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 preface begins: \p Le dabcl J ‘ yp Ye al ¥ ait AM Salad alerts rele} relel Sm LS aHal Ley Plat eblns meley wlll ely (x. dace) lneae. Ibis followed by a succession of introductory remarks in two chapters. In the first, which is entitled : cial wl | gad | - ¢ Set Sod Cala) GG jana (rn Alyall) ald Y) ably, the author gives an account of himself and his family, as well as of the origin and nature of his work. Those names and dates which contain letters with diacritical points are expressed by logogriphs. This chapter is concluded by a poem in praise of the present work. The second chapter (foll. 8-16) treats of general subjects, and is inscribed als poe eel abla! call janed yall syhaly (allal al An indifferent copy, written in two hands. It ends in the author’s epilogue, the last leaf being wanting. Coloured lines round each page. Foll. 193-206 are misplaced, and should stand thus: 201-6, 199, 200, 193-198. Seal of Khiradmand Khan, a servant of ‘Alamgir, a.H. 1115. 105. 796. Size 10 in. by 63 in.; foll. 226. Fifteen lines in a page. dhe AN NB iad Label pal leh ple pena z glad! slo ‘cae Two fragments of the preceding work. The first contains the beginning as far as Si. 5, 65. The other (fol. 176) comprises from Si. 17, 1 to Si. 21, 36, and terminates abruptly. Written in different ways; more correct than the preceding MS. The text of the first portion has all the vowels. Some of the names which are paraphrased in the introduction are added between the lines. [ Hastings. } re) Ce 106. 333. Size 104 in. by 64 in.; foll. 251. seven lines in a page. The first part of a Shi‘ah Commentary on the Koran, entitled asl] yy» by ‘Azp ‘Ati b. Jum‘ah ‘Arisi Hawizi, who completed it in a.w. 1065 at Shiraz, as appears from the following conclusion (fol. 251) : he daw ell FHT Gohl gi we JM Gell geal dene oy he dee so. pall! Onell aie oy ral cor Lally geall Zeya. teil paacy al es ENS NG... dpendl polly al soel dll Twenty- ” aye SVEGUAN hed oye cyptilly quill deal pay Sl Sees Fs oye CAM, patel ey Lavell Seal | Metie In the preface, the author speaks as follows on the purpose and principles of his present composition: («| A) ob dead eal, bd Gh... dell Syed oe Lila EMM Nylen alll coy Nyil ape uynmmctally cake bt psy cdl ciedl Glee! cana. erobanbeysciclaalbg Sal] “phil iy\itingea late’ ayitll Lae Nel ye El, “Unpell Uae Gayaty Your HSU glee) Cle galls Une ed Le Lely ch gl dy) Ueily ae Y obisel why ay soil dls Chal besye SSN dl Sb ee ONG ye de Le tee gl Spell hehe eyySy slid Le Ni ope eeclgall ELL ys 2 Folly GAM He also apologizes for inaccuracies in quoting his two chief authorities, the commentary of ‘Ali b. Ibrahim,’ and the ld! gas of Tabarsi.? The whole work is a mere compilation from these and from other Shi‘ah books, such as Los! jest, by Ibn