Volume 2

Catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the India Office.

  • Great Britain. India Office. Library
Date:
[between 1920 and 1929?]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the India Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    copyist in his script, and it was probably intended to supply the deficiencies later from another copy. On the front fly-leaf is an extract from an unnamed work of ‘Abd al-Qadir al- Jilani by a later hand, and another hand has added at the top margin of fol. 16 a quotation from الفتوحات المكية‎ of Ibn [al-] ‘Arabi. For another copy see Ahlwardt 2979. Hikhevigozos: 1262 Foll. 194-304; 82x54 in.; Il. 25; angular naskhi; Persian marginal notes; worm-eaten; 18th century. | DELHI 18706 [ Aiyam al-sha’n. A treatise on the special functions of the seven days of the week, by the same Ibn [al-|‘Arabi. On fol. 19@ the following title is given: كتاب الشان انشا [szc]‏ الحم من العربى الخ This is, however, incorrect.‏ Beginning: الله [52] العلى الشان العظيم الساطان‎ soot! بعد فبذا كتاب‎ GI... كل يوم هو فى‎ Gill ع نَسَ ورد سميته كتاب ايام الشان وهو ما Say‏ فى اصغر يوم الح On fol. 27@ the author mentions his الجداول والدوائر‎ SKS, and on fol. 2824 his JL! C&S. End: ونحن على اخر اليوم اول الميزان 949 من بيته‎ الالف سنة مذندور هذا كله فى الفتوحات المكية‎ فلينظر هناك فان هلما لعجاله [ع52] لا يحكتمل‎ لضيق الوقت والله ينفعنا بالعلم ويزيدنا العين والحمد‎ الله [522] رب العالمين الخ‎ For other copies see Ahlwardt 2950, Loth 6574. Tio Wie tl Glossy aloo Tae 1263 Foll. 1634-202a; 8$x6 in.; ll. 15; inelegant but clear naskhi; rubrications; worm-eaten; 16th century. [DELHI 3787] 0 شك المربوط فيما asl‏ اهل ى الله دن ees‏ al-Amr al-muhkam 31-1213111 fima yalzam ahl tariq Allah min al-shurut. A treatise by the same Ibn [al-|‘Arabi prescribing rules of conduct for the guidance of Sufis. After a preface describing his general intentions (the title of the book is given by the author on fol. 265 ر(ه‎ Ibn |[al-] ‘Arabi proceeds to enumerate rules (1) for the shaikh (foll. 1666-1752), (2) the murid or neophyte (foll. 175 ,(1838-ه‎ and (3) for all 50115 (fol. 183 d—-end). Beginning: No) لنبتدى‎ US لله الذى هدانا لبذا وما‎ rool قال الله تع لنبيه صلعم وانذر‎ ny ay End: ca ارت الاكربين‎ 00 هنا a Godly‏ سير المنازل ما يترك من الله علييم من اللطايف فى حال فناييم عن نفوسيم وغيبتبيم عنبم والله تع ينفعنا بالعلم وبجعلنا من اهله انه بعباذه روف رحيم وصلى الله على سيدنا مدمد واله وصديه وسلم A note at the foot of fol. 163@ wrongly ascribing this work to Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah is corrected in the margin, the name of Ibn al-‘Arabi being substituted. | For other copies see Ahlwardt 2942 (frag- ment), Fliigel 1909, etc. For a commentary by Ahmad ibn ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Dau‘ani (d. 1052/1642) see Loth 6987. Printed (in a collectaneous work entitled الببية‎ da!) at Constantinople in 1302/1885. Fit K hereto, 1264: Foll. 1-51; 84x55 in.; Il. 17 4011 and 15 (foll. 39-end); in two different hands, the first an ugly nasta‘liq and the second an ugly naskhi; collated; worm-eaten; early 19th cen- tury. | DELHI 63a]
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