E. 1 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: كتاب تاريخ الباطنية للغزالي. A transcript of the unique British Museum Arabic MS. OR. 7782 Acquired in November, 1912.1 containing
al-Ghazálí's refutation of the Báțini or Ismá'ílí heresy, made for me by an Indian
copyist named Ismá'íl 'Alí in 1913. Photographs of the original were afterwards
taken at the instance of the late Mr H. F. Amedroz and sent to the late Professor
Ignaz Goldziher of Budapest In January, 1914., who subsequently published an admirable account of
this important and interesting work entitled Streitschrift des Gasali gegen die
Batinijja-Sekte (No. 3 of the De Goeje-Stiftung, E. J. Brill, Leyden, 1916).
The existence of this masterly monograph (which includes 80 pp. of selected
passages from the Arabic text) renders any further account of the work super-
fluous. My transcript is written in a large naskh, which, like the original, is almost
entirely devoid of diacritical points, the copyist having been instructed to transcribe
the original as exactly as possible, without seeking to improve it. It comprises
252 ff. of 22'5 x 17 c. and about 21 lines, and appears to have been completed in
December, 1912, although not delivered until the following year.
al-Ghazálí's refutation of the Báțini or Ismá'ílí heresy, made for me by an Indian
copyist named Ismá'íl 'Alí in 1913. Photographs of the original were afterwards
taken at the instance of the late Mr H. F. Amedroz and sent to the late Professor
Ignaz Goldziher of Budapest In January, 1914., who subsequently published an admirable account of
this important and interesting work entitled Streitschrift des Gasali gegen die
Batinijja-Sekte (No. 3 of the De Goeje-Stiftung, E. J. Brill, Leyden, 1916).
The existence of this masterly monograph (which includes 80 pp. of selected
passages from the Arabic text) renders any further account of the work super-
fluous. My transcript is written in a large naskh, which, like the original, is almost
entirely devoid of diacritical points, the copyist having been instructed to transcribe
the original as exactly as possible, without seeking to improve it. It comprises
252 ff. of 22'5 x 17 c. and about 21 lines, and appears to have been completed in
December, 1912, although not delivered until the following year.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 252
Dimensions: 22.5 × 17 cm.
Layout
21 lines
Hand(s)
large naskh, almost entirely devoid of diacritical points
The transcript was made by an Indian copyist named Ismá'íl 'Alí in 1913.
History
Origin: 1331 AH; 1913 CE
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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