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Fatḥ al-muta`āl fī madḥ al-ni`āl, by al-Maqqarī (d. 1632)

Title	Fatḥ al-muta`āl fī madḥ al-ni`āl, by al-Maqqarī (d. 1632)
Publication Date:	1661 (1071H)
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	302 mm x 212 mm x 29 mm (height x width x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Ar 3113
Library Location	Arabic collection
Date	1661 (1071H)
Notes	Treatise on the Prophet Muhammad's sandals (Fatḥ al-muta`āl fī madḥ al-ni`āl), by al-Maqqarī (d. 1632). Born in Tlemcen (Algeria), the scholar and historian Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Maqqarī (d. 1632) lived in several different cities, serving the Sa`adi ruler Aḥmad al-Manṣūr (d. 1603) in Fez and Marrakesh, before moving to Cairo, c. 1617. Composed in 1621, this work discusses the Prophet's sandals and also the traces of his footprints, which are attested in different sacred locations. This manuscript was copied in May 1661 from al-Maqqari's original autograph manuscript, which he had written out in 1632 (most likely in Cairo). Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 121 folios, leather binding, Arabic text in naskh script, with 6 diagrams of the Prophet's sandal outline, Fatḥ al-muta`āl fī madḥ al-ni`āl by Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-`Abbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ṭaṭā’ūnī al-Maqqarī al-Tilimsānī al-Mālikī al-Ash`arī (1578-1632), copied by `Abd al-Fattāḥ al-Ashmūnī al-Shāfi`ī, from an autograph manuscript made in 1041H (1632), probably Cairo, Egypt, dated 6 Ramadan 1071H, 4 May 1661.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Codex
Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri	`Abd al-Fattah al-Ashmuni al-Shafi`i, Cairo (probably)
Yazı Tipi	Naskh script

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Fatḥ al-muta`āl fī madḥ al-ni`āl, by al-Maqqarī (d. 1632)

Publication Date 1661 (1071H)

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 302 mm x 212 mm x 29 mm (height x width x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Ar 3113

Library Location Arabic collection

Date 1661 (1071H)

Notes Treatise on the Prophet Muhammad's sandals (Fatḥ al-muta`āl fī madḥ al-ni`āl), by al-Maqqarī (d. 1632). Born in Tlemcen (Algeria), the scholar and historian Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Maqqarī (d. 1632) lived in several different cities, serving the Sa`adi ruler Aḥmad al-Manṣūr (d. 1603) in Fez and Marrakesh, before moving to Cairo, c. 1617. Composed in 1621, this work discusses the Prophet's sandals and also the traces of his footprints, which are attested in different sacred locations. This manuscript was copied in May 1661 from al-Maqqari's original autograph manuscript, which he had written out in 1632 (most likely in Cairo). Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 121 folios, leather binding, Arabic text in naskh script, with 6 diagrams of the Prophet's sandal outline, Fatḥ al-muta`āl fī madḥ al-ni`āl by Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-`Abbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ṭaṭā’ūnī al-Maqqarī al-Tilimsānī al-Mālikī al-Ash`arī (1578-1632), copied by `Abd al-Fattāḥ al-Ashmūnī al-Shāfi`ī, from an autograph manuscript made in 1041H (1632), probably Cairo, Egypt, dated 6 Ramadan 1071H, 4 May 1661.

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

Nesne Adı Codex

Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri `Abd al-Fattah al-Ashmuni al-Shafi`i, Cairo (probably)

Yazı Tipi Naskh script