Copied A.H. 1011 A.D. 1602.Fols. 42; 20.3 x 15 cm.; written surface 13.5 x 9.4 cm.; 21 lines to page; on glazed European paper; in naskhi; with catchwords; entries in red.An account of the Mahdī and his coming at the end of the time. This work is a revision of al-ʻIrq al-wardī fī akhbār al-Mahdī by Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī, together with the addition of some traditions from al-Suyūṭīʼs collection of traditions entitled Jamʻ al-jawāmiʻ.Beg.: بسم الله ... لما رأىت کتاب العرق الوردي في اخبارColophon: وافق فراغه في ىوم الخمىس المبارك رابع عشر شهر محرم الحرام افتتاح سنة 100011 1011 ختمها الله بالخىر والحمد لله رب العالمىنThe title appears on the edges. MS in good condition; except worm-eaten and mended; Arabic leather binding; blind stamped and tooling.Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.A catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 1031².
Abstract: Collection of two treatises, one on propaedeutics, the other on the legal character of killing dogs. Very clear copy.Binding note: Marbled paper on brown leather over pasteboards for upper and lower covers.Contents: 1. fol. 1a-8b: Ghāyat al-Kamāl fī bayān afḍal al-aʻmāl / ʻAlī al-Muttaqī.Contents: 2. fol. 9a: Short inscription.Contents: 3. fol. 9b-10b: Blank.Contents: 4. fol. 11b-13b: Risālat qatl al-kilāb / Muḥammad SājaqlīʹZādah. The Risālah proper ends on fol. 11b; Fāʼidah on fol. 12a-13b.Ms. codex.Title from note on fol. 1a.13 lines per page. European glazed paper with watermark. Text 1 written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. The text is framed within two red lines. Text 2 written in small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red. The text is framed within a single red line. A few marginal notes on text 2. Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Taṣawwuf 122". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "1362/2 Ḥāʼ".Text 1 copied by Nuʻmān Ibn Khalīl in 1161 (colophon, fol. 8b). Text 2 copied in 1162 by al-Ḥājj Muḥammad Afandī (fol. 12b).