X. 7 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: چهل ناموس منتخب سعیدی The first of the two treatises contained in this MS. is the Chihil Námús, also
known as Námús-i Akbar and Jus'iyyát ú Kulliyyát, of Ziyá'u'd-Din Nakhshabí
(d. 751/1350-1), author of the Silku's-Sulúk (see D. 21, No. 8, p. 41 supra) and several
other works. As the title indicates, it is a description, in belletristic and poetical
style, of forty parts of the human body, arranged under forty námús. See Rieu,
B.M.P.C., vol. 11, p. 740, and Ivanow, A.S.B.P.C., No. 335. The author says (f. 13): و هر جزورا كه درين مجموعه ذکر کرده آمد از بسکه آن جزو در محل خويش بمنزله كل بود
این مجموعه را جزئیات و كليات نام نهاده آمد... و این مجموعه را که لقب ناموس اكبر زیبد بر
چهل ناموس ترتیب کرده آمد Begins: تحمید حمد احدى كه قل هو الله احد الله الصمدTable of Contents (ff. 13-14). The poem which concludes the work (ff. 276b-
279b) is incomplete. Ff. 280-458 are occupied by an extensive collection of moral and religious
sayings in prose and verse, anecdotes, homilies, etc., on which the copyist has
bestowed the title (f. 280). The compiler, who
describes himself (f. 281) as Háfiz Muhammad Sa'id ibn Háfiz Karami'lláh ibn
Háfiz Sultán Muhammad ibn Háfiz Ayni'd-Din, composed the present work in Dhu'l-Qa'da of the thirty-fourth year of Aurangzeb
A.H. 1102/July, A.D. 1691, at Islámábád (Mathurá).[The author gives a chronogram for the date of his work on f. 283.] Begins: حمدی که حضرت آفریدگار را سزد جل جلاله It comprises a preface and five chapters, of which the contents are as follows: مقدمه در بیان شمه از حقیقت و کیفیت آدمیزاد و وضع اهل زمانه، (219 ) باب اول در اجناس فضایل انسان که مکارم اخلاق عبارت از آنست (335) (f)
باب دویم در تهدید اهل جرم و خطا و لطایف و نکته دل بر کرم خداوند فضل و عطا (1.345)
باب سیوم در بیان دوست و دشمن و مناسب آن (361) باب چهارم در تدبیرات امور و مواعظ حکما و فواید سکوت و کم گفتن (372)
باب پنجم در کلمات و نکات و لطایف متفرقه و كلام سعادت انجام ختم خلافت امیر المومنين
حضرت مرتضی علی رضی الله تعالى عنه وكرّم الله وجهه (4129 .f) This work, like the preceding one, is incomplete at the end, and there is no
colophon. Ff. 458 of 21 x 11'5 c. and 15 ll. Poor Indian ta'liq with rubrications. The
fly-leaf bears the signature of Standish O'Grady by whom the MS. was presented to Professor Browne.
known as Námús-i Akbar and Jus'iyyát ú Kulliyyát, of Ziyá'u'd-Din Nakhshabí
(d. 751/1350-1), author of the Silku's-Sulúk (see D. 21, No. 8, p. 41 supra) and several
other works. As the title indicates, it is a description, in belletristic and poetical
style, of forty parts of the human body, arranged under forty námús. See Rieu,
B.M.P.C., vol. 11, p. 740, and Ivanow, A.S.B.P.C., No. 335. The author says (f. 13): و هر جزورا كه درين مجموعه ذکر کرده آمد از بسکه آن جزو در محل خويش بمنزله كل بود
این مجموعه را جزئیات و كليات نام نهاده آمد... و این مجموعه را که لقب ناموس اكبر زیبد بر
چهل ناموس ترتیب کرده آمد Begins: تحمید حمد احدى كه قل هو الله احد الله الصمدTable of Contents (ff. 13-14). The poem which concludes the work (ff. 276b-
279b) is incomplete. Ff. 280-458 are occupied by an extensive collection of moral and religious
sayings in prose and verse, anecdotes, homilies, etc., on which the copyist has
bestowed the title (f. 280). The compiler, who
describes himself (f. 281) as Háfiz Muhammad Sa'id ibn Háfiz Karami'lláh ibn
Háfiz Sultán Muhammad ibn Háfiz Ayni'd-Din, composed the present work in Dhu'l-Qa'da of the thirty-fourth year of Aurangzeb
A.H. 1102/July, A.D. 1691, at Islámábád (Mathurá).[The author gives a chronogram for the date of his work on f. 283.] Begins: حمدی که حضرت آفریدگار را سزد جل جلاله It comprises a preface and five chapters, of which the contents are as follows: مقدمه در بیان شمه از حقیقت و کیفیت آدمیزاد و وضع اهل زمانه، (219 ) باب اول در اجناس فضایل انسان که مکارم اخلاق عبارت از آنست (335) (f)
باب دویم در تهدید اهل جرم و خطا و لطایف و نکته دل بر کرم خداوند فضل و عطا (1.345)
باب سیوم در بیان دوست و دشمن و مناسب آن (361) باب چهارم در تدبیرات امور و مواعظ حکما و فواید سکوت و کم گفتن (372)
باب پنجم در کلمات و نکات و لطایف متفرقه و كلام سعادت انجام ختم خلافت امیر المومنين
حضرت مرتضی علی رضی الله تعالى عنه وكرّم الله وجهه (4129 .f) This work, like the preceding one, is incomplete at the end, and there is no
colophon. Ff. 458 of 21 x 11'5 c. and 15 ll. Poor Indian ta'liq with rubrications. The
fly-leaf bears the signature of Standish O'Grady by whom the MS. was presented to Professor Browne.
1. ff. 1-280a
Title: Chihil nāmūs
Title: Nāmūs-i akbar
Title: Juzʼīyāt va-kullīyāt
Title: چهل ناموس
Title: ناموس اكبر
Title: جزئيات وكليات
Language(s): Persian
2. ff. 280b-458b
Title: Muntakhab-i Saʻīdī
Title: منتخب سعيدی
Title: An extensice collection of moral and religios sayings in prose and verse, anecdotes and homilies
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 458
Dimensions: 21 × 11.5 cm.
Layout
15 lines
Hand(s)
Poor Indian ta'liq with rubrications
History
Origin: undated
Provenance and Acquisition
The fly-leaf bears the signature of Standish O'Grady (1846-1928) by whom the MS. was presented to Professor Browne.
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
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.
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