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Guide to Happiness (Dalā'il al-khayrāt) by Shaykh al-Jazūlī (d. 1465)

Title	Guide to Happiness (Dalā'il al-khayrāt) by Shaykh al-Jazūlī (d. 1465)
Author	Algeria
Publication Date:	1638-1639 (1048H)
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	216 mm x 160 mm x 27 mm (height x width x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Ar 4223
Library Location	Arabic collection
Date	1638-1639 (1048H)
Notes	Guide to Happiness (Dalā'il al-khayrāt) by Shaykh al-Jazūlī (d. 1465). This prayer book was originally composed in Morocco, by the Sufi scholar Muḥammad al-Jazūlī (d. 1465). Later copies were produced from North Africa to India, and usually contain illustrations linked to the life and memory of the Prophet Muḥammad. In this example dated 1638-39 (1048H), there are schematic diagrams of the Ka`ba shrine in Mecca (3v), the Prophet's home and tomb in Medina (4r), and the sacred outline of his sandal (2v-3r). Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 93 folios, Arabic text in maghribi script, with diagrams of holy names, the Prophet’s footprint, and the holy sites in Mecca and Medina (fols. 1v-4r), and full page illumination (fols. 4v-5v, 93v), Guide to Happiness and the Shinings of Lights, for reciting the prayer to bless the chosen Prophet (Dalā'il al-khayrāt wa shawāriq al-anwār fī dhikr al-ṣalāt ‘ala Nabī al-Mukhtar), by Abū `Abdullāh Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān ibn Abī Bakr al-Jazūlī al-Simlānī (d. 1465), book of prayers devoted to the Prophet Muḥammad, copied by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn `Abd al-Raḥmān al-Riyāḥī, possibly Algeria, North Africa, dated 1048H, 1638-1639.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Codex
Yazı Tipi	Maghribi script

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Guide to Happiness (Dalā'il al-khayrāt) by Shaykh al-Jazūlī (d. 1465)

Author Algeria

Publication Date 1638-1639 (1048H)

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 216 mm x 160 mm x 27 mm (height x width x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Ar 4223

Library Location Arabic collection

Date 1638-1639 (1048H)

Notes Guide to Happiness (Dalā'il al-khayrāt) by Shaykh al-Jazūlī (d. 1465). This prayer book was originally composed in Morocco, by the Sufi scholar Muḥammad al-Jazūlī (d. 1465). Later copies were produced from North Africa to India, and usually contain illustrations linked to the life and memory of the Prophet Muḥammad. In this example dated 1638-39 (1048H), there are schematic diagrams of the Ka`ba shrine in Mecca (3v), the Prophet's home and tomb in Medina (4r), and the sacred outline of his sandal (2v-3r). Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 93 folios, Arabic text in maghribi script, with diagrams of holy names, the Prophet’s footprint, and the holy sites in Mecca and Medina (fols. 1v-4r), and full page illumination (fols. 4v-5v, 93v), Guide to Happiness and the Shinings of Lights, for reciting the prayer to bless the chosen Prophet (Dalā'il al-khayrāt wa shawāriq al-anwār fī dhikr al-ṣalāt ‘ala Nabī al-Mukhtar), by Abū `Abdullāh Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān ibn Abī Bakr al-Jazūlī al-Simlānī (d. 1465), book of prayers devoted to the Prophet Muḥammad, copied by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn `Abd al-Raḥmān al-Riyāḥī, possibly Algeria, North Africa, dated 1048H, 1638-1639.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Codex

Yazı Tipi Maghribi script