Author
It has 'Yusuf bin Ra'f', known as Bi (Kunun As Ibn Shaddad; D. Ah. 632 / AD 1234).
Publication Date
626 / 1228
Publication Place
Jerusalem. -
Islamic Museum, Al-Haram Al-Sharif
Subject
Paper written on with black ink.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
الطول: 23.5 سم؛ العرض: 16 سم؛ السمك: 4.5 سم.
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
203
Record ID
object;ISL;pa;Mus01;4;ar
Library Location
Islamic Museum, Al-Haram Al-Sharif
Date
626 / 1228
Notes
The piece is a manuscript written in Naskh script, and consists of four hundred and twelve pages, each containing fifteen lines. The manuscript's leaves are almost yellow due to the age of the era, and some of them bear traces of moisture. The author of the manuscript (Ibn Shaddad) joined the service of Saladin al-Ayyubi (r. 564-589 / 1169-1193), who appointed him as a judge for his army in Jerusalem, and he remained with Saladin until his death. Ibn Shaddad then went to Aleppo and built a school there and made a hadith center next to it. He settled in Aleppo until he died. Ibn Shaddad divided his manuscript into three sections: the first, about the birth of Saladin, his origin, characteristics, descriptions, morals, and virtues; The second, in the fluctuations of his circumstances, his wars and conquests until the end of his life; The third is in the names of the cities and castles that Saladin conquered between the years 583-586 / 1187-1190. The author mentioned that he began his contact with Saladin in 584 / 1189 and stayed with him until his death in 589 / 1193. Ibn Shaddad states in his manuscript that he relied on those he trusted to chronicle the events that he did not witness, while the events that he witnessed he described as he witnessed them himself. The biography of Saladin in this manuscript is considered one of the most reliable references that talked about Saladin, and therefore historians relied on it when writing about the life of Saladin, especially the last period of his life (584 - 589 / 1189 - 1193). This biography provides a detailed description of historical events, war battles, and the fighting tools used by the Islamic and Crusader armies. The author also describes many of the social and administrative conditions in Islamic and Crusader societies. It also included the correspondence that took place between the Ayyubid state and the Crusaders.
Sample Text
Khader Salameh “Sultanic Rarities and Yusufiya Beauties. ” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;pa;Mus01;4;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi
Prepared by:Khader SALAMEHKhader Salameh has been the Director of the Islamic Museum and Al-Aqsa Library in Jerusalem for more than two decades. He was previously employed in the Hebrew University Library and worked as a librarian in Saudi Arabia and as a teacher in Libya. He is a Ph.D. Candidate in Ottoman History. He received a Certificate of Librarianship in 1986 from the Hebrew University. He obtained his BA degree from Beirut University in 1980. He catalogued the Manuscripts Collections of the Haram al-Sharif, which was published in six parts in several countries. His publications include many articles on different subjects and a recent publication in English and Arabic on the Qur'an manuscripts in the Islamic Museum.
Seçili bibliyografya
Conder, C. R.,The Life of SaladinbyBeha ad-Din, compared with the Original Arabic and Annotated,London, 1773.Ibn Shaddad, Biha' al-Din, Y., (d. 632 / 1234),Nawadar al-Sultaniya wa al-Mahasin al-Yusufiya [Sovereign Rarities and Yusufi Merits],Cairo, 1964.Maalouf, A.,Crusades Through Arab Eyes,New York, 1985.Salameh, K.,Fahras Makhtutat Maktabat al-Masjid al-Aqsa [Catalogue of Manuscripts at the Library of al-Aqsa Mosque],Jerusalem, 1983.
