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.

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    268. 2849. Size 64 in. by 32 in.; foll. 16. lines in a page. Eleven Forms of prayer, called dU ty] ; beginning with the words »laei| al)! iexs|, which are thrice repeated, and concluding (fol. 12) with a short prayer, which commences: C1 !] dle & eel. In an edition of these prayers, published at Lakhnau, a.H. 1257, the author is called Sarym ‘Ari HamapAni (d. a.w. 786); and this would agree with the brief statement of H. Kh. i. 492. Cf. Stewart’s Catal. 176, and Cat. Lugd. iv. 341. Well written, with all the vowels. Dated ‘‘a.n. 81” (i.e. 1181 2). The last two pages contain an enumeration of the names of God, added by a different hand. It begins: el aly oll Ul. [College of Fort William. ] 369. 5. Size 14 in. by 83 in.; foll. 63. Seven lines in a page. I. Foil. 1-19. &=st¥! ol,,J!. The same prayers as in the preceding MS. II. Foll, 20-33. Forms of prayer, founded upon the Koran; beginning with the first Sirah. With some Persian notes. ill. A few Strahs of the Koran, viz. Sa. 36, 48, 78, 78, and 67. Beautifully written in a large character, with all the vowel-points. Richly ornamented and gilt. The following name is written at the end of the prayers: 47 , oa oSls ax all is dha}! Uiesl dls A ans alt [ Johnson. ] 370. 657. Size 8$ in. by 6$ in.; foll. 26. Nine lines in a page. Selections from the Koran, to be used as prayers. Beginning : ¢\ me Sal, to the end of the alphabet. Next comes Surah 1. Written in a large plain hand. Of the twelfth century. [Tippu. ] 371. 473. Size 4} in. by 8} in.; foll. 400. Usually ten lines in a page. A copious Shi‘ah Prayer-book. Well written through- out, and mostly with vowel-points. Of the end of the eleventh and the beginning of the twelfth century. The following is a list of the principal contents: I. Foll. 1-11. Benedictions on Muhammad, be- ginning: ones! Ast ns ne ihe eel, and pro- ceeding in the same style, only the concluding words of each benediction being varied. A Persian introduction precedes. II. Foll. 16-22. Some prayers, ascribed to ‘Axi; with Persian introduction and interlinear translation. III. Foll. 23-75, on paper sprinkled with gold, and all written in the same hand, contain : a. Foll. 28-26. Another prayer of ‘Axi. b. Foll. 28-54. The great ‘‘Coat-of-mail Prayer,” el wpdgall *led, handed down by lat, 4.6. ‘Arf Zarn au-‘Asrpin, from the Prophet, to whom it was communicated by Gabriel, in one of his campaigns. Begins: (7) L wk ES Lot il eel pay | It is divided into one hundred sections (_\.<3), and preceded. by an introduction. Cf. Cat. Mus. Brit. 77, and Cat. Lugd. iv. 345. At the end of the introduction is the following note: ey check! cst !9> ye JU. The seal of Fakhr al-din Muhammad Husaini (4.n. 1099) is impressed below. ce. Foll. 64-75. The little ‘‘ Coat-of-mail Prayer,” ) wptysll ‘les, ascribed to the Imam Mtsa KAzm (d. 4.4. 183), from whom it descended to Anu Ja‘rar TOsi (d. a.o. 460). The present text was collected during the years a.H. 503-514, from four different authorities, who received it from Tisi, in Ramadan, 458, at the mausoleum of ‘Ali Rida (agdd! uss (woiw!), near Tis. Their names are, Abu ‘Ali al-Hasan b. Muhammad b. ‘Ali Tisi, Abu’l-wafa ‘Abd al-jabbar . . Razi, Najm al-din Abu’l-Fadl . .