MANUSCRIPTS OF AL.GHAZÀLI'S

A. R. Shikhsaidor, A. B.Khulidov

WORKS IN DAGHESTAN

Daghestan, once a northern province of the Arab chaliph-ate, maintained, despite its later decline, commercial andcultural relations with Muslim countries of the Near andMiddle East for many centuÍies. As a result, it becamea place, where works of Arabic literature were widelyspread. Oriental manuscripts, documents and epigraphicalmaterials, which survived in this region, are hardly knownto specialists even in the Russian Federation and the forrnerUSSR. Comprehensive and systematic exploration of theDaghestan Republic in this respect was carried out more orless regularly during last 25-30 years. The main cenlrethere in which Oriental manuscripts and other writtendocuments are gathered and studied, is the Institute of His-tory, Language and Literature (the Daghestan Branch of theRussian Academy of Sciences) in Makhachkala. Its numer-ous yearly expeditions to aouls (villages), district centres,and towns bring new materials and interesting finds. How-ever, their publications are rare, being limited to several ar-ticles and one catalogue of selected manuscripts [1], somuch is to be done in the field.

A major part of the Arabic manuscripts preserved inDaghestan are those which were produced in the countryitself by local students, 'ulama ', amateurs, and professionalkatiós. Mostly they were copied in the last three centuries,but the tradition of their copying goes back to earlier times.The art of Daghestan masters of paper manufacturing, bookcopying, and book binding had its own local peculiarities.Of course, there are also Arabic manuscripts which werebrought to Daghestan from other parts of the Muslimworid. The oldest of them are connected with the Salj[qruie when numerous madrasas were founded and wereflourishing. This is especially evident in the case of al-Ghazá1ls works, copies of which are described in the pres-ent article.

Written sources provide evidence that many personsoriginating from Daghestan received education in theSaljÍq Baghdád. Among them were, for instance, Ab['Umar 'Uthmán b. al-Musaddad b. Ahmad al-Darbandt(d. after 500), known asfaqíh Baghdad because he lived inthis city for some time, attended lectures on law by shaykhAb[ Isháq al-Shirázï (d. 4861 1083) and was a pious faqíh;Ab[ Bakr Muhammad b. 'Àshir al-Shirwánl al-Darbandr,who studied law in the famous madrasa al-NizámÍya(recorded by al-Asnawi), and Hakrm b. IbráhTm b. Hakl-mal-KhunlfqT al-Darbandï, an authoritattve shafi'í faqth, whostudied Islamic law with al-Ghazáll and lived afterwards inBukharà, where he died in 53811143--/4 [2]. According to

Zakarryá' al-Qazwrnr [3], another madrasa al-Nizámryawas founded in Daghestan, in the settlement of Tsakhur. Itis noteworthy that in 1987, not far from Tsakhur(!).a manuscript copied out in 6941 1295 in madtnat al-salantBaghdad /ï-l-madrasa l-Nizamíya was found, which con-tains the Sharhby Ahmad al-Mawsilí on al-Tanbïh fr-l-fiqhby Abu Isháq al-Shr-ràzÍ. The Institute of History, Languageand Literature in Makhachkala has in its holdings a numberof other manuscripts connected in this or that way with thefamous al-NizámÍya in Baghdád and with the activiry of itsteachers.

This paper is limited to the available data on copies ofworks by al-GhazálÍ. By titles are known more than 400writings of Abn Hámid Muhammad al-Ghazàli (451505/1059-1111), the famous theologian, jurist, $[fï.preacher and didactic writer, but only a dozen of those be-came popular and were widespread in numerous copies.First of all it is a voluminous Ilyà' 'ulum al-dín and rtspar1s. In Daghestan there are only five writings of thisauthor, preserved in manuscripts, which deal with shaJi'rlaw, theology and Sufism: Ihyà', Jawahir al-Qur'an, wiïha systematic exposition of theology, Minhaj al-'abidtn.which gives a summary of the theory of Sufism and waspossibly attributed to the famous author, Bidayat al-hidaya.containing a short account of rules of daily life prescribedfor a faithful Muslim. and al-\4/aitz - a manual ofshal t t law.

.r-rJl eSb't{+l (\

1. Manuscript in the holdings of the Institute (Fund 14.No. 1/909). 195 fols. Size: 24.4 x 17.0 cm. 17 l ines perpage. Thick, light-cream, polished paper of Orientai manu-facturing. Bold naskh. Dark brown ink, here and therelight-brown. Custods on the first 13 fols. The pagination oflater origin. Binding with a flap is of light-brown leather.stamped with simple lines. The condition of the MS is fine.for the exception of a few worm-eaten folios. The MS con-tains the following fragments of the work kitab fromRub' al-muhlikat (fols. lb-42b):

J^itJl +tS.Jl 3.a: JJJiI ti:bS

and two kitabs from Rub' al-muniivat. The ïlrst kitab onfo ls .43b-87b:

ot++J.l Fr i'. J:)l J^c {,Cl +bS

A. SHIKHSAIDOV, A. KHALIDOV. Manuscripts of al-Ghazalï's Ilorks in Dashestan 1 9

The date at the end is given as follows (fol. g7b):

i \.Àll c5i -,+; ," ,_*,*"Àll a lll ,;-*iuJl +J+J 6,lb "JJ;3.ll.ri, p.)LJl q-i,_,q a,_L d$sJ àrLrs È,,,,ii-

20 DhU'l-Qa'da 586 corresponds to l9 December1 1 9 0 .

The second kitab on fols. 88b-194b:

c,l++Jl Fl ,-r^;tjJl -bSJl 3a3 rí-i:,Jl3 :+-^Jl +lÍ

It ends u,ith the words containing the date:

3 ry <-i- q-:Jt .'i .r- ++ul ulr +èl;'è,jÀlJ4+ó440à J WLoS

7 Dhu'l-Hrja 586 corresponds to 5 January 1191.This old manuscript was brought to the Institute from

the expedition to the inner regions of Daghestan and origi_nates from Ousisha, the village in the Akousha disnict, butthe year of its acquisition was not fixed. In many cases dotsof letters are omitted in the MS, some words are written inan unusual rvay. Unforfunately, the computer-program doesnot pemit to demonstrate all the peculiarities of this and ofother manuscripts.

2. Manuscript in the holdings of the Institute (Fund 14,\o. 1 i 3) . 416 fo ls . Size: 39.5 x 28.0 cm. 40 l ines per page.Thick, light-cream paper of Oriental manufacturing. Large_size naskh, vocalised only on several pages at the begin-ning. Black ink, words llke kitab, bab, etc. are singled outrn red. Text is enclosed in frame of double red rules. Thecustods are put throughout. Pagination was added muchlater. Leather binding. The condition of the MS is fine.

The MS conrains the full text of the lhva, íall fourlró's). The endings of each ruó', sometimei of fritaós asne11, are dated; for instance, we read on p. 169.

Ji JSYI *l.rÍ *bS rlrl.t ; o3J:._ 3 c,l,rt-,,Jl trl Ê

'l,i'Jl c,3s l',JJ .r^ L;s ol.lL'Jl Fl 1y JbYl -,t:SJt.À*., 'Jl r+Jl "+ é ,.rYl 111l ;4d dr" à$yl d+JL-(J oljl J^Àè ,"^leÉ u-;r.rt +:lra;3 dlJl {.*J Jl J+nÀll

{j1".,,,.r, &." ii_ ... jil"J,Jl 3+"+l_r

The month Rabi' II in 906 began on the 25th of Octo_ber 1500. As ment ioned on p.341, the copying of Rub, a l_'t1dat was compieted in 906, while on p.538 it is said thatRub' al-muhlíkat was finished in Rabï' it OOllSeptember-October 1 5 03 . On p. 7 43 the ending reads as follows:

JJ"jJlJ u^,YlJ a,Jl ,,,b5:+Í

r e. excerpt from Rub' al-munjiyat was completed in\ H. 911 which began on 4 June i505.

On p. 837 i t is sard:

,L,Jyt t.'_ t$yt jtr +^., -+-ór J, yLÁt L->,

,+lJl rrrjl or.Àll c5i J,Fir ó4 l^itc èJtíl ,,-Jl èóJ*J .,.ê -r^--l ;" ,,,,.t:11 olJl :"" Jl 6tr^ t.l ,A .l1

4.$ J}r ,1o d oljl ,"; j4'è.s;b c5JJ d'" ot*ijgl

ê)LJl qL,r*tJl i:+-a ;rr i:L p":3 r*ib êt è_r{:Jl

13 Dhu'l-Qa'da 912 corresponds ï.o 2TMarch 1507.i'hus, the book had been copying during six and a halfi ears, from 25 October 1500 tilt 27 March 150i

. Tlis manuscript was acqired in l94g at the villageAkousha in the Akousha district. There is a note on o. 3:

.-itJËl =.5.r"

The MS belonged to the mosque of this village. On p. g3git is mentionedthat jAm|of Akousha possessed 147 booksin 119411780. All of them a.e e.rum..ated bv tit les.

Two points related to the toponymy in the colophonneed an explanation. The place-name of the villagé (orrather the small town) - Aq[sháh (written with threi dotsunder .!) - is now the centre of the administrative districtAkousha, inhabited by the Dargin people. Three dots underthe Arabic letter .! here are meant in the MS to denote anuvuiar aspired affricate of the Darginian language as _drs_tinct from the usual .! As to the plaie-nam. LrÉ SJ,. ,,is the historical region Ghazikumukh, the main óa.t ofwhich is occupied now by the Lak district with the villaseKumukh as its centre. Earlier it also bore the name Ghaá_ikumukh or Qazikumukh.

3. The manuscript was kept in Turakari, a separatedfarm of the village Urari in the Akousha district. bv therelatives of Husin Alibekov (sic), who died in tgAO. meMS was discovered during Institute's 19gg expedition bvA. Shikhsaidov, A. Isayev, and D. Gadjiyeva.

293 fo ls . Size: 38.5 \27.0 cm, 2T l ines per page. yel_lowish paper of local manufacturing. The pàpei is of un_even density. Bold naskh. Shíning black ink. Binding ofOriental manufacturing with a flap, light-brown leatherwith stamped lines. The condition of the MS is good for theexception ofa few folios.

The copy contains the first half of Ihya' and. ends withthe second rub' of the writing. In the colóphon we read:

o:Ji-r ol.rlrJl yl,nl "ra_s +1it++Yl ,,,r(J1 ar" ./bSl Édt" &Yl \,bSlJ-o +t+" Cr-" +tÍ o*l* ,sJl rtr tl ;+ni,- clJl tJ-'l-iil ;* -Jtíl pJt _*-l c,Lía1! y.;. .#Jul Jljnl ró.::.ó ór rê_1ê ;',.r-,. lLyl gll

,}.l,^LJl {-Jl ft9,_ À3,:,-a o+tÍ .r" ,,.tSll p.r3-sJ+ sJ-c {jL-.,,,r {j*" é t--ll csj eJrl ,t.1 ng1 J.6,ja .}"ct óJJÁ .r-uJl c,; L_., Jl ga-.3,-l 3 +.!Jl .lLc , À.,. I

Ler. au1 J; **-;a1íl .r^t

The date mentioned, 20 Dh['l-HUja 900, correspondsto 11 September 1495. The manuscript has been reèentlytransferred to the village Urari, where it is kept by Tayyi6Magomedov. Al-Sh-lr-lni is a nisba derived trom Strari, ihename of a village in the Dahadayev district.

4. Manuscript discovered by the same expedition in1988, in the above-mentioned Turakari. It is also keot bvTayyib Magomedov of Urari.

413 fols. Size: 36.5 x 28,5 cm, 23 l ines per page. Whitepaper of uneven density, yellowish or brownish on borders.Legible naskh. Shrnrng black ink, headhne words in redink. Oriental binding of dark brown leather. Manuscriot isbadly damaged.

The text begins with the fitsï kitab of Rub, al_muhlikatand ends as follows:

c.r" Al->ill es ;".rJt ,".1L 'l*-l é +"1"!: vtílt e..5j Èlb J raY! Fr ytu ,,.r1,,,t1 4i:Yl 13,,- +:.ruf*L-Jl +s Àr-+a i:"

.,liJ ijLo_r.,,.r àjJl rÉ {j,.

20 fí[qnuscriptr C)rientÀlio. vot-.3 No.2 JINE 1ee7

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tuJ d;" l*l 3, ;g-l qlJl .tt+a . À.,' I r{ ,-+jr"L"ll p"+l: t^-d olJl r.Àr,.ru*"

16 Rabi'II 903 corresponds to 12 December 1491 .There is a record on the MS about its belonging to the mainmosque of Urari:

LSrlrYl r+,.* È"1+ll rGJÉJ. J).. L

5. Manuscript fixed by us in 1984 in the private libraryof Magomedzapir Zakaryayev in the village Moughi of theAkousha district.

Size: 40.5 x 28.0 cm. White paper of local manufac-turing and of uneven density. No pagination.

The MS includes Rub' al-'adal. While copying it, thescribe ,-+ll ;'i4 ;., (l;5) te- by name mentions severaldates, which testify that the process of transcribing of thisMS took about half a year, from Safar till Sha'bán 1084 -

that is, from May till November 1673, There are severalother MSS in the collection of M. Zakaryayev, which werecopied by the same Hidr (sic), son of Minnat from Moughi.At the cemetery of this village, an epitaph on the grave ofthe scribe still exists:

cno drt y--;rLll =.^lr-'

No date is mentioned, but it can be established ap-proximately from the records cited with concern to thecopyrng of al-Ghazálls work.

6. Manuscript in the private collection of Magomed-zapn Zakaryayev from Moughi includes apafi of lhya' andthe first half of the lexicographical work by al-JawharTal-Sahah. The name of the copyist is not mentioned, but hecan securely be identified as Hidr, son of Minnat fromMoughr.

Size: 30.0 x 20.0 cm. Thick, rough paper of localmanufacturing. No pagination. Binding of leather stampedwith 1ines.

7. Manuscript kept in the village Dibghalik of the Da-hadayev district (the private collection of Sharip Musayev;d. 1980). It was inherited by his son Rajap Musayev. Previ-ously it belonged to the mosque of this village.

Size: 28.5 x 18.4 cm. 19 l ines per page. Dense, dark-ened paper manufactured in Daghestan. Black ink. Widemargins mostly filled with glosses and memoranda. Nopagination. Binding of dark-brown leather, in good con-dition.

The colophon reads as follows:

" : , / f f t t - o . . t - .

1 1 . - . o -

-o:-.rf l ' trJJl : ql3 elsl . 'rÁ e'!5' 4-Ë> .'!ê i l rAJl ÈS c JgJ \ J L - J L V

,,,jll J[J!I" , À*.,.J| .r-'Jt ,,- C* jl,i;JJ .rJfl J+qljl tál;Á Lr-o .y .!Ë- tjjiJl +Ul í;3r' Jl (J+Ul-ÀJYt 'ii;/-.'i;J 6-c À.i,-./.È!l Ë,=l Ë*31 áJj-

rj.jJl;'l3 ;,i;f t t''- d Jt-f J-'t+ll 411l r,,-i i;ffi ,*tatl .-iJUl Y.rLJl .f"Líl ÊLYl t-iY3. .ric

The month of Shawwál in 1079 A.H. besan on the4 th o f March 1669 A .D .

8. A single sheet with a note, which was discoveredduring the 1979 expedition ofthe Institute [4]:

r#- a'" ;,.rll ,"OL 'h+l +6 d'. d4ll Ji '.,1Í Ë,Í5+yLS: qt-;L-: artsu J êl {.i." ++J {tl+ll

qJJt

,:*tisJl À "'.eJ-

The date mentioned is Rajab 872lJanuary-February1468, and the nisba al-KubashT indicates an origin of thecopyist from the village Koubachi (the Dahadayev district),renowned for its goldsmiths.

9. Manuscript in the holdings of the Institute (Fund 14,No. 1/2388). Its origin is unknown.

150 fols. Approximate size: 26.2 x 18.2 cm. 13 l inesper page. Thick cotton paper ofdingy-greyish colour and ofuneven texture, Large-size, vocalised Daghestan't naskh.Black ink. Several words and signs in red ink. Custods. Nopagination. Binding of shine dark-brown leather is dam-aged.

The end:

.J" f;É ,r! ..4.rJt f!- 't+êl *oS ,'. è$l Ji .ití c,;

.,s &Yt .rLs eJrl,l.l qlJl r"F-t ;." 'L.uYl l3',-,rr-:ys,-,,ltS-l-,Jl J..=o óJ cSJ+l 4+6-9 {iLr*',iJ J*L ,-,,,' il,-

The month of Jumàdá I in 916 A.H. began on the 6th ofAugust 15104.D. The nisba al-Zirihgiránl points to theorigin of the scribe from the village Koubachi.

.rÈ+t-Jl Ct<- tf

1. Manuscript in the holdings of the Institute (Fund 14,No. 1/1732). Besides this work (pp. 1-308), the MS in-cludes various excerpts, serïnons, hadtths (pp.309 17),KftAb Ta'ltm al-muta'allim by Ab[ Ja'far 'Uthmán

b. 'Umar al-ZarbirÍ (pp.317-41), a qasrda (pp.3a2-3), KilAb al-adab al-drntya (pp.3a4-91), hadíths(pp. 391--a40).

Size: 19.5 x 14.0 cm. 14-17lines per page. Thick,light-cream, polished paper of uneven density. Clear Dagh-estani naskh. Black ink, words like bab, fasl, qala, thttmmaare singled out by overlining in red. The colophon is en-closed in a figured frame of two red rules. Regular custods.Recent pagination. New binding of leatherette.

The colophon reads as follows:

;." À;+Yl 'Lï,'Jl Jr{ d,p_J.lUl Gt4i" +t:5 .r" i-r S

.+Jl q .,Jr, {.51"'.,i J c,$ {!" * ;at)l t+l ;a-::

,3t-i:9;Yt .r*l .1-, r-..11 J+!.il| ,+il| , À*.,' tl

Al-Agh0sháhT here is a nisba to be derived from thename of the village Akousha /Aqousha /Aghousha. Thedate, Rabt' II 903, corresponds to November-December1497. Copying of the Ta'ltm al-muta'allim was finished on2 Sha'bán 898/19 May 1493 by the same Idns, son ofAhmad. There is also a note about purchasing of the MSand its donation into waqlf:

c.-+ c-,,,:.r;sl q-!l Jh *Kl hó .5j^il $3.r:., Ll

è'. é'Jl .,)J. é l^ *^, 6s t+* -À3: : é g;3lÀ'r.,,, Jl tr,.i:+ ... rlrJl lJ.à )lal .1S;r ol+-l ir;I v

o-uG q-i-

2. Manuscript in possession of Charak Oumarov, an in-habitant of Akousha. Participants of Institute's 1984 expe-dition had an opportunity to look it through cursorily.

Thick, white, slightly darkened paper. Daghestaninaskh. Black ink. Leather binding. On fols. 1-2 there isa biographical note concerning al-GhazálÍs learning.

The coloohon:

A. sHIKHSArDov, A. KHALIDOV. Manuscripts of at-Ghazalí's works in Daghestan 21

É ,r'1.r,--,| s ,G s .-iJl {!,l ,-t Yl óL{r,í J4,ji "/'r,,,1.1

,rs ,l j-nrrJl LJ .,-i ,^^l ó+l cr' jr j l

C'JéJI

The month of Sha'bán in 1048 began on the 8th of De-cember 1638. The nisba al:Az-vÍ seems to be derived fromthe name of the Darginian village Itsari of the Dahadayevdistrict, while Zirihgeran mentioned is an older name ofKoubachi.

Another note is found on the last page of the MS:

lJl .-:l .rL .-r_+ul eQ*" ,r^*"ll ./bsJl liÁ 6Jl-irl riiJl .,-0 atluJl eQ+ Jl+l+ ,r-,ÀrJl Á .rl .r"

,pLj.f ,",^i 3 ilL 3

The date A.H. 1 185 corresponds to A.D. 177l-72. Al-Dunqissï ts a nísba to be derived from Duqqul. This is theLakian name of the modern village Arakul of the Rutuldislrict.

3. Manuscript in the holdings of the Institute (Fund 14,No . 1 /57 ) .

Fols. 1-155a in a volume contain also the Jawahir al-Qur'an by al-Ghazáh. Size: 29.3x20.2cm. 18lines perpage. Thick, light-cream, polished paper of local manufac-furing and of uneven texture. Daghestani naskh. Black itk.Regular custods. The first 5 folios and 6 folios at the endcontain excelpts from various works. Leather binding witha flap.

The title on the first page:

{-.-,tLYl 6+àl . allb dr" Ajsll Jl ;r1-'rUl Ct4.i" *lí

k ,+":lll JllJl rÁ--^ ó, J-á--. ó, ,uL- .r,l Ê)l,"Ylót"1,,, .1 ,É_=. tLYl

q.^tS

After the colophon there is a note of an owner writtenin different hand:

J++- J+À-ÀJl {SS J"S .u-.o ,.,.( d}" liÁ

The last name, Hájjr, is given here in the Avarianform - Hajiyaw.

4. Manuscript in the holdings of the Institute (Fund 14,N o . 1 / 2 3 7 9 ) .

Thick, glossy, light-cream paper of local manufactur-ing and of uneven density. Regular custods. No pagination.Colophon is enclosed in the coloured frame of white, blueand black rules:

:r^ ,4À ,ri {+ll J! ..;,-,r,t Jl Ct-6i. +l.'S eÉ L;s $èJ+-a Jn -sJYl 'r;4irr J,,:,.,, {L. ui i.Jrill Jj J4*:r-r.-: )L {-=1.ro é éJl & .r .rL".o .. "{ é -$Jl

JJ,ê}Á ór

DhÈ'l-Qa'da in 1066 A.H. began on the 21st of August1656A.D. Sulla (from Sulaymán, with a tick above theIetter "r-,rr,") is a name met among the Lakians. A nisbamentioned is connected with the place-name Wikhli (it iswritten with 3 dots under the letter "eJ"), which is the nameof a village in the Kulin district of Daghestan.

5. Manuscript in the holdings of the Institute (Fund 14,No . 1 /60 ) .

295 fols. Thin, shining, white, factory-made paper.Daghestani naskh. Black ink. Regular custods. No pagina-

tion. Damaged Oriental binding of brown leather, withstamped lines. A flap, back cover and a few folios at thebeginning are missing.

Copying of the MS was finished on 24 Rajab 1069/15April 1659 in a vil lage al-Khumayd(?), or possiblyHimeydi, not far from Derbent. The name of the scribe iserased. There is a note of the owner of the MS:

Jó.s.ê JJ é U ;.".c ,,È jJ,ê qrs't€ J

The last 6 folios are filled with various noï"es. hadïthsand prayers.

6. Manuscript in the private library of Abdulla Abba-sov of the village Gapshima, fixed by the 1919 expeditionof the Institute.

The colophon:

,l, i 'Jl ;,!t9 d ... :,t i í l l iÀ tb[ Àr+-rl uL :,ÀÈ 16

.,.i 4--lt 3j el;L5ll dJl J,Fil J.sl .r. !**.-ijl d! .,-l

6+,., {- d e#.. 3al .r"-,. .11",,,1 uc l! ,r,,,o

,r=.Jl ir.+ a d1'" -il1 .r .trk oDhD'l-Hijja in 1087 A.H. began on the 4th of February

1617. The village Ourada still exisrs in rhe Shamil dishictof Daghestan.

7. Manuscript in the private collection of TajidinTavkayev of the village Kuhla in the Kaytak district, fixedby the 1968 expedition.

Thick, white paper of local manufacfuring. Daghestaninaskh. Black :ntk.

Colophon:

.r1,Jt .r,_ d)" d,1+ul Ck! *laoJl dJlll óJÁ_, !,bSJl ;;

ft")l {:Y3 i*,;.r." j tr,*É dr é ... .i+!àJl

rLrll j/ri;-ll -ir^itl aêLb$Jl Jàil J,"tSl J-b[-lJl,;*sYl 1"-9,- "/ ê t-.É .,-è ,,-G 3n Jáíl J f-lrJl+-il| grbJl ;--Yl .r4. élJ{-t.l 4lJl J{,n "/,r-,-àlt r,3J

,-raJl irsn ó. ciJLJ: OeL-:

Jumádà lI in 1088 A.H. began on rhe lst of August1611.

8. Manuscript in the holdings of the Institute (Fund 14,No. 1 / 1766) .

194 fols. Size: 20.6 x 14.5 cm. Thick, polished, yel-lowish paper of uneven texture. Daghestani vocalisednaskh. Black ink, several words are singled out in red orsilver ink. Regular custods. Worn out leather binding.

The work contains also KftAb a'lam at-huda(fols. 195-224) and a note on buying of a plot(fols.225-226).

Colophon (fol. 194b):

Hr r'e; i sYl lr,- dr-+til 6Q; +lÍJl lii LJ $

;Ls {r-,.1l -il| 6,.;bJl "/j6.rb ,*l ;,*,- +,s5;Yl

{-i^"

The month of RabT' II in 1084 A.H. began on the16th ofJuly 1673.

9. Manuscript in the holdings of the Institute (Fund 14,N o . 1 / 3 1 8 ) .

147 fols. Size: 269 x 18.7 cm. 14 l ine per page. Thick,white, slightly yellowed paper of local manufacturing ina very bad condition. Legible Daghestani script. Black ink.

22 Ubanuscr ipta ()c ientol io. vor- .3 No.2 JuNE ieeT

Regular custods. Leather binding with a plain stamping, leftlid missing.

Colophon (fol. 145a):

u Lr-ir ;L-Jl iÀ ',:Jl A.à,Jl p rsi ,',o il 'cjl ri o S! r '

L v L v

r+5 ,{*i + Jl.g jJl J+i }y,,ll ê.e._Ai-ll Jl ;a-r,t JlL - v J r I

_ll -r _ll -r ró.aê . . Àt..' ll -r-rJl ,-5,1 É -"tYt

rb e+1! É i; .-,3 J3_É {.,."3.r" j i.r+,,,. r-Ê

;'.c ;a .r"--".-1. fÉJl .,.ó Jt"tSl Jr-bl.iJl tt Yl l-;.r1.','l

;$ 3 33-,-c J .-ÀJl {J,- ÈJb j .!r; L*-,, ;"

The month of RabI'II in 1093 A.H. began of the9th April 1682.

The placesmentioned- ,l j JJó tÀJ Jr)b{ ,J3jÀ

,l j _!.9u tA.; c,):+ .5'Jj , lY,-,^r L6r c,)j: - whichare nowadays the Avarian villages Gh'otsatl and Tsada inthe Khunzakh district. Last folios (145b-141b) are filledwith various citations, hadïths, and notes on buying andsell ing.

10. Manuscript in the holdings of the Institute(Fund 14 . No . 1 /58 ) .

143 fo ls . 23.0x 14.5 cm. l8 l ines per page. Thick,smooth, yellowed paper of local manufacturing and of un-even density. Daghestani naskh. Black ink. Binding witha flap is of dark-brown stamped leather. The first pagecontains birth-dates and notes from 118811174-75 till124611830 31 .

There is also a notice as follows:

.,jl.f)l Jl ,.^dl Jê-sÁ óJ ,;,*,r-ll oSlL S q--t-9 J v A

At the end of the MS we find a simple statement'. qadtamma. without naming the copyist, but he is very likely tobe Muhammad, son of Salmán, mentioned in No.4. Thelast 3 folios are filled with an untitled text, the end of whichreads as follows:

.r-ibrYt ri! \ i ;* (t) gtrl l ^"at^,,r.Jl *LSJI 1.rl

The name Bagand mentioned here is very popularamong the Darginians.

1 1. Manuscript in possession of Malla Magomedovfrom Gapshima in the Akousha district.

Thick, white, slightly yellowed paper. Daghestaninaskh. Black iltk.

The end:

. .a-11 - r - . , r . r ru l z t -n- i - . , ls j . !+,Jn, .* i l rEJl r - !c . l .6g v u v

.ri 1s,- dJJtíl dJl J4*i ..,.ê .,-I3'"nl rês. .,1', Jó-!ó ...

,J*lJl è,Ê ;G3 ,:r,,, l l { lJ

The MS bears no date, but most likely it dates back tothe eleventh/seventeenth century. There is a note: .=,r5 ..t,Jtrul J1* where Tanti is the name of a Darginianvillaee in the Akousha district.

i2. Manuscript in the holdings of the Institute(Fund 14, No. 1/2465).

About 150 fols. Size: 19.5 x 16.0 cm. 1l l ines perpage. Thin, shining, white European paper. Black ink. Nopagination. No binding, the first folios are missing.

The end:

3l.c rJl É U JÈ:.ê ór ..rl- .r*:>. . . ,!- óÉ +lf!l c;

..,.Jr, U J.3 .. tt^l tjYJ L"-';-l" .,.ó olJl r* J. .rl

oL*"ll ... ./bíl .rq. éJ {Ftr .,-ê ,:l+ À A,J .-,-è

i ,r"-r" d'11 é. .u--. +5JL3 q.-L- ;r,-.r,t Jl 6t+'tqlJl ,#jr é ;L a er_ J é, !,o.r d:èU p Jta;l +,;s

9 r e - g e r 9

,+ul i_"1- J+ &Yt 11rl eltt+l|"Hjly" is the village Ghotchob in the Tcharodin dis-

trict, nahiya denoting here a community, or union of ruralcommunes. "Qrkh" or "Qrákh" is situated in the same dis-trict, and "Bsrkhy" (with 3 dots under ".:" and ";-a") is thesettlement of Tleyserukh in the Tlarotin district.

j*-.Jll (ï

1. Manuscript in the private collection of Magomed-zapir Zakaryayev from Moughi in the Akousha district.

Thick, greyish Oriental paper. Binding of stampedleather.

The title:

j++Jl -,1Í Jl dr É )L g'1 .r"-- r++:Jl li.è ./-t-

Jl l l . . . aL)l ta. i ,-

Some "Books" (kitabs) of the work are followed bydating notes by the scribe, the first one precedingthe Kítabal-bay':

Fl .,s r*.Jl f3u- j++JJl .rt-rJ c,l.rls .r. JsYl f-: r.

JJ{i ó. JlJ+il r-F-:l uÉ ê3"- }irc êl ",.i J{lJl ;,3J

+r-L- f',' J ód c-i4 4^-J

Many points of the letters are omitted. Another notegoes after the Kitab al-fara'id, preceding KiÍab al-nikah:

oal Jcl ..,3 ;+-.trlt ./t+J 1-l" ' Á, I u+J;hJl y"-r È

JIJÉ- J4ir ,-'" l3,,-,-llJjÉ c--3 .4ÈYl lj,,- rJ^ Jr-r-Jl.À*r,àJl .gJl "l-.rlc n-tq,- J y,r3 diu 4-:s JJ{- uÉ.i.srr1l J*E , 'pl n+al;rl ;a.r."-l . À*l l l l q{ q,"-J Jl1 -

qlJl q,*t,r^rrll órl ól-Jl -'t. ;..1 LSLS

A note preceding the Kitab al-jirah:

J4LJI Ë,3J ..f OtJ, .ir: j++:Jl *l+J .t" cJtíl y; 9,q+s -rS4- ;* .r-ÀJl qg.r ;<*i: -É lJ,- 4l*! .lilill Êjl

(S) <._L r , ,, 3 r,,,: <jrrAt the end:

-lÍ , '* pL 'Yl {- ' l ^lr ' , óJ e-,1 Jl r, ' ; r! q\ v v l v

r c j * L L . " à - ó . l l ' J l c r i o . ' , * l l ^ + . - è i r - J l\ v - J e

qt rt^" tJJr: c-i4u 4-:,-: JJ,6rii gr-o À.rÀll g;j JA-ir .J.

J+" jr+l -js/l J+lÀ j,.l .+31;+l ;a r*l -r.-,J-

,,',_t.rl (S.glj:.r) cSl_r--l.r irr J[f! ;l i,"-,Jl

The final note by the copyist:

.rl" *J 3.6r,r a|" ,}Jrit J À-,r à j ,-"+*ilt l3l-ÀJr.ill L5i -É ljl- J,nc i-*à .,3 ./,+p!l 1:r-;,.i1 -eqrs6 l,' *l +r--t- qr-Ltf ,,, J 1+rl 4-iu 4.s5, JJ-(! dj"

c5,,-{!Jl 156 -ÀJJ.'I| Jl*l-! }l r*^l;l ,_.sl .r*l

Notice of the owner of the MS:

5.-nl s .rt-+,Jl -ar,-al Jl {i"J-tll dJJl+l +tr5Jl lil

A. SHIKHSAIDOV, A. KIIALIDOV. Manuscripts of al-Ghazalt's [l'orks in Daghestan L )

ÈJb d JipL-l JÊ cr"l+ll JL: 4lJl i*; Jl upUlajL-.r," _s j1.r,Jl J 4r)li ,.1rYl p": cJJLJI J,Fji ;.o {iu

Throughout his work the copyist gives the dates corre-sponding to 15 and 25 March, 7 and 16 April of 1310 A.D.,while owner's notice is dated by 4 August 1342.

The MS comprises also an historical note of 21 linesconcerning the events in Daghestan in the late fourteenthcentury and connected with the name of ïmlr(Tamerlan) [5]:

J:. .*J -lr+: oli lL é _r*.Yl eG.riJt Cs*J fs+J ;t+{SJ.-iJ r-Yl +t-6J y.as'3 {^[Jl LJLJI+ cS-,.rc53s Jl

lGl 3 't' "rll s Jl+Jl Js : Jul J e',Ul J+i3 {^Sc

i{.+.t .)^ ÊGl . r-=ldl s .s-r"ll } lJiYl s ltSJlo.s *l:í! l.ll gól J F ,-É {-:J d-:.3,o L;,0 "! t+JS

jÉ r,l i l l ê.9i_ é -Àl-jYl J Jdq;*,Ul :*+ c+ é--!I v- e Vl\ di,Jl oja (s) r<-i

The year A.H.791 began on the 3 ls t of December1388, but ïrmlr was not in Daghestan that year. Probablythe copyist has mistakenly put 791 instead of l9l .In rhemargins of another Arabic MS, containing Kanz al-raghíbtn fi sharh Minhaj al-talibïn, there is a note aboutcoming of ïrmlr to Daghestan. In it the year 797 is men-tioned [6], which may confirm our assumption [7].

2. Manuscript in the private collection of MagomedSulaymanov. It was fixed by Institute's 1980 expedition.

Size: 29.0 x 20.0 cm. No pagination.Colophon:

t9- JÁ 3 ,-v,LJl eJ,-,,l &Yl CSJL+ J-t +

JF.t rê.Só Jtd 4ll l JÀ" Jl 6h-l. l *&Jl n$5:,r,,,11

riJ ,r+Jl À:+o;r i/:-Èl J +,_L;L: Aj*" i,Jb rLo*l ,,,

..1" L;s ri ... L .q ;t^!- ó+ ró-aê j*-. !l ./tÍ cË'eti:l {iti ",:5 s J+tJl c,iJ j*-..!l -.,tÍ

8 Jumádá I 802 mentioned here corresponds to 6 Janu-ary 1400.

3. There is also information about a manuscript, copiedby Shaykh al-Málik b. M[sá al-DághistánT in 84811444-45 - see M. Gaídarbekov, "Khronologicheskie vypiski poistorii Dagestana" ("Chronological excerpts on the historyof Daghestan") - in archives of the Institute (Fund 3,No. 1/236, vo l . IX, p. 19) .

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1. Manuscript in the holdings of the Institute (Fund 14,\o . I / 745 ) .

The work in question occupies 165 folios of the total170. Size: 29.5x20.6 cm. 16l ines per page. Thick, pol -ished, slightly yellowed paper of local manufacturing.Legible Daghestani naskh. Black ink. Regular custods.Binding with a flap is of plain stamped leather.

The title in the MS:

;lrill yl3-',r.-.ll ?lí liÀ

The end:

'l- o # J"-:l ... o.ll.ly.l J ./tlíl lj-o ,l+=: u. irs s

Ait"r jr 6ll j' .-iJl Aj*" d FJ.YI ;{+,r, t

The year A.H. 1084 corresponds to A.D. 1613-14.2. Manuscript in the holdings of the Institute (Fund 14,

No. 1/57, fols. 155b-276b; see above Minhài,MS No. 3) .

The title in the MS:

ól^t,,' ó{ rêsê c.$5 tJ Jtjnl c.-- Olyll $ls+ +lÍ>"c ( +L= r'-.-) g. !

The end:

ó1"1, , , J t {JSl ót+5él ó l< l l . l dp l JÀaê J icrê

b.rh-,| rjc . (fY é te c,)l+ J.j-,_rs sí) .t jrr_,Aj*, èJtr é é ua;.rtill +" rfCl ê["Yl LYJ.J

.$J i_y j Ê "! \ .11 rj.,è

The month of Dh[' l-Qa'da in 1056 A.H. began on the9th of December 1646. Karata is an Avarian village in theAhvah district. Muhammad, who copied two works by al-GhazálT, was, as recorded by local experts on Arabic liter-ary tradition in Daghestan, a son of Salmán, 'alím fromKudali, and grandson of hAjjí'lJmar, qadí of Karata.

3. Manuscript in the private library of Abdulla Abba-sov from Gapshima, fixed by Institute's 1979 expedition.

Daghestani naskh. Black ink. No pagination. Undated.Copied bv. jltf e,.ÁJ^ Lj,r^ -,h! 4 éJL^ll , ,, . Mulebki is the name of a Darginian vil lage.

4. Manuscript in the collection of the mosque ofArgvani in the Gumbet district, fixed by Institute's 1980expedition. A local copy of the work. Undated, though theMS looks fairly new. The name of the scribe is missing.

5. Manuscript in the holdings of the Institute (Fund 14,No . 1 /2392 ) .

Size: 18.1 x19.2 cm. 14lines per page. Thick, pol-ished, light-cream paper of local manufacturing and of un-even density. Daghestani vocalised naskh. Black ink.Regular custods. No pagination. Binding with a flap, ofdark-brown stamped leather, with cartouches; the frontcover is lacking.

The title in the MS:

!+ruÀJl Jljil .. ÊLYl ;a*,rYl ./trSJ ulJsJt ral.n vbS"f3.rJl cs$Jl O)b ó.{ rèaê... <,:S tJ

The end:

,JÀ.dl +r+b C^ CSJJ iJn Ja.s.... Á*., 'Jl J+Jl LJ -r3

tJÀrll <-s-: q5j dJJl+l X,-i J",}.l,-till 1t_l ,-t .,sr*,,, À=;s..a i.J." *ÀJl J U{/Lêj J yrl {L" J"Fir ,,11,,, j

ó{ ró-aê é fQl tLYl bt" tiih-l Jj., Jtt-}l{f,4lJro ..,3 cSJlJYl 65.1_s+rjl O1*,,1 ,r.,oLA

The month of Dh['l-Hijja in 1089 A.H. began on the14th of January 1679. The village Uri at present enters theLak district. Molla Muhammad was the son of Sha'bán(d.101111666-67) from Oboda, the famous 'alim inDaghestan, who founded his own madrasa where latermany widely known 'ulama'studied.

There is also a note on fol. 1a:

6JlJYl trHl *r,,,t. Jê-lê óa^a oLóOrS" ir.

Urari is the name of a Darginian village in the Da-hadayev district.

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6. Manuscript in the holdings of the Institute (Fund 14,N o . 1 / 4 1 6 ) .

142 fols. Thick, white paper of local manufacturing.Clear Daghestant naskh, par1ly vocalised. Black ink; sin-gled out words are overlined or encircled in coloured ink.Broad margins are filled with numerous notes. Recentpagrnation. Binding with a flap, of dark-brown stampedleather, with cartouches; the front cover is lacking.

A note on the tit le-page:

., lt., i , ,r..t i l l ur rÁs-o l lsYl -.,1; ,+il| =Á..-r.

,-LLJl -ror.o +...Lo 5.r-:i;Jt

Colophon on fol. 1,10a:

-,lrÀJl ylr- r^Jl -.,1'r{1 13, qtrS;* i lrrJl a"r S

j .grl 'r,,,1 rt. 3!r ', i , f>G ;a JÁ5.^ . . :+ilI ' fr j l

_+JÀ" *-y -r. ros ;.l rê-:Á , J,:atÀJl tLYl .5)JÉ

The date of copying, 1069 A.H., is written in figuresand lefters. The year 1069 A.H. began on the 29th of Sep-tember 1658. The place-name Mqrkhy might be probabiyidentified with the vrllage Mugurukh in the Charodindrstnct,

7. Manuscript in the holdings of the Institute (Fund 14,1 r 2 3 8 6 ) .

Srze: 26.0 x 20.0 cm. 13 l ines per page. Thick, l ighrcream paper of loca1 manufacturing. Clear Daghestaninaskh.Black ink. severai words are sineled out in red ink.

Regular custods. No pagination. Binding of stampedleather, with carlouches. The front cover and a few folios atthe beginning are missing.

Not all of the words in the colophon are legible, onlythese ones:

Jl -J*iIl ',I>gjt -Ély+ .rr3^ 3'. ÈtJJt tss $

ÀJrÀJl c5i eJJt+Il 4ljl r<; .J3 JllJt4;_xtjill L*-t.1

f3JJl li iLJl J^tSl J,=lnll tt^Yl LYr- L;.rt.,,,1 .r-ic

Jil -+iÀJl J+!-ll +Jl + "r (s) .-,39,jt JÁs-o ct t-#. . .g5. l ' i r .J l

Judging from the paieographical features, the MS maybe dated to the eleventh/seventeenth century.

q l { J t q l+ (o

Manuscript in the private collection of Abdulla Abba-sov from Gapshima (see above Minhaj, MS No. 6).

The title on fol. 1a:

Jlj;Jl êLYl d-Àj- L_lrdl A.rl.r. +l:5

The end:

', 'o J 'LJl q.l j l rt ' i , -s 't i .L!Jt ̂ * -ó -b,íl Í; l\ r I \ J - 9 . . t -

.raJl ar.+a dr" -il| J itJL; 3 ;L: <"i,-

The month of Muharram in 1088 A.H. besan on the6th of March 1677.

N o t e s

L A survcy of the Oriental, mostly Arabic MSS, in Daghestan see in M. Saidov, "Dagestanskaia l i teratura XVIII-XIX vv. na arab-skom iazykc" ("The eighteenth-nineteenth centuries Dagestani literature in Arabic"), Tntdy XXV Kongressa vostokovedov (Moscou.196-l), i r ; the same rn Arabic: Muhammad Sa' id ibn Jamal al-Drn, "al-Àdáb al- 'arabrya Íï Daghistanz" in Malal lat ktr l l í1,a. l al-adab of thtBaghdad Llnit,ersi4,(1963), No.6. See also Katalog arabskikh rukopiseí Instituta isÍorii, iazyka i literatury Dageslanskogo Jilialu.1,\rSSS/C (Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts in the Daghcstan Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences), fasc, I (Moscow, 1977), andC. G. Gamzatov, M.-S. Saidov, A. R. Shikhsaidov, "Sokrovishchnitsa pamratnikov prs'mennosti" ("A treasure-house of 59rint"tEzhegodnik íberiískct-kat,kazskogo iaqkoznaniia, vol. iX (Tbilisi, 1982), pp.203-23.

2. Yáqlt al-Hamarvï, Mu' jam al-buldàn (Leipzig, 18ó7), i i , p. 478.3. Zakarija Ben Muhanunad Ben Mahmud el-Cazwini's Kosmographie, Zweiter Theil. Die Denkmáler der Lánder, hrsg. von

F. Wiistenfeld (Gótt ingen, 1848), p. 405.4. A. R. Shikhsaidov, M.-S. Saidov, T. M. Aïtberov, A. A. Tsaev, G. M. Orazaev, G. M. Mirzamagomedov, " l togi arkheograficheskoi

ckspedrtsii" ("The rcsults of an archeographical expedition"), Materialy sessií, posviashchénnoí itogan èkspeditsionnykh íssledovanii tDagesrane v I 97 8 I 97 9 gg. Tezisy dokladou (Makhachkala, I 980), p. 4l (a preliminary report).

5. Russian translat ion ofthis note w,as published by A. R. Shikhsaidov, "Arkheograficheskaia rabota v Dagestane" ("Archeography inDaghestan") in lzuchenie istoríi í kul'tury Dagestana: arkheogra.ficheskií aspekt (Makhachkala, 1988), p. 12.

6. Vosrochnt,e i .stochniki po istori i DagesÍana (Oriental Sources on the History of Daghestan) (Makhachkala, 1980), p. l l0.7. On sojourn of ïrmlr's armres in Daghestan, see Istoriia DagesÍana (The History of Daghestan) (Moscow, 1967), i, pp. 201-9.

also lstoriia narodov se\)ernogo Kavkaza s drevneíshikh vrentèn do kontsa XVIII v. (The History of the Northern Caucasus Peoples fronrEarl iest Tinrcs up to the End of the Eighteenth Century) (Moscow, 1988), i , pp. 214-7.

I l l u s t r a t i o n s

Fig. 1. Abu Hámid M uhammad al-Gazáh , I l rya' 'ul int al-dïn. Manuscript No. I / 909 in the holdings of the Inst i tute of History, Languageand Lrterature (the Daghcstan Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences), fol. I b.

Fig. 2. The same manuscript, fol. 87b.Fig.3. Ab[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[Hámid Muhammad al-Gazáli, Ihya' 'ulum al-dín. Manuscript No. 1/3 in the holdings of the Instrtute of History, Languagc

and Literature l the Daghestan Branch ofthe Russian Academy ofSciences), colophon.Fig.4. Ab[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[Hámid Muhammad al-Gazáh, lhya"ulunt al-dïn. Manuscript preserved in the village Dibghalik of the Dahadayev drstncr

(the private col lect ion of Sharip Musayev; d. 1980), colophon.Fig. 5. Ab[ Hámid Muhammad al-Gazàh, Minhà1 al- 'àbidïn. Manuscript No. I /57 in the holdings of the Inst i tute of History, Languagc

and Literature (the Daghestan Branch ofthe Russian Academy ofSciences).Fig.6. Abu Hámrd Muhammad al-Gazáh, Jawahir al-Qur'an. Manuscript No. 1/2392 in the holdings of the inst i tute of Historr

Language and Literature (the Daghestan Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences), the t i t le fol io and the last page contarnrn--co i ophon.

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CONTENTS

TEXTS AND MANUSCRIPTS.. DESCMPTION AND RESEARCH

Val. \'. Polosin. Arabic Manuscripts: Text Density and its Converlibility in Copies of the Same WorkA. R. Shikhsaidov. A. B. Khalidov. Manuscripts of al-Ghazálïs Works in Daehestan.O. F. Akimushkin. On the Date of al-Sihàh al-'Ajamiyya's CompositionA. Sazl'kin. The Oirat (Kalmyk) Version of the "The Story of Giist-Lama" .

PRESE]VTING THE COLLECTIONS

.{.. }Iuminov. The Fund of Arabographic Manuscripts in the Museum-Trust "Azret-Sultàn" in the City ofTurkestan

ORIE]{TAL MANUSCMPTS AND NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES . .

G. Lezin, K. Boyarsky. E. Kanevsky, A. Popova. Programming of Texts Conceprual Treatment

PRESENTING THE MANUSCMPT . ,

F. Abdullal'eva. A Turkish Prose Version of FirdawsÍs Shah-nama in the Manuscript Collection of theSt. Petersburg State University Library

\'. Goreglyad. The Manuscript of Kankai lbun tn the Collection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute ofOriental Studies

BOOK REVIEWS

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*A ship Among the Blocks of Ice", a cclour -il ;*ï.;:2 of the maauscripr Ka nkai rbunpreserved in thecollsction of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies (C 191), fol. 14a,14.0 x 20.5 cm.

B a c k c o v e r :"Theal:re in the Capital of the Russian Empire", a colour drawing from the book 1 I of the manuscript Kc nkai lbun

preserved in ths collectioa of the St. Petersbwg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies (Ó tSt),fols. l1b-12a,32.5 x 26.5 cm.