Philosophy [IO Bijapur 224]

Philosophy. This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 224 in the India Office collections. [metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 559 here with further notations and hyperlinks]. 559. B 224. Size 71/2 in. by 5 in. ; foll. 11. Twenty three lines in a page. A treatise on Logical Subtilties, by MAḤMÛD B. NI’MAT ALLAH BUKHÂRÎ, The same as no. 556, 2. The author frequently refers to Saiyid Sharîf. The present text is rather incorrect. It begins at the top of the first page, without a Basmalah, as follows:1 حمدا للحكيم الكاشف لاسرار الحقائق ... وبعد فهذه عدة نكات تشحذ انظار اعيان اولى الاذهان و تنور اصحاب الوهم (الفهم.r) و البيان قيّدها احقر عبادالله البارى محمود بن نعمة الله 2 البخارى سترعيوبهما .... و رتبتها على مقدمة و مقصدين اما المقدمة ففى تعريف المغالطة الخ. On the last page is added a syllogism by Jalâl al-dîn DAWWÂNÎ (دليل ملا جلال دوانى), in Persian. Written in two hands, of about A.H. 1000. 1 I do not transcribe all the errors of the MS. 2 The MS. has محمود من تعمده الله.