Arabic Manuscripts in the British Library
Hadith, Kalam
Hadith
• Many copies of hadith collections compiled by al-'Amili, al-'Ayni, al-Baghawi, al-Bukhari, al-Dihlawi, Ibn al-Athir, Ibn Babawayh al-Qummi, Ibn al-Jazari, al-Kulayni, al-Mazandarani, al-Munawi, al-Mundhiri, al-Sharif al-Radi, al-Tayyibi, al-Tabrizi, al-Sindi, al-Tirmidhi, al-Yahsubi, and others
• 12 hadith manuscripts made as early as the 6th/12th century, the oldest being Abu Dawud's al-Sunan (511/1117), al-Kunduri's al-Jami' al-musannaf (520/1126), and al-Shafi'i's al-Sunan al-ma'thurah (623/1129)
Kalam
• Copies of many works by Abu Hanifah, al-Birkawi, Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, Ibn Babawayh al-Qummi, Ibn Kamal Pasha, Ibn Sina, Ibn Zarruq al-Burnusi, al-Mansur bi-Allah, al-Rassi, al-Sanusi, and others
• 50 manuscripts of the works of al-Ghazali including al-Maqsad al-asnaf fi asma' Allah al-husna (595/1199)
• Among the earliest manuscripts are 4 works copied in 479/1086, al-Hadi ila al-Haqq's Ajwibat al-Hadi, al-Murtada li-Din Allah's Kitab masa'il ... Ibn al-Hasan, and al-Rassi's Kitab al-masa'il and Kitab mustakhraj min kitab al-Tafri' al-Hasan
• Manuscripts copied in the lifetime of their author include al-Dawwani's Sharh al-'aqa'id al-adudiyah (15th c.) and al-Taftazani's Sharh 'aqa'id al-nasafi (768/1367)
• Rich in authors popular in India or of Indian origin including al-Baghandi, al-Damad, Fayd al-Kashani, al-Isfahani, al-Jurjani, al-Khayali, al-Lakhnawi, al-Qarabaghi, al-Qushji, al-Siyalkuti, al-Taftazani and al-Tusi
Hadith, Kalam
Hadith
• Many copies of hadith collections compiled by al-'Amili, al-'Ayni, al-Baghawi, al-Bukhari, al-Dihlawi, Ibn al-Athir, Ibn Babawayh al-Qummi, Ibn al-Jazari, al-Kulayni, al-Mazandarani, al-Munawi, al-Mundhiri, al-Sharif al-Radi, al-Tayyibi, al-Tabrizi, al-Sindi, al-Tirmidhi, al-Yahsubi, and others
• 12 hadith manuscripts made as early as the 6th/12th century, the oldest being Abu Dawud's al-Sunan (511/1117), al-Kunduri's al-Jami' al-musannaf (520/1126), and al-Shafi'i's al-Sunan al-ma'thurah (623/1129)
Kalam
• Copies of many works by Abu Hanifah, al-Birkawi, Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, Ibn Babawayh al-Qummi, Ibn Kamal Pasha, Ibn Sina, Ibn Zarruq al-Burnusi, al-Mansur bi-Allah, al-Rassi, al-Sanusi, and others
• 50 manuscripts of the works of al-Ghazali including al-Maqsad al-asnaf fi asma' Allah al-husna (595/1199)
• Among the earliest manuscripts are 4 works copied in 479/1086, al-Hadi ila al-Haqq's Ajwibat al-Hadi, al-Murtada li-Din Allah's Kitab masa'il ... Ibn al-Hasan, and al-Rassi's Kitab al-masa'il and Kitab mustakhraj min kitab al-Tafri' al-Hasan
• Manuscripts copied in the lifetime of their author include al-Dawwani's Sharh al-'aqa'id al-adudiyah (15th c.) and al-Taftazani's Sharh 'aqa'id al-nasafi (768/1367)
• Rich in authors popular in India or of Indian origin including al-Baghandi, al-Damad, Fayd al-Kashani, al-Isfahani, al-Jurjani, al-Khayali, al-Lakhnawi, al-Qarabaghi, al-Qushji, al-Siyalkuti, al-Taftazani and al-Tusi
