Author
Suyūṭī, 1445-1505
Author Original
Suyūṭī, 1445-1505, سيوطي، 1445-1505
Publication Date
1110
Publication Place
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24 [Dhū] al-Ḥijjah 1110 [June 23, 1699?]
Subject
Death—Religious aspects—Islam—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Blind tooled bindings, Watermarks (Paper)
Type
kitap
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
204
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9963579583506421
Record ID
dc1257b4885
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1008H
Date
01-01-1699 T00:00:00 A/623-12-31 T:Khas:Khasz — 1699-623
Notes
A treatise about the death and the intermediate state between death and the resurrection. The author states in the preface that he employed traditions from al-Tadhkirah of al-Qurṭubī, 671 [1272/3]. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., A few marginal notes., Collation: Paper ; fol. 204; quires signed: al-thānī-al-ʻashrūn; catchwords; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 23 lines per page., Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (crown-star-crescent) ; MS in good condition., Origin: According to colophon copy completed Monday 24 [Dhū] al-Ḥijjah 1110 by Muḥammad al-Munshāwī al-Shāfiʻī (fol. 204a)., Incipit: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to God who awakens whomever He wills... This is what souls long for most from the book..., Colophon: The completion of the writing of this blessed explanation was on the blessed Monday, the twenty-fourth of the blessed month of Al-Hijjah, from the months of the year one thousand one hundred and ten of the Prophet’s Hijra. Best prayers and peace be upon its author at the hands of its poor, despicable writer, who admits to his inability and negligence, Muhammad Al-Minshawi Al-Shafi’i. May God forgive him, his parents, and all Muslims, O Lord of the Worlds, Amen | Later type II (with flap) binding in golden brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants and blind-tooled edging on covers. Bind-tooled edging on flap. Not sewn. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1503., Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), IV. p. 39., Fihrist al-Kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, I, p. 361, II, p. 163., Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der Arabischen Handschriften, 2665-8.