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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    which are enumerated, and are exactly the same as those found in the present MS. There is, however, an appendix (fol. 175), which was offered by several MSS. It is introduced by the first Isnad, and contains seven more prayers, and formule for each day of the week. Well written, with vowel-points. Accompanied by an interlinear translation, and many useful notes, in Persian. Gold lines round the pages. An ornament at the beginning. oh j ohnson. 335. 2324. Size 83 in. by 53 in.; foll. 65. Ten lines in a page. Prayers for the week, beginning with Friday. According to the introduction, these prayers were com- municated by the Prophet to Munammap 3. UsAman, when he was imprisoned at Isfahan, for being suspected of Karmatism; and he regained his liberty through their influence. Beginning: JJ! ) doles! gy dss” Lc z\ el éj! dsc. The prayer of each day consists of Oys, sla, b-\ 5, Sdyc, another ‘lc, and ten 5 jlaecwl. Well written, with vowel-points. [College of Fort William, 1825. ] 336. 1531. Size 103 in. by 63 in.; foll. 236. Fourteen lines in a page. A Shi‘ah book on religious duties, especially prayer, imperfect at the beginning. It appears from quotations of other works’ that the author is Anu Ja‘rar Ttsi (Muhammad b. al-Hasan, d. a.w. 460). It is very probably his ~lolidl § xidl, cs! Gls, mentioned in his own Frhrist, p. tA1, 1. 18. Begins: dve pao| CIS pars | wy Eyl kone z\ ler heeled Wits Y Lie. The first paragraph, which is inscribed cl clole & Clo, gives an outline of the present work. The five principal duties of the Shi‘ites are prayer, almsgiving, fasting, pilgri- mage, and holy war. The author begins with prayer, as that duty which is to be performed every day, and treats of it circumstantially in a separate part, ALM, es] colole. This part is introduced by a treatise on ablution and other preparations for prayer. The second part (fol. 100v.), dumJ) cololc Lilo, treats briefly of the remaining duties, according to their occurrence in the course of the year. It begins with Ramadan, the time for fasting, and concludes with Rajab. The rites of the pilgrimage are mentioned under Dhu’l-hijjah. Then follow those duties which are not connected with a particular time (fol. 209v.), 3 le xe 3 kai tobe] ope diner dy) vax:. They are either personal, as lgs'l and $s yeh yl, or pecuniary, as iS JI . They are only rapidly surveyed, and reference is made for the former to the author's 4)\zJ\ and b gain | = and for the latter, to his check | ve The work concludes (fol. 213v.) with three sets of prayers, recommended for special times, viz. morning and evening prayers, prayers for each day of the week, and such for the twelve hours of the day. For parti- culars the author refers to his check! : There are added (fol. 231) a charm, rules for the Nauriz, and a prayer. According to the colophon (fol. 232v.), this copy was transcribed from that of Muhammad b. Mansir b. Ahmad b. Idris... ‘Ijli, which had been written in a.H. 570, and had been collated with the author’s own copy. It is well written and emended. It has also been collated with the copy of one whol wy! ‘ At the end is a prayer, styled } 4.0) cbie , and ascribed to ‘Ali. Itisin a different hand, and is dated a.n. 1013. Fol. 234 should be placed after 228. Worm-eaten. [ Johnson. ] 1 See his Fihrist, p. fA1.