RECENT ACQUISITIONS

Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books

Manuscript Acquisitions, 1976

AMHARIC

Traditional Amharic commentary on the Bible:Enoch. Copied by Mari Geta Mogas Getahunat Gondar, ^.1975. Or. 13709.

BURMESE

Tabin-Shwei-Hti Thatnaing Ya-Zawin. Histor-ical account of King Tabin-shwei-hti, 1531-51. Palm-leaf; Burmese script; dated 1227(i865).Or. 13714.

ARABIC

'Ismat Allah ibn A'zam ibn 'Abd ar-Rasul as-Saharanfurl (d. i:. 1100/1688), Anwar hulasatal-hisab. A commentary and glosses uponHulasat al-hisab of Baha' ad-Din Muhammadibn Husayn al-'AmilT (d. 1031/1621), being acompendium of arithmetic, written by Raqim'Abd Allah; dated 1253 (1837); Persia.Or. 13747.

The Qur'an^ copied in fully vocalized Muhaq-qaq script, with the top and bottom lines ineach page written in a relatively larger scriptwith illuminated title-page, chapter headings,and marginal medallions; undated, probablyfirst half of 14th century; southern Persia.Or. 13753.

ARMENIAN

Xosk' ev xratk' Xikaray zor asac' Nadan vord-voy iwroy. (The counsels of Akhikar to his sonHadar); possibly i8th century. Or. 13708.

CAMBODIAN

Kon Can. A poem of instruction from father tochild. Palm-leaf; Cambodian Mul script;i8th-i9th century. Or. 13717. Gift of Mrs K.Saxton.

CHINESE

Register of troops reported by their com-manding officer, Ch'en Chao-lang, for thesecond month of Tao-kuang 20 (1840); dated1840. Or. 13710.

GUJARATI

Vetdl-PancavTsT-Ras of Devaslla, the earliestknown Gujarati version ofthe Sanskrit Vetdl-apancavimsati, in Jain Nagari script; dated1647 (AD 1590/1); at Radbar (?). Or. 13792-

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HINDI

Kavi-Priya of Kesav Das of Orchcha, a treatisein Hindi verse on poetical composition. JainNagari script in black ink; dated 1706 (1649/50); Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Or. 13793.

MALAY

Sipat duapuluh, a popular Islamic religiousinstruction; dated 1301 H (AD 1883); probablySumatra. Or. 13716.

ORIYA

Ldvanyavatt of Upendra Bhafija, the Oriyaverse romance of prince Candrabhanu andprincess Lavanyavatl; Oriya script incisedin black. Almost every folio illustrated intypically Orissan style: incised decoration withdetails and backgrounds coloured (red, yellow,and black). Bound in wooden boards coveredwith fabric and painted with scenes from thelife of Rama; palm-leaf; probably late i8thcentury, from Orissa. Or. 13720.

PALI

Kammavdcd—Buddhist ordination text. Palm-leaf manuscript; Burmese square script; theleaves are gilded and lacquered with a decora-tion on the opening and closing leaves ofhamsa birds, and are bound between boards,decorated with geometric patterns androundels; late i8th or early 19th century.Or. 13765. Gift of the Revd Hugh Wake.

Kammavdcd—'Hnddh.xst ordination text. Palm-leaf manuscript; Burmese script; the leaves aresilvered over and the text is in black withdecorations of hamsa and deva on the openingand closing leaves; bound between boards,silvered with geometric decorations in red; latei8th or early 19th century. Or. 13766. Gift ofthe Revd Hugh Wake.

PANJABI

Vafdt Ndmah Hazrat Rasul-i karm. Anaccount, in Panjabi verse, of the death of theProphet Muhammad and the election of AbuBakr as-Siddlq as the first orthodox caliph;Arabic characters; 19th century. Or. 13727.

Madh shartf Hazrat Pir Dastgir. Religiouspoems; Arabic characters; 19th century.Or. 13728.

PASHTO

Dwdn~i Rahmdn. The poetical works of MuUa'Abd ar-Rahman, Mohmand, called RahmanBaba. Dated 1226/1811; Kashmir. 'Unvanandtwelve miniatures. Or. 13764.

PERSIAN

Rubd'iyydt-i' Umar-i Hayydm. A modern copyin three volumes of the rubd'iyydt attributedto 'Umar Hayyam, containing 243 poemsarranged alphabetically. Copied by Irsad 'AllSawkat, Fathpuri; dated 1968; Southall,England. Or. 13711. Gift of Islamic Educa-tional Welfare Centre, London.

Dwdn-i Paydm. The collected Persian poems ofSaraf ad-DTn 'All Han, called Payam, of Agra.Copied by Safi ad-DTn called Gulam Mustafawith the tahallus Maftun; dated 1256 (1840);N. India. Or. 13712.

'AjdUb as-sand'i'. A Persian translation of Kitdbff ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya, an Arabictreatise on ingenious automata by BadT' az-zaman Ibn ar-Razzas al-Jazarl. Translated byMuhammad ibn Da'ud ibn Muhammad ibnMahmud 'Alavi Sadiyabadl of Mandu(Sadiyabad); contemporary coloured illustra-tions, Indian Sultanate style; dated 914 (1509).Or. 13718.

Masnavt. A copy of the Ma$navTof]A\^\ ad-DinRumI, containing Daftars i and 2 only; secondhalf of the i8th century; India. Or. 13721.

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aqsam-i an.} An Isna'aJart^Vi treatise on thedoctrine of the imdmat. The title given above isthe description of the work found in theauthor's preface. The author's name isMuhammad Isma'Tl; igth century; India.Or. 13722.

Manba al-Bahrayn. A treatise on prosody andrhyme. This is an autograph fair copy of thetext both written and checked by the author,Muhammad Taj ad-Dln called Bahjat; dated_i247 (1832); India. Or, 13723.

A'Tna-yi haqaUg-namdy a commentary byIbrahim SattarT HasanabadI upon Jdtn-i

Jahdn-namd^ a treatise on Sufi metaphysics andcosmology, by Sams ad-Din MuhammadSirin ibn Tzz ad-Din Magribi of Azarbayjan;probably 19th century; India. Or, 13725.

Part of the Sdhndma of FirdawsT, containingapproximately the last quarter of the poem;19th century; India. Or. 13726.

Persian translations of, summaries of, or extractsfrom, five Sanskrit texts; dated AD 1882;Lahore, Illuminated 'unvans, and miniaturesin Panjabi style. Or. 13743,

[Three works on Sufism.]1. Parda bar~anddht va bardagi iindht. A

treatise on basic doctrinal and practicalaspects of Islam, and the meaning of tenterms used in Sufism.

2. Risdlat dar ma'ni-yi tavajjuh. A brief workby Sayh Sa'd ad-Din KasgarT on themeaning of the term tavajjuh (i,e, con-centration of the heart in zikr).

3. A Sufi commentary on the significance ofthe Islamic confession of faith in Allah andin His angels. Scriptures, Prophets, theLast Day, the Divine Decree for good andevil, and the truth of resurrection afterdeath. The name of the author is not given;i8th century; India. Or, 13744

[Three works on Sufism.]I. ar-Risdlat al-mubdraka. A treatise on

aspects of the Sufi Path, including a discus-sion of a number of Sufis known to theauthor, by Sayh Muhammad Gaws ibnSayyid Husayn Qadirl of Peshawar.

2. A Persian translation with brief com-mentary, of Hizb al-bahr, an Arabic litanyof Sayh Abu 1-Hasan as-Sazill.

3. A treatise on aspects of the esoteric mean-ings and benefits of the Hizb al-bahr ofSayh Abu 1-Hasan as-SazilT; late i8thcentury; Bukhara. Or. 13745.

[Poems by Sifa'T and Sipahi]; i8th century.Or. 13746.

An anonymous explanatory translation intoPersian of Abu Hamid al-GazalT's Arabic workmost commonly known as Risdlat at-taswtya\late 18th or igth century; India. Or. 13751,

$arh-i Ma$navT. A commentary upon difficultverses in the Ma$navToi]^\^\ ad-Din RumT, byAyyub Lahawri; mid 19th century; India.Or, 13752.

Munaz,ardt-i hams. Five philosophical debatesbetween allegorical personages, in prose inter-spersed with verses, by Sa'in ad-Din 'AllTurka, Isfahan!; dated 822 (1419); Samar-qand. Or. 13761.

Fasl al-hitdb. A compilation of teachings onSufism, containing passages from manyPersian and Arabic works, by the NaqsbandTSayh Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Hafizial-Buhari, better known as Hwaja MuhammadParsa; dated 996 (1588); Istanbul. Or. 13762.

PERSIAN and ARABIC

[Five tracts, one in Persian and four in Arabic]1, In Persian; Sarh-i qastda-i Jawhar at-

tarkib. A versified treatise in qasida form onthe principles of Persian syntax, by MunsiSivaram called Jawhar, of Bareilly andDelhi; about 1830; Delhi.

2, In Arabic: A grammatical treatise.3, In Arabic: Sarh Tahdib al-Mantiq wa-l-

Kaldm. A commentary by Galal ad-DinMuhammad ibn As'ad ad-Dawanl uponTahdtb al-Mantiq wa-l-Kaldm of Mas'udibn 'Umar at-Taftazani, a treatise on logicand dialectic.

4, In Arabic: Sarh Sullam al-'Ulum. A com-

mentary, probably al-Munhiyah, uponSullam al-'Ulum, a treatise on logic byMuhibb Allah ibn 'Abd as-Sakur al-Biharl.

5. In Arabic: A super-commentary, mainly agrammatical analysis of a commentaryupon ar-Risdlah a^-Samsiyyah ft l-a*tndlal-mantiqiyyah^ the treatise on logic ofNagm ad-Din 'Ali ibn 'Umar al-Qazwini,called al-Katibi. Or. 13724.

PRAKRIT

RajaprahiTyasutra., the second Upariga of theSvetambarajaina Canon; dated 1599(1532/3).Or. 13784-

Dasdsrutaskandhasutra, the fourth Chedasuttaof tbe Svetambara Jaina Canon; dated 1590(1533/4)-Or. 13785-

Avaiyaka, the second Mulasutra of the Svetam-barajaina Canon; dated 1478 (i42t/2); Pattan.Or. 13786.

PRAKRIT and GUJARATI

Antagadadasdo (Antakrtadasah), the eighthAfiga of the Svetambara Jaina Canon, with aGujarati taba; 19th century. Or. 13740.

A Jain tale, in Apabhramsa, on the subject ofKing Srenika of Magadha, with Gujaratigloss; dated 1643 (1586/7). Or. 13790.

PRAKRIT and SANSKRIT

Nigodasa{trimiikd, thirty-six Prakrit verses onJain physical doctrine; i6th/i7th century.Or. 13789.

SANSKRIT

Akrura Updkhydna^ an extract from the tenthcanto of the Bhdgavata Purdna. Palm-leaf;i8th century; Orissa. Or. 13719.

Devtmdhdtmya, an extract from the Markan-deya Purdna^ preceded by various stotras;twenty-five illustrations; i8th century;probably from Gujarat. Or. 13733.

Cakras. Forty-six diagrams, for use in divina-tion; 19th century.? Or. 13734.

A work on omens {Sakundvalt}), together withthe Pdiakakevali (on divination by means ofdice) here ascribed to Narada; i8th century.Or. 13735.

Aivamedhaparvan from the Jaimini Bhdrata;18th century. Or. 13736.

Mdtrkdmghantu, a homonymous vocabulary ofmonosyllables, by Mahldasa; i8th century.Or. 13737.

Subhdsitamanjart, a collection of ninety-ninesubhasitas; i8th/i9th century. Or. 13738.

Horoscope. A birth-chart for a person (nameindecipherable) born 1994 (1938); New Delhi.Or. 13739.

Bhaktdmarastotra., a hymn to Adinatha, byManaturiga; dated 1822 (1765/6). Or. 13741.

A set of three copper plates; a charter recordingthe gift of a village; dated (CAD 935-70);Cuttack. Or. 13749. See J. F. Fleet, 'Recordsof the Somavamsi Kings of Katak', EpigraphiaIndica, vol. iii (Calcutta, 1894-5), PP- 323-60,where tbis charter is published as C.

A set of two copper plates (originally three,the inner one having disappeared); a charterrecording the gift of a village; C.AD IOOO;

Yayatinagar. Or. 13750. See J. F. Fleet, op.cit., who edited the complete charter as F.

Ritual and devotional tracts; AD 1725-50;Kashmir. Miniatures. Or. 13757.

Bhagavadgita, preceded by dhyanas; dated 1746(1824/5); Aurangabad district. Miniatures.Or. 13758.

Mahabhdrata, sections from the epic; onesection dated 1663 (1606/7). Or. 13767.

Caturvargacintdmani, Hemadri's legal digest;dated 1496 (1439/40). Or. 13768.

Kdtydyana Srautasdtra; 17th century.Or. 13769.

Kdtydyana ^rautasutra; dated 1729 (1671/2);Nasik on the bank of the GodavarT. Or. 13770.

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Katyayanamtrapaddhati., a commentary byYajfiikadeva on the Srautasutra of Katyayana;17th century. Or. 13771.

Kumdrasambhava, by Kalidasa. Cantos I-VIII,with marginal glosses; dated 1549 (1492/3).Or. 13772.

Bhartrhari Satakatrayayiicommentzry thereon.,untitled; dated 1762 (1705/6). Or. 13773.

Vrttaraindkaray a treatise on prosody, byKedarabhatta, son of Pabbeka, with the com-mentary Mugdhabodha by Soma; dated 1691(1634/5); apparently autograph. Or. 13774.

Kdtantravistara of Vardhamana, a t:ika onDurgasirnha's commentary on Katantra'sgrammatical aphorisms; dated 1526 (1469/70).Or. 13775.

Srtpatipaddhativrtti^ the commentary ofSumatiharsa, disciple of Harsaratna, on theSrTpatipaddhati., an astronomical treatise;dated 1706 (1649/50); Sirohi. Or. 13776.

Jyottsaratnamdld, a treatise on astrology, bySripati; dated 1549 (1482/3); Stambhatirtha(Cambay). Or. 13777.

Muhurtacintdmant^ a treatise on astrology, byRama Daivajna, son of Ananta; dated 1691(1634/5)- Or. 13778.

Jatakabhararia^ an astrological work on nativi-ties, by Dhundhiraja Daivajna; diagrams;dated 1766 (1709); Medata. Or. 13779.

Tdjikabhiisariay a manual of astrology, byGanesa Ganaka, son of Dhundhiraja Daivajfia;one miniature; dated 1692 (1636/7); Jhujhu-vagrama. Or. 13780.

Sdkuna^ a treatise on omens and divination, byVasantaraja, son of Sivaraja; dated 1706(1649). Or. 13781.

Jvarapardjaya., a treatise on the treatment offevers; dated 1700 (1644). Or. 13782.

Vaidyajivana^ a medical treatise, by Lolim-baraja; dated 1733 (1676/7). Or. 13783.

Kalpdntaravdcya., a work dealing with topicsarising in the Kalpasutra; dated 1580 (1523/4).Or. 13787.

Dtpdlikalpa^ a treatise on the DTpali festival, byJinasundara Suri; dated 1576 (1519/20).Or. 13788.

Sinduraprakarakdvya^ a Jain didactic poem, bySomaprabhacarya, with tika; i6th century;Kharavlgrama. Or. 13791.

SANSKRIT and GUJARATI

[Three works.] '1. Gitagovinda^ by Jayadeva, with the tika of

Sridhara. Incomplete; early i8th century.2. A Gujarati work entitled Koka-sdstrdm

prdkrtabkdsdj apparently a version of theKokaidstra\ dated 1781 (1724/5).

3. Hymns etc. in Gujarati and Sanskrit.Or. 13756.

SHAN

Buddhist Text. Shan script; late i8th, early19th century. Or. 13754.

TELUGU

The turbulent decade in Telugu literature., 1965-^975-> by Bhamidipati Anantanavayana; dated1976. Or. 13748.

THAI

Jataka} Northern Thai Tham script; 19thcentury. Or. 13742.

TURKISH

The preface of Lami'T ^elebi to his Divdn.Probably copied during the latter half of the17th century. Or. 13715.

[Mecmu'a.] A miscellany containing poemsby numerous authors. According to a Latininscription on fol. 175^, the manuscript wasfound in the library ofthe Count of Breda (in

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Bohemia) in 1781 and presented to the tutor ofBarbara of Relsberg; undated; probably earlyi8th century. The manuscript also containsfour fine examples of Turkish 'cut-out' orwork in decoupe coloured paper. Or, 13763.

URDU

Masdar Fuyuz. A Persian grammar by Nazirad-Din Hasan Sha'iq QuraishT Hashimi ibnShah Ghulam Muhyi ad-DTn; dated 1259(1843), Or. 13729.

Tanhth al-Ghdfilm. A treatise on the religiousduties and obligations of the followers of

Islam, being a revised version by Sayyid 'AbdAllah ibn Bahadur 'All of an Urdu transla-tion of the Persian original of Shah RafT ad-Din; dated 1259 (1843); Shahjahanpur; Delhi.Or. 13730.

Masnavt Mir Zdmin 'Abbds Marhum. A longpoem, by MTr Zamin 'Abbas, on the relativefidelity of men and women; dated 1351 (1932).Or. 13731.

A treatise on prosody and rhetoric; c.i^thcentury. Or, 13732,

Gulzdr-i Nastm. The romance of Taj al-Mulukand BakavalT rendered into Urdu verse byDayasafikara Kaula called NasTm. Forty-fourminiatures; dated 1254 (1838 9), Or, 13755,

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