B. 9 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: التنبيهات العلية على وظائف الصلوة القلبية (1)
مصباح الشريعة ومفتاح الحقيقة (1) At-Tanbhati l'aliyya 'ala Wazaifi's-Saláti'l-qalbiyya, a treatise on silent or inward Prayer, by Zaynu'd-Din ibn 'Ali ibn Ahmad ash-Shámi al-'Amili, who wrote it in 951/1544. See Brockelmann, vol. II, p. 325. This occupies ff. 1b-24b of the MS., and is followed by (2) Misbahush-Shari'at wa-Miftahul-Haqiqat, a treatise ascribed to the Imam
Ja'far as-Sadiq and comprising one hundred chapters. It begins: الحمد لله الذي نور قلوب العارفين بذكره وقدس ارواحهم بسره الخ occupies ff. 25-44, and is dated 23 Sha'bán, 1246/Feb. 6, 1831. Ff. 44-46 are occupied by a short treatise, partly in Arabic and partly in Persian, by Mulla Muhsin-i-Fayd of Kashan. The MS. comprises 46 ff. of 21'2 x 14'8 c. and 27 ll. written in small clear naskh
with rubrications, but the Persian on ff. 44b-46a in small neat nim-shikasta. Dated
on f. 44a 23 Sha'bán, 1246/Feb. 6, 1831. One of the Belshah MSS. obtained on
Nov. 12, 1920.
مصباح الشريعة ومفتاح الحقيقة (1) At-Tanbhati l'aliyya 'ala Wazaifi's-Saláti'l-qalbiyya, a treatise on silent or inward Prayer, by Zaynu'd-Din ibn 'Ali ibn Ahmad ash-Shámi al-'Amili, who wrote it in 951/1544. See Brockelmann, vol. II, p. 325. This occupies ff. 1b-24b of the MS., and is followed by (2) Misbahush-Shari'at wa-Miftahul-Haqiqat, a treatise ascribed to the Imam
Ja'far as-Sadiq and comprising one hundred chapters. It begins: الحمد لله الذي نور قلوب العارفين بذكره وقدس ارواحهم بسره الخ occupies ff. 25-44, and is dated 23 Sha'bán, 1246/Feb. 6, 1831. Ff. 44-46 are occupied by a short treatise, partly in Arabic and partly in Persian, by Mulla Muhsin-i-Fayd of Kashan. The MS. comprises 46 ff. of 21'2 x 14'8 c. and 27 ll. written in small clear naskh
with rubrications, but the Persian on ff. 44b-46a in small neat nim-shikasta. Dated
on f. 44a 23 Sha'bán, 1246/Feb. 6, 1831. One of the Belshah MSS. obtained on
Nov. 12, 1920.
1. ff. 1b-24b
Language(s): Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 46
Dimensions: 21.2 × 14.8 cm.
Layout
27 lines
Hand(s)
Written in small clear naskh with rubrications; the Persian in small neat nim-shikasta.
History
Origin: 1246 AH; 1831 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
One of the Belshah MSS. obtained 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.
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