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Summary of Contents: A Miscellany of Arabic and Persian extracts on biographical, historical, religious, and literary subjects. Contents: 1. (f. 2-9) Munazaratu Rukunid-Dawla ma'a's-Saduq, a polemical Shi'ite tract in the form of a debate which is reported to have been held at the court of Ruknu'd-Dawla the Buwayhid (320-366/932-976). Begins: قال الملك أيها الشيخ العالم اختلف الحاضرون في القوم الذين تطعن عليهم الشيعة 2. (f. 10) Definitions of Love by 'Abdu'lláh ibn Táhir, Hammád ar-Ráwiya, and Mu'ádh ibn Jabal. 3. (ff. 11-13) Extracts from the Kitábu'l-Anis wal-Jalis. These include part of the celebrated qasida by 'Abid ibnu'l-Abras, (No. I in Lyall's edition) with an Arabic commentary. 4. (ff. 14-32) Various Arabic extracts and anecdotes, most of which display a strong Shi'ite bias, including: (a) Story of a Shaykh of Kúfa who reviled the Umayyads and their ancestors in the presence of the Caliph Hishám ibn 'Abdi'l-Malik (f. 14). (b) Story of the poet Abu'l-Hasan Nasru'lláh ibn Unayn (see Brockelmann, Gesch. d. Arab. Litt., vol. 1, p. 318) and the ode which he addressed to al-Maliku 1-'Aziz, the brother of Saladin (f. 17). (c) Letter written by Muhyi'd-Din Ibnu'l-'Arabi to Fakhru'd-Din ar-Rází, beginning (f. 20): اما بعد فانا نحمد الله الذى لا اله الا هو ونصلى على نبيه وحبيبه 5. (f. 33-45) Selected passages from a work in praise of the Ahlul-Bayt, by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Makí, entitled Duraru's-Simt fi akhbari's-Sibt, beginning: فصل، رحمة الله وبركاته عليكم اهل البيت فروع النبوة والرسالة 6. (ff. 47-51) Chronological and genealogical tables, written in Persian, beginning with the pre-Islamic kings and ending with the Safawis and Ottoman Sultáns. The latest date mentioned is the accession of Sháh Tahmásp II in 1135/1722-3 on f. 50. 7. (ff. 51-104.) A complete table, preceded by a chronological summary, also written in Persian, of the chief historical events from the Fall of Adam to the Hijra (6216 years after Adam), and of the ta'rikh-i-Hijri from A.H. 1-1066/ A.D. 622-1655, where it breaks off with catch-words. Ff. 104 of 27,1 x 17,5 c. The first forty-six folios are written in good naskh. No. 72 of eighty-four MSS. of the Belshah collection divided at the British Museum on Nov. 12, 1920.3. ff. 11a-13aTitle: Kitāb al-anīs wa-al-jalīsTitle: كتاب الانيس والجليسTitle: Extracts from the workLanguage(s): Arabic6. ff. 20a-32bLanguage(s): ArabicPhysical Description
Form: codexSupport: PaperExtent: Ff. 104Dimensions: 27.1 × 17.5 cm.Layout
number of lines varies
Hand(s)
Naskh script
History
Origin: undatedProvenance and Acquisition
Number 72 of eighty-four MSS. of the Belshah collection divided at the British Museum on Nov. 12, 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.Availability
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