E. 2 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: حقيقة حق اليقين في معرفة سر الاسرار A collection of Nuşayri tracts and prayers, written in a large, clear, modern
naskh, fully but often incorrectly pointed, without date or colophon, and com-
prising 222 ff. of 18×12'5 c. and 10 ll. This MS. was presented to me in July,
1895, by the late Mírzá Áqá Khán of Kirmán, then resident at Constantinople,
who described it as a book of the Druzes of the Lebanon, "who," he adds, "keep
their religion very secret." Having consulted M. René Dussaud's Histoire et
Religion des Nosairis (Paris, 1900), I am disposed to assign it to that sect rather
than to the Druzes. There are numerous blank leaves throughout the MS. which
do not, however, interrupt the continuity of the text, as shown by the catch-words.
The only general title of the book occurs on f. 1 as follows: كتاب مجموع حقيقة حق اليقين فى معرفة سرّ الأسرار مولانا على امير المؤمنين، Glorification of 'Ali is mingled with reprobation of the first two Caliphs: this
on f. 44 occurs a passage entitled: خبر ضلال و وبال یعنی ابو بکر و عمر لعنهم الله تعالى A brief account of the twelve Imáms occupies ff. 199-203. The Arabic is
throughout the volume very incorrect.
naskh, fully but often incorrectly pointed, without date or colophon, and com-
prising 222 ff. of 18×12'5 c. and 10 ll. This MS. was presented to me in July,
1895, by the late Mírzá Áqá Khán of Kirmán, then resident at Constantinople,
who described it as a book of the Druzes of the Lebanon, "who," he adds, "keep
their religion very secret." Having consulted M. René Dussaud's Histoire et
Religion des Nosairis (Paris, 1900), I am disposed to assign it to that sect rather
than to the Druzes. There are numerous blank leaves throughout the MS. which
do not, however, interrupt the continuity of the text, as shown by the catch-words.
The only general title of the book occurs on f. 1 as follows: كتاب مجموع حقيقة حق اليقين فى معرفة سرّ الأسرار مولانا على امير المؤمنين، Glorification of 'Ali is mingled with reprobation of the first two Caliphs: this
on f. 44 occurs a passage entitled: خبر ضلال و وبال یعنی ابو بکر و عمر لعنهم الله تعالى A brief account of the twelve Imáms occupies ff. 199-203. The Arabic is
throughout the volume very incorrect.
Language(s): Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 222
Dimensions: 18 × 12.5 cm.
Layout
10 lines
Hand(s)
A large, clear, modern naskh, fully but often incorrectly pointed
History
Origin: undated
Provenance and Acquisition
This MS. was presented to me in July, 1895, by the late Mírzá Áqá Khán of Kirmán
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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