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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    219. 778. Size 83 in. by 53 in.; foll. 5389. Twenty- seven lines in a page. The first part of a Commentary on the Hiddyah, entitled dial, by Muhammad b. Mahmid b. Ahmad Hanafi! (Akmal al-din BAsarri, d. an. 786). Cf. H. Kh. vi. 485; Cat. St. Petersb. 40; and Fliigel, Class. 334 sq. The work was printed at Calcutta, A.H. 1247, in four vols. This is also a commentary by 43. The present volume comprises the first half of the Hiddyah, or the first two volumes of the aforesaid edition, and con- cludes: d\a¢\ co & del wr ul ysl jx eget) oS NU y pall aglayy . . alll ansct; but the beginning of the second *}> is not marked. Inelegantly written; the first two leaves restored by a more modern hand. Owing to the bad quality of the ink, the leaves had stuck together, and often could not be separated without injuring the writing. This MS, was once a WiSy, [ Hastings. ] 220. B 344, 347. Size 103 in. by 7 in.; foll. 624. Thirty-one, twenty-nine, and twenty-seven lines in a page. Another Commentary (by a3) on the Hiddyah, called HLA, by BurHAn At-sHart‘an Mahmid b. ‘Ubaidallah b. Mahmfid Taj al-shari‘ah Mahbiabi, who flourished at the beginning of the eighth century (see the following MS.). Cf. H. Kh. vi. 483. The work was printed, together with the Hiddyah, at Calcutta, a.H. 1249, in four vols., and also at Bombay, A.H. 1280. Originally in two separate volumes, each containing two of the Calcutta edition. Written in different hands, part of the second volume in a bad Nasta‘lik. Vol. I, (as far as fol. 297) is revised throughout, and concludes with the date of the original copy (Rama- 1 Thus the author names himself in the preface, dan, 832). It is preceded by a different commentary on the preface of the Hiddyah (foll. 4-8), which, after an introductory line, begins: Wk.4\ es a) ons! oercslly deructly. tents, in a modern hand. One leaf is wanting after fol. 21, and six after fol. 43. Fol. 39 is much injured. Stained. Vol. I. has the correct title, but vol. II. is inscribed: dy lg whee de glo» Kl. Cf. Catal. 227, ii, and i. 4. Both vols. have tables of con- 221. 2555. Size 10 in. by 6 in.; foll. 829. Twenty- one or nineteen lines in a page. A Commentary on Burhdn al-shart‘ah’s &\34\, or abridgment of the Hiddyah, compiled by his grandson (Sapr au-sHari‘an) “Ubaidallah b. Mas‘id b. Tj al- shari‘ah b. Sadr al-shari‘ah (d. a.H. 747 or 745), who completed it in a.m. 743. It is called simply cw & UJI, but also goes by the name of its author, viz, dey pl yoo. See H. Kh. vi. 460; Fliigel, Hdss. Wien, iii. 209; Cat. Mus, Brit. 119, etc. Copies are frequent. Written in different styles. Date, a.n. 965. Scribe, “Abd al-rahim (b.?) ‘Omar. Frequent marginal notes; the margin, however, is injured. Stained. Foll. 1-9 and 320-329 are filled with various extracts and notes. Signature of Muhammad Afdal at the end. [Bibl. Leydeniana. ] 222. 2148. Size 10 in. by 62 in.; foll. 336. Seventeen lines in a page. Another copy of the 4,\5 3 co: Well written, and finished on the 2nd Dhu’l-hijjah, 1055, by Nazar Muhammad b. Molla Muhammad Khuwarazmi. Notes have been frequently added on the margin by different hands, Frequent impressions of the seal of ‘Abd al-majid Khan (a.H. 1145). (Coll. Fort William, 1825.]