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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    ~ Babawaih!; eel Wedd, by Tisi; Tabarsi’s QoLS qlsin Nh Shes Gb Lal sles orallyl 3 and $\0\ (Jacl. The Isnfds are generally reproduced. Beginning: sydac eo yal Jj sll al) onsll W285 yeallell US The present MS. comprises Strahs 1-6. Well written, by Muhammad (b. ?) Fakhr al-din Ahmad, in a.H. 1089. The titles of the books quoted are written in red. Gold lines round the pages. [ Hastings. ] 107. B 306. Size 8} in. by 52 in. ; foll.472. Seventeen lines in a page. The first part of a Mystical Commentary on the Koran, imperfect both at the beginning and the end. It now begins with Si. 2, thus: ays 5 id} 3 que IN) Alas, SI Fla) CAM Ut shee ral idles ale MN HL! pally coli Abi) JN Lal lll oly} j\b!, and terminates abruptly near the end of Sa. 15. Plainly written. 108. B307. Uniform with the preceding MS. ; foll. 406. The second part of the preceding Commentary, im- perfect at the beginning. The first words are: |, “Lal *Ls, referring to St. 17, 1. Part of it written in a different hand. blanks in the final portion. fol. 20. Frequent One sheet is missing after Both this and the preceding MS. are wrongly said to be Nasafi’s ue pal CS ;\ v0 . Of. Catal. p. 222, ix. 3. 109. 1570. Size 93 in. by 53 in.; foll. 411. Fifteen, afterwards about twenty-three lines in a page. The first part of a Mystical Commentary, or rather annotations on single verses of the Koran, following the order of the Sirahs. The title and the author cannot be ascertained. This MS. is imperfect and mutilated at 1 See below, No. 145. 2 See No. 166. the beginning. Ends with Sa. 18. Colophon: Vwi 2) ge pad oye Gils!) OLA! Ide os ols However, this title (as well as that of the following MSS.) seems only to be taken from one of the para- graphs into which the commentary is usually divided ; viz., (pilin, csi}, and bi:liJ|. The author, who quotes numerous mystical authorities of all times, belongs to a very modern period. Some passages of his work are in Persian. Begins: JU 2) Latll wc Ses Ss\oMt. Plainly written. oll. 1-38 in a different hand. [ Hastings. 110. B 302. Size 103 in. by 63 in.; foll. 294. Seventeen lines in a page. Another copy of the same work, imperfect both at the beginning and end. The first words are: ee yy yge nd s\adl (= fol. 34 of the preceding MS.). Ends: * JI ..,! ee oe (beginning of Si. 14, = fol. 308 of the pre- ceding MS.). Written in different hands and at different dates. The apparently older, portion has all the vowel- points. Much injured by insects. Inscribed ETCAU eer Vol Cf. Cat. 231, i. (?). 111. B 303. Size 102 in. by 62 in. ; foll. 525. Seventeen lines in a page. The second part of the preceding work, from 8a. 19 to the end. Written in a large plain hand. A lacuna comprising nearly seven Sirahs (from the end of Si. 21 to Si. 28) is indicated by part of fol. 477. remaining blank. The MS. terminates abruptly in the com- mentary on the last Sirah. Inscribed: Qasr? Saws Cima ST da) bitle uit *ogeS we . It remains, however, doubtful whether this be the correct title, or a misnomer derived from the often occurring heading Lalis!. There is’ a Pe) a alleal| bile mentioned in H, Kh, vi. 108. Cf. Catal. 222, xi., where the author is called Bunduh Nowaz (5) ip Sdy). 1 Sic. SN b—eS P—.sldaaS or .VdqaS is a village near us <3 wleger OF y!O% Nisabir. See Marasid, ed. Juynboll, ii. fvv, and Johnson's Persian Dict. s.v.