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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    43, B 272. Size 93 in. by 73 in.; foll. 116. Seven lines (verses) in a page. I. (foll. 1-92). A metrical version of the preceding work, by Abu’l-kasim b. Firruh b. Khalaf b. Ahmad Ru‘aini Suirrei (d. a.m. 590). Itis entitled: _ilw\ j= oles! Am45, but commonly called dusblits|. See H. Kh. iii., 43; Catal. Bodl. ii., p. 323; Noldeke, Gesch, d. Qorans, p. 337 sq. Well written in a large hand, with vowel-points. The first two pages ornamented with red lines. Interlinear and marginal notes. Il. Several tracts on the versions of the Koran: Fol. 98r. The first Strah, with all the unusual readings, inscribed SOU) 5*\ i) dod) S40; written in a large character. Fol. 98v. A short Persian tract, beginning jl ee) dbl Sule Ske Iyy as slew SI Udy pl! Fol. 95v..A list of the tem readers and their disciples. Fol. 967. The beginning of a treatise on Orthoepy, ascribed to Munammap Samarxanpi. It commences: ons Bild} lie wrt sdEpme ASley sda lid! dls ys us? Jil wsdt mw. All the general principles of reading are exemplified from the first Sirah, as usual. Abbreviations are used for the names of the readers, according to the system of Shatibi. Some confusion begins on fol. 105v., where a passage from fol. 102r. (A sad we sil) is repeated, but with a different conclusion on fol. 1077., where the MS. abruptly ends. After some blank leaves, it recom- mences in the middle of fol. 108r. with the heading MN Sse fe (which is also added as a catch-word to the former passage). It remains, however, doubtful whether this latter fragment belongs to the same treatise. Badly written. Worm-eaten and stained by damp. Bij. Libr. a.H. 1003. Catal. p. 2384, Tujweed ii. 44. B 272 a. Size 7} in. by 42 in.; foll. 158. Eight lines (hemistichs) in a page. Another copy of the Shdtibiyah. Well written, with vowel-points; has the following colophon : se Hy Lermiy pypiledy cde) Saud Cee all my colt al ayy damny CM takall cial onal coon us hills lel uy OAS Ly AAS Ly Oe” or ute by byl Lele ley bel Landy allt a3) Inscribed on the edge, >} 3 aJL.,. Bij. Libr. a.m. 1024. PSE, 45, B 274. Size 7 in. by 5 in.; foll. 58. Nineteen lines in a page. I. (foll. 16-49). A treatise on the Readings of Narr‘, as handed down by his two pupils Kalin and Warsh ; derived from SuArrsi. Beginning : wis! ae) Coke e csMt al das! Bilal ¢ WY wledl 545 Gly 3 Ble, sig owy.... chy og geaball bly ZB, joall gal abel dal Cobalt gol all dy lag! alll alyy be le a In two chapters: the first treating of the general principles of NAfi‘(_| |,\!), and the other giving a detailed account of his Readings, following the order of the Sarahs (W3, = Uy? Ut). Preceded by an introduction on technical terms: i*1i!\ Ua) ols Wb! sly 3 dedie. II. (foll. 50-58). A list of passages or words of the Koran (styled —#,>), according to the order of the Strahs, the purpose of which is not indicated. There is no preface. Beginning, after the Basmalah: Plainly written. Inscribed in a later hand: als, OOo There precedes a fragment of a Persian treatise on the Reading of the Koran.