Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Bijapur 235]

Ṣûfism and Ethics.

This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 235 in the India Office collections.

[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 663 here with further notations and hyperlinks].

663.

B 235. Size 111/4 in. by 71/4 in.; foll. 278. Twenty one lines in a page.

Another, larger, Dictionary of Ṣûfî Terms, entitled لطائف الاعلام فى اشارات اهل الالهام . According to Ḥ. Kh. (v. 315, no. ١١١١٢), the author is also ‘ABD AL-RAZZÂḲ ḲÂSHÂNÎ.1 The same work is described in Cat. Lugd. i. 86, where it is, however, attributed to Ibn ‘Arabî.

The name of the author does not occur in this work, nor is any reference made to the preceding one. Ibn ‘Arabî, ‘Omar b. al-Fâriḍ, and others are quoted. It is arranged alphabetically, according to the first two consonants of the words. A list of all the terms explained here is inserted in the preface (fol. 2v.) but it is not complete in this MS. The first article is ابواب.

Written in a bold Persian hand. Red lines round the page. Various marginal notes. The end is missing. Fol. 2, which had been placed at the end, by mistake, is much injured; so are also foll. 276 and 277.

The title-page is inscribed as follows:اسم هذا الكتاب لطائف الاعلام الآن فى ملك عبد الحقير الفقير الى الله الغنى عبدالعلىّ مريد حضرت سلطان الاولياء من سلك على سنة رسول الله و خاتم الانبياء عليهم السلام و التحية و الرضوان.

Cat. 230, viii.

1 It is very probably also identical with the preceding no. in Ḥ. Kh. (no.١١١١١).