D. 11 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: زبدة الحقايق لعين القضاة الهمداني The Zaldatu'l-Jagdig ("Cream of Verities") of 'Aynu'l-Qudát al-Hamadani
(d. 525/1131 or 533/1138/9), concerning whom see Rieu's Persian Catalogue,
pp. 411-412 and references there given [This is the same work as that described by Ethé, I. O. Persian Catalogue, col. 980, No. 1793
under the title Tamhidat-i 'Ain-alkudat; see also his Bodleian Persian Catalogue, No. 1247.]. This work, written in Persian with
numerous Arabic citations (written in red) from the Qur'an and Traditions, appears
to be addressed to neophytes in the Súfi doctrine, and to have no division into
chapters. It begins after the usual brief doxology: اره ... تمهید اصل اوّل بدانکه در حق صورت بینان و ظاهر جویان با مصطفی صلعم خطاب باین
آمد كه وتريم ينظرُونَ إِليكَ وهم لا يبصرون ای عزیز میگویم مگر این آیت در قرآن نخوانده یا
ندیده که قد جاءَكُمْ مِنَ اللهِ نُورٌ وكِتاب مبین محمد را نور میخواند و قرآن که کلام خدای است نور میخواند كه فَاتَّبِعُوا النُّورَ الَّذِى أُنْزِلَ مَعَهُ تو از قرآن حروف سیاه بینی بر کاغذ سفید
كاغذ و مداد و سطرها نور نیست پس القرآن كلام الله غير مخلوق کدامست
پس Ff. 148 of 20'9 x 14'5 c. and 15 ll.; large, clear naskh, the Arabic sentences
written in red and fully pointed, the Persian also fully pointed for the first few
pages. The scribe's name is not given, but his work was finished in the middle of
Rabi 1, 999/February, 1591. The MS. was bought for 3 from Naaman on
May 7, 1903.
(d. 525/1131 or 533/1138/9), concerning whom see Rieu's Persian Catalogue,
pp. 411-412 and references there given [This is the same work as that described by Ethé, I. O. Persian Catalogue, col. 980, No. 1793
under the title Tamhidat-i 'Ain-alkudat; see also his Bodleian Persian Catalogue, No. 1247.]. This work, written in Persian with
numerous Arabic citations (written in red) from the Qur'an and Traditions, appears
to be addressed to neophytes in the Súfi doctrine, and to have no division into
chapters. It begins after the usual brief doxology: اره ... تمهید اصل اوّل بدانکه در حق صورت بینان و ظاهر جویان با مصطفی صلعم خطاب باین
آمد كه وتريم ينظرُونَ إِليكَ وهم لا يبصرون ای عزیز میگویم مگر این آیت در قرآن نخوانده یا
ندیده که قد جاءَكُمْ مِنَ اللهِ نُورٌ وكِتاب مبین محمد را نور میخواند و قرآن که کلام خدای است نور میخواند كه فَاتَّبِعُوا النُّورَ الَّذِى أُنْزِلَ مَعَهُ تو از قرآن حروف سیاه بینی بر کاغذ سفید
كاغذ و مداد و سطرها نور نیست پس القرآن كلام الله غير مخلوق کدامست
پس Ff. 148 of 20'9 x 14'5 c. and 15 ll.; large, clear naskh, the Arabic sentences
written in red and fully pointed, the Persian also fully pointed for the first few
pages. The scribe's name is not given, but his work was finished in the middle of
Rabi 1, 999/February, 1591. The MS. was bought for 3 from Naaman on
May 7, 1903.
Language(s): Persian with numerous Arabic quotations
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 148
Dimensions: 20.9 × 14.5 cm.
Layout
15 lines
Hand(s)
large, clear naskh, the Arabic sentences written in red and fully pointed, the Persian also fully pointed for the first few pages
History
Origin: 999 AH; 1591 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
The MS. was bought for 3 from Naaman on May 7, 1903.
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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