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.

    130/344 (page 116)
    “Alamgtr (=a.H. 1116). It belonged subsequently to his grandson Muhammad Ghauth (a.u. 1160). The fly-leaf has a French inscription, ‘‘Chera mavakef commentaire sur la philosophie de Socrate” (!), written probably by Nicolas de la Merliere, from whom the copy passed to R. Johnson. In an elegant Oriental binding. [ Johnson. ] 445. 1686. Size 93 in. by 6 in.; foll. 283. Twenty- five lines in a page. The first portion of the —é3\,s| cy extending nearly to the end of Book III. The name of Jalal ul-din Iskandar is inserted in the preface as in the preceding MS. Plainly written. Coloured lines round the pages. Foll. 30 and 25 should be transposed. [ Hastings. ] 446. B 220. Size 73 in. by 54 in.; foll. 184. Twenty- one lines in a page. Glosses on the Wail, \! re px, ascribed to Molla Hasan Cuarasi (b. Muhammad Shah Fanfri, d. a.n. 886). See H. Kh. vi. 236, and Casiri I., nos. 1495, 1532, and 1573. Beginning: (jug) Geld jb Leogd Vy) rund (al, 5) lh EySalt HLM & Ys re Mawel Closely written, in different hands, mostly Shikastah, and difficult to read. (—£3_~) III. The latter part of a preface, which It ends abruptly in Book probably belongs to the present work, is on the title- page. It begins: Vell ili rage Bij. Libr., aA.u. 1026, from Shah Nawaz Khan. Cat. 226, xiv. (?). 447. B 186. Size 103 in. by 6 in.; foll. 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: ceLil Cr Ps (443) z\ éb\J\; and the last gloss begins: easily (443) 2 silee i} NS Us paull Written in a small hand. Injured on the margin. 448. B 281. Size 83 in. by 53 in.; foll. 186. Twenty- one lines in a page. Glosses on Book II. of the wail gall = i», which is on the universalia (dvlel\ yye¥l), by Molla Mas‘tp (SmarwAni Kamal;al-din, d. ao. 905). See Casiri I., p- 521, no. 1495; Aumer, Hdss. Miinch. 307 sq., and H. Kh. i. 207.1 Beginning: .yySl+ nen] wy) day SalWT ane ays FH erly ob Written in Nasta‘lik. The leaves are alternately white and yellow. Imperfect at the end. Four leaves are missing after fol. 184. Cat. 225, vii. 4. 449. B 218, 219. Size 103 in. by 6} in.; foll. 275. Nineteen lines in a page. Two fragments of the Annotations on the = a) osslyel| by ‘App ar-axim b. Shams al-din (SrrAt- Kori, d. about a.a. 1060). Cf. H. Kh. vi. 241. The author wrote these annotations while reading the book with his son ‘Abdallah Labib.? The first fragment contains the commencement of the work, with the preface, which begins as follows: ave Digs vdgd aeyy Chard ily lar aas!l ES aaiy aya oall dead ETA pd be lgiile wil UL AN ose Cyl 13d Gaal 53 F413 ne ties Foey lel dix’, Lol 5533 Cel Call det cll Snstly ESuscll ill ily Colusll pogd -¢l en) Games Aw! nabs It breaks off on fol. 102v., soon after the commence- ment of Book (W259) II. | The second fragment begins with the words (fol. 103v.) &e\SoI moll, aa, from the third wate of the first Woe of Book I., and extends to the end of the same book. Well written in Nasta‘lik. Injured by insects. Cat. 225, vii. 3. 1 The statement of H. Kh. vi. 239 is incorrect, * See above, nos. 113 and 327.