A Sufi work on Islamic theology; consisting of an Urdu Dakhani poem, entitled Ḵẖūb tarang, with a Persian paraphrase and commentary. Begins with the following heading: فہرست کتاب خوب ترنگ من تصنیف میان خوب In this copy of the text of the Dakhani poem, Ḵẖūb tarang, is written, verse by v...
An Islamic theological treatise in Dakhani verse. Begins: ات اچرج کہون ایل پہیلی جیو تین ھوئی جو سنے سنبھلے بیو جہانان کیون پرگھث آیا کون کون یہہ پہکھ [؟] بھرایا The poem is written in chaupāī and doharā metres, and contains a large number of Hindi words. The title occurs at the end of ...
A Sufi work on Islamic theology; consisting of an Urdu Dakhani poem, entitled Ḵẖūb tarang, with a Persian paraphrase and commentary. The text of the Dakhani poem is written on the margin (fol. 128, et seq.). It was composed by Ḵẖūb Muḥammad in A.H. 986 (see fol. 130a, marg.), and contains...
A treatise on the principles of Islamic belief and ceremonial law, in Dakhani prose. By Qazi Ghulam Ahmad. Begins: حمد و شناشبت ھے خا ص خدا کے تین غیر اسکا خدائی کے لایق کوئی نین آسمان کون قدرت سے کیا ھے حق پیدا پانی اوپر زمین کون حکمت سے اوفرش کیا The work was compiled for Tipu Sultan, and...
A short treatise on Islamic obligatory religious observances, in Dakhani verse. By Shāh Mulk. Begins: الہی دے توقیق انسان کون جو بندگی کرین تیری دل جان سون تون پیدا کیا محض بندگی کے تین سو او چھوژپکژے ھین گندکی کے تین Explanatory notes in Dakhani are written in red between the lines of th...
A Barahmasah poem, by Muhammad Afdal Gopal (d.1625). Of this poetic tradition, Francesca Orsini writes ‘in thiskind of poem an abandoned woman (virahini or birahini) pines forher absent lover or husband and describes her pitiful state, month after month,against the backdrop of seasonal changes a...
تحرير كتاب المعطيات لأقليدس Taḥrīr kitāb al-mu‘tīyāt li-Uqlīdis Euclid أقليدس
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Arabic version of the Data (Δεδομένα; كتاب المعطيات) by the mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC). The text was translated by Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn (إسحق بن حنين; d. ca 910), revised by Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرة; d. 901) and is presented here in the edition (تحرير) o...