Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Bijapur 93] الرسالة القشيرية

Ṣûfism and Ethics. رسالة القشيري

This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 93 in the India Office collections.

[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 598 here with further notations and hyperlinks].

598.

B 93. Size 91/4 in. by 51/2 in.; foll. 278. Nineteen lines in a page.

An imperfect copy of Abu’l-Ḳâsim ‘Abd al-karîm b. Hawâzin ḲUSHAIRÎ’S (d. A. H. 465) celebrated treatise (رسالة) on Ṣûfîs and Ṣûfism. See Flügel, Hdss. Wien, iii. 320, etc. Printed at Bûlâḳ A.H. 1284.

Well written, of the tenth century [= circa 16th century CE]. Two leaves are wanting at the beginning; the first words are: عليهم احكامه. Single leaves are missing after foll. 6, 11, 60, 138, 264, and at the end. Foll. 27, 59, 60, and 107 are injured by fire.

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[ed note: Part of the Bijapur Collection]