Ṣûfism and Ethics [IO Bijapur 464] Essays of al-Jīlānī

Ṣûfism and Ethics.

This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 464 in the India Office collections.

[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 622 here with further notations and hyperlinks].

622.

B 464. Size 101/2 in. by 71/4 in.; foll. 45. Twenty-five lines in a page.

A collection of various short Essays on Ṣûfism, by ‘ABD AL-ḲÂDIR GÎLÂNÎ, concluding with a biographical notice. The name of the compiler is not mentioned.

Well written, but imperfect both at the beginning and end. The first words are وقف عليه . The essays are introduced by the words و قال رضه.

Foll. 43-45. Another fragment, written in the same hand, containing notices of eminent Shaikhs and theologians.