D. 19 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: من تأليف افضل الدين الكاشاني This MS., obtained at the fourth partition of the Belshah MSS. on Nov. 12, 1920, comprises ff. 238 of 24.2 × 14 C. and 15 ll., and is for the most part written in a large, clear naskh with rubrications, though some portions are written in ta'liq. It was transcribed in 1161-2/1748-9 by one Muḥammad ibn Muhammad 'Álim for the Nawwab Mirza Safawi Khán, and contains the following writings of Bábá Afdalu'd-Din of Káshán (d. 707/1307-8): (1) A short account of the author in Persian, followed by a selection of his poems, especially his quatrains (ff. 1b-12a). (2) The Minhaju'l-Mubin ("Clear Way") on Logic, in Arabic (ff. 13a-75b) (3) Persian translation of the above (ff. 76a-140b). (4) The Madáriju'l-Kamál ("Grades of Perfection"), in Arabic (ff. 142a-172a) (5) Persian translation of the same (ff. 176b-216a). (6) Mabadt-i. Ussil in Persian (ff. 216b-225b) (7) Khujista Andars ("Fortunate Counsel "), in Persian (ff. 226a-229a). (8) Another short tract by Bábá Afdal in Persian (ff. 229b-230a). (9) and (10). Two more short tracts in Persian (ff. 230b and 231a). (11) Dafu Makhafati'l-Mawt ("Repelling the Fear of Death"), in Arabic (ff. 231b-235a). (12) Persian letter to a friend (ff. 236a-237b See Rieu's Persian Catalogue, pp. 829-831, and 739 for the quatrains. Of the above-mentioned works only the Persian Madáriju'l-Kamál is mentioned. In the brief biography now prefixed to the volume (for, as the numbering of the leaves, 236-248, shows, it originally came at the end) Bábá Afdal is said to have died at a village near Káshán in Rajab, 666/March-April, 1268, where his tomb is still an object of veneration.
1. ff. 1b-12a
Language(s): Persian
3. ff. 76a-140b
Title: Minhāj al-mubīn
Title: منهاج المبين
Language(s): Persian
References
Persian translation of the Arabic work
5. ff. 176b-216a
Title: Madārij al-kamāl
Title: مدارج الكمال
Language(s): Persian
References
Persian translation of this work
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 238
Dimensions: 24.2 × 14 cm.
Layout
15 lines
Hand(s)
Naskh with rubrications; some portions in ta'liq.
It was transcribed in 1161-2/1748-9 by one Muḥammad ibn Muhammad 'Álim.
History
Origin: 1161-62 AH; 1748-49 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
This MS., obtained at the fourth partition of the Belshah MSS. on Nov. 12, 1920
Originally transcribed in 1161-2/1748-9 for the Nawwab Mirza Safawi Khán
Bought by E.G. Browne from Majid Belshah in 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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