N. 1 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
III. Astronomy (f. 13). V. Geography (f. 31°). VII. Classification of Sciences (f.
40°). IX. Nature of Man (f. 43"). XI. The Categories (f. 49"). XIII. Logic (f. 54") XV. Matter and Form (f. 59').
XVII. Growth and Decay (f. 67").
XIX. Production of Metals and
Minerals (f. 71") XXI. Production of Plants (f. 78"). XXIII. The Senses (f. 83').
XXV. Man as the Microcosm (f.
94). XXVII. Man's Capacity for Know-
ledge (f. 99). XXIX. On Pains and Pleasures
(f. 104°).
XXXZ. The Beginnings of Under-
standing according to Py-
thagoras (f. 10g).
XXXIII. The Macrocosm is a great
Animal (f. 112).
XXXV. On the Acons and Cycles
(f. 118). XXXVII. On the Resurrection (f.
129) XXXIX. On Cause and Effect (f. 134) II. Geometry (f. 9).
IV. Music (f. 23). VI. Geometrical Progression (f. 36%). VIII. Classification of Arts (f. 42b). X. Introduction to Logic (f. 46) 52°) (1) باربرمینیاس (بحث قضايا) //X افرد يطبقا ل (قياسات) XIV XVI. Heaven and Earth (f. 63").
XVIII. Celestial Influences (f. 69°).
XX. Nature (f. 75º). XXII. Structure of the Body (f.
79°) XXIV. Pre-natal Influences (f. 875).
XXVI. State of the Soul after Death
(f. 95)- XXVIII. The Philosophy of Death
(f. 102'). XXX. On Diversity of Languages
(107)
XXXII. The same according to
other Philosophers (f. 111*). XXXIV. The Intelligence and the
Intelligible (f. 114").
XXXVI. On the Nature of Love
(f. 126"). XXXVIII. On Movements (f. 133"). This is incomplete and is followed by the lacuna mentioned above, and that in
turn by four pages (ff. 138-139) containing Sections IX and X of an unidentified
tract. A lithographed edition of this work, entitled Rasail-i-Ikhwann's-Safa, and
comprising fifty treatises, was published in Bombay in 1301/1884. This MS. formerly belonged to Prince Farhád Mirzá, and was presented by him to
the Iḥtishámul-Mulk at Ja'farábád in Ramadán, 1302/June-July, 1885. It is written
in a small, neat naskh with rubrications, and contains 140 ff. of 13'3x9 c. and 17 ll.
After the doxology, which is chiefly remarkable for its invocation of blessings
on the philosophers after the Prophet Muhammad and 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, the text
begins:
حظی نیست مانند سرود اختران و کتاب تام بار خدای و مرزبان نامه و آنچه بدین
ماند و ما هیچ کتابی نیافتیم که آنچه در حکمت بکار آید از ریاضی و منطق و طبیعی و الهی
جمله در وی باشد مگر دانشنامه و آن لفظی است بس مشکل و بیشتر اشارتست و بعضی رمزست
و كتاب مجمل الحكمة مجموعست و لیکن همچنین مرموز است و در آن حشو بسیار است و بسیار
مکرر است و ما یکدو جای دیدیم که این کتاب را بپارسی نقل کرده بودند و همچنان برموز فرو
گذاشته اند و حشورا بجای مانده پس رای مجلس سامی احلق (2) سیدی بهاء الدين سيف الملوك
شجاع الملك شمس الخواص تيمور كوركان ادام الله علوه چنان اتفاق افتاد که این ضعیف آن
کتابرا بپارسی دری نقل کند و هرچه حشو است از و دور کند و هرآنچه مرموز است (3) (1) آشکارا
کند و از حد رمز تصریح کند خواهش ایشانرا اجابت کردم و این اوّل رساله ایست که همچون مدخلی است در کتاب ارتباطیقی
Mujmalu'l-Hikmat ("Compendium of Philosophy "), a Persian abridgement of the well-known Rasa'il, or Treatises, of the Ikhwánu's-Safá, or "Brethren of Purity," as is stated in the (undated) colophon on f. 139' as follows:
خدای راست جل جلاله و درود بی نهایت محمد مصطفی را صلّى الله علیه وآله وسلم كه سرور
انبیاست و پیشوای اولیا و زبده و خلاصه حکما و اصفيا عليهم السلام
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Small, neat naskh with rubrications
History
Provenance and Acquisition
This MS. formerly belonged to Prince Farhád Mirzá.
It was presented by him to the Iḥtishámul-Mulk at Ja'farábád in Ramadán, 1302/June-July, 1885.
From the Library of Sir Albert Houtum-Schindler
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
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