Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Islamic 1886]

Ṣûfism and Ethics. This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1886 in the India Office collections. [metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 651 here with further notations and hyperlinks]. 651. 1886. Size 81/2 in. by 41/2 in.; foll. 59. Seventeen lines in a page. An anonymous Commentary (ممزوج) on the introductory part of the فصوص الحكم. It is dedicated to Nawwâb Anwar al-dîn Ḳhân (of the Carnatic, who died A.H. 1162). Begins:الحمد للمحمود فى كل مكان ... و بعد فهذه نكات عرفانية و كلمات ايقانية بل هى جوامع الكلم فى شرح فصوص الحكم حريّة بان يهدى بها الى جناب امير الخ. Well written. Dated A.H. 1177. Ornamented. The title-page has the following inscription: كتاب هدیۀ انوريّه للامير ذى الشان نوّاب عبدالوهّاب خان بهادر فيّاض الزمان. [Tippu.]