Author
'Abbasi, 'Abd al-Rahim ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, 1462 or 1463-1555 or 1556
Author Original
ʻAbbāsī, ʻAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, 1462 or 1463-1555 or 1556, عباسي، عبد الرحيم بن عبد الرحمن، 1462 or 1463-1555 or 1556
Subject
Qazwīnī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān 1267 or 1268-1338—Talkhīṣ Miftāḥ al-ʻulūm, Arabic language—Rhetoric—Early works to 1800, Arabic poetry—History and criticism—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, headpieces (layout features), illuminated manuscripts, Poetry, Cloth bindings
Type
kitap
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
356
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9963571543506421
Record ID
dcr494vw620
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 414H
Notes
A commentary on the poems quoted or referred to in Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ of Jalāl al-Dīn al-Qazwīnī together with short biographies of the poets who composed these poems. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., Marginal notes and glosses. On the three folios before the title page are a table of contents, lines of poetry, several lengthy passages including a succession list of the Yemeni Taharid rulers, a passage about the Ghassanid rulers of Yemen and another about the Qarmatians. Folio following colophon has a passage about the sons of Noah., Collation: Paper ; fol. 356 ; catchwords ; pagination in pencil using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 27 lines per page ; ruled, a few folios frame-ruled., Description: Rubricated ; verse separators in red ; MS in fair condition but worm-eaten and mended; several folios are defective., Decoration: Illuminated title page with blue title on yellow ground with red decoration. Headpiece illuminated with gold, blue, red and black. Fol. 1b-2a frame-ruled in gold, black, blue and red. Fol. 2b-3a frame-ruled in red., Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. قال الشيخ الامام العلامة الهمام الحجة الاديب والقدوة الاريب ... وبعد فانى لم ازل, Colophon: وقد يسرالله ... الکريم باتمامه وتکميل نظامه بحوله وقوته فنسأل الله سبحانه وتعالى المسامحة ... في اثنايه ويجود علينا بغفرانه بفضله واحسانه انه ولي ذلك والقاد[رعلـ]يه وهو حسبنا ونعم الوکيل. وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم | Later? type II (with flap) binding in patterned fabric over brown leather. Brown marbled paper pastedowns. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 520., Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), II, p. 411, V, p. 619., Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, IV, 153/4., Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 7224/5.
