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CO CD CO C\j !i ^ ICO MEMORIAL E. W. GIBB J. SERIES. VOL. XVII. Alt tbn. ,C*//teL Bite. Qo^. A &gt;&&gt;* &*/&gt; L KASHF liib AL-MAHJUB THE OLDEST PERSIAN TREATISE ON SUFIISM ALI B. UTHAlAN AL-JULLAlU AL-HUJWIRI TRANSLATED FROM THE TEXT OF THE LAHORE EDITION COMPARED WITH MSS. IN THE INDIA OFFICE AND BRITISH MUSEUM. REYNOLD A. NICHOLSON, Lrrr.D. LECTURER IN PERSIAN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FORMERLY FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE. AND PRINTED FOR THE TRUSTEES OF THE " E. J. W. GIBB MEMORIAL". VOLUME XVII. LEYDEN: E. BRILL, IMPRIMERIE ORIENTALS, J. LONDON: LUZAC & CO., 46 GREAT RUSSELL STREET. 191 1. SEEH BY PRESERVATION SERVICES HATF PRINTED BY STEPHEN AUSTIN AND SONS, LTD. HERTFORD. W. GIBB MEMORIAL" SERIES. ". /. PUBLISHED. 1. The Babar-nama, reproduced infacsimile from a MS. belonging to the late Sir Sdldr Jang of Haydardbdd, and edited with Preface andIndexes, by Mrs. Beveridge, 1905. (Outofprint.) 2. An abridged translation of Ibn Isfandiydrs History of Tabaristan, byEdward G. 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Pricej.r. 14- The Tarikh-i-Guzida ofHamdulldh Mustawfi of Qazwin, repro duced in facsimile from an old MS., with Introduction^ Indices, etc,, by EdwardG. Browne. Vol. I. Text. 1910. Price 155. 15. The Earliest History of the Ba"bis, composed before 1852, by Hdjji Mirzd Jam of Kdshdn, editedfrom the unique Paris MS. (Suppl. Persan, 1071) by Edward G. Browne. Price 8s. 16. The Tarikh-i-Jahdn-gusha" of Ald tfd-Dtn lAtd Malik-i-Jtiwayni, editedfrom seven MSS. by Mirzd MuhammadofQazwin. Price 8s. A 17. translation of the Kashf al-Mahjiib of Altb. Uthmdn al-Julldbi al-Hujwiri, theoldestPersianmanualofSufiism, byR.A.Nicholson. Price 8s. IN PREPARATION. The History ofthe Mongols,from the Jami ut-Tawarikh ofRashidud- Din Fadlu lldh, beginning with the account of Ogotdy, edited by E. Blochet, comprisi?ig: Tome I: Histoire des tribus turques et mongoles, des ancetres de Tchinkkiz-Khan depuis Along-Goa, etde Tchi?ikkiz-Khan. Tome II: Histoire des successeurs de Tchinkkiz-Khan) d Ougedei d Temour-Kaan,desfilsapanagesde Tchinkkiz-Khan, etdesgou- verneursMongolsdePersedHoulagoud Ghazan. (Souspresse.) Tome III: Histoire de Ghazan, d Oldjaitou, etde Abou-Said. An abridged translation of the IhyaVl-Muluk, a Persian History of Ststdn by Shdh Htisayn, from the British Museum MS. (Or. 2779), by A. G. Ellis. The geographical part ofthe Nuzhatul-Qulub ofHamdulldh Mustawfi ofQazwin, with a translation, by G. Le Strange. The Futiihu Misr wal-Maghrib wal- Andalus ofAbifl-Qdsim AbdiSr- Rahmdn b. Abditlldh b. Abdul-Hakam al-Qurashi al-Misri (d. A.H. 2S7), edited by Professor C. C. Torrey. The Qabus-nama, edited in the original Persian by E. Edwards. Tarikhu Misr, the History ofEgypt,byAbu UmarMuhammadb. Yitsuf al-Kindi (d. A.H.350), editedfrom the unique MS. in the British Museum (Add. 23,324) by A. Rhuvon Guest. (In the Press.) The Ansdb of as-Samdni, reproduced in facsimile from the British MuseumMS. (Or.23,355),with IndicesbyH. Loeive. (InthePress.) Thepoems offourearlyArabicpoets. In twoparts:(i) The Dfwans of Amir b. at-Tufayl and Abid b. aI-Abras, edited by Sir Charles J. Lyall, K.C.S.I.; (2) The Diwans of at-Tufayl b. Awfand Tirimmdh b. Hakim, edited by F. Krenkoiv. The Kitabul-Raddi ala ahli 1-bida i wal-ahwa;i of Makhul b. al- Mufaddal al-Nasafi (d. A.H. 318), editedfrom the Bodleian MS- Pocock 271, with introductory Essay on the Sects of Islam, by G. W. Thatcher, M.A. A monograph on the Southern Dialects of Kurdish, by E. B. Soane. TJiis Voluuie is one of a Series publislied by the Trustees of tJic W. GIBB MEMORIAL". ". J. The Funds of this Memorial are derivedfrom the interest accruing from a sum of money given by the late MRS. GIBB of Glasgow, to perpetuate the Memory of her beloved son ELIAS JOHN WILKINSON GIBB, and to promote those researches into the History, Literature, Philo sophy, and Religion of the Turks, Persians, and Arabs to tvhich, from his youth upwards, until his premature and deeply lamented death M in his 45 year on December 5, 1901, his life was devoted. ^ & \S ti\ fon \jjxfe * \?,\jT i)Ss X" " The ivorker pays his debt to Death ; His work lives on, nay, quickeneth." The following memorial verse is contributed by ^Abdii l-Haqq Hdmid Bey of the Imperial Ottoman Embassy in London, one of the Founders of the New School of Turkish Literature, and for many years an intimate friend of the deceased. f w_^o \ jLj&gt;