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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    The appendix (4+j\+.) comprises two discussions, one regarding ‘A’ishah, and whether she deserves to be cursed, the other treating of the diverging principles of the law of the two sects. XI. Foll. 283-316. eel all ats Cokes, A treatise on the Leading Dogmas of Islam, entitled .. slu\\ ot} io ANI} ay yo! t3, with a copious Commentary on it, both by Muhammad b. ‘Ali b. Ibrahim b. Hasan b. Ibrahim b. Fadil Inn Anu somute Ansiwi (cs,lus*l, sic, r. csylu>\, as in the following piece). The preface begins: ssi!) 4.3 Wipe be ids! Ul arg! ba) eng 9. The author gives in it a cireum- stantial account of the origin of both works. He states, first, that he had already written several other works on theology (specified in a note on the margin as Gols ao) wet, wae! were, etc.). He then proceeds to relate that, a.H. 877, he made the pilgrimage to Makkah, and after it visited us! (7.e. Madinah, according to a marginal note). He then went into ‘Irak, and visited the tombs of the Imams there, and finally travelled into Khurasan, in order to pay his devotions to the tomb of ‘Ali Rida, at Mashhad. On his way thither he com- menced the treatise wr » ri anh! o\;, at the request of a travelling companion, and completed it after his arrival at Mashhad. Having subsequently made there the acquaintance of a distinguished Saiyid and descendant of ‘Ali Rida, named Ghiyath al-din Muhsin b. Muham- mad, he was induced by him to write a commentary on the said treatise. He completed this commentary, as we learn from the conclusion, on Wednesday, 17th Dhu’l-hijjah, 878, at the mansion of the Saiyid. The original text and the commentary are dis- tinguished by J and (J,!, and the former is given in fall. It begins: dy>!) Coys) owl! al nven) cde Cet le (de Chants tls, rags aay... ddgpol Silakty dol) siliall po sole! dA, and is divided into seven sections (_\.a3) : I. (fol. 2840.) dy> url, cols! 8; IL. (fol. 287v.) clad! & das get\l; IIT. (fol. 291) Kohut} colidll $; IV. (fol. 2950.) dell drouohl Jlesdl ; V. (fol. 2990.) Foul) 3; 1 See also below, xviii. VI. (fol. 302) doled) $; VII. (fol. 313) oles! §. In the commentary the author displays a great deal of learning. He always speaks of himself in the third person. Frequent marginal and interlinear notes, the latter in red. XII. Foll. 317-318. odlied| dls;. The Minimum. of Tenets indispensable to the Shi‘ah; by the same author, who completed his work on Monday, 25th Muharram, 889, at Mashhad. Begins : aly, ydg5 BR BAT > a one Additions by the author are on the margin. XIII. Foll. 319-881. (yoi - b CoS. A Com- mentary ona short treatise by Abu Ja‘far Muhammad b. al-Hasan Zisi (d. a.n. 460), on the fundamental dogmas ((J4c\) of the Shi‘ah creed, which is called here (Jyai)|.1. The author of the commentary is not ee The latter is entitled ¢ - <3 gull gine gail. Begins: en Saat) wares lai gone a) ons! Spoil . The passages to be explained are introduced by ai, and the commentary by Jyil. The preface of the original work is omitted. It consists of four sections ((\.a3): I. da 9:)] 3; II. (fol. 3240.) & oat; LIT. (fol. 327) dele, Sy!) 3; IV. (fol. 328v.) slel! . Each section comprises sundry dogmas (Ul). Marginal and interlinear notes, the latter in red. XIV. Foll. 852-378. was LS. A Com- mentary on Nasir al-din Tast’s (d. a.H. 672) wo els) (see no. 405), The author is not named;? there is, however, no doubt that it is the commentary of Ian at-Mvutannar Hitri (Hasan b. Yisuf, d. a.w. 726) mentioned in H. Kh. ii. 194. It is true, the first 1 This treatise is not mentioned in the list of his works, Fi thrist, no. If. 2 In a recent inscription it is erroneously ascribed to Isfahani (cf. no. 406).