M Y S T I C I S M ^ I

(+) Katzzu'/-'Áskiqín (ff.630-9oo) by Shaykh Muhyi'd-Dín ar-Tdsí, who diedin Halab in 83olt4z6-7 (see Rieu's Persian Catalogue, p. ro78'). The presenrwork, of which another copy is described by lvanow, A. S. B. Persian Caralogue,No. r238, consists of ten Maltí l is, uiz.:

.:.rea 3!(r Jr (F) .:ctii: ó-* É^6>;J, (f) iltit-.r-;: tÉ1.,) (f) c^!.a , Lil,.e J) (l)

J)L- *5 J) (^) ar++ g*[aái )) (v) a;t-6s rt9b. ), (l) LrUt.l*. órL rJ (o) ,*5 ii.i.i 9

,.bt S e9t*r )) (l . ) UL-l -9 J.rr J, (i ) ,Jí .:foàt 9The author states that he was a descendant of the Imám (AbÉ $ámid

N'Íuhammad) al-Ghazálí and that he derived the materials for this treatise from the'[kyd,the Kímiltti-i Sa'át{at, and other writings of his famous ancestor. Transcribedin roog/r6oo-r at Band SÍrat by Abd Mulrammad b. Fath.

(S) Ristíla-i Clxillil ll'Iajlis (ff. 9ob-r r tb), an interesting and valuable collectionof forty discourses on mystical subjects by Shaykh Ruknu'cl-Dín 'Alá'u'd-Dawla ofSimnán (d, 7361t335-6), compiled by Iqbál b. Sábiq al-Sij istání.

(ó) Exhortations and counsels addressed by the Prophet to 'Alí b. Abí Tálib( f f . r r rb - r r3b ) .

(7) Jazaakiru'tlo-Tloaneína (tr. rr3b-r24"), a compilation of sayings and dis-courses on $rifism by the Chishtí Shaykh 'Alí b. 'Abdi'1-Malik b. Qádíkhánal-Muttaqí (see Rieu, Persian Catalogue, p.356), who died in 975lt567*8. Theauthor says that after he had compiled a work in Arabic entitled Jazadmi'u'l-I{ilatn1í'l-Maud'iz zua:/-.UiÉam,it occurred to him to write a work of the same kind inPersian for the benefit of all and sundry, comprising citations from the sayings ofShaykh'Abdu'Iláh al-Ansárí, the Mir'ótw'/-'Árifín of Prince Mas'ríd-i Bak (seeRieu, Persian Catalogue, p. 632), the Nuzkata'l-Arwtíla, etc., and to this he gave thetitle o{ Jazudlaira'tk-Thamína (" The Precious Jewels "). It is arranged according tothe alphabetical order of the subjects of which it treats : thus the first group ofsections deals with g,oj*|, rt*it, r-.rt,a;l ; the second group with -ytt J;,'l, vt;J9l h,and so on. The transcription of this copy was completed oà Jumádà rr, roog/9 December, 16oo. Another copy of the same work is described by lvanow,A. S. B. Persian Catalogue, No. r254, under the title of Jawtími'u'/-Ki/am.

(8) Si/É.u's-SwlríÈ (tr. tz4b-t530),a treatise on the progress of the Srifí towardsunion with God, by piyá (Diyá'u'd-Dín) an-Nakhshabí, who died in 75rf t35o-r.See Rieu, Persian Catalogue, p. 4r; Ethé, I. O. Persian Catalogue, Nos. 1838-9;Ivanow, A. S. B. Persian Catalogue, Nos. r2oo-3. The work is divided into 15rsilÉ (" bead-strings ") and begins with the explanation of a number of technicalterms (istïltÍptít).

(g) Nuzhatu'l-Arzud.fr. (ff r 54b-r 7 3'), a. well-known treatise on rhe same subjectas the preceding work, by f,Iusayn b. 'Alim b. 'Alí b. Abi'l-Hasan al-$usayní,generally known as Fakhru's-Sádát (see Rieu, Persian Catalogue, p. 4o), whod ied i n 718 l t3 r8 -9 .

N . C , [ Í .

C A I ' A L O G U E O F \ ' i A N U S C R I P T S

(ro) Fó/-; neanqilna (f.

omens. 'A1í b. Abí Tál ib

are given.Begins :

,allc a2 ol-1 9t g99^' r"3t1 aS ',otlÈ 95 ot^i, i3a,i.o9Jl .,;1ol

(r t ) Tu,o Arabic invocations (f. 17 4^). The first, which is said to be uttered byIlyás and Khidr when they take leave of each other after their meeting at 'Arafát

on the day of 'Arafa, is introduced by a list of the blessings which it brings and themisfortunes which it averts.

(rr) TafA'ul-i'atsa \f.. r74b),rules for taking omens from sternutation on eachday of the week accorcling to the quarter of the horizon whence the sneeze is heard.

(r;) Lazutími'(f f . r75b-r8rb), a Persian commentary by 'Abdu'r-Rahmán Jámi

on certain verses of the ,Kkarnriyya ("Wine Ode") of lbnu'l-Fárid. See Rieu,Persian Catalogue, p. 8o8.

(t+) Qasídas and ghazals by al-Murtadà al-MaghfÉr Amír-i Hájj (tr rSzb-r93b).I am unable to identify the author. Many of the poems are in praise of 'Alí b. Abj

Tá1ib.Begins i _

OtJi , .i# rjl -,i., el^ii ,1!re '.rÁi

Csb ;nl )\31 )b 2ti ;taj

(tS) Munsha'rÍt of Mírzá Mulrammad Ridá'í (l), a collection of letters in ornatestyle (ff. r95b*zo9b).

Begins t u)trrl fu vKa1.,,ci.i ilJ ,-a1ls4 l;,3 ab osar-.i.i .-,.,, 11

Ff. zro of z6x I5'5 c. and, for the most part, 35 11. running obliquely acrossthe page. The bulk of the volume is written in small nasta'líg. Ff. rz-r53 ar€numbered v I f -o ï,r and must originally have formed part of a much larger volume,The margins are damaged in places but have been carefully repaired.

D. zz (7).

..óe*oJl ;- il>\-tJl -"L- éi AlL)A Persian treatise, consisting of a Mugaddama and three (Fsill, on the three

grades of the mystical life by Khwája Sá'inu'd-Dín 'A1í Tarika (Turka) al-Isfahání,who died in835lr4r-2. The f irst grade, described as the Way of the Akkydt' , is'iótídat, culminating in'i/mu'/-yat7ín; the second, uiz. the \\ray of the Aórór, ís'ubiltliyyat, culminating in 'a1tnu'/-yagín; and the third, aiz. the Way of theIl{w{zaggiydn and StÍóigán, which is left without a name in this MS., culminates inleaggw'l-yagín. See Rieu, Persian Catalogue, pp.42,774,833, where other worksby the author are mentioned.

Ff. r5 of t7'7 x ro'2 c. and 15 l l . Small neatnasÈh. No colophon or date.

Í74"), a poem of twenty-six verses in the lrazaj metre onis quoted as authoritv for the rules and directions which

T H E O L D E R H t r R E T I C A L S E C T S

E . T H E O L D E R H E R E T i C A L S E C T S .

(ISMÁ.ÍLÍS, NUSAYRÍS, DRUZES, AND HURUFÍS.)

E. r ( t o ) .

1 . l t - . , l r n r 1 1'=lFI a--;J'il\ 7t-l.a; 9L:)t-

A transcript of the unique British Museum Arabic MS. OR. 7782r containingal-GhazáLi's refutation of the Báginí or Ismá'ílí heresy, made for me by an Indiancopyist named Ismá'í l 'A1í in r9r3. Photographs of the original were afterwardstaken at the instance of the late Mr H. F. Amedroz and sent to the late ProfessorIgnaz Goldziher of Budapest2, who subsequently published an admirable account ofthis inrportant and interesting work entítled Streitsckrift des Gazalz gegen dieBatinyla-SeÉte (No.3 of the De Goeje-sti f tung, E. J. Bri l l , Leyden, 1916).The existence of this masterly monograph (which includes 8o pp. of selectedpassages from the Arabic text) renders any further account of the rvork super-fluous.

My rranscript is written in a large nasÈh, which, like the original, is almost

entirely devoid of diacritical points, the copyist having been instructed to transcribe

the original as exactiy as possible, without seeking to improve it. It comprisesz5z ff. of zz'5x rZ c. and about zr l ines, and appears to have been completed inl)ecember, rgr2, aithough not delivered until the following year.

E. z (s).

t \ l t . . - t t - ' . - . . . .')l,-Jl

,rl Aàtz-s el ufFJl .,ii> á-or-4.-à

A collection of Nusayrí tracts and prayers, written in a large, clear, modernnasÉh, fully but often incorrectly pointed, without date or colophon, and com-prising zzz ff. of 18xÍ2'5. c. and ro 11. This MS. was presented to me in July,1895, by the late Mírzá Aqá Khán of Kirmán, then resident at Constantinople,who described it as a book of the Druzes of the Lebanon, " who," he adds, " keeptheir religion very secret." Having consulted M. René f)ussaud's Ííistoire etReligion des Nosairis (Paris, rgoo), I arn disposed to assign it to that sect ratherthan to the Druzes. There aÍe numerous blank leaves throughout the MS. whichdo not, however, interrupt the continuity of the text, as shown by the catch-words.The only general title of the book occurs on f. rb as follows:

'd.,^:,oi+Jlro.l .J" U)r.,;!.r-!f ï Uf. .y' go+Jr ri- ai;-

6r++.o .r,tl5

4 3

1 Acquired in November, rgr2. ? In Januaryt Í9r4.

6-z

4 4 C A T A L O G U E O F N T A N U S C R I P T S

Glorification of 'A1í is mingled with reprobation of the first rwo Caliphs: rhuson f. 44b occuÍs a passage entitled :

.|Jjiri d.ï,1 -,r-S :e s ,& yl !j^q Jtlg : J}; ro-A brief account of the trvelve Imáms occupies tr. r99b-zo3b. The Arabic isthroughout the volume very incorrect.

HURUFÍ BOOKS.

[The remaining NtSS. in this class represent the literature of the flurófí sect,of which a general account will be found on pp. 365-325 and 4q9-452 of myPersian Literature under Tartar Dominion. Eleven of these N'{SS. have beenalready described in a paper entitled Furt/ter Notes ote t/re Literattn.e of t/tef{urilfís and tkeir conneclion with the BeÉtAs/rl Order of Deruishes which Ipublished in the Joot'rnal of llte Royal Asiaíic Society for July, r9o7 (vol. xxxrx,pp. 533-58I). This paper was supplementary to an art icle published in the sameperiodical for r898 (vol. xxx, pp. 6r-q+) and entitled Sonae Notes on t/te Líleratureand Doctrínes of tlte f{urzlfí Sect. In what follows I shall refer ro rhe latter asSonze Noles and to the former as Fon'ther Notes. Of the last-named there is atirage-à-part inwhich the pages are numbered r-49, instead of 533-5gr as in thecomplete volume, and references to both systems of pagination will be given whenit is cited.l

E. s 0).This is the MS. " ( t4) 4 .4r " descr ibed on pp. 19 (55 t ) -zz (ss+) of Fwrt lzer

Notes, being one of five bought in Constantinople in May, r9or, at the sale of theeffects of a Bektáshí dervish. It comprises zo5 ff. of r5.5 x ro.5 c. ancl 13l l . andis written in a neat nasla'líq of the sixteenth Christian century. It contains r7tracts in verse and prose, of which the most important is the Khwtóatril-Baydn(ff. z6b-r8r') in Turkish, the colophon of which is dated qg;i r 575_.6.

E. q (r).This MS., bought with the last in May, r9or, is that described on pp. 22_23

(ss+-s55) of Fwrtker Notes under the heading ,,(r 5) A,42." It comprisË. ss r. orr7 '4x r2'r c. and 13 11., and is wri t ten in a neat, modern Turkish r ig,a ( the dater5 Jumádà r , t z8z f6 oc t . r865, occurs in a co lophon on f . 7gb) . I t con ta ins seventracts, of which the chief are the ÁÉlírat-ndma of Fir ishta-zácla ( f f .80-rq' , ) , andthe I{itdó-i-Nuqtati'/-BaytÍn of Shaykh -záda (ff. r 9b-7gb).

E. s (7).This is the MS. "(16) A. {J" described on pp. z3-26 (sss-ssg) of lTwrther

Notes. It was one of seven (originally marked w. rr3 and w. rz4*129) bought of

T H E O L D E R H E R t r T I C A L S E C T S + . i

J . J . Naaman in September , r9or , compr ises r 34 f f . o f r7 'sx r2 .2 c . anc l r7 11 . , an . lis written in a small, neat Turkish riq'a, undated. Its chief contents are theBis/atírat-ndrua o{ Rafí'í (ff. rr'-54"), the,Hidóyat-ndma of Firishta-záda (fr, g9b-t Izb), the Gani-ndma of Rafí'í (ff. rr5b*rzo'), and finally tl-re Slza/rriytít-ttrÍtrta ofPanáhí ( f f . rz rb - r3 r " ) , composed in 86o/ r456.

E. 6 (6) .

This MS., origínally marked w. rz6, was bought with E. 5 in September, r9or,but is omitted in .Furtlaer Noíes. It comprises r2o ff. of r4.7 x ro.4 c. and 17 ll.,and is written in a small, legible ta'/íq. It contains two treatises in Turkish, thefirst (ff. rb-zo') imperfect at the end, the second (ff. zt-rzo") at the beginning,both without t i t le or indication of aurhorship. The f irst begins:

€tJ.J J 3)Lj ) gr;i"o i*.ï .-$l í-; aí5$+Jt J-rL+ ,-r\to.)teo.:,t ,.bto r.Jijr 4ï, rs*Jl

6t1; 9 3)}.3 9 g5da a5 a$)\a i*.r-l Lr^'l ,J$ ,é3 j.b ,,fe 4ï,1 gl ,ti; t óIi,l d ;u.,jq

"É; t-a ófJl .5.i qh '";".iq;ril; "+ir^ ' g 0*:r*6 i;r. n-S sts.)l iof, ,.^iotJt e5l,

32r 9 g9l gJt él 1.5&t rFi ,,r!l e 3 3 .r i*X aê gsabgiu* j91r 1.ri;t.:,-5 a-b

att ;,*.JS 4.lql4Àii r-i;r ir-;)

The occurrence of the characteristic HurÍfí symbols for the numbers z8 and 32,and the citations from HurÉfí poems like the 'Ars/a-nd.ma-i-I/ákí prove that rhesecond (acephalous) tract emanates from the professors of that doctrine.

8 . 7 0 ) .This MS., which was given ro me at Constantinople by Dr Ridá Tawfiq in

Apr i l , r9o8, compr ises 277 pp. o f rs '7xro '8 c . and r5 l l . , is wr i ten in a very poorta ' / íg , dated (on p. r86) the middle of Sha'bán, r r33/June, 172r , and conta ins rwoPersian fiurófí poems, rhe Qiyd.mat-ndrna (pp. r-186) and the Tawhíd-ndma(pp. r-8+), both by Fadlu'lláh's Khalífa a/-,A/í a/-A,/d.. The first begins:

:Uf ,rb i.Ua.to;,ol.1 'ggrte 9t9l aê *.l:b ,ai,l

J_à_j I "ii_;._-

,;t;í't#gi r.Jr++ I,ri' J"Li;l ,reoi*A ri- ol,l *Jt-.b s3l

The second beg ins , -_ - ' _ , . ")to)l .sb a,otj4r9j

'tÀJlr-l \J.itg ;(l 9 J+r ,t-.9t_5 l*o+ ;r .,-_+ll rf+

')t+- 9l 'l,p -alg 4{.À)? ,i94 ab t & J i.,r,..c ot.i;t.r

46 C A T A L O G U E O F À , [ A N U S C R I P ' f S

E.z ' , (8) .A copy of the above-mentioned Qiytímaí-ntínza labelled with the title of the

book and name of the author as above in the Arabic character, under rvhich iswritten in English " adequately copied from an old Manuscript by Dr Riza." Onthe other cover the book is label led in Engl ish, " Quorar ions (3rd Book) onOntological Quest ions." The book is an ordinary n6g"-6ook of 20'2x r6'6 c. andI8 11., of rvhich 6z leaves (about half the book) are wri t ten on, but on one sideonly, so far as the poem is concerned, the opposite page being reserved for notesand comments, which, however, have only been supplied in a fcw cases (eg. onp. 57u). Shorter notes in Turkish are placed beside and beneath the text. Thebook was given to me by Dr Ridá (Rizá) Tawfíq ar the same rime as E. J, theoriginal from which it was evidently copied, as shown by the following calculationof the time required for copying the poem:

;eíb a.lrbsl !ilrt Jri.L geí tst o5aJir I stJ*ll 6t;:-l

This indicates an original of r8o pp., and this poem in

E. 8 (z).This MS., also given to me at Constantinople in Apri l , r9o8, by Dr Ridá

Tawfíq, comprises 165 ff. of r6'4x ro'5 c. and rz-16 1i., is writ ten in differentTurkish nasklt. hands, all legible, and is dated in the colophon on f. ró5'Shawwál29, r r93/Nov. g, r7Tg. It contains the f ive fol lowing tracts:

(t) Questions put to Mullá Sa'íd by a dervish in gg4f 1586 as to the reasonsfor various regulations as to the performance of prayers, etc., with the answers inTurkish (ff . 4b-r6b). Dated Muharram, rrgzfFeb. r778.

(r) The ÁÈhirat-ntinoa of Firishta-oghlu (ff. r7b-7zb), in Turkish prose, datedthe beginning of Dhu' l -Qa'da, r rgr /Dec. 22, 1776. i have two other MSS. of th iswork (E. 4 and E. r3), and there is another in the tsritish Museum (Or. 596r).

(A) A Turkish mallznaztí poem by "Lá Makání" (ff .74'-g7b), beginning:')JCI )c us$t*- r:r 9 ui5 ',$,-l ti lrÉrtd, a5 6iLo .rry

(+) Another Turkish prose tÍeatise (ff. 98b-r z8b) entitled Kitríó-i-Mawltí ilóhí,beginning,

_ o. o è,iír dÍalr o\: s ,|i* .!r; Jet b ,sr J#+ /- : L ,.s+ r.zto.+ .^+r

Copied in Jurnádà r , r r8z/Sept . -Oct . , r768.(S) Another Turkish prose treatise erltitled Tu{zfatzi/-'Us/zshtíq (fr. r z9b-r65"),

beginning, after the very incorrect Arabic doxology:d i 0

Ji+Jl .:.ilÉ. l-l ss* o.r"iotr5 r)15

erL" È 1tl ,o*oil; s-il ade.1.1e1;

4jt-.- ó- .rg ,!,g19! otJÍ r Jful 'o.rr; Ët

g9"rie! (.Jl iJ9'rJ sgl ggroral jr .-yf :.J4r ,rÉr .1)9r r-<rt&-o lrlt"b -orilX OtÈfujt

4i**,o ,-i*l ,lg-í tÀ 4.U:.t-.-3

i*Í+af** a!.ql -rteil o5a;:tu,

E. 7 actually f i l ls 186 pp.

..-JH :

a;e'- r1ry-), t l

T I ] E O L D E R H E R E T I C A L S E C T S

E. s (q).

-í ,lYbA good and complete NIS. of the Józuiddn-i-I(aóír of Fadlu'lláh the HurÉfí, the

principal book of the sect which he founded. It is fully described on pp. 69-86 ofmy Calalogtte of t/re Persian Manuscr"ilbts in the Camóridge Llniaersity Liórary.See also Furtlaer Notes, p. rI. The present MS. was bought at Constantinoplefor{5in Apri l , rgIo, and contains at the end (ff 3o4'-3o9') the vocabulary of dialectwords occurring in the text.

Ff. 3ro of zo'5 xr4'Z c. anci zt ll.; neat nasta,llg with rubrications.

E. ro (s).

o rl; ajr-lr, 'd-h d*l,'t

This MS., bought with six others from J. J. Naaman in september, r9or, isful ly described under the heading "(r9) B. t5 (TurÉis/z)" on pp. z7-28 (ssq-s6o)of Fcrrtker Notes, It comprises 90 ff. of zz'zxr3.2 c. and zt l I . , and is writ ten ina large, clear nasÉk, ff.zo-3o and 8r"-85oin a more modern ta,/íg, with rubrications,undated. It contains the 'Ishg-nrÍma of 'Abdu'l-Majíd ibn Firishta ,lzzu'd,-D1n,

commoniy called "Firishta-zada" (ff. so-8so), preceded by the ll,t.;íták, or Key tothe contractions occurring in the flurÍfí writings (ff. zb-3b), and the Sirru'l-Marfi,add,t (ff. +'-S').

E. t r (e) .

,.Yto .,rlXrThe Turkish Díwón of the Hurófí poet 'Arshí. This is one of four MSS.

bought for dt5 from J. J. Naaman on May zz, r9or, and is brief lydescribed underthe heading "(zo) C. 6 (TurÉislz)" or p. ,8 (p. 56o) of .Furt/ter Notes.

Ff.9o o{ zz'9xr4'z c. and 19 l l . ; goodnasta' l íg with rubrications, n. d.

ïtz (g) .

Jl+\ e,.Jl ,F ol91)The Turkish Dízad,n of another Turkish flurÍfí poet Muhyi'd-Dín AbdáI,

bought wi th E. r r , and descr ibed under the heading, , (z t ) c .z (TurÉís/ t ) " inFurtlaer Noíes, p. z8 (p. 56o).

Ff. 4o of zz't x 16'z c. and 2311,; good, clear, Turkish nasàh with rubrications;copied by one Lutfí in rzTof rSS:-+.

1 1

48 C A T A L O G U E O F X , I A N U S C R I P T S

E. t3 ( I o ) .

This MS. was one of six (of rvhich I acquired five) bought at Constantinoplein N'Iay, r9ol, at the sale of a Bektáshí dervish's effects. It is described under theheading " ("r) C. 8 (TwrÈis/z)" o.r pp. z8-3o (56o-562) ol -Furtlaer Notes, andcontains (r)a Turkishmatlanawí poem by Turábí (ff . rb-3o") in 3z chapters; (z) aTurkish tract on the manner of Creation (ff. 3go-380); (S) the Marctígió of ÍlájjíBektásh (ff . :80-Zr'), fol lowed by the Wilóyat-ndnaa of gájim Sul1án (tr.7rb-72");(a) the Áhkirat-ntíma of Firishta-záda (tr 73o-Z6o); (S) . treatise on the Letters(tr. 76b-got); (6) several other fragments in Turkish (ff . 9r '-1o4"),of which themost important is an account of the spiritual affiliation of F.Iájjí Bektásh and thediffusion of his Order.

Ff. ro4 of z3'7 x r4'3 c. and 19 11.; good, clear, modern Turkish nasta' l íq wíthrubrications ; no colophon or date.

E. t4 ( ro ) .

'a"1,;;\; (r) a"[;;-*s (r) ,aobrju (r)

This MS. was one of the four bought of J. J. Naaman on May 22, rgoi, andis described under the heading "(23) C.q (TurÈislt)" on pp. 3o-3r (562-563) of,Fortker Notes. It contains, besides an untitled tract (ff. r'-rZ"), the Fagr-rud.naa ofYiráni Dede (ff. ,7"-Srb), the ,Fayd-nd.ne" (tr. Stb-76"), and the Tird.slo-rcd.nza (ff.76 -77" ) .

Ff.7g of zz'8 x I3'3 c. and zr l l . ; large, clear Turkish naskh with rubrications;dated to5gf t649.

E . 15 ( ro ) .

t"l$l óyr-This MS. was one of the five bought at Constantinople in N,ïay, r9or, at the

saie of a Bektáshí dervish's effects, and is described under the heading "(24) C. ro(TurÉis/r)" on p. gr (s0;) of -Fw,tleer Notes. it begins with about four pages ofArabic (ff. to-:o) invoking blessings on the twelve Imáms, and then continues inTurk ish:

iJt51 {-li-i 44* t dJlitj ..r3tiÍ,' rf) é,^trb _v\-o

!irl,*"o oËJr gt* e*3 ,-3t)

ilr,;*1t Jr.Jt rsj r. gÉ 4Il+/ :ll -l Jt_'fhere

are numerous quotations from the Quy'd.n and Traditions, and at leastone from the Gospels, and the reader is continually addressed Intdt,'azíz-i-rnap(" Nolv my dear Fr iend ") .

F-f . 8z o{ zz'8 x r5'5 c. and r5 l l . ; fa ir Turkish nas,4/t . with rubricat ions. Author,Kirídí Rasmí-i-Bektáshí ; copyist, Mahmíd Bábá.

T H E O L D E R H E R E T I C A I , S t r C T S

E. 16 (8).

o"L;c,J.,..-iThis N{S. was bought from J. J. Naaman on Muy Z, r9o3, for d4, and is

described under the heading "("5) C. rr (TurÉisk)" in.Further Notes, pp. 3I-32(S6:-S6+). It contains a Turkish rzathnawí poem in the hexameter Í{aza7 metÍe,chieÍ1y in praise of 'A1í, by a poetlvho uses the pen-name of Yamíní. This poemfi l ls f f . r-22g, and was copied in Sha'bán, izr8/end of r8o3. It is fol lowed byother poems by Shaykh-oghlu, Nasímí, etc. (ff. z3ob-z6zb).

Ff . z6z of r9'8 x 14 c. and 17 ll.; bad ta'líg with rubrications within goldmargins.

E . r / ( ro ) .

b\r J, 'a.ll*,;This MS. \4/as one of the five bought with E. l5 at Constantinople in May,

r9ot, and is described under the heading "(26) C. tz (Tarhislt)" on p. 3z (56a) o{Fwrt/eer Notes. The author of the poem (or poems, for there seem to be at leasttwo in different metres) is Shaykh Ibráhím Efendi al-Oghlání of Aq-saráy. Thefirst begins (f. rb):

'.:.ltd 6*l ó4 *:i,o9 t;lS '.i-itÊ , L .rf* a.olc tit

The second begins (f. : : ' ) ,',;ltil*aa.l ^trilJ gir O.^*.ÍJ-l t

';r ti+l ti :)t5 ul)91 ;et.b o,r-í 9.Jte

Ff. rro of z3'4x17 c. and 19 l l . ; good Turkish nasta' l íg with rubrications;transcribed in rz85f 1868-9.

E. 18 (e).A volume containing six $urÍfí and $tifí tracts in prose and verse, some printed

and some manuscript, all given to me by Dr Ridá Tawfíq at Constantinople inApril, r9o8. They are as follows:

(t) Firishta-záda's 'fshq-ntínza (Turkish), copied in tz65f t849 in a small, neatTurkish nashk with rubrications. Ff . Zg of zo'4 x r4 c. and z3 ll. This is followedby a continuous MS. of rr4ff. o{ zz'3 x r4'5 c. and zr l l . writ ten in a very clearbut rather stilted nasÉh, with rubrications, containing the four following works.

(r) '[he Bis/ttírat-ndnza of Rafí'í (ff. t'17"). See "Furtlzer Notes, p. 24 (556),but in this copy two more óayts {ollow that which concludes the other copy, the lastone here being:

't.ii 4.+J-Jl a49-391 a-*-iti

tAl,rrl

'r.sÉ ! ,[5 aiJ;Q all ellái'si.bli

.1ta9l g*J.Li Lt -t4

'L* ,.rr- o.;rlt3 Jl a!r*i

.*j

' ,rjo;t-;,r;ay'Al,rrta9-i9t

'.,* Otltfl 'a*'*i

ri g9t

49

N. C. r{.

C A T A L O G U E O F M A N U S C R I P T S

(3) The .Fayd-ntínaa (ff. 38b-64b), which, as appears from the last line of theconclusion (tattnzrna, f. 630), is by Mithálí:

4ta;.á..r, lt ia'all-, 'al; i

-1! f-9.^r:t gli, 4Í+*á Sa 2J;.l -ai 'Slt lSSgu ,1,*t J,e"il-. Jtla gt

For another copy of this poem, see E. T!, supra.(+) Another Turkish poem by Panáhí (ff . 65b-7zb), beginning:

't-í#t é.r.rfl e[-ot.r CrJlÁ.:{l '1.$7t

,1) t*ill ,;J lÁ-:-/l

>ftllrl Jri--o) I rt; e ,r3 ?td )r)15 qgrlí tS1l

This is dated rz44f r8z8-9.(s) The Turkish Díwdru of lvluhítí Bábá (tr 73o_lr4o), concluding with 7z

quatrains, followed by these verses:

'21;-51 -os,J4l g*Jr al*ta ,ajtj-*..o 9 ajl2e al-+-+

')'l+3 d.h y''l.l.!,t ^9 *rf 'y'a16i;l .Êr.t,s # 1;la9llti,o g,rlgt ,lA o.rJr e,Ll ,vJtè i.À+lrl ansí u,)o.^l)

'j"[.i+J,1r 3p gr*ir ,là3

.2t,s5 aJ'l.c9 oth jSaJSÉ

(6) The printed text of the Gulslaar.-i-Tazufr.íd (" Rose-garden of the DivineUnity "), a Persian versified commentary on the Matknawí, in the metre of theoriginal , by the Mevleví (Mawlawí) dervish Sháhidí, pr inted at Consrant inople ín

Jurnádà u rzgSfApr i l , r88r , beg inn ing :'5rrb- L ,-rl j s.L e+tn, C

',r,[! q5J gLi ,r.a-1 ) ro-F f . rBr o f zz '2xr4 '5 c . and z5 11 . Pr in ted f rom a MS. t ranscr ibed 36r years

before the current date, i .e. in g3Zl1530-r.

E. rg (q).A volume containing five Hurirfí and Sdfí tracts in prose and verse, some

printed and some manuscript, of which Nos. r and z (tr r-96) were bought froma dealer in Paris in January, r9o9, while the remainder (Nos. 3-5) rvere-given tome by Dr Ridá Tawfíq at consrantinople in Apri l , r9og. That Nos. , nnà z havealso passed through his hands is shown by a descriptive note in French in hishand on f. rb.

(t) Two or three SÍfí-HurÍfí tracrs in Turkish (ff. z"-6g.), the first being onlythe concluding page (f. ,') of one containing replies to numerous hypotheticalquestions, each prefaced by the lvords " I f they ask..." (ab ')a-2ealr)1; i^he second(ff. ,o-7") beginning, after the doxology:

aít ,.g*ttr óxtà sl "Q,il-ll Jrt .+o- ":ror'U .J,1--* g,; á...

1 It seems to be a verbatim copy, omitting the last five lines, of f. tz^ ínfra.

' f H E O L D E R H E R E T I C A L S E C T S < I

the third (ff. 7b-68") beginning, after the doxology:

.Jro*-tt ,fl 'r*r- 9;l g\.LJ* t.lJ)t *Àt d.ret ,ll: s5r.3 $l*É- ál^# c+ ag eilol '**r. É ' '.

- ag fi * geVr, 4ÍrJq ,r:-3jtr.o éf+sb.J a-9; ól ,,ri3

'r1 si5 tl tS-,:* .-i* ) u:l*S '.rj ui..o 4L{;

'oSlJà;-1 129-n

'y ui-,a-a;r ó;- *;) ) Jls*11 's) r..,L+ gt;,; Crtl t*.Jt- Oí

(t) The Ttr.ríqat-ndma (" Book of the Path ") by Sullán AshraÊzáda (ff. 7ob-96"), beginning:

7;Lo a949a+ g-ll.r-: At,l s,:rJ -*.o ,-^o1t "'rÁ:

Jill lr+bïJ 4rtl tr+bï ,rltr,r aïl Jt-i

q.tlt .ttl,uf

\Vritten in a small, ugly ta'/íg, with rubrications, and dated rz58f 1842.(;) The "Fayd-ntítna-i-fltíltí, a Turkish F.{unifí poem by NIithálí Bábá (tr

ro2b-r3o"), preceded by a prose treatise entitled LIíftókw'/-G/rayó (" the Key of theUnseen"), dated Rabí' r, tz6r/Apri l , r845. There are numerous annotations inF'rench and Turkish in the margins by Dr Ridá Tawfíq.

(+) A Turkish treatise (Bektashí) in mixed prose and verse by Wahbí (Vehbí)Bábá, l i thographed at Cairo in rzgof r873-4, and containing 95 pp. The t i t le-pagebears the following curious inscription:

r+^*lf Àr-À61 ll1- ';*i-o\5! all./ii dàt- a,:;y'jt.+Jjt JËÍ.i 4fÊ*-l !t.r ,r^19 dJl1 9"&l,À;ltiJf

sa ê;2ta1 |;tilt

(S) The 'Isltg-ndrua (" Book of Love "), a Persian truathnazuí poem ascribed to

Jalálu'd-Dín Rr-imí, with the Turkish prose transiation and explanation of 'Alí

Bahjat, printed at Constantinople in r3or/r883-4, and comprising z4 pp. In thePersian prose preface the title Runctíza'l:Árífín ("Riddles of the Gnostics") isgiven to the work. The poem begins:

'9a9)l d,jtÉ- 6já 9 12* g!9rt 't>ugll a.ib 515 gtn:r r-i.,i.e

Every verse, except the last two of the poem, begins with the word ;1"1e (" Love "),

and is immediately followed by the Turkish prose translation and commentary.

E. zo (s).A collection of five $unifí and Srifí tracts, manuscript, printed and lithographed,

bound together in one volume. They are as follows:(t)

'fhe I)iscourses (Maqd./ót) of $ájjí Bektásh in Turkish. A NïS. of zoff.

of zo'3x r3'5 c. and r9 l l . , good nas,ëh with rubrications, no colophon, date or noteof acquisit ion.

i - 2

5 2 C A T A L O G U E O F M A N U S C R I P T S

(") The " Interpreter of the Nations" (TarjutnrÍnu'l-Unoam) by lbn Sadri'd-Dín of Shírwán. The preface only is in Arabic, the remainder of the text inTurkish. Begins, after the doxology:

\,)ts9l 2-\l i+ llglrl ailii**Jl .r^llj,6!t9 -'!telt J-lt i))ti. Utg Lt' ','alÁ-.o lj.ri '-^$ ,

ct-ï oi)) aáillea ̂jr ,r;*"q i C," at éÁ 'J)t )li ,tJ+Jl Cr" ÉJ+. Jt.+)l ,,t+t- ,.rrt

,^:'- ilJ.àe- 'ti99 a.rt-rl .i gSir -*óf s$-,,tll9 ,.ta{t s1;|l u;el a:i.b)la9 aorj LJ{ola$ )|l .;a Jy;J r:L .l:ij )t;tt

''á4,a" arry4t fJIi ,,Jfo dlgr e*9+.i ;ir.at -*i.r| t^:t9'árnil*s -tei atteg 2"b ub í#tt '"Á:,*à;^...

Ch. r (f, ,") deals with the Mu'tazila; ch. rr (f. 4") with the Khawárij; ch. rII(f. St) with the Shí'a; ch. rv (f. q') with the different varieties of the ltr(altíkida, or

heretics of the Ismá'íli school ; ch. v (f. I r') with the Karrámiyya; ch. vr (f. I r')

with the Mwslzaóbih.a or Anthropomorphists ; ch. vu (f. r rb) with the Murji'a ;ch. vrri (f. r z^) with the NayÍriyo ; ch. rx (f. r zb) with the f)eterminists or

partisans of Predestination (/aóariy1,a); ch. x (f. Izb) with the heretical Sófís

(Malállidatis-$Qíyya), amongst whom, says the author, are included most of the

Mevleví (Mawlawí), Gulshaní and Bektáshí dervishes. The Conclusion (K/zdtitrua)

deals with the six Fit aq-i-Ndjiya, oÍ groLtps which shall find salvation, viz. theusual four orthodox sects together with the Sufyánís and tl-re Thawrís. Ff. r 5 ofÍgx 14 c. and zo 11.; good nasÉlt. with rubrications; no colophon, date, or note ofacquisition.

(3) A commentary on the gasída of the old Turkish mystical poet Yrínus Imré

by Migrí Efendi, l i thographed in tz68fr85r-2, without indication of place, andgiven to me by Dr Ridá Tawfíq in August, r9o9. Pp. t7 of zoxr2'5 c. and zzl l . ;

fair toashl0, fully pointed. Concerning YÍnus Imré see E.J.W.Gibb's Í{istory ofOttonoan Poetry, vol. I, pp. 164-175, and a very elaborate and scholarly study inTurkish by Kyiipriilu-zadé Mul.rammad Fu'ád, Professor of the History of TurkishLiterature in the University of Constantinople, in his work entitled I/É. Mutasazu-zu.f lar ("the First Srif ís"), published at Constantinople in r9I8. The second partof this book (pp. 2o11g4) is almost wholly devoted to this old mystic.

(+) Another manuscript copy of the'Ishg-ntíma of Firishta-záda, but containingonly the first seven of the thirty-two chapters into which the work is divided.trí. 4z of r8'5x13 c. and r4 l l . ; fair Turkish r ig'a hand with rubrications; nocolophon, date, or note of acquisition.

(S) A printed edition of the Turkish prose and verse works of Vírání (Wírání)Bábá, without indication of date or place of production, only:r final note that it wasproduced for the " salvation-finding group of the Bektáshí Path ":

nn,,- ofit,ri; opuq +.,n! a+t; o:,rJ ur*!}- too Jí i*^r ltr tsDs

Pp . g8 o f 18 ' x I 2 ' 5 c . and I9 l l .

7t*:4t au;t c^i;t.li

-otoi

S H . ' \ Y K H Í A N D B Á B Í T , I S S .

F " S H A Y K H Í E X D B Á B Í M S S .

This large class, denoted by the letter F, comprises some sixty-five MSS., olwhich F. r-5 represent the older Shaykhí school of Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsá'í anclSayyid Kázim of Rasht, in which both Mírzá 'Alí Mubammad the Báb and flájjíMuhammad Karím Khán of Kirmán pursued their earliest studies. The latter, thehead of the later Shaykhí school, is represented by one MS. only (F. 6); the formerby seventeen (F. 7-n). one of his early disciples, Mullá Rajab 'Alí Qahír, isrepresented by F. 2{, and another, Mullá Mul.rammad 'Alí of Bárfunish, calledJaná'b-i-Qwddils, by part of F. 43. The remainder include three volumes ofMiscellanea (F. z5-27), some eighteen of the works of Mirzá Yahyà $uó!.-i-Azat(F. SS-52), some eight or nine of the writings of Bahá'u'lláh and his son andsuccessor 'Abbás Efendi 'Abdu'l-Bahá (F. 2y34, 56, 58 and 59), and a certainnumber of historical and controversial works by other Bábí writers.

In the Joatrnal of tlze Royal Asiatic Society for rSgz (pp. +Sg-+9g and 637-7 rc) I published an article entitled Catalogwe and Descriptiotr. of z7 Bdóí Manu-scrípts containing full particulars of my acquisitions at that date, since when thenumber has been more than doubled. A reference to that articie (indicated as Cata-Iogwe and Description) wíll suffice for the MSS. rhere mentioned, which werearranged in five groups, according to the place whence they were obtai ned,, ví2.

J J

( ' ) M S S .( " ) , '(a) , ,(+) ,,

obtained in Persia in r887-8, marked BBP. l-8.,, F"magusta (Cyprus) ,, BBF. r-II .,, 'Akká (Syria) ,, BBA. r-5.

,, BBC. r-4.Constantinople(S) Supplementary MSS. ,, BBS. r.

The new class-marks assigned to these twenty-seven MSS. are as follog,s:BBP. r : F. 58. BBP. Z. BBP. 3: F. 3O.BBP. 4:F. 29. BBp. S: F. 55. BBp. 6:F. 3r.BBP. 7:F. zz. BBP. 8: F. rz.BBF. r :F . 14 . BBF. 2 :F . 15 . BBF. 3 :F .23 .BBF. 4:F. 43. BBF. 5: F. 39. BBF. 6: F. 8.BBF. 7:F. g. BBF. 8: F. ro. BBF. 9: F. 16.BBF. ro: F. rZ. BBF. r r : F. 45.BBA. r :F. 56. BBA. z :F.59. BBA. 3:F. 32.BBA. 4: F. 33. BBA. 5: F. 258.BBC. r:F. 531. BBC. z:F. 532. BBC. 3: F. 13.BBC. 4: F. r l . BBS. r :F. 27r .

Here follows the description of the hitherto undescribed MSS.

54 C A T A L O G U E O F M A N U S C R I P ' I S

F. r' (q).

F. r' (q).

,(il-c\ j.+J\) r,*í\ ;*.H\ ;ru--,tt 7rPart rr of the Commentary on the Ziytíralu'l-Jd.mi'atu'l-Kaóír'a of Shaykh

A[rmad al-Ahsá'í, beginning, after the brief doxology:

i.;t-rjJl CÉ -- uiH,l ,j;+ o.i-l jt gl1if Cr.; ó+ r+-l ,-roÍ-oJl .rg)t Jgirl'rry Lll...

iá'!ÍJl ae.till

Ff. I6z of zo'3xr4'2 c. and I9 l l . ; uniform in style and script with the volumelast described, but ending abruptly without colophon or date. No note ofacquisit ion.

F' z (q)'

(J|lt 'F)ï) L^ïaJl ir[Jl C;Part ttt of the same Commentary, beginning, after the Risnzz''//tí/t:

- e " è

eJl .,Jt J !jbl, i,.lr;l .5r! .Ê Jt5 ,-'*rJl Cxj 1;lt Á+à.1 sg-6ll J.rJl Jt3

In the colophon on f. I44b it is stated that Shaykh Afmad al-Absá'í composedthis work in Shawwál, tzzgfSept.-Oct. r8r4, and that this copy of Part rrr (which

'(Jr!\ ji?Jl) ;"^L-l\ Ëri{Jï C*

Part t of the Commentary on the Ziydtalu'/-Jtínzi'atu'/-I{aóíra, preceded onff. 6'-8b by a tract by Sayyid Kázim of Rasht, beginning, after the brief doxology:

Ot'Êil .-r, ói d.irJt .,r*-*tt-o-ti r-,s tl5 sjtiJt J,ái-JlráiiJt r?rJl J9iá.i ,--j.

JtÊJt+ -hd*, t-r g;i.'-;Áll cr."rlr gai;*-Jl .,rÊ {JLï oï dr.ï .r5 gto;Jl .rrl:a r-rc artl u1>I

ài* ) s;--1ts Jrr-lr &s;i2 Jt-r-rr JJ^iJ Jt-Jt J)fb: Jr.o3 gn os-.\ .:iL::.t Á-i.j,

d'r_rt 7>.sJ aïtt ,rl|9;e*rjtl

Ff. r95 of zo'5 xr4'7 c. and l9 11.; small, neat nasÉh, unpointed. The topicsdealt with in the text are sometimes indicated by headlines or entries in the margins.The transcript ion was completed in Ramadán, rz56/November, r84o, and the t i t leof the book is given in the colophon as above. It is not clear whether theCommentary on the Ziydtal which forms the bulk of the volume (ff.g0-r95') is thefirst part of Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsá'í's work, of which the second and third partsare represented by the two succeeding MSS., or is part of another by SayyidKázim, his disciple and successor. No note as to place or date of acquisition.

S H A y K H Í A N D B Á n í l r s s .

is to be follor,ved by Parr rv) was completecl on the 6th of Rabí, rr, r 233/Feb.r 8 r 8 .

tr{ ' t44 of zrx r5'5 c. and zz 11.; clear ta'/ íq, unpointed. This was one ofBelshah N,ïSS. bought at the fourth part i t ion on Nov. r2, rg2o.

r 3 ,

F. s (q).

,P) iL*-)U -rj\rJ\ C-,*'

Three treatises by Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsá'í and one by Mullá $aclrá.(t) Shaykh Ahmad's commentary on his own Fazud'id (ff. rb-ro8.), written at

the reqr-rest of Nluilá Mashhad ibn F.Iasan ,Alí. No colophon.(r) commentary by the same on the Risdlatw'/-,rltn (ff. r r3"*r3lb), transcribed

in r 238/r 8zz*3.(:) Answer of the same to certain questions propounded by Sayyid F.Iasan

al-Khurásání (ff . r38b-r63b).(+) A treatise by Muhammad ibn lbráhím of Shírá2, commonly known as

Nïullá $adrá (ff. r66b-zo8'), without title, date or colophon, beginning:

d' ..,ry', dteSt ettèJ JUrJtj glrt4.tr l.16. q-*ïtr e.l;f-l;

' rhis N{S. rvas also one of the Belshah MSS. bought on Nov. 12, rg2o. It

comprises zo9 ff. of zo'7 x r5 c. and r5-23 l l . in various ta,l íq hands.There is a good edition of the Sloarku'/-Farpd.'id lithographed in Persia

(probably at Tabriz) and completed on the r 7th of Dhu,l-ea,clá, rzTzfJuly zt,1856. It is there stated that the book was composed in rt97f r7g3. The,Fawd., id,thirteen in number, end on p. 323, and are followed (pp. :r;-g:g) by the reply ofSayyid Kázim of Rasht to a question addressed to him by a certain Mírzá,Muhammad Shafí'.

F. + (s).J'wo Arabic tracts by the same Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsá'í, both transcribed in

tz6lf t848, and followed on ff. 59b and 6o^ by two inscribed circles entitledrespectively the "Circle of Reason" or ,,Scale of Virtues " (Drí, iratu,l-,Ág/ orI{a1fatu.'/-Í{asand.l) and the " Circle of Ignorance " or ,,Scale of Vices ,, (Dd'iratu,/-Ja/tl or Kalfatu' s- S ayyi' tít).

The first tract begins after the short doxology:

the

,ri rr..i;,:r aJÀll gr ;ls :^)it É .si:t

, - . , . " .f6rl .-gÍ-"Jl .qr,tl .-lgj,;.i';rr.r Lol ...

vt trí.;";l ,tsjs4s;ol,,r"yr uru*lr

r'l*Jl cPJ

;ít , ; tot l

C A T A L O G U E O F N ' Í A N U S C R I P T S

The second begins abruptly after the Bismi'//tÍ.k:

1l tnstrt t;.-f!.r. .t' t.r)ïli: 1119*96ll Oif: ai--É" LJI.J ,,ll àJt3il .,i

Í i { . 6z of t7 '6 x r r '3 c. and 17 11.; rather coarse but legible nashlt ' ; no note of

olace or date of acauisi t ion.

F. 5 (s).

Persian translation by Mulrammad Ra{í ibn Mubammacl RicJá of an Arabic

treatise written by Sayyid Kázim of Rasht in reply to certain questions addressed

to him by an unnamed enquirer, beginning:

'glrb *ltb nIhJ+ otL: Joft !Xi*^a si!6e oo-, a5 q5'ri9t.c rltt J 'ra*.;t rr1

á.e).;- ag ,oi.j.lt -o6le gr.re ilr 9 ,rlU.a" rl..o ,-&is Jys N tt.lr tj D;r 9 r:-t ,fg-

ivea .r\3 {}L-j,J ;l .:*11 dL.}il ab 5;144;a 5\n ,.}}í1 a:l*l 59".aia ;;;'-rá sl s t*s

ai*rr ,rtl goortrll .rlr, atl ":i C,roJ*.rlr -o)L-)l i)L--o 3Jàet rLo- , -"ltc a.i.-c -2k; -n3.1

eJl o59asi Ot+? Lrrll-!,- ./tt+ ,1r a-9 a.àsi 215 ablS 'ri- ,5at- Cxr,ttlrJt: "t+JcJl -hi ,--li'|,

irtllt -*- ot13 9LL L;; '^|*. tt1 ssès.d,*. al5l;t J;.il Éf":" J*,aii,l s;i9 s;i'| gal 2

Jt9- .r,ib ëLí )t9 : àt* t Jt -,ê aí2es;; tb Á"Ét 1-í L+r: q .PlÊ-a1rt*.o,1t ,rr+1

'+ltl &5 g99* esftb i!;àr ), ^9 rolt ,:3i Jii ,r-;tr/ tJJËt3tr;"ui -'t9q : #t-

Here follow eight lines of the Arabic text, written throughout in red, beginning,

after the Bismi'//dk:

o . . 1

.rU! a;Uf ,r.oii ,rtt ol.^d-l t* J-s\: rtfrt J*o- ,,rll o'r.3;:rl Cr r.:';ï g;.irr A .^*-ff

itt rllJt

The questions chiefly concern the attitude which the simple Shí'a believer

should adopt torvards the rival sects or schools of the [Jstilís, Akhbárís, and Bálá-

sarís on the one hancl, and the Shal'lil15 or l(askfís on the other (f'+t)' This leads

ro an account of the life and teachings of Shaykh Ahmad íbn Zayni'd-Dín al-Ahsá'í,

the foulder of the Shaykhí school and predecessor of the author Sayyid Kázim of

Rasht, who is eulogized in the following terms \f. 7"),

-iu,rt, ti*r o;; ,.ri- ,r.o *;a! ab irltri 41tl "-(- .,l3u Jti- .rlr+ st .áí"* liy'.'.

r)\-)l ;o ,.!"ci e-t-+ s -bl sy ) t93l ll-a-e 9,o!-cl 6-*:' -,t-"cl r.G, 15iti ;l rla

.dj.Jt9 i*r-ff 3te1j*+J JÀ.+Jl C,rêJtsJl .,s nÏ,| a4í ea.-à'*Jl ea^alJl gJÉt, C;;J-J!,

cx*:tr *l*s +-.t-ro,l o* tc;ï,r:ïr ai*rt alr.tolt +l;t CIJ;il (í.7b) Á6Í*!l-êtÀri e;É!

Ui.á"i a+i-J t )+ Aa||h,t ?ti,

Àe.,;Jl ,:.Án i.,;rt!Jt ai:)r ilt-ot-i-o uá+J g,,t'itlr

S H A Y K H Í A N D B Á B Í u s s .

gec+ 1l 59eÁ.a I r:-rl aatia aï,l ,rlct ,r3t-ril rr$ r, .rorl iaÁll t.i5t-i-cg Urti-l:!

\:^rlór-g siÁ5 -Jt-e *jJt.r,ê 4Í41 ar++ É^-r'k+í Utlg-io .rrlo+a.U ail,iS !:-lE*f "gJr,(3 \rJ.C t"jï ;al a é ,1l ri-lor.i ui,l5 agjt*g rJt.l{l 9 tn;í +y'i s sb ;l ls},r7 itg

dt -,t"-,

Apparently the author prefers the sect or school which he represents to be calledKas/rfí rather than Sh.ayÉhí, for he says (f. 8b):

dLs' ai;";t ' t a);c uit 4(jUà. .*otj ,r+-l Jlq tJ4ir.tt tryqt{l f ab ai;.r"i, o-tjt )t .o

Ctl *.,crl r/ ól*Jl \t$ J1 *orl g*iJl *3 rW -ëlt S "Lf* -..i, r-r:l ,r? .ul.9*;a aÉr "si-r

rli.il

orsr i;tír t t.ê,È .4r9 arSt->rl lriÉ-Jl J,i"all Clrd gu,a-À) d11 .À-1, .'sl Sè|,9 1st S:u:

ill gq.;rt.b 4él )l SQ 3;tp É ,.í*;.'.11 r:,-ta:i,b j? -? di.^8a )t ,;,Jc *-,105.;5 .iil 4St

Wliat he means by Shaykh Ahmad having " drawn knowledge from its source,to wit the pure Imáms " is that first the Imám f,Iasan and subsequently the Prophethimself appeared to him in dreams and imparted to him spiritual knowledge. Heseems to have been driven from 'lráq by the fanaticism of the Wahhábís, and tohave gone to Persia with the intention of visiting Mashhad. He remained sometime at Yazd, where his teaching attracted much attention, and drew round him themost notable of the 'Ularná. Finalll' his fame reached rhe ears of Fath-,Alí Sháh,who invited him to Jihrán, and, having become acquainted with him, wished himto take up his abode there, but he declined this honour, and preferred to return toYazd, where he remained for five years. Having resolved to visit the Holy Shrinesin 'Iráq, he journeyed by way of Igfahán, where he remained forty days and madethe acquaintance of many eminent doctors, including his biographer. Then hewent to Kirmánsháh, where he was so well received by the Prince Governor thathe returned thither after accomplishing his visit to the Holy Shrines, and took uphis residence there for some time. After quoting a number of .ijrÍzas and othertestimonials of distinguished theologians, in which they testify to Shaykh Ahmad'slearning and piety, the author proceeds to enumerate 97 of his works (ff. zob-26"),beginning with the Skarlaw'l-Jd.nai'ati'l-r(aóíra mentioned above (F. rl, f and z),commentaries on two of Mullá Sadrá's works (al-Í{iÈnaatu'l-'Árs/elrya and theMas/eá'ir), and his own,Fazuó'id and its commentary (F. 3),

trf . 69 of zr '6xrz'8 c. and zzl l . ; excellent modern nasÈ/t, the Arabic passagesin red and fully pointed; copied by Mirza Mahdí ibn Ibráhím of Rasht andcompleted at the beginning of Rajab, r3o8/Feb. ro, r9or. Given ro me by theNawwáb Mírzá'Abbás-qulí Khán.

5 8 C A T A L O G U E O F M A N U S C R I P T S

F. 6 (s).

- l / ' - I t t t t.)'j ^i-) J.$,>.-á

e--A srnall Arabic treatise on supererogatory prayers and other religious obligations,

etc., entitled al-MuntaÉkaó (" the Select ") by Hájjí I\4ullammad Karím (or perhapshis son), the head of the later Shaykhí school after the breaking away of tl-re Bábís,beginning:

'*cà)tl J .JItr)L- .i, ̂ an;,l Ct.-if óJJl -.*.t

ar;t-o.tt a."l'jf .rl.*l *r31 t*ir 4ï,t .,ie ntÊ t *.94 oi*. ;lf .ro"ff

{t tir-:"^ t* *rt-.a!l 1Áb9 6s;9!

Jf"f '*rf

f

a+.e.rJl "bt

Cr"

The author speaks of Sayyid Kálm of Rasht as " our most learned Lord andMaster " (f . zzb), and quotes a prayer of his (tr. ++' et serJtJ.). The tract comprisesseven chapters.

This MS. was given to rne in Kirmán in the summer of I888, and comprises8o ff. of ro'8 x 6'5 c. and rz ll. It is written in a small, neat nasÉ/a rvith rubricationsand numerous marginal notes and glosses in Arabic and Persian, and was copiedin r z96 f t87g .

eÁeÍ, BAHÁ'Í AND AZAI-Í lrss. (F. 7-F.66).

F. Z (q).

' o - t t " ' :t'ï5Jr>ill LJ# à'Q*-*ê

Thís Saltífat óayna'l-flarainayn, or " Tract [revealed] between the two [Holy]Shrines " is one of the earliest writings of Mírzá'Alí Mulrammad the Báb. It is inArabic, is addressed to Hájjí Sayyid 'Alí of Kirmán, and begins after theBisni'//tí/a:

,rlo cJ.Ë,r -ï ',,-<^.rfr O*, Cr. Crl"l-ft ,1oa a-bJf .r".r')f ,sb Jt *i -rt;5 t.is jt

f* !j5 ,rjtalÍ,ll ..r* *- iUf "UUl "í-cr .,fr !É)'ilJ sfgjf .,r ,Í,1 !!".o !,ia ;5JJl .ri

it 'Oo* uÉt.L-3 $Ie dt,l gilr JttÍ*r 3t"í

The only other copy of this rare book which I have seen belongs to the LeydenLibrary, bears the class-mark No. 24T4ro, and was copied in Jumádà n, tz63fMay,lE-17, rvhi le the Báb was sti l l l iving. The present copy was made in Cyprus byRiclrván 'A1í (" Constantine the Persian "), the son of Mírzá Yahyà Suófr-i-Aza/, wascornpletecl on December 26, r9o5, and was given to me by the late N{r ClaudeDelaval Cobham, formerly Commissioner of Larnaca in Cyprus. It comprisesrz8 pp. (5 or 6 of which are blank) of zoxr2'7 c. and rr 11., writ ten in clear nasÉk

S H A Y K H Í a u n B Á n Í l , r s s . s e

within red rules. At the end (unfortunately bound upside down) is a note inPersian by Suó/z-i-Áza/ on the disposal of the Báb's remains, and a letter datedJuly ro l? tgoTl from Mr Cobham to myself which accompanied the manuscript.

F. 8 (8) : BBF. 6.

s-rnJ\ ó-:-r.., y-ÁJ'flre

Báb's commentary on the second Silra of the Qur'd.rc (Silratw'l-BarJara).See Catalogue and Description, pp. 4g3-4gg.

F. g (o): BBF. Z.

'J".*ll ii.;-o-, #Á;The Báb's commentary on the Szíratu'/-'Asr (Qur'dn, clu). See Cotalogue antl

D escriptz'otz, pp. 6 37 -6 42.

F. ro (7): BBF. 8./ i l'jo.\Jl S-,.J* -**i,:

'fhe Báb's commentary on the silratu'/-Kau.,t/aar (ewr'dn, cr..rrr). See CaÍa-

logue atzd Description, pp. 6q-648.

F. r r (s) :BBC. +,

. ( . t \ l r " . . \ r . .'\'La"-,Jl

l1+Ël r-cur;r.r_ 329* )4*a.ï

The Báb's commentary on the Siírata ynsuf (ewr',ín, xrr), also calledQayyilntu.'/-Asrnd. See Catalogue and Description, pp. 699-7or, and. also theJ.R.A.S. for Apri l , r892, pp. z6r-268.

F. rz (s): BBP. g.

l . . rQë)s dhr

A X{S. of the Báb's Persian Bayd.n, given to me in Rafsinján near Kirmánon August zz, r888. See Catalogwe arzd óescription, pp.450-45r.

F. 13 (0): BBC. 3.

'.r.)b ol,.lAnother ilIS. of the Persian -Eayán, bought for me at Constantinople in

August, r89r. See Catalogwe and Description, pp, 69g*699. R_a

C A ' I A L O G U ] ] O F M A N U S C R I P T S

F. 14 (8): BBF. r .

,(.,Lh) ;[J\ ,Lf *Prayer, from the Arabic Boy'ón,constituting the second of the " Five Grades."

See Calalogue and Description, pp. 45r-462.

F. 15 (q): BBF. z.

'd.*.sj iJr.:,Specimen of each of the " Five Grades " of the Báb's writings. See Catalogwe

and Description, pp. 462-47o.

F. 16 (q): BBF. 9.

(;ï:Jl d"Jl) ,L!\ ,*,À:Vol. Ir of the Báb's " Commentary on the [Divine] Names." See Catalogue

and Description, pp. 648-656.

F. 17 (q): BBF. to.

,(Jr!\ C4Jl) '. , * J í ,L1 v l í ;Vol. r of the " Book of the Names of All Things," apparently the companion

volume to that last described, in spite of the difference in title. See Catalogwe andDescrQtion, pp. 6 SZ-6 Sg.

F. 18 (q) .

'L!\ .,bíAnother voluminous " Book of Names,'l e*tending from ch. r of Wd&id vrrr to

ch. I8 o{ Wá[aid xIx, beginning:

lt2l aJ2 ,riJ+,| nJ aista ..ri i;Jl .-Jr-.o .r-dJl ^Al gr. .l*"LlJf .rrtgJl Cr d'yf +Uf

o* É,ti "ï,t ;i-3 -^.rr"1r .-.1'rtr ,.o "ír jr y arr r-;!r .r.rr!t aïtt,,-a,ffi.p,l'lf rs, )i slJ,.*Jl rst ! .l.eï !ró orti.rl ggrL .41. +e ësa Oi ,,ril ,rl. t*.l! fl uig

cr' ,.,,;* , y,The whole book is like this, each " Name " being treated in this way and given

a whole series of derived forms, theoretically possible though not actually in use,and each chapter being, apparently, set apart for a particular day of each of the