Abstract: Izhar al-Haqq (Demonstration of the truth) is a work of Islamic apologetics that broke new ground in the Muslim approach to the Bible and to Christian doctrine. Written by Indian scholar Rahmatullah al-Dihlawi (circa 1817−91), it received the approbation of the Ottoman sultan, Abdülaziz (reigned 1861−76). It was printed in 1867 at the imperial press in Istanbul for distribution among Arabic-speaking Muslims. Rahmatullah based his innovative approach on analysis of European Protestant historical or higher criticism, i.e., on reinterpretations and reformulations of biblical historiography made by European theologians themselves. This was a major departure from the customary defense of Islam made by reference predominantly to Muslim scripture. The book is said to have grown out of arguments put forward by Rahmatullah in his 1854 debate with German missionary Carl Gottlieb Pfander (1803–65) in Aligarh, India. Debate continues among Muslim scholars regarding textual and interpretive portions of the work. This edition includes brief laudatory introductions in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish, and the author himself supplies an important introductory essay. The detailed colophon and the high-quality printing point to the care taken in the production of the book. Presented here are two volumes bound as one.Physical description: 2 volumes (288 pages and 285 pages) bound together ; 26 centimeters
According to the colophon, (f. 63r), copy completed on 14 Ṣafar 1293 AH March 10, 1876 AD.Written in one column, 11 lines per page, in black.MS Arab SM4169. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Arabic.
Abstract: In the introduction of this manuscript entitled al-Īḍāḥ fī kullīyāt al-ṭibb (The clarification of the general principles of medicine), the author identifies himself as ‘Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdullāh al-Anwarī, but nothing else is known about him. As the title suggests, the work is a medical text in the tradition of second-century physician and philosopher Galen and the great polymath and physician, Abū ʻAlī ibn Sīnā (known as Avicenna, 980–1037). The manuscript is arranged as an introductory section containing definitions followed by sections on theoretical medical knowledge and on practical medical knowledge. The theoretical section is further divided into four parts, which consider topics of natural philosophy, such as the four elements, and matters relating to the state of the body in health or illness. The practical section of the work is divided into two parts: the first concentrates on the preservation of health, and the second on the treatment of disease. The manuscript, in Naskh script, contains 23 lines to a page, with section headings highlighted in red ink, and numerous marginal notes in Persian and Arabic. The colophon indicates that the manuscript was completed on July 30, 1727, in Delhi.Physical description: 16 x 24.5 centimeters
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay's Secret Department to the East India Company's Secret Committee, Number 8 of 1841, dated 31 January 1841. The enclosures are dated 2 November 1840 to 1 February 1841.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence sent and received by the Government of Bombay, and copies of other papers such as minutes, memoranda and resolutions.The main correspondents are as follows: the Government of Bombay's Military Board; the Secretary to the Government of India; the Political Agent in Lower Scinde; and the Quarter Master General of the Bombay Army. Other correspondents include the Envoy and Minister at Cabool [Kabul], and the Political Agent in Upper Scinde.Many of the enclosures relate to military affairs in Scinde [Sindh, also spelled Sinde in the volume] and elsewhere in India.It also includes enclosures relating to the following:Rules established by the Rao of Cutch, stating that among those vessels trading between Sinde and Bombay, those which were driven into Mandavie [Mandvi] by adverse weather conditions were exempt from the payment of the duties previously exacted at that Port (enclosures relating to this include a
Supplementto the
Bombay Government Gazette, which contains a notification on this subject by the Government of Bombay's Political Department, which is printed in English, Persian, Gujarati, and Marathi)Ordnance and ammunition ordered for the Envoy and Minister at Cabool [Kabul]A carriage intended as a present from Queen Victoria to the Imaum [Imam] of MuscatAga Khan, Governor of Kerman, requesting the Government of Bombay to aid his agent in the collection of contributions from members of his tribe living in Bombay.In addition, this part includes:Three newsletters from the Secretary to the Government of India, containing précis of the latest intelligence received by the Governor General of India, from places including: Peshawur [Peshawar], Upper and Lower Scinde [Sindh], Afghanistan, Khiva, Burma, Nepal, China, Persia [Iran], and Bagdad [Baghdad]A sketch map of the route from Deesa to Lheree via Nuggur, Purkur, Wanga Bazaur, Roree and Shickarpoor [Shikarpur] by Lieutenant J Jacob of the Bombay Artillery (folio 468).Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-89, on folios 383-402. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure. Enclosures no. 80-82 listed in the abstract of contents are not included in the volume.
Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-61 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 27 August 1844. The enclosures are dated 14 May-21 August 1844.Folios 324-350 consist of copies of correspondence relating to a petition from Moola Moosa [Mullā Mūsá, also written as Moollah Maussa and Moolla Moses] and Moola Ibrahim [Mullā Ibrāhīm], Jewish merchants resident in Meshid [Mashhad], for indemnity for losses suffered due to alleged persecution in Cabool [Kabul] caused by their association with the British. The correspondence covers:Details of the ‘essential service’ provided by both men to the British in Afghanistan, Bokhara [Emirate of Bukhara], Khiva, Kokan [Kokand] and Toorkistan [Turkestan]An immediate grant by the Governor-General of India, upon receipt of the petition, of 1000 rupees each, and his passing the case on to the Court of Directors for consideration of further compensationThe death at Bombay [Mumbai] of Moola Moosa while awaiting a response to the petition.Folios 397-470 consist of copies of correspondence relating to the Indus Flotilla, particularly a severe delay in paying the men of the flotilla, due to confusion over which Presidency has ultimate authority for issuing the pay, after the responsibility for auditing the accounts of the Scinde [Sindh] Marine Department was transferred from the Government of Bombay to the Government of Bengal in May 1843.Other topics covered in the item include:Arrangements for three trophy guns, captured in Afghanistan and Hyderabad, to be shipped from Bombay to England aboard HMS
Nimrodas gifts for Queen VictoriaThe arrival at Fort William of Sir Henry Hardinge, the newly-appointed Governor-General of IndiaA request from the Assistant in Charge of Nimar for 10,000 rupees worth of small denomination coins to be sent for circulation in the region, and arrangements for a military escort for transportation of the coins.The primary correspondents are: Captain F H H Glasse, commanding HMS
Nimrod; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; the Military Auditor General, Bombay; the British Resident, Indore; the Assistant in Charge of Nimar; Moola Moosa; Moola Ibrahim; the Government of Scinde; the Government of India; and various Indian Army officers.Physical description: 1 item (160 folios)
Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of India Secret Department (Camp at Meerut) to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 3 of 1838, dated 3 March 1838. The enclosures are dated 14-28 February 1838.The papers relate to the postponement of the proposed meeting between Maharaja Runjeet [Ranjit] Singh, Ruler of the Punjab, and the Governor-General of India until the end of the next rainy season. They comprise: a despatch from William Hay Macnaghten, Secretary to the Government of India to Captain Claude Martine Wade, Political Agent in Loodhiana [Ludhiana, also spelled Loodiana in this item]; and a despatch from Wade to Macnaghten forwarding a letter from Lieutenant Frederick Mackeson (at the camp of Runjeet Singh) and the latter’s translation of Runjeet Singh’s reply to a letter from the Governor-General of India.Physical description: 1 item (20 folios)
Written in one column, 13 lines per page, in black and red.According to the colophon (f. 16v), copy completed on 22 Ṣafar 1302 AH December 10, 1884 AD.MS Arab SM4292. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Arabic.
Title from f. 25r.Copied in 1265 1848-9.Bound with: ʻIqd al-jumān fī faḍāyil laylat niṣf al-ShaʻbānʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sakhāwī (ff. 1r-22r.)MS Arab SM4302. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Arabic.