A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office

Commissioned by the Indian government to prepare a descriptive catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts of the Library of India Office in London, Loth produced this reference work. A total of 1, 050 manuscripts are covered in the catalogue. At the time of the composition of Loth's work, only one of the items in the catalogue had even been the subject of an edition, indicating that the vast majority of items were unknown until the late 1870s. PREFACE CONTENTS THE KORAN TRADITION, NOS. 117-195 SCIENCE OF TRADITION, NOS. 196-201 LAW PRINCIPLES OF JURISPRUDENCE, NOS. 292-333 PRAYERS AND CHARMS, NOS. 334-379 SCHOLASTIC THEOLOGY, NOS. 380-471 PHILOSOPHY, NOS. 472-591 SUFISM AND ETHICS, NOS. 597-699 BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, NOS. 700-721 GEOGRAPHY AND COSMOGRAPHY, NOS. 722-730 MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY, NOS. 731-772 MEDICINE, NOS. 773-797 POETRY AND ELEGANT PROSE, NOS. 798-844 PROSODY, NO. 845 RHETORIC, NOS. 846-887 GRAMMAR, NOS. 888-990 DICTIONARIES, NOS. 991-1027 ENCYCLOPEDIA, NOS. 1028-1029 MISCELLANIES, NOS. 1030-1048 KARSHUNIC, NOS. 1049-1050 INDEX: TITLES OF WORK INDEX: AUTHORS' NAMES