Y. 4 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: كتاب الفرايد والقلايد شرح الحروف الجامع بين العارف والمعروف وغيره The contents of this volume, which is written by different hands, are as follows: 1. (ff. 1-36.) Kitábu l-Fard id wa'l-Qala id, an Arabic work on ethics and belles-lettres by Abu'l-Husayn Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Ahwazi (4th cent. A.H.). See Brockelmann, Gesch. d. Arab. Litt., vol. I, p. 96; Dozy, Leiden Cat., vol. I, p. 194, and vol. IV, p. 197; Flügel, Vienna Cat., vol. III, p. 269. In some copies it is falsely ascribed to Tha'álibi or to Qábús ibn Washmgír. The titles of the eight chapters into which it is divided are given on f. 4 as in the Vienna Catalogue. Begins: الحمد لله العلى الكبير القوى القدير Clear pointed nakh, 15 ll to the page. According to the colophon (f. 36) the date of transcription was A.H. 461, but the words have been supplied by a later hand. 2. (ff. 37-38) A number of sayings attributed to the Prophet, 'Alí, and others 3 (ff. 38-57) Sharl-Huráf al-jáni bayna'l Arif al-Ma'ruf, a treatise in Arabic on the mystical significance of the Letters of the Alphabet, by Ibrahim ibn Muhammad at-Tá'úsí of Qazwin. The present MS., which appears to be unique, is an autograph and is dated 658/126 C. Small, neat, and closely written ta'liq, 28 ll. to the page. Begins الحمد لله الذي تحير من وجدان ريح نفسه المتحيرون 4. (ff. 58-71.) A devotional tract written in Persian but consisting almost entirely of Arabic prayers. Begins: الحمد لله ربّ العالمين والعاقبة للمتقين ... معين و مبین است بنزد ارباب بصیرت و اصحاب حقيقت كه حق جل ذكره انسان را که خلاصه و زبده موجودانست الخ Ff. 71 of 17 x 12,5c. One of forty-seven MSS. bought of Hajji 'Abdu'l-Majid Belshah in January, 1920.
3. ff. 38b-57a
Language(s): Arabic
4. ff. 58b-71a
Language(s): Persian, Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 71
Dimensions: 7 × 12.5 cm.
Layout
Clear pointed naskh, 15 lines
Small, neat, and closely written ta'liq, 28 lines
Hand(s)
Clear pointed naskh, and small, neat, and closely written ta'liq
History
Origin: 0461 AH; 1068 CE 685 AH; 1260 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
One of forty-seven MSS. bought of Hajji 'Abdu'l-Majid Belshah in January, 1920.
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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