Author
the Mughal scholar Muḥammad Aʻlá ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Qāḍī Muḥammad Ḥāmid ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṣābir al-Fārūqī al-Tahānawī
Publication Date
18th century (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Place
India -
Type
Book
Language
ara,fas
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
315 x 190 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Delhi Arabic 994
Record ID
vdc_100088051240.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
18th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Encyclopaedia of technical terminology for self-teaching by the Mughal scholar Muḥammad Aʻlá ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Qāḍī Muḥammad Ḥāmid ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṣābir al-Fārūqī al-Tahānawī (Muhammad Ala bin Ali bin Al-Qadi Muhammad Hamid Bin Muhammad bin Sabir Al-Farouqi Al-Thanawi, d. after 1745). After a long introduction (vol. 1, ff. 2r-37r) the entries in the encyclopaedia are arranged alphabetically. This copy is defective at the end and ends abruptly at the beginning of the chapter
ṣād
,section
mīm
(Chapter al-Sad, chapter al-Mim, i.e. the section containing words that begin with
ṣād
and end with
mīm
, vol. 2, f. 568v). The majority of the entries are in Arabic, but some are in Persian.
The present copy is bound in two volumes with continuous foliation.
Vol. 1: Introduction to Chapter
ḥāʾ
,section
lām
(Chapter al-Ha, chapter al-Lam, ff. 2r-264v);
Vol. 2: Chapter
ḥāʾ
,section
lām
(Chapter Al-Hā’, Fasl Al-Lām) to Chapter
ṣād
,section
mīm
(Chapter Al-Sad Fasl Al-Mim, ff. 265r-568v).
The historic front flyleaves of both volumes (foliated 1A-F to 1F-F in vol. 1 and 1A-B to 1G-B in vol. 2) contain calculations in Kaithi script, which are unrelated to the main text of the manuscript.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Library, 1876
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Kashshāf iṣṭilāḥāt al-funūn كشاف اصطلاحات الفنون Tahānawī, Muḥammad Aʿlá ibn ʻAlī تهانوي، محمد أعلى بن علي
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Kashshāf iṣṭilāḥāt al-funūn كشاف اصطلاحات الفنون Tahānawī, Muḥammad Aʿlá ibn ʻAlī تهانوي، محمد أعلى بن علي
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Ref: Delhi Arabic 994 vol 2, ff 265-568
Köken
The Government of India, its seal with central legend 'Delhi MSS' (vol. 1, f. 2r and vol. 2, f. 568v)
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Editions:
al-Tahānawī, Muḥammad Aʿlá ibn ʿAlī,
Kashshāf iṣṭilāḥāt al-funūn = A Dictionary of the Technical Terms Used in the Sciences of the Musalmans
, edited by Mawlawies Mohammad Wajih, Abd al-Haqq and Gholam Kadir, under the superintendence of Dr. Aloys Sprenger and Captain W. Nassau Lees ([Calcutta]: W.N. Lees, 1862)
al-Tahānawī, Muḥammad Aʿlá ibn ʿAlī,
Kashshāf iṣṭilāḥāt al-funūn
(al-Astānah: Maṭbaʿat Iqdām bi-Dār al-Khilāfah, 1317 [1899 or 1900])
al-Tahānawī, Muḥammad Aʿlá ibn ʿAlī,
Kashshāf iṣṭilāḥāt al-funūn wa-al-ʿulūm al-islāmīyah
, ed. By ʿAlī Daḥrūj, Silsilat Mawsūʿāt al-Muṣṭalaḥāt al-ʿArabīyah wa’l-Islāmīyah, 2 vols (Beirut: Maktabat Lubnān Nāshirūn, 1996)
Study:
Lala, Ismail, ‘An Analysis of Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Tahānawī’s Approach in
Kashshāf iṣṭilāḥāt al-funūn
– The Entry of
huwiyya
’,
Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies
17 (2017), 14-34
