A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental mss. belonging to the late E. G. Browne / by Edward G. Browne, completed & edited with a memoir of the author and a bibliography of his writings by Reynold A. Nicholson.

Edward Granville Browne

Date:: 1932

Credit: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental mss. belonging to the late E. G. Browne / by Edward G. Browne, completed & edited with a memoir of the author and a bibliography of his writings by Reynold A. Nicholson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$F. Il (9). ]^1) s,Ljl Part I of the Commentary on the Ziydratu l-Jdmi'atu l-Kabira, preceded on ff. 6^-8'’ by a tract by Sayyid Kazim of Rasht, beginning, after the brief doxology: vt ^ ••ill *** Jl It Let • .. ^Jl-fJI (J'-f-Mj ^Jlo^ «J—«1 J^^j\ ^C^jJ ^1 J\j Ff. 195 of 2o'5 X 147 c. and 19 11.; small, neat naskh, unpointed. The topics dealt with in the text are sometimes indicated by headlines or entries in the margins. The transcription was completed in Ramaddn, 1256/November, 1840, and the title of the book is given in the colophon as above. It is not clear whether the Commentary on the Ziydrat which forms the bulk of the volume (ff. 9’-!95^) is the first part of Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsi’i’s work, of which the second and third parts are represented by the two succeeding MSS., or is part of another by Sayyid Kdzim, his disciple and successor. No note as to place or date of acquisition. A F. I* (9). ibJl jjjfJl) Part II of the Commentary on the Ziydratu 1-Jd7ni‘'atu l-KaMra of Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa’i, beginning, after the brief doxology : Ff. 162 of 20*3Xi4‘2 c. and 19 11.; uniform in style and script with the volume last described, but ending abruptly without colophon or date. No note of acquisition. F. 2 (9). (^k!l ]^!1) SjLjl A Part III of the same Commentary, beginning, after the Bisnti lldh: In the colophon on f. 14.4^ it is stated that Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa’i composed this work in Shawwdl, 12 29/Sept.-Oct. 1814, and that this copy of Part iii (which$