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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    unsound traditions and placets of Mujtahids which were contrary to the ‘‘Catholic’” faith and to the doctrines of the Imams. The names of both authors are unknown; but the time of the second is fairly defined by his dedication of this work to Sultan ‘Abdallah Kutb Shah (of Goleondah, who reigned from a.H. 1020 to 1082); while the first mentions in a passage quoted on fol. 3v., that his last Shaikh was Mirzi Muhammad Astarabadi, whose lectures he attended between 4.4. 1015 and 1020, at Makkah. The same speaks of his studies and of his present task as follows (fol. 1v.): Legler! plier he eloll lg Le oe Gol mine ¥ lll) Fa wt dS gial| voles his CD elf slid Gabel Iely ee ger pall gis ya Lelace algil ow alll ale dsl, Wass cagell ache Gyolbt! ENG de ewe Lleol Hilukly doled! ars, dole! Sool aS & Fyylull CSG sh Eb pladly Holl ail UGiptee he Eyal aN asl Nyt he Gb om beds Hole The refutation by the second author begins: ons) de eacttt a! Jp sayy... dike? Goby lag all Og) Any esd)! dyall S Jeli! lan old Us el gl doll He says that he was chiefly offended with the self- conceit and the rude polemics of his predecessor, though he is not willing to follow his bad example, in depreciat- ing the real merits of his work. His object, therefore, is only to defend the divines of the later church, such as Hilli: and others, against his exaggerations and false imputations. The passages selected for refutation are given at full length, under the heading ,}\3; and they are followed by the refutation, ‘which is introduced by (1,31. Imperfect at the end. A few notes by the author are on the margin. IL! Foll. 28-49. (jdud] Lats, jal A OLS, the same as no. 437. phon, Jar A pyar eater dyey LE, Lilys enh! ent, ¢.e. Jamal al-din Abu Mansfir Hasan b. Yusuf, commonly called Isn at-MurangaR Hut (d. a.H. 726). This copy was finished on Saturday, 27th Jum. I1., 1154= 24th year of Muhammad Shah. sequently collated with the original copy. The author is called in the colo- It was sub- IIT. Foll. 50-60. dal OI cles bs. A concise vindication of the Shi‘ah doctrine on the Imamate, fully styled doll 43 20 8 del SI cles . See for a descrip- tion of it, Fleischer, Cat. Sen. Lips. 475. The author is not named, but from its being, like the preceding treatise, dedicated to Uijaiti—plae)\ bball Sys ly ews Iya), endl, Gall, Lull ole nla slataleey. das” (var. siulas) cae, it may be concluded that it is also by Hrrxi. Some notes. IV. Foll. 60v.-77. (yates! CaaS cols. A short treatise on the excellency of ‘Ali, entitled weil ans Seats et cn) Uilias 4. It was compiled by order of Uljaita Khudabandah. Ipn at-Mvuranwar Hiri. Begins: ... ‘ale pche!l * lal aod! a) nee! PA eas ll ylabudt eyere wt ae Lel. The author divides his subject into the following parts: I. (fol. 600.) s09y A dv! Glad! & Syd Neill SF dVy 4; IL. (15.) ody, ala Ne a dull ladl s; TIL. (fol. 61) dé gly, ALS Sle al dull (sic) kolas 3s. lt treats of ‘Ali’s virtues and achievements, and is subdivided into two chapters : 1. SM, beill aye deur! laa! $ Jyll OU! daddy gh daildd 9G il bol Wola sing, the latter division being the subject of two Wb», each of which contains several:.t.=<°. The second chapter (fol. 67), The author is probably also This is the principal part. 1 According to the table of contents and to the original pagina- tion, one treatise has fallen out here, viz., dc! 193 c pe ls degy\ Day causal oS Lill