An amulet on long scroll of vellum or snake skin, rolled around a central axis into a silver hexagonal tube with a cap; niello etched in an arabesque pattern in gold, with three loops where a chain can go through, so that it can be worn as a necklace. The scroll is written in a long central column surrounded by eight different rectangular compartments in different colors. The central column contains Surat al-Qadr (Qurʼan: Chapter 97), followed by Surāt al-Fātiḥat (Qurʼan: Chapter 1), followed by the Creator's verse of Sūrat al-Ḥajj (Qurʼan: Chapter 22:65), followed by a long invocation asking God for help and guidance, followed by a Shiʻī invocation asking for the intecession of Imām ʻAlī, followed by a magic square. The amulet is meant to have magical powers to protect the owner. Name of copyist (and/or creator) and place and date of copying/and or production not mentioned, probably from the 18th or 19th century
Description:
In Arabic., Incipit: Starts with Sūrat al-Qadr (Qurʼan: Chapter 97): "Innā anzalnāhu fī Laylat al-Qadr ...", Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., 39.5 x 6 cm., and The central part of the amulet is written in ruqʻah/naskh script and the compartments in thulth script, in black, blue, red and gold.
An elaborate astronomical calendar consisting of one long scroll. It was made by an astronomer (name not given) for the Hijrī year 1259 (1859-1860). On one side, it is written in the form of tables, on the other side is a list of different categories of male and female personal Islamic names arranged alphabetically. Beside the months and days, it gives the times of prayers, the times of fasting and breaking the fast during Ramaḍān, the direction to the holy city of Mecca "qiblah", and personal reading of one's fortune. Written by al-Sayyid al-Ḥājj ʻAbd Allāh al-Ṭarsūsī (could not be identified) who may also have been the author
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish and Arabic., Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., 108 x 10.8 cm., and In naskh/ruqʻah script in black, gold and red ink on white paper.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy, Arab, Fortune-telling by names, Islamic calendar, Names, Personal, Islamic, Prayer, Islam, Qiblah, and Ramadan
Collection of three Arabic folktales from "Alf laylah wa-laylah" (Arabian nights), as follows: 1. "Sīrat Sayf al-Mulūk wa-Badīʻat al-Jamāl" (folios 1a-22a), Tale of Sayf al-Mulūk and Badīʻat al-Jamāl. 2. "Ḥikāyat Faras al-Abnūs" (folios 22a-37a), Tale of the Ebony Horse. 3. "ʻAlī Shāh wa-Zumurrud" (folios 37a-49b), Tale of ʻAlī Shāh and Zumurrud, also called "Ḥikāyat Zumurrud al-Sattūrīyah". The three tales are copied in the same hand. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century
Description:
In Arabic., 1. Title of "Sīrat Sayf al-Mulūk wa-Badīʻat al-Jamāl" from colophon (folio 22a), 2. Title of "Ḥikāyat Faras al-Abnūs" from folio 22a., 3. Title of "ʻAlī Shāh wa-Zumurrud" supplied by Hartford Seminary, Romanization supplied by cataloger., 1. Incipit of "Sīrat Sayf al-Mulūk wa-Badīʻat al-Jamāl": The incipit is missing. Text starts with: "... al-Malik aʻlama akhāhu Tāj al-Mulūk bi-salāmat ibnatih. Fa-lammā samiʻa fariḥa faraḥan shadīd mā ʻalayhi min mazīd, wa-rakiba fī al-ḥāl wa-atá ilá madīnat akhāhu, wa-ijtamaʻa ʻalá ibnatihi Dawlat Khātūn, wa-fariḥū faraḥ zāyid al-ḥadd, wa-qaʻida Tāj al-Mulūk ʻinda akhīhi miqdār jumʻah min al-zamān. Qāla al-rāwī: Wa-baʻda dhālika akhadha ibnatahu wa-Sayf al-Mulūk wa-sāfarū ilá an waṣalū ilá Sanarndīb ...", 1. Secundo folio: "Sīrat Sayf al-Mulūk wa-Badīʻat al-Jamāl": min al-furjah fa-akhadhūhu., 2. Incipit of "Ḥikāyat Faras al-Abnūs": "Ḥukiya, wa-Allāh aʻlam fī ghaybihi wa-aḥkam, fīmā maḍá wa-taqaddama wa-salaf min aḥādīth al-umam, annahu kāna malik min mulūk al-Akāsirah, qad malaka al-aqālīm wa-al-bilād, wa-aṭāʻathu al-mulūk wa-al-ʻibād. Wa-kāna fī kull ʻām la-hu ʻīd yuqālu la-hu ʻĪd al-Nayrūz. Wa-kāna fī yawm ʻīdihi yajlisu ʻalá kursīyihi li-sāyir al-nās ḥattá yaridū ilayhi ...", 2. Secundo folio of "Ḥikāyat Faras al-Abnūs": dhahab wa-ḥawluhu ithnā ʻashar farkhah., 3. Incipit of "ʻAlī Shāh wa-Zumurrud": "Dhakarū, wa-Allāh aʻlam fī ghaybihi wa-aḥkam, fīmā maḍá wa-taqaddama wa-salaf min aḥādīh al-umam, annahu kāna fī qadīm al-zamān wa-al-ʻaṣr wa-al-awān rajul min akābir al-tujjār. Fa-lammā danat wafātuhu wa-istalafa ḥāluhu, wa-kāna dhū māl ʻaẓīm, fa-aḥḍara waladahu ilá bayn yadayh, wa-kāna mā ruziqa ghayrahu, wa-kāna ismuhu ʻAlī Shāh, fa-qāla la-hu: Yā waladī, iḥfaẓ ʻannī hādhihi al-waṣīyah ...", 3. Secundo folio of "ʻAlī Shāh wa-Zumurrud": Fa-kam ṣadīqin li-ajli al-māli yuṣḥibunī., 16 x 21 cm; written surface: 12.5 x 18.5 cm; 16-18 lines per page., Binding: In cardboard cover with flap; remnant of dark brown leather on spine, flap, and the upper edges., In clear large naskh script, in black ink, on thick paper; catchwords., Four handwritten slips of notes in English about the three tales are laid in., On the front of the flyleaf: Two readers statements, as follows: 1. "Naẓara fīhi wa-taʼammala maʻāniyahu al-faqr [al-faqīr] ilá Allāh al-Sayyid Muṣṭafá ibn al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, ghafara Allāh la-hu wa-kull al-Muslimīn ajmaʻīn. Āmīn. Wa-al-ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn. Ḥurrīra [Ḥurrira] fī shahr Jumād alladhī huwa min shuhūr sanat 1192 [June/July 1778]. Tamma wa-bā-khayr [wa-bi-al-khayr] ʻammat". 2. "Naẓara fīhi wa-taʼammala maʻāniyahu Dālī Aḥmad ibn Muṣṭafá fī shahr Muḥarram, sanat 1194 [January/February 1780]. Yarjū min Rabbihi ṭībat al-wafā Dālī Aḥmad ibn Muṣṭafá.", On the back of the flyleaf: An ownership statement: "Dakhala hādhā al-kitāb fī milk Muḥammad ʻAlī al-Rajlah.", On the front of the end leaf: Two Readers statements, as follows: 1. "Naẓara fīhi wa-taʼammala maʻāniyah al-faqr [al-faqqīr] ilá Allāh, al-Sayyid Muṣṭfá ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, ghafara Allāh la-hu wa-li-waladihi wa-lī kull al-Salamīn [al-Muslimīn] ajmaʻīn. Āmīn. Wa-al-ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn. Tammat. Sanat 1192 [1778/1779]." 2. "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. Naẓara fīhi wa-taʼammala maʻāniyahu al-faqīr ilá Allāh al-Sayyid Ḥusayn ibn Ḥasan al-Ḥallāq, ghafara Allāh la-hu wa-li-waladihi wa-li-kull al-Muslimīn ajmaʻīn. Āmīn. Sanat 1194 [1780].", On the back of the end leaf: "Naẓara fīhi wa-taʼammala maʻāniyahu al-faqīr ilá Allāh al-Shaykh ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn al-Ḥājj ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-marḥūm ʻUbayd al-Ḥāyik, ghafara Allāh la-hu wa-li-awladihi [wa-li-wālidihi] wa-li-kull al-Muslimīn ajmaʻīn. Sanat 1207 [1792/1793].", 1. Colophon of: "Sīrat Sayf al-Mulūk wa-Badīʻat al-Jamāl": "Wa-hādhā mā intahá ilaynā min 'Sīrat Sayf al-Mulūk wa-Badīʻat al-Jamāl' ʻalá al-tamām wa-al-kamāl. Wa-yatlūhu Ḥikāyat Faras al-Abnūs wa-al-malik wa-awlāduhu wa-al-ḥukamā, ʻalá al-tamām.", 1. Translation of the colophon of: "Sīrat Sayf al-Mulūk wa-Badīʻat al-Jamāl": "This is what has reached us of the 'Tale of Sayf al-Mulūk and Badīʻat al-Jamāl' completely and perfectly. It will be thoroughly followed by the tale of the Ebony horse and the king and his children, and the wisemen.", "Hikāyat Faras al-Abnūs" ends with: "... fa-qāla la-hu al-malik abūhā: Qad zawwajtuhā bi-ibnika Qamar al-Aqmār, wa-raḍītuhu an yakūna lahā baʻlan, wa-hiya takūnu la-hu zawjatan. Fa-ʻinda dhālika inqāmat al-afrāḥ, wa-aḥḍarū al-qāḍī wa-al-shuhūd, wa-katabū kitābahā ʻalá Qamar al-Aqmār, wa-dakhala ʻalayhā, wa-ijtamaʻa bi-hā, wa-ijtamaʻū fī khayr wa-salāmah, wa-dāmū ʻalá dhālik wa-hum fī hanā wa-surūr ilá an atāhum hādim al-ladhdhāt wa-mufarriq al-jamāʻāt.", 2. Colophon of "Ḥikāyat Faras al-Abnūs": "Wa-hādhā mā intahá ilaynā min Sīrat Qamar al-Aqmār wa-al-Faras al-abnūs ʻalá al-tamām wa-al-kamāl. Tamm. Tammat. Wa-yatlūhu Ḥikāyat Zumurrud al-Sattūrīyah.", 2. Translation of the colophon of "Hikāyat Faras al-Abnūs": "This is what has reached us of the Tale of Qamar al-Aqmār and the Ebony horse, completely and perfectly. It is completed. It is completed. It will be followed by the Tale of Zumurrūd al-Sattūrīyah.", and 3. Colophon of "ʻAlī Shāh wa-Zumurrud": No colophon. Text ends abruptly with a poem, that ends as follows: "... Ḍamantu li-man yaʼtī bashīran bi-qurbikum // baqīyta ʻumarī wa-al-salāmu ʻalaykumu. Qāla wa-ṣāra ..."
Damīrī, Muḥammad ibn Mūsá, 1341?-1405 دميري، محمد بن موسى، 1341?-1405
Published / Created:
[17th century?]
Call Number:
Manuscript Arabic S-2
Image Count:
862
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
A zoological encyclopedia listing the names of the different animals, birds and insects arranged alphabetically, with anecdotes, poems and folkloric tales, but the most important part of this work is the description of the medicinal properties of the animals and their different organs. It is the most comprehensive zoological work in Arabic and a store-house of folk-lore and popular medicine. The author is Muḥammad ibn Mūsá al-Damīrī (1341?-1405), a Shafiite Egyptian scholar, from Cairo. He worked as a tailor, but then devoted himself to learning and scholarship and became a prominent scholar at al-Azʹhar. He also lived for a while in Mecca and Medina. al-Damīrī finished writing his book in the month of Rajab, 773 H (January/February, 1372). The book is in two versions: long and short. The present manuscript is the long version and according to a recent note on leaf 1a it was copied from a manuscript copied in 805 H (1402/1403). Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 17th century
Alternative Title:
Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān al-kubrá 880-02 and حياة الحيوان الكبرى 240-02/r
Description:
In Arabic., Incipit: "al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī sharrafa nawʻ al-insān bi-al-aṣgharayn al-qalb wa-al-lisān wa-faḍḍalahu ʻalá sāyir al-ḥayawān bi-niʻmatay al-manṭiq wa-al-bayān wa-rajjaḥahu bi-al-ʻaql alladhī wazan bi-hi qaḍāyā al-qiyās fī aḥsan mīzān fa-aqām ʻalá waḥdānīyatihi al-burhān. Aḥmaduhu ḥamdan yamuddunā bi-mawādd al-iḥsān ...", 18 x 31.5 cm ; written surface: 10.5 x 23 cm, 26 lines per page, Black leather binding., In good, rather fine naskhī script; in black ink, on yellowish paper, with headings, keywords and markings in red; catchwords., Some collations and corrections on the margins., On leaf 1a a recent note in pencil: "Nuskhah manqūlah ʻan nuskhah kutibat fī sanat 805, wa-al-khaṭṭ min al-ḥādiyah ʻashar.", and Colophon: "Wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyid al-Mrusalīn al-Nabī al-Muṣṭafá wa-raḍiya Allāh ʻan ālihi wa-ʻutratihi wa-ṣaḥbih ahl al-faḍl wa-al-wafā wa-ḥasbunā Allāh wa-kafá. Wa-kāna al-farāgh min musawwadatihi fī shahr Dhī al-Ḥijjah tashrīf sanat thalāth wa-sabʻīn wa-sabʻimiʼah wa-min hādhihi al-nuskhah al-mubārakah fī Shaʻbān sanat khams wa-thamānimiʼah. Jaʻala Allāh taʻālá dhālika khāliṣan li-wajhihi al-karīm mūjiban lil-fawz ladayh fī dār al-naʻīm wa-huwa ḥasbunā wa-niʻma al-wakīl. Qāla dhālika kātibuhu [i.e. kātibuhu] wa-muʼallifuhu faqīr raḥmat rabbihi Muḥammad ibn Mūsá ibn ʻĪsá ibn ʻAlī al-Damīrī waqāhu Allāh sharra nafsihi wa-jaʻala būmahu ḥasīran min massihi hawā al-fiṭnah bi-ḥurūfihi. Tammat kitāb Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān al-kubrá bi-ḥamd Allāh al-ʻaẓīmah [i.e. al-ʻaẓīm] rabb al-ākhirah wa-al-ūlá. Tammat."
Subject (Name):
Damīrī, Muḥammad ibn Mūsá, 1341?-1405.
Subject (Topic):
Zoology, Science, Medieval, and Animals in literature
A collection of Islamic prayers, invocations and decorations, as follows: 1. Part of an invocation in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic (folio 1a). The first leaf seems to be missing. 2. Asmāʼ Allāh al-ḥusná (The 99 most beautiful names of God), written within gold squares (folio 1b-3a). 3. The name of the Prophet Muḥammad (folio 3a-4b). 4. Duʻāʼ istighfār kabīr (A prayer for seeking God's forgiveness) (folios 4b-5a). 5. Sharḥ muhr kabīr sharīf (An explanation of the noble seal of God) (folio 5b). 6. The seal itself written in large thulth script (folio 6a). 7. The word "Allāh, jalla jalāluh", written within a crescent moon surrounded by a decorative rectangle in gold and blue (folio 6b). 8. The word "Muḥammad, ʻalyhi al-salām" written in a similar fashion (folio 7a). 9. The name of "Adam" written within a circle surrounded by a decorative rectangle in gold and blue (folio 7b). 10. The names of Noah, Muḥammad, Abū Bakr, ʻUmar, ʻUthmān, ʻAlī, Ḥasan, Ḥusayn in a similar fashion (folios 8a-12a). 11. The names of the famous companions of the Prophet Muḥammad, written within decorative circles: Abū Bakr, ʻUmar, ʻUthmān, ʻAlī, Ṭalḥah, Zubayr, ʻAbd Allāh, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, Ibn ʻAwf, Saʻd, Saʻīd, Abū ʻUbaydah, Ḥasan, Ḥusayn (folios 12b-19a). 12. The names of "Ahl al-Kahf" (Seven sleepers of Ephesus): Yamlīkhā, Makshalīnā, Mithlīnā, Marnūsh, Bardanūsh, Shādhanūsh,Kafshaṭṭayyūsh and their dog "Qaṭmīr" (folios 19b-23a). 13. A prayer in the form of cypress trees (folios 23b-32a). 14. Invocation seals "muhrs": "Yā Ḥannān", "Yā Mannān" (Oh Merciful, Oh Generous), "Wa-huwa ʻalá kull shayʼ qadīr (He is able to do anything), Unity of God, Shifāʼ al-Qurʼān (Quranic medicine), seal of a prayer for getting well, seal for the great prayer of getting well, the seal of the Prophet, the seal of Sulaymān (Solomon), explanation of the seal of Jaʻfar al-Ṣādiq (the sixth Shiʻī Imām, died 765), the seal of the Almighty, all written within decorative circles (folios 32b-38a). 14. Drawings of: "Hand of Faṭimah", "Dhū al-Fiqār" (ʻAlī's sword), foot of the Prophet Muḥammad, the Prophet's shoes, "Tawakkalū ʻalá Allāh" (Rely upon God), the staff of Moses, an ax, a rose, the banner of gratitude, the cloak of the Prophet Muḥammad, his rosary, his ewer and his basin, all drawn in gold (folios 39b-43a). 15. Decorative sketches of Mecca and Medina in gold and other colors (folios 43b-44a). 16. A prayer for attaining "al-Maqām al-Maḥmūd" (the Glorious Station "a place in Heaven") (folios 44b-45a). 17. Various Islamic flags drawn in gold (folios 45b-47a). 18. Various prayers for variety of occasions (folios 47b-69a). 19. Various talismanic numerology squares (folios 69b-72b). Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century
Description:
In Arabic and Ottoman Turkish., Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: The first leaf seems to be missing., Secundo folio: al-rāfiʻ al-muʻizz al-mudhill., 12 x 19 cm; written surface: 6 x 10 cm; lines per page vary., Binding: In brown leather binding with flap; covers richly gilt with central medallion on both sides and corners decorations; edges slightly rubbed., In large and beautiful naskh or thulth scripts, in black ink on thin white paper; with headings in white ink on gold background; catchwords., and Colophon: Last page seems to be missing; ends with a magic square and the katchword "barkamsah".
Ibn Ghānim, ʻIzz al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Salām ibn Aḥmad, -1279? ابن غانم، عزّ الدين عبد السلام بن أحمد، -1279?
Published / Created:
1657.
Call Number:
Hartford Seminary Arabic MSS 224
Image Count:
108
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
A collection of two treatises: 1. Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-ṭuyūr wa-al-azhār "Unveiling of secrets on the sagacity of birds and flowers" (folios 1a-47a), a treatise on sufism, in the form of "maqāmah" genre, by ʻIzz al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Salām ibn Ghānim al-Maqdisī (died 1279? in Cairo), a ṣūfī author, preacher and poet. Copied in the middle of Jumādá al-ākhir (31 March, 1657). Name of copyist and place of copying not mentioned. 2. Naẓm "Muthallath Quṭrub" (folios 47b-52b), by Ibrāhīm ibn Sulaymān al-Azʹharī al-Ḥanafī, active 1688, a little known author (See Brockelmann: G II, 215; Suppl. I, 161: "al-Manẓūmah al-sannīyah fī bayān al-asmāʼ al-lughawīyah" [Illustrious poem presenting the linguistic nouns]). The treatise is a versification of "al-Muthallath" of Quṭrub (Muḥammad ibn al-Mustanīr, died 821 or 822, a well-known grammarian and philologist, from Baṣrah, Iraq), enumerating the trilateral homonyms in Arabic which have different meanings according to the three Arabic vowels (fatḥah, ḍammah, kasrah). Quṭrub was the first author to write on the "Muthallath" genre. The author added to the materials of "Muthallāth Quṭrub" words which he selected from extensive dictionaries, such as "Ṣiḥāḥ al-Jawharī". Copied by Ḥusayn ibn Munlā Yūsuf al-Naqshabandī (?). Place and date of copying not mentioned
Alternative Title:
Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-ṭuyūr wa-al-azhār 880-02, Kashf al-asrār fī ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār, Kitāb al-Mukhtār li-kashf al-asrār fī munāqashat al-ṭuyūr wa-al-azʹhār, Mukhtār li-kashf al-asrār fī munāqashat al-ṭuyūr wa-al-azʹhār, كشف الأسرار عن حكم الطيور والأزهار 240-02/r, كشف الأسرار في حكم الزهور والأطيار, كتاب المختار لكشف الأسرار في مناقشة الطيور والأزهار, and مختار لكشف الأسرار في مناقشة الطيور والأزهار
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In Arabic., Title of Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār from folio 3a., Title of Naẓm Muthallath Quṭrub supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit of Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm wa-bi-hi nastaʻīn. Qāla al-Shaykh al-Imām al-ʻālim al-ʻallāmah lisān al-fuṣaḥāʼ wa-al-mutakallimīn ʻIzz al-Dīn Ghānim ibn ʻAbd al-Salām al-Maqdisī, raḍiya Allāh ʻanhu wa-arḍāh wa-jaʻala al-Jannah mathwāh: al-Ḥamdu lillāh al-baʻīd fī qurbih al-qarīb fī buʻdih, al-mutaʻālī fī rafīʻ majdih ʻan al-shayʼ wa-ḍiddih, alladhī awjada bi-qudratihi al-wujūd baʻda an kāna ʻadaman, wa-awjada kull mawjūd ḥukman, wa-jaʻala al-ʻaql baynahumā ḥakaman ...", Secundo folio of Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār: wa-mā yukābiduhu min wijdān., Incipit of Naẓm Muthallath Quṭrub: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. Yā Rabbī yassir yā karīm. al-Ḥamdu lillāhi alladhī hadānā // li-millati al-Islām wa-ijtabānā ... Wa-baʻda taslīmī ʻalá khayri nabī // naẓamtu min Muthallathāt Quṭrubi. Urjūzatan ladhīdhatan fī al-mashrabi // wa-zidtuhā min kutubin ṭiwāli ...", Secundo folio of Naẓm Muthallath Quṭrub: "Taḥīyat al-nāsi hiya al-salāmu., 15 x 20 cm; written surface: 8 x 14.5 cm; 13 lines per page., Binding: In reddish blue cardboard binding., In fair naskh script, in black ink, on white paper; with headings and markings in red and green; catchwords., On front cover a statement in Arabic and English by Duncan Black Macdonald, 1863-1943, professor of Semitic languages at Hartford Theological Seminary, as follows: "Kashf al-asrār fī ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār li-ʻIzz al-Dīn al-Maqdisī. Bought at Damascus, Aug. 1908. D.B. Macdonald. Hartford.", On folio 1a: "Ḥasbiya Allāh. Kitāb al-Mukhtār li-kashf al-asrār fī munāqashat al-ṭuyūr wa-al-azʹhār lil-shaykh al-Imām al-ʻālim al-ʻallāmah ʻIzz al-Dīn Ghānim ibn ʻAbd al-Salām, raḍiya Allāh ʻanhu, wa-ʻafá ʻanhumā.", On folio 3a: "... wa-sammaytuhu: Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār ...", Colophon of Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār: "Tammat nuskhat hādhā al-kitāb bi-ʻawn al-Malik al-Wahhāb fī awāsiṭ shahr Jumādá al-Ākhir, sanat sabʻ wa-sittīn wa-alf.", Translation of the colophon of Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār: "The copy of this book was completed by the help of the Benevolent King, in the middle of the month of Jumādá al-Ākhir, 1067 [31 March, 1657].", Colophon of Naẓm Muthallath Quṭrub: " Tammat wa-bi-al-khayr ʻammat ʻalá yad al-faqīr al-ḥaqīr, al-muʻtarif bi-al-ʻajz wa-al-taqṣīr Ḥusayn ibn Munlā Yūsuf al-Naqshabandī [?], ʻufiya ʻanhumā. Balagha al-muqābalah ḥasba al-ṭāqah wa-al-imkān. Wa-ḥasbunā Allāh wa-niʻma al-wakīl. Tamm.", and Translation of the colophon of Naẓm Muthallath Quṭrub: "It is completed. May it be wide-spread with goodness, by the hand of the poor and despised, who confesses his inability and shortcoming, Ḥusayn ibn Munlā Yūsuf al-Naqshabandī [?], may they both be pardoned. It was collated to the best of [my] ability, as far as possible. God suffices us. He is the best advocate. It is completed."
Subject (Name):
Azʹharī, Ibrāhīm ibn Sulaymān, active 1688., Ibn Ghānim, ʻIzz al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Salām ibn Aḥmad, -1279?, Jawharī, Ismāʻīl ibn Ḥammād, -1003?, and Quṭrub, Muḥammad ibn al-Mustanīr, -821 or 822.
Najjār, Ibrāhīm ibn Jirjis, 19th cent نجار، إبراهيم بن جرجس، 19th cent
Call Number:
Arabic MSS suppl. 757
Image Count:
52
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Manuscript in an unidentified hand of the Book of Psalms, with some commentaries and suggestions on the medical, magical, talismanic, etc. benefits of each psalm; undated but most likely from the early part of the 19th century
The author is from the city of Fayyūm in Egypt; a Christian, as his name indicates, probably Coptic. The title states that the number of Psalms are 151 (not 150, as is the case in the current versions)., In Arabic; probably translated from Coptic., The Arabic title translates: Guide to the 151 Psalms and their benefits., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-raʼūf al-raḥmān al-raḥīm wa-bi-hi nastaʻīnu ʻalá kull amr ʻasīr. Nabtadī bi-ʻawnihi taʻālá wa-ḥusn tawfīqihi bi-naskh Kitāb Dallāl al-Mazāmīr al-miʼah wa-iḥdá wa-khamsīn mazmūr wa-manāfiʻihim. Wa-ʻalayhi taʻālá al-tawfīq wa-ḥusn al-khitām. Taʻalluq kātibihi al-faqīr ilá raḥmat rabbihi al-mustaghfir li-dhanbihi Ibrāhīm ibn Jirjis ibn Ibrāhīm al-Najjār min madīnat al-Fayyūm.", 16 x 24 cm.; written surface: 20-22 lines per page., Modern binding., In clear naskhī script; in black ink up to the middle of page 38b, from there to the end in violet ink, on yellowish paper, with headings, keywords and marking in red or larger script; catchwords and numerous magical symbols and magic squares., and Ends abruptly with Psalm 150: "... Wa-hādhā huwa al-Mazmūr. Sabbiḥū al-Rabb yā qiddīsīh. Sabbiḥūhu fī jidd qūwatih. Sabbiḥūhu ʻalá jabarūtihi li-kathrat ʻaẓamatih ... Sabbiḥūhu bi-ṣalāṣil shajīyat al-ṣawt. Sabbiḥūhu bi-ṣalāṣil ..."
Maghribī, Abū Saʻīd ibn Ibrāhīm, active 12th century, author مغربي، أبو سعيد بن إبراهيم، ناشط قرن 12، مؤلف
Published / Created:
23 Ramaḍān, 1021 H [17 November, 1612]
Call Number:
Manuscript Arabic 3
Image Count:
504
Resource Type:
text
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Manuscript on medicine and pharmacology by Abū Saʻīd ibn Ibrāhīm al-Mutaṭabbib al-Maghribī, a little known physician and pharmacologist who seems to have lived in the 12th century. The name of the author is given as "Abū Saʻīd ibn Ibrāhīm al-Maghribī" in one of his medical/pharmacological manuscript works: "Kitāb fatʹḥ al-tadāwī min jamīʻ al-amrāḍ wa-al-shakāwī fī mufradāt al-ʻaqāqīr, [17--?]" which he dedicated to the Amīr Shams al-Dīn Abū ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad Dhū al-Qarnayn ibn ʻAyn al-Dawlah, the son of Amīr Ghāzī who seems to be the Danishmendid ruler Dhū al-Qarnayn, d. 557 H/1162 CE (OCLC 244629229). In the printed editions with slightly different titles: "Taqwīm al-adwīyah al-mufradah, aw, al-Munjiḥ fī al-tadāwī min jamīʻ al-amrāḍ wa-al-shakāwī" as Ibrāhīm ibn Abī Saʻīd al-ʻAlāʼī (OCLC 785065773) and "Taqwīm al-adwīyah, aw, al-Munjiḥ fī al-tadāwī min ṣunūf al-amrāḍ wa-al-shakāwī" as Abī Saʻīd Ibrāhīm ibn Abī Saʻīd al-ʻAlāʼī al-Maghribī (OCLC 796221762). The manuscript was read and collated with the copyist (whose name is not mentioned), as mentioned in the colophon, by the physician ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAbd al-Muṭṭalib al-Khālidī (?) al-Khurāsānī (an obscure physician) on 23 Ramaḍan, 1021 H (17 November, 1612). Place of copying not mentioned, probably in Iran
In Arabic., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm wa-bi-hi thiqatī. al-Ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn ḥamda al-shākirīn wa-al-ṣalāh wa-al-salām ʻalá al-Nabī al-Muṣṭafá Muḥammad wa-ālihi al-ṭāhirīn. al-Kitāb al-awwal yashtamilu ʻalá maʻrifat ḥadd al-ṭibb wa-maʻrifat juzʼayhi al-ʻilmī wa-al-ʻamalī wa-ʻalá maʻrifat al-umūr al-jawharīyah [?] lil-abdān min al-ʻanāṣir wa-al-amzijah wa-al-akhlāṭ wa-al-aʻḍāʼ al-mutashābihat al-ajzāʼ wa-al-aʻḍāʼ al-ālīyah wa-ʻalá maʻrifat al-qiwá al-ṭabīʻīyah wa-al-ḥayawānīyah wa-al-nafsānīyah ...", 18 x 30 cm ; written surface: 11.3 x 20 cm, 25 lines per page., Islamic red leather binding., In good naskhī script; in black ink, on yellowish paper, with headings, keywords and marking in red; catchwords. Part 3 of the manuscript on pharmacology is profusely illustrated on the margins with beautifully colored drawings of the plants and animals mentioned in the text., Some collations and corrections on the margins., On title page an ownership seal in the name of Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī al-Mūsawī., and Colophon: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. Balagha qibālan wa-taṣḥīḥan wa-tadrīsan fī al-thālith wa-al-ʻishrīn min shahr Ramaḍān al-mubārak sanat iḥdá wa-ʻishrīn baʻda al-alf min al-Hijrah. Wa-anā al-ʻabd aqall al-mutaṭabbibīn ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAbd al-Muṭṭalib al-Khālidī [?] al-Khurāsānī, ghafara Allāh la-hu wa-li-wālidayh. 1021. Balagha muqābalatan maʻa muntasikhih."
Subject (Name):
Maghribī, Abū Saʻīd ibn Ibrāhīm, active 12th century.
Subject (Topic):
Materia medica, Animal, Medicinal plants, Medicine, Arab, and Pharmacology
Vocabularies, Arabic-Turkish-Italian (in Arabic letters); apparently based upon al-Shudhūr al-dhahabīyah wa-al-qiṭaʻ al-Aḥmadīyah fī al-lughah al-Turkīyah of Ibn Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ., Followed by 1 leaf of notes, and Copied in A.H. 1143 (A.D. 1731).
Alternative Title:
Shudhūr al-dhahabīyah fī al-lughah al-Turkīyah wa-al-ʻArabīyah and شذور الذهبية في اللغة التركية والعربية
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Available on microfilm, In Arabic, Turkish, and Italian (in Arabic letters)., For Ibn Muḥammad Ṣālih's work see also British Museum, Turkish Mss., pp. 150-51; and Munich catalog 768, which agrees with the British Museum copy., The incipit is the same as in Ibn Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ's work, but the latter is divided into 4 rukns, not faṣls, and has an extensive introduction, etc., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. Kitāb al-Shudhūr al-dhahabīyah fī al-lughah al-Turkīyah wa-al-ʻArabīyah. al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī sharrafa al-insān wa-zayyanahu bi-al-nuṭq wa-al-lisān ...", Fair naskhī, in red and black., Islamic binding, in brown., Colophon: "Wa-kāna al-farāgh minhu yawm al-khāmis ʻashar min shahr Kānūn al-Thānī, min shuhūr sanat wāḥid wa-thalāthīn wa-sabʻimiʼah wa-alf, al-muwāfiq li-niṣf Rajab, sanat 1143.", and Translation of the colophon: "Completed on 15 January, 1731, corresponding to the middle of Rajab, 1143 [of the Hijrah]."
Subject (Name):
Mawlānā ibn Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ.
Subject (Topic):
Arabic language, Italian language, and Turkish language
History of the caliphs, Preceded by 3 leaves of notes, and Copied in Sanʻa, Yemen, in A.H. 1024 (A.D. 1615).
Alternative Title:
Tārīkh al-khulafāʼ 880-02, Taʼrīkh al-khulafāʼ, تاريخ الخلفاء 240-02/r, and تأريخ الخلفاء
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Available on microfilm, Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān. Ammā baʻd ḥamd Allāh alladhī waʻada fa-wafá wa-awʻada fa-ʻafā ...", Good Yemenite naskhī, in red and black; ʻunwān in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso., Occasional marginalia., Islamic binding, in brown, with flap., No. 1 of 3 titles bound together., Colophon: "Wāfaqa al-farāgh min raqm hādhā al-taʼrīkh ... yawm al-Jumʻah, ghurrat shahr Ramaḍān ... ʻām arbaʻ wa-ʻishrīn baʻda al-alf ... bi-maḥrūs madīnat Ṣanʻāʼ al-Yaman ... bi-rasm ... Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Khazrajī ... bi-yad ... Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī ibn ʻUfayr [?] ...", and Translation of the colophon: "This history book was completed ... on Friday, the beginning of the month of Ramaḍan ... of the year 1024 [of the Hijrah = 31 January 1615] ... in the protected city of Ṣanʻāʼ of Yemen ... for ... Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Khazrajī ... by the hand of ... Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī ibn ʻUfayr [?] ..."
