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A HAND LIST OF PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS By Sahibzadah Muhammad Abdul Moid Khan Director Rajasthan Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Arabic Persian Research Institute, Tonk RAJASTHAN MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD ARABIC PERSIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE RAJASTHAN, TONK 2012 2 RAJASTHAN MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD ARABIC PERSIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE RAJASTHAN, TONK All Rights Reserved First Edition, 2012 Price Rs. Published by RAJASTHAN MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD ARABIC PERSIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE RAJASTHAN, TONK 304 001 Printed by Navjeevan Printers and Stationers on behalf of Director, MAAPRI, Tonk 3 PREFEACE Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Arabic Persian Research Institute, Rajasthan, Tonk is quenching the thirst of the researchers throughout the world like an oasis in the desert of Rajasthan.The beautiful building of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Arabic and Persian Research Institute Rajasthan, Tonk is situated in the valley of two historical hills of Rasiya and Annapoorna. The Institute is installed with district head quarters at Tonk state Rajasthan in India. The Institute is 100 kms. away at the southern side from the state capital Jaipur. The climate of the area is almost dry. Only bus service is available to approach to Tonk from Jaipur. The area of the Institute‟s premises is 1,26,000 Sq.Ft., main building 7,173 Sq.Ft., and Scholar‟s Guest House is 6,315 Sq.Ft. There are 8 well furnished rooms carrying kitchen, dining hall and visiting hall, available in the Scholar‟s Guest House. This Institute was established by the Government of Rajasthan, which has earned international repute because of its aims, objectives and achievements. An abode of knowledge, the Institute has a collection of 8,598 manuscripts, 233 Xeroxed Manuscripts, 35 Transcribed Manuscripts, 936 Microfilmed Manuscripts, 18 Musawwidat, Mubayyazat, 31,659 printed books, 722 Faramin and Asanid 17,781 Reference Journals (Dar ur Rasail), 783 Calligraphy Panels and Artifacts, 12 Katbat and 65,000 judgement files of the Shariat Records of the erstwhile Tonk State in addition to the historical documents belonging to the old Munshi Khana Huzuri of the said State alongwith Asnad, Tughrajat and the exhibits of decorative calligraphic art. This literary treasure of Arabic and Persian as well as Urdu belongs to the 5th century of the Hijra and onwards. It consists of the original works including edited and translated manuscripts and publications on more than 50 different subjects specifically holy Qur‟an, Hadis, Fiqh, Tasawwuf, Philosophy, Sirat, History, Geography, Medicines, Astrology, Astronomy, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, Geometry, Arithmetic, Literature and Malfuzat (writings) of the holy Saints etc. Besides these subjects, the Institute owns the Persian & Urdu translations of the works of Hindu Religion from Sanskrit origin as the translation of Ramayana, Mahabharat, Bhagwad Gita, Pothi Rohini, Naldamana, Lilawati etc. but the script of these works is of Persian as Emperor Akbar the great got these Sanskrit works of Hindu religion translated into Persian by his order in his reign. This invaluable literary collection owes its initial establishment to Yamin ud-Daulah Wazir ul Mulk the late Nawwab Muhammad Ali Khan – the third ruler of erstwhile Tonk State in the year 1867. In this way the 4 travel of the Institute‟s treasure is 145 years till now. In the year 1946, Saeed ud Daulah the late Nawwab Saadat Ali Khan transferred it to the newly established Saeediyah Library which was known as the District Library, Tonk after the formation of Rajasthan. The manuscripts of the District Library were transferred in 1961 to Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute, Jodhpur by opening its branch at Tonk. Subsequently in 1973 the State Government established a separate Institute in the name of Arabic and Persian Research Centre which was further enriched by a historical decision of the Government through which important Arabic and Persian collections were transferred from various libraries and museums to this Institute. Ultimately an epoch making decision was taken by the Government of Rajasthan to create an independent Directorate in 1978. The Institute is now situated in its own constructed building well equipped with ultra modern and scientific techniques of preserving the manuscripts and other records. During Maulana Azad Centenary Celebrations in 1989 this Directorate was named as Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Arabic and Persian Research Institute Rajasthan, Tonk. In this valuable collection, except of the transferred collections from the Government institutions and libraries there is a sizeable collection also purchased by the Institute. The collection which was donated to the Institute from the private and personal libraries, by the donors is very important. The Institute preserves such collections here in the name of the donor as Maulana Shaghil Collection, Jaipur; Jauhar Collection, Tonk; Pandit Ram Niwas Nadeem Collection,Tonk; Maulana Ubaid Arab Collection, Bhopal; Hafiz Quamar Asif Collection, Ajmer; Chand Bihari Lal „Saba‟ Collection, Jaipur; Maulawi Hakim Muhammad Ahmad Collection, Tonk; Capt. Sahibzadah M. Shamsher Khan „Shaheen‟ Collection, Tonk; Mufti Akhtar Husain Collection, Kota; Mr. Manzoor Alam Advocate, Collection, Tonk and Mohd. Umar Saifi Collection, Tonk etc. We are grateful to all our donors and assure them that the donated books and manuscripts shall be preserved so that the scholars from all over the world are benefited. We are sure that such donations shall be coming continuously for the sacred cause. The Government of Rajasthan established this Institute on 4th December, 1978. The Institute, is now completing its 34 years and has obtained the standard of an internationally known Institute. In the 5 meanwhile the President, Vice President, Governors, Chief Ministers of Rajasthan, Ministers, Chief Secretaries, Special Secretaries, Secretaries and some other officers and dignitaries used to visit the Institute and to watch the invaluable treasure kept safely here alongwith the progressive activities of the Institute. Besides it the learned persons and scholars from home and abroad often visit this Institute to be benefitted and to complete their research pursuits by the source material the Institute provides. The three veteran scholars of this Institute have been honoured by getting President award first Shri Sahibzadah Shaukat Ali Khan the ex- Director of this Institute in the year 1992 and secondly Shri Maulana Mohd. Abdul Hai Faiz in the year 2001 specially for their contribution of literary works pertaining to the material kept in this Institute and thirdly Dr. M. Riyazuddin Khan in the year 2005. A calligraphist of this Institute Shri Khursheed Alam has got the opportunity to participate in the international Koranic calligraphy exhibition organised in Iran. The 50 scholars, benefitted by the source materials preserved here, have received Ph.D. degree by the different universities while 35 research scholars are getting advantage. In the current planning of the Institute the digitizing, computerizing and the construction of Baitul Hikmat work is in progress. The Institute is also aggressive to bring out such highly valuable and unprinted manuscripts that the publication of these manuscripts will highlight the name of the country and will achieve a goal in Arabic, Persian and Urdu world. The Institute, after noticing the dyre needs of the scholars in various languages, has decided to make a hand list of the rare manuscripts of Arabic, Persian and Urdu, preserved in Rajasthan Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Arabic Persian Research Institute, Tonk, in Hindi, English and Urdu respectively and to get it loaded on institute's website also, to quench the thirst of the concerned scholars from home and abroad. Thus the work of getting published a hand list of Arabic manuscripts, preserved in the Institute in English language is complete now and loaded on the Institute's web site www.maapritonk.nic.in , so that the scholars from home and abroad may get full advantage of this unique treasure. 6 If the readers point out towards any omitted historical fact pertaining to the period concerned, will surely be welcome and their honourable information will get appripriate place in next edition. In the preparation and trials of getting this books complete my colleagues, Mrs. Iftikharunnisa, Mr. Abid Aqil, Salahuddin Qamar, Jameel Ahmad, Murlidhar Arora and Pankaj Sharma have done their work with me shoulder to shoulder with devotion and dedication. I am thankful to them. It only remains to thank my wife Shaheda Naaz, sons Shadab, Shahbaz, Zakir and daughter Saiqa, Sahar and Bilguis who are my sources of inspiration. Thus the book in hand is a materailised response of the true longings of historians, scholars and related intellectuals which may be very useful to them. Sahibzadah Abdul Moid Khan Director Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Arabic Persian Research Institute Rajasthan, Tonk 7 CONTENTS 1. Preface 3 2. at Tajwid wal Qiraat 9 3. at Tafsir 11 4. Usul-i-Hadis 14 5. al-Hadis 15 6. al-Auraad wal Wazaa'if 18 7. al-Kalam wal Aqaaid 23 8. Usul-i-Fiqh 25 9. al-Fiqh 25 10. al-Mubahisah wal Munazirah 33 11. Hinduism 35 12. at-Tasawwuf 36 13. al-Mantiq 57 14. al-Hikmat wal Falsafah 57 15. al-Haiyah war Riyazi 57 16. al-Hisab 58 17. at-Tib 59 18. at-Tarikh 73 19. Tarikh-i-Islam wa Siyar 74 20. Tarikh-i-Inglistan 79 21. Tarikh-i-Iran 79 22. Tarikh-i-Bukhara 81 23. Tarikh-i-Hindustan 81 24. Asma ur Rijaal 90 25. Jughrafiyah 93 26. Safar Namah 95 27. al-Lughat 95 28. al-Adab 99 29. al-Maani wal Balaghat 135 30. al-Qawaaid 136 31. as-Sarf 137 32. an-Nahw 139 8 33. ar-Ramal 140 34. al-Jafar 141 35. an-Nujum 142 36. at-Tabir ur-Ruya 142 37. al-Qaanun 143 38. al-Akhlaaq 144 39. al-Waz 146 40. as-Sanat 147 41. al-Kimiya 147 42. Sipahgari 148 43. Musiqi 148 44. Ilm ul-Qiyafah 148 45.