R.13.32 (Wren Library, Trinity College Cambridge)
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A miscellany of short tracts on history, philosophy and religion, mostly in Persian.
1. ff. 1r.-26v.Title: Maqṣad-i aqṣáTitle: مقصد الأقصىIncipit: الحمد لله رب العالمين والعاقبت للمتقين والصلوة والسلام على خير خلقه وآله محمد خاتم النبيين وسيد المرسلين وعلى اصحابه الطيبين الطاهرين اما بعد چنین گوید اضعف ضعفاء وخادم فقراء عزيز بن محمد النفسى كه جماعت درويشان كثرهم الله ازين بيچاره در خواست کردند إلخExplicit: اینست کار آدمى وكمال آدمى ودرين است خلاص ونجات آدمى مصراع سخن كوتاه شد والله اعلم تمام شد مقصد اقصى بحمد لله واحسن التوفيق وصلى الله على محمد خير خلقه وعلى اصحابه الطيبين الطاهرين اجمعين آمين يامعين تمLanguage(s): PersianA treatise on the tenets and doctrines of the Sufi philosophers, originally written in Turkish. This is followed by an explanation of some technical Sufistic terms for students of philosophy.
2. ff. 26v.-27v.Author: AnonymousTitle: نسب سلطان المحققين مولانا جلال الدينLanguage(s): PersianThe genealogy of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, d. 1207-1273, followed by a paragrah on the prophets and a short essay on psychology.
3. ff. 30v.-51r.Title: Gulshan-i RāzTitle: گلشن رازIncipit: بنام آنكه جان را فکرت آموخت چراغ دل نور جان بر افروختExplicit: بنام خويش كردم ختم وپایان آلهى عاقبت محمود گردانA masterpiece of Persian poetry on the doctrines of Sufism
Language(s): Persian and Turkish4. ff. 51v.-61v.Author: AnonymousTitle: شرح مشكلات گلشن رازIncipit: چو بر خیزد دوی از چشم احوال زمین وآسمان گردد مبدلExplicit: درون خانه گرهست صورت فرشته ناید اندر وی ضرورتLanguage(s): PersianA commentary on some of the more difficult passages in the Gulshan-i Rāz
5. ff. 62v.-70r.Author: AnonymousTitle: BurjTitle: برجIncipit: مرد دانا سخن ادا نكند تا بنام حق ابتدا نكندExplicit: برو حمد ودرود بر مهتر هم بر اصحاب وآل او يكسرLanguage(s): PersianA catalogue of the stars in verse form. Includes information on their nature, influence, orbits, risings, conjunctions etc. It is followed by a passage containing the divisions of the Qur᾽ān according to Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm.
6. ff. 70v.-72r.Title: Waṣīyat-i Rasūl-i AllāhTitle: وصيت رسول اللهIncipit: خداى ادعاى مظلومان مسجاب كند ودعاى هر مظلومى اگرچه کافر بودExplicit: یا علی باید که تو وصیتها از من چنانکه من از جبرائیل واو از حضرت رب العالمین آورد بیاموزی وامت مرا بیاموزانی که هر که بدین وصیتها کار کند فردای قیامت آمنا وصدقنا در میان علماء وشهداء واولياء باشد انشاء الله تعالىLanguage(s): Persian and TurkishA translation into Persian of the part of the Ḥadīth which accounts the Prophet's testemantary advice to ʿAlī. It is followed by an account of the Innocents in Turkish and some scraps of poetry and medical receipts in both Persian and Turkish.
7. ff. 73v.-94r.Title: Risālah fī al-manāsikTitle: رسالة في المناسکIncipit: حمد وسپاس مرخدائی را که گردانید پیغمبران را واسطۀ میان خود وبندگان خود إلخExplicit: والحمد لله اولا واخرا وباطنا وظاهرا وصل الله على محمد وآله الطيبين الطاهرينLanguage(s): Persian and TurkishA tract for followers of the Shīʿah sect on the intellectual and ritual requirements for performing the Ḥajj and pilgrimage to the tombs of the Imāms. There is also a description in Turkish of the Prophet's personal appearance, taken from allusions in the Qur᾽ān and Ḥadīth.
8. ff. 94v.-95r.Title: Rijāl al-ghaybTitle: رجال الغيبLanguage(s): TurkishOn invisible intelligent beings who are supposed to constantly orbit the world, including a diagram.
9. ff. 95v.-96v.Title: Risālah GhawthīyahTitle: رسالة غوثيةLanguage(s): TurkishThe formulae for addressing God as al-Ghawth , 'the Assister'.
10. ff. 96v.-98v.Author: AnonymousTitle: Kitāb-i aḥvāl ve uṣūl-i dīnTitle: كتاب احوال واصول دينAn Islamic catechism in Turkish, followed by the genealogy of the Prophet.
Language(s): Turkish11. ff. 99v.-123r.Title: Niẓām al-tawārīkhTitle: نظام التواريخIncipit: حمد بى ونهايت وشكر بى غايت مبدعى را كه بیک امر کن عالم ارواح واشباح را پیدا کردExplicit: وکافه طوایف را درگاه او مقصد معین وصلی علی خیر خلقه محمد وآله الطیبین الطاهرینLanguage(s): Persian and TurkishA universal history in Persian, with an appendix in Turkish on the creation of man.
12. ff. 127v.-130r.Author: AnonymousTitle: AḥādīthTitle: أحاديثLanguage(s): Arabic and PersianSome select Traditions in Arabic, followed by explanations in Persian.
13. ff. 130v.-132v.Author: AnonymousTitle: Scraps in Turkish and ArabicLanguage(s): Ottoman Turkish and ArabicWritten in a careless and inelegant hand by a subsequent owner of the book.
Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 133 ff.Hand(s)
A small, clear nastaʻlīq hand
History
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"Manuscript description based on "E. G. Browne: A supplementary hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1922", and "E.H. Palmer A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic, Persian and Turkish Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, London 1870".Availability
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