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called here kursi,! traces the origin of the saint in question up 
to Adam, but I omit, for the sake of brevity, all the legendary 
ancestors before ‘Ali, and give the names in the reverse, descend- 
ing order. 
__ The generations 1-5 are the usual: ‘Ali, Husayn,? Zaynu’l- 
‘Abidin, Muhammad Bagir, and Ja‘far Sadiq (the latter with 
the epithet Imam-i-Natiq). No. 6 is Isma‘il, called here Imam- 
zada. No. uhammad, called as-Sabih (?—not very legible). 
The next three generations, corresponding to the first ‘dark 
period,’ are: No. 8—Ahmad ar-Radi (or Rida ?%), instead of 
Wafi Ahmad of the modern version ; No. 9—Muhammad at- 
I, as usual; No. 10—Ahmad al-Kifi, instead of Radi 
‘Abdu’l-lah. The latter name is an obvious variant for al- 
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(for ‘Ubaydu'l-lah) Mahdi®; No. 12—Muhammad (for Ahmad 
al-Qaim; No. 13—Mawlana Isma‘il al-Maghribi¢; No. 14— 
Mawlana Mu‘izzu’d-Din (for Mu‘izz li-dini’l-lahi); No. bar 
Nizar®; No. 16—Mawlana Ibrahim®; 17-——Mawlana ‘Ali az- 
Zahir (here by mistake Tahir); No. 18—Mawlana Muhammad, 
surnamed (as stated in a gloss) Shah Diyau’d-Din. This name 
is obviously misplaced, and if it belongs to the pedigree at all, 
probably pertains to the period after the Khudawands of ne 
mut. No. 19—Mawlana Mustansir (here wrongly Mustanzir)’ : 
No. 20—Mawlana Nizar. 
Next comes another ‘dark period,’ which preceded = sa 
of the Alamut dynasty. ‘he original text at the scribe s dis- 
posal was probably also not good. No. 21—Mawlana Ahmad 
al-Munzir (sic ¢—perhaps for al-Muntazar ?).’ As in the pre- 
ceding ‘dark period’ the order of the three names may be con- 


! This is an abbreviation of kursi-nama, both very common engta 
ne Prete the sectarians and darwishes. It can be translated: (‘lis 
of those who occupied) the throne.’ 
2? Hasan, as eae, not included in the pedigree, as not @ parent 
of other Imams in this line. 
5 A gloss: Mawlana Muhammad Mahdi. 
* i.e. al-Mansir. 1-‘ Aziz. 
5 Sic, without the title ‘Mawlana.’ He is usuall y ee ads Mansi 
Judging from his position, he must be al-Hakim, Aba ag 
In a gloss he is called al-Mansar bi-amri’l-lahi Ta‘al 
ua Z = gloss: ‘Ali al-Hafiz (this was an altogether 
-H./1130-1149 A_D.). : ac Ct 
_ 8 In the modern veri this place is occupied by Shah a: 
18 a gloss: Halalu’d-Din, obviously for Jalalu’d-Din. 
a. 
different prince, 524- 
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