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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    to the end. The epilogue contains the date of com- position, viz. A.H. 997. Clearly written, probably in Syria. Dated 1st Safar, 1091. Concludes with the following verses : Line pe Ally oo as LEU daar terusly imal! ote AT pt ope CSuisl olbl, do Use CSS sen, An index has been added on a fly-leaf. The signatures of two later owners, Saiyid Hashim b, 8. Kasim b. S. Muhammad Ibn Zaittin, and Saiyid Muhammad, Mufti at Halab (?, Tix cell), A.H. 1109, on the title-page. [College of Fort William, 1825.] 275. 584. Size 112 in. by 62 in.; foll. 153. Twenty- five lines in a page. The first part of the 4 ile! csyladl, or Legal Decisions compiled by order of Aurangzib, by Shaikh Nizam and other Indian lawyers. The work was printed at Calcutta, a.w. 1248, and at Balak, A.H. 1282. Cf. Baillie, Moohummudan Law of Sale, p: v. Beginning: 5 \ghl| Woks... wall y all wast gad Kemah dads Pedal! & Soll oli Colgst dems dnty, The present volume comprises the five books on the spiritual law. Clearly written in Nasta‘lik, by one ‘Abd- allah. Dated 1st Rabi‘ I1., 1161. Injured by damp. [ Hastings. ] 276. B 359. Size 92 in. by 53in.; foll. 376. Twenty- five lines in a page. A work on details of MHanafite Law, entitled obi a The author, whose name does not occur, is, according to H. Kh. iii. 135, Kadi oS (Juccan ?) Hindi, of 5S (?) in Gujarat. 1 This name occurs in Sprenger, Catal. Libr. Oudh, p. 246. This is a mere compilation from various works on law, rites, and morals, which are frequently quoted. Most of these date from the sixth, seventh, and eighth centuries, though the compiler certainly belongs to a more modern period. The order of arrangement is the obsll cS has been added at the beginning, and girs) lS is followed by a rather long Kal Jl, jlo) Col:S (fol. 317), with This, therefore, common one, save that a which the present MS. concludes. appears to be the first part only. Plainly written in different hands. Of the eleventh century. Red lines round the pages. Catal. 228, x. 277. B 360. Size about 103 in. by 6 in.; foll. 92. Nineteen lines in a page. A fragment of a treatise on Police Regulations, entitled GehweJ) lai, by ‘Omar zs. Méenammap b. Twad Sha’mi (Hanafi). Cf, H. Kh, vi. 845, Stewart’s Cat. 149, xxxiv., and Bibl. Sprenger. 657. This fragment contains the beginning of the work (foll. 1-29), and the concluding portion (foll. 30-49), the latter being defective after fol. 37. The first chapter is on the definition of the terms lucx>J} and dass! | , and gives a detailed account of the duties con- nected with the latter office. The last chapter is the sixty-sixth. Conclusion: ColsQ| Ibn Wed Ee od Plainly written in two hands. Notes in the first portion. There follows another fragment (foll. 50-92), written in the first of the two hands aforesaid, which treats of the same subject, although it is doubtful whether it belongs to the above treatise. It begins: (\aati c& lurot| ware, and is preceded by a vacant leaf, which has been inscribed Colus>J) Cole), and sub- sequently, Colum} Jlacl LS 1. All headings omitted. Frequent blanks.