[IO Islamic 842] Jâmî's Collection

Jâmî's-Collection.

This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1357 in the India Office collections.

[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 842 here with notations and hyperlinks].

1357

A collection of Jâmi’s prose-works.

This large and beautifully written collection is introduced by a few preliminary lines, on ff. 2b and 3a, beginning:حمدى كه لوائح اشعۀ لمعات معرفتش دل گوشه نشینان الخ, and contains:

1.تفسير سورة فاتحة الكتاب, a commentary on the first Sûrah of the Ḳurân, on fol. 3b, beginning: بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم ربّ وفّق بالاتمام الحمدلله ربّ العالمين من الاوّلين الاقدمين الخ ; see G. Flügel iii. p. 375, No. 8.

2.ترجمۀ منظومۀ چهل حدیث. A paraphrase in Persian verses, of forty sayings of Muḥammad, on fol. 10a, beginning:صحيح ترين حديثى كه راويان مجالس دين الخ. It was composed A.H. 886 (A.D. 1481), see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 20; No. 895, 14; and Rieu i. p. 17, and ii. p. 828, No. i.

3.رسالۀ مناسک حجّ, on the rites of the pilgrimage, on fol. 12a, beginning:الحمد لله الذى جعل الكعبة البيت الحرام الخ. Composed A.H. 877 (A.D. 1472, 1473); see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 26; No. 895, 16; and W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 166, No. 21.

4.رسالۀ درّ فاخر (or الدرّة الفاخرة ), usually called رساله فى تحقيق مذهب الصوفيّة, on the definition of Ṣûfism, on fol. 23b, beginning:بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم و به الثقة الحمد لله الذى تجلّى بذاته لذاته الخ ; see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 25; No. 895, 15; G. Flügel iii. p. 409; Ḥ. Khalfa iii. p. 207, No. 4952.

5.رساله فى الوجود, with its full title: رسالۀ وجیزه در تحقيق واثبات واجب الوجود, proof for and definition of the absolute, on fol. 30b, beginning: الوجود اى ما بانضمامه الى الماهيّات الخ ; see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 24.

6.كتاب شواهد النبوّة, the evidence of Muḥammad’s divine mission, on fol. 31b, beginning:بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم الحمد لله الذى ارسل رسلاً الخ . It is divided into a مقدّمه ; seven ركن, and a خاتمه, and composed A.H. 885 (A.D. 1480), see Ḥ. Khalfa iv. p. 82, No. 7689; Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 4; No. 895, 2; Nos. 967 and 968; Rieu i. p. 146; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 40, No. 13; p. 90, No. 3, and p. 529 sq.; Cat. des MSS. et Xylographes, p. 370, No. 422, 1; J. Aumer, pp. 101-103; Cat. Codd. Or. Lugd. Bat. iv. p. 299 sq.; Turkish translation by Lâmi’î, G. Flügel iii. p. 126.

7.رسالۀ طریق توجّه خواجها, on the mystic road, on fol. 118b, beginning:سر رشتۀ دولت اى برادر بكف آر الخ.

This tract is styled in Bodleian Cat., No. 895, 26: رساله در شرائط ذكر, rules for devotion; and in W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 1052, No. 4: در طریقۀ نقشبنديّه ; see also Rieu ii. pp. 863a, No. xii, and 876a, No. vi.

8.كتاب نفحات الانس, the famous Ṣûfic biographies, on fol. 119b, beginning:بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم و به ثقتى الحمد لله الذى جعل مراتی قلوب اوليائه الخ. This work contains here 612 biographies; beginning with Abû Hâshim alṣûfî, and ending with an anonymous Persian Lady (امراة فارسيّة). Composed A.H. 883 (A.D. 1478), see De Sacy, Notices et Extraits, xii. pp. 287-436; Wiener Jahrbücher, tom. 84, Anzeigeblatt, p. 40; Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 3; No. 895, 3; and Nos. 957-961; Rieu i. p. 349; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 40, No. 14; p. 89, No. 2; and p. 558 sq.; Fleischer, Dresden Cat., p. 408; Ḥ. Khalfa vi. P. 367, No. 13922. Turkish translation by Lâmi’î, printed in Constantinople; another by Mîr ‘Alîshîr Nawâ’î, see Rieu, Turkish Cat., p. 274b. Edited by Nassau Lees, Calcutta, 1859.

9.شرح فصوص الحكم, on fol. 278b. A commentary on Ibn al-’Arabî’s (died A.H. 638 = A.D. 1240, 1241) mystic work, the فصوص الحكم, see G. Flügel iii. p. 333 sq., where also several commentaries are described, and Ḥ. Khalfa iv. p. 424, No. 9073; beginning: بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم الحمد لله الذى زيّن خواتم قلوب اولى الهمم بفصوص نصوص الخ. Composed A.H. 896 (A.D. 1491).

10.نقد النصوص فى شرح نقش الفصوص, a commentary on the نقش النصوص, the extract which Ibn al-’Arabî himself made from his فصوص الحكم, on fol. 337b, beginning:بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم الحمد لله الذى جعل صفائح قلوب ذوى الهمم الخ. Composed A.H. 863 (A.D. 1458, 1459), see Ḥ. Khalfa vi. p. 380, No. 13968; Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 9; No. 895, 4; and No. 976; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 274, No. 1.

11.كتاب شرح لمعات عراقى, commentary on theلمعات of ‘Irâḳî (see above, No. 1116), usually styled اشعّة اللمعات, on fol. 448b, beginning: لولا لمعات برق نور القدم الخ . Composed A.H. 886 (A.D. 1481), see Ḥ. Khalfa v. p. 335; Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 11; No. 895, 5; and No. 966; Rieu ii. p. 594b; Cat. des MSS. et Xylographes, p. 371, No. 8; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 282 sq.

12.رسالۀ شرح رباعيّات, Jâmî’s commentary, on some of his own rubâ’îs, on fol. 485b, beginning: حمداً لاله هو بالحمد حقيق الخ ; see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 15; No. 895, 11; Rieu ii. pp. 827a and 834a; Cat. des MSS. et Xylographes, p. 373, No. 28; A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 452; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 280, No. 1.

13.شرح بيتين مثنوى, commentary on the first two baits of Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî’s mathnawî, on fol. 496b, beginning: عشق جز نائى و ما جز نى نه ايم الخ ; see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 17; No. 895, 8; Rieu ii. p. 863a, No. xiii; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 43, No. 40, and p. 1052, No. 1; Cat. Codd. Or. Lugd. Bat. ii. p. 112; Journal Asiat. 1868, i. p. 477. It is also styled نى نامه.

14.سخنان خواجه پارسا, extracts from the انفاس قدسيّه of Khwâjah Muḥammad Pârsâ al-Bukhârî (died A.H. 822=A.D. 1419), also styled الحاشية القدسيّة, on fol. 498b, beginning: بعد از گشایش مقال بستایش خجسته الخ ; see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 23; No. xi; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 1052, No. 2.

15.رسالۀ لوائح, system of Ṣûfic doctrines, on fol. 501b, beginning: ربّ وفّقنا للتكميل و التسميم لا احصى ثناء عليك الخ ; see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 16; No. 895, 12; and Nos. 971-975; Rieu i. p. 44; Cat. des MSS. et Xylographes, p. 252, No 256; W. Pertsch. Berlin Cat., p. 282, No. 3, and p. 284; Rosen, Persian MSS., p. 292; J. Aumer, p. 21; Ḥ. Khalfa v. p. 344, No. 11234.

16.شرح قصيدۀ ميميّۀ خمريّه, commentary on ‘Umar Ibn al-Fâriḍ’s (died A.H. 632=A.D. 1235) ‘wine-ḳaṣîdah,’ on fol. 508b, beginning: سبحانه من جميل ليس الخ. Composed A.H. 875 (A.D. 1470, 1471); it is usually styled لوامع, see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 12; No. 895, 6; Rieu ii. p. 808b, No. ii, and p. 828b, No. iv; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 282; Cat. Codd. Or. Lugd. Bat. ii. p. 72; Ḥ. Khalfa iv. p. 537.

17.شرح قصیدۀ تائيّۀ فارضيّه, commentary on ’Umar Ibn al-Fâriḍ’s ḳaṣîdah, rhyming in ت, on fol. 523b, beginning: پاکا خداوندى كه صفحات كائنات الخ . Its proper title is نظم درر, see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 14; No. 895, 7; compare on Ibn al-Fâriḍ’s ḳaṣîdah, Ḥ. Khalfa ii. p. 85; Loth, Arabic MSS., pp. 199 and 236; G. Flügel i. p. 461 sq.

18.شرح حديث, commentary on a tradition of the prophet, delivered by Abû Dharr al-’uḳailî, also styled شرح حديث نبوى, on fol. 530b, beginning: اى پاك زحيّز و مبرّا ز مكان الخ; see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 19; No. 895, 10; Rieu ii. p. 862b, No. viii.

19.شرح بيت امير خسرو, commentary on a verse of Amîr Khusrau Dihlawî (see above, Nos. 1186-1221), on fol. 531b, beginning: يا من لا ربّ غيره الخ ; see Bodleian Cat., No. 894, 18; No. 895, 9; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 166, No. 8.

20.رسالۀ تهلیليّه, on the formula ‘there is no God but Allâh,’ on fol. 532b, beginning: من طلب البرء من البارى الخ. It is also styled رسالۀ لا اله الّا الله, see A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 448, l. 1.

21.صرف منظوم و منثور, on Arabic inflexions, on fol. 533b, beginning:صرف اللّسان الخ.

22.شرح كافيۀ نحو, an Arabic commentary on the كافيه of Ibn-alḥâjib (died A.H. 646=A.D. 1248, 1249), usually styled الفوائد الضيائيّة, on fol. 538b, beginning: الحمد لوليّه و الصّلوة على نبيّه الخ. Composed A.H. 897 (A.D. 1492), see Bodleian Cat., No. (894, 2; and No. 970; G. Flügel i. p. 167; Cat. des MSS. et Xylographes, p. 158, No. 64; printed Calcutta, 1818, Constantinople, 1820; lithographed, Lucknow, as شرح ملاّ جامى, 1887; the glosses of Muḥarram Efendî to the first part of this commentary, entitled كتاب المحرّم فى حاشية جامى, were printed, Constantinople, A.H. 1226 (A.D. 1811); a حاشيۀ شرح ملاّ جامى also appeared, Lucknow, 1879 and 1880. ‘Abd-alghafûr al-Lâri’s (see below in No. 1362) glosses to Jâmî’s commentary are noticed in G. Flügel i. p. 21, and Ḥ. Khalfa v. p. 10.

The first treatise is dated A.H. 960 (A.D. 1553); the third, Rabî’-alawwal, A.H. 968 (A.D. 1560, Nov.-Dec.); the sixth, the last of Muḥarram, A.H. 979 (A.D. 1571, June 24); the eighth, the 14th of Rajab, A.H. 980 (A.D. 1572, Nov. 20); the fourteenth, the 7th of Rabî’-alawwal, A.H. 968 (?perhaps 986?).

No. 842, ff. 613, ll. 27; beautiful Nasta’lîḳ; two splendid vignettes with the titles of all the treatises on ff. 1b and 2a; ff. 2b and 3a most brilliantly illuminated; illuminated headings at the beginning of each treatise; excellent eastern binding; size, 14 in. by 9 in.