% j*\ ^tou.
Some notes.
II. Foil. 44-169. A Persian treatiso on the Mu-l.iammadan Creed.
Begins: J>- Jjk! J^.lic ^Lj jJ i& lu-vJ <idL)j^1
^fTi c>W <~>^ *^V. S-^y <-^~»^
cjl^jjijj cjIj The second (fol. 123) treats of the prophets, and the third (fol. 139) of the Khalifate.
Written in two small Nasta'lik hands. Indications of the contents are on tho margin.
459.
B 213. Size 8| in. by 6 in.; foil. 127. Fifteen lines in a page.
Glosses on BawwdnVs Commentary, by Molla Ytisup (b. Muhammad Jan Karabaghl Muhammadshahi, who died after a.h. 1030).
The first fol. being wanting, the book begins with the following words: Juul ^ Xt^ 4 ^jdJl^
IaiX^ <t^-^i te-jj VJ^ ^^jJt ^jWdwaSl
• "\fijj*J*
The author says towards the end of his preface:
. . . .Lid! <La*)l (sic) iiyi Ju«*il p&>- &
cV*L>-jj\ ^.jJl ■ • •|JW\ CpiVliiU'iytj L^jiXk^
*
a# cja**^J UJj.... s\m\j <dl\ <uLo <d!l
JjL>-iliuU- J jej^o i'jL J ijUJl
(♦J**** 1iLs*jj\f£>\ <Ui*wLsi| "Ljj*!! JL/tjiXi^l .^1 ^J&UjlsHj <tu^«) . . . L^.Xk-*
This is the first of his two glosses, as mentioned by H. Kh. (iv. 217). It does not extend over the last portion of the main text. The author finished it in Eabl' I., 1000.
Plainly written, by Saiyid Zain al-'sibidin b. Saiyid 'Abd al-wahhab Husaini, at Makkah. Date, 3rd Dhu'l-ka'dah, 1052.
Catal. 226, xxiv.
1Thisdate differs fromthat given in H. Kh.iv.217. iSee no.380.
SCHOLASTIC THEOLOGY. 119
460.
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