A catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the library of the India Office / by Otto Loth.

  • Great Britain. India Office. Library
Date:
1975
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Credit: A catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the library of the India Office / by Otto Loth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    100/344 (page 86)
    The author confines himself chiefly to traditions from the five canonical collections of Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Da’id, Tirmidhi, and Nasa’i. He generally omits the Isnaéds. The work begins with a succession of introductory paragraphs (_\.04). The date of the work is given at the end as follows: iat) deal! LiL Ll Aldl put! dinaw JU ora cm Geel es lout lniaae ays dere ope ed cic alll lic (sic) LSy0 .¢l epethank! ened deity riety 20S About one-third of this copy was written by KhwAjah Rukn al-din Rizbahén b. Mansir b. Yahya b. Shaikh Rukn al-din Mangir Rastgii, in a good hand, about the ninth century. The rest, including also the first leaf, has been supplied by a descendant of his, named ‘Abd al-rahmin b. Junaid Rastgd ( s Cewl)), in a more hurried character, towards the end of the tenth century. Prefixed is a list of the chapters of the work (foll. 1-6), followed by a little tract in Persian, on the lawful- ness of using vinegar (\S). It concludes: lia ¢\ alle! cash Gnist!!. The name of the author, however, is not given. This tract was copied in a.H. 991, by Haidar b. ‘Ali, who succeeded the transcriber in the possession of this MS. Worm-eaten. Several leaves stained. Seal of the aforesaid Haidar b. ‘Ali. Bij. Libr., a.u. 1033. Cat. 223, ix. 341, 2821. Size 74 in. by 5} in.; foll. 112. Seventeen lines in a page. ead) cybel GES 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 Rapi at-pin Axnv’t-KAsm ‘Ali b. Misa b. Ja‘far b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Ta’tis (TA’ ts?) ‘Alawi Fatimi, a Shiite and chief (.ti) of the Saiyids, who probably lived in the latter part of the seventh century. This treatise is properly entitled 1. 433. Begins: by! aS! ay tell cys)! ASN ha NU Yo gis cyl & clstl oil! all was} oe dale Lyle past oye lett d dlell gla In thirteen chapters, each subdivided into sections (_j.a5), a list of which is inserted in the preface. The chapters are on the following subjects: I. .ye = Ni land wu cul js atl co Leg shied dually Sol dias Nl, gruall, in fifteen sections ; IT. (fol. 19v.) a. ad) aye Edall slinh’ Eo des yilaill caer sjlaS\,, in five sections; IIT. (fol. 24) lee 3 Si Ld polelally alelly Lass uyo paul $ dew lull eo, in four sections; IV. (fol. 290.) Gat wy 5 RU ee) seed anc Fdatly deadly Getty Galas) Cued, in three sections; V. (fol. 37) Saal ope 3S Lys wre last tyall, Hall one SM, Gull Sal y\asJ!, in five sections; VI. (fol. 45) lve 5 Si Lys FLyjg Tole) Se wed sll nl oye tne? dacs? Foleud|, in thirteen sections; VII. (fol. 53v.) 3 S53 Lod Hae: Loy slic Nall pe domgd 8 laid Ere lol HI,aI ws; dacs, CLI] osc, in five sections; VIII. (fol. 60v.) lages cpap, pad! dnc Shi Log’ Gigelly po) ot gly adsl Cpu, in three sections; IX. (fol. 62v.) $ 2d .\6 i) 5833 Lond Walage (4) ape Lake Au bey Led ype gl Lends, in twenty-five sections; X. (fol. 76) lve 3S Las wrt rhe cis bey Spiel syd ore Ugpll ace Sei oe gS) one & yeast bey Spill & oh lcull , in twelve sections; XI. (fol. 88v.) 5 Slat wrt Ball Bape Lae lai oylyer Used #159 ys bell eI US) ey dole 29 OLS dedy Noll ai, comprising the whole treatise of Abu Bakr Muhammad b. Zakariya RAzi, the celebrated physician (d. a.H. 311 or 820). This treatise begins: alal 4» a oasl