Islamic Traditions [IO Bijapur 106] Commentary on مصابيح السنة

Tradition. This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 106 in the India Office collections. [metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 151 here with further notations and hyperlinks]. 151. B 106. Size 101/2 in. by 63/4 in.; foll. 68. Twenty-five lines in a page. A fragment of a concise Commentary on Baghawî’s المصابیح, by an unknown author, containing about one-third of the whole. It begins with باب الامان, from کتاب الجهاد, and ends in the paragraphمناقب علی of the last book. Of the original text, only the passages to be explained are given, usually preceded by 2..وفی حدیث. The commentary is introduced by قال الشارح. Boldly written, the diacritical points frequently omitted; of about the tenth century. Single leaves are missing after foll. 22, 29, and 52. Erroneously inscribed: اوراق شرح مشکات شریف از ابن حجر مکی. Cf. Catal. 223, iii. 2. 2 Here follows the name of the authority.