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Summary of Contents: طریقت نامه هدائي نجاة الغريق هدائی پند ظریفی بابا تصوف نامه ظریفی This MS., which was given to Professor Browne by Dr Rizá Tevfiq, contains the following works: (1) The Tarîkat-náma, or "Book of the Mystic Path," by Shaykh Helváji-záde Maḥmúd of Scutari, with the takhalluṣ (pen-name) of Hudá'í (d. 1038/ 1628; see Gibb, Hist. of Ottoman Poetry, vol. III, p. 218 foll.). Another copy is described in Flügel's Vienna Catalogue, vol. III, p. 541. The treatise is written in prose, beginning الحمد لله الذى تجلّى بذاته لذاته, and concludes with two short pieces in verse. (2) (ff. 13-31) Najátu'l-Gharíq, or "The Rescue of the Drowning," a mathnawí by Hudá'í which, as described by Mr E. J. W. Gibb (loc. cit., p. 219), "consists of a series of riming paraphrases of certain well-known Apostolic traditions and sayings of prominent Súfi saints." Begins: که اولدر ظاهر [و] باطنده ظاهر خدايه حمد [و] منت اول آخر (3) (ff. 33-79) The Pand or "Counsel" of Zarífí Bábá, a mathnawi on ethical topics, beginning: حکمتينه يوقدر انك انتها حمد بیحد اول خدايه ابتدا (4) (ff. 79-91) Another treatise by the same Zarífí on various iṣṭiláḥát or technical terms used by the Súfis. It is written partly in prose and partly in verse, and ends: مد بی حد اول خدای عزّته لایق اولدر مدح شکر منته اون سكر بيك عالمی کندنده بول گل ظریفی ناقص اولمه كامل اول پارندی كالتالي جن انسان خدايه اولا حمد هزاران (5) (ff. 92-96) The Tasawwuf-náma or "Book of Súfism" by Zarífí, beginning (not recorded by Browne). Ff. 97-98 contain tables of iṣṭiláḥát, (1) of the great Shaykhs and (2) of Ḥáfiẓ, with the explanations written below. Ff. 102 of 16.6 x 11.2 c. and 13 ll. No colophon or date. Written by different hands. No. 3 is a small, neat, and carefully pointed ta'liq.1.Title: طریقت نامهTitle: Tarigat-námaTitle: TarîkatnâmeTitle: Book of the Mystic PathIncipit: الحمد لله الذى تجلّى بذاته لذاتهLanguage(s): Ottoman TurkishReferences
2. ff. 13-31Title: نجاة الغريقTitle: Najátu'l-GhariqTitle: The Rescue of the DrowningIncipit: که اولدر ظاهر [و] باطنده ظاهر خدايه حمد [و] منت اول آخرLanguage(s): Ottoman TurkishReferences
3. ff. 33-79Title: پند ظریفی باباTitle: Pendnâme-i ZarifiTitle: PendnâmeTitle: Book of CounselsIncipit: حکمتينه يوقدر انك انتها حمد بیحد اول خدايه ابتداLanguage(s): Ottoman TurkishReferences
4. ff. 79-91Title: iṣṭiláḥátTitle: IstılâhâtTitle: اصطلاهاتTitle: Treatise on various technical terms used by the SúfisExplicit: مد بی حد اول خدای عزّته لایق اولدر مدح شکر منته اون سكر بيك عالمی کندنده بول گل ظریفی ناقص اولمه كامل اول پارندی كالتالي جن انسان خدايه اولا حمد هزارانLanguage(s): Ottoman TurkishReferences
5. ff. 92-96Title: تصوف نامه ظریفیTitle: TasavvufnâmeTitle: Tasawwuf-námaTitle: Book of SúfismFollowed (ff. 97-98) by tables of iṣṭiláḥát of the great Shaykhs and of Ḥáfiẓ.
Language(s): Ottoman TurkishReferences
Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: PaperExtent: Ff. 102Dimensions (leaf): 16.6 × 11.2 cm.Layout
13 lines
Hand(s)
written by different hands. No. 3 is a small, neat, and carefully pointed ta'liq.
History
Origin: No colophon or dateProvenance and Acquisition
Given to E. G. Browne by Dr Ridá Tawfiq. Place and date not recorded.
Passed to Cambridge University Library in 1936 (the "Browne Bequest").
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.Availability
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