[IO Islamic 785] Short Treatises

<strong>Treatises.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 723 in the India Office collections.</strong> <strong>[metadata:</strong> <strong>Hermann Ethé</strong><strong><em>, </em></strong><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> <strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong> <strong>number 785 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 723 Two short treatises on Makkah, its topography, peculiarities and spiritual influences, based chiefly on Ḳurân verses and traditions; they are attached to the first copy of ׳Abd-alḥaḳḳ bin Saif-aldîn alturk aldihlawî׳s جذب القلوب الى دار المحبوب (No. 720 above). The first is in Persian, and begins on fol. 201^a: الحمد لله ربّ العالمين و العاقبة للمتّقين و الصلوة و السّلام على رسوله افضل الحقّ سيّدنا محمّد و آله و اصحابه اجمعين بدان ايّدك الله تعالى الخ. The second is in Arabic, and begins on fol. 210^b:بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم ........ و صحبه اجمعين كتاب الحسن بن الحسن البقرى الخ. No. 785, ff. 201-215, ll. 16; careless Nasta’lîḳ; worm-eaten: size, 9^1/8 in. by 4^3/4 in.