Author
Iraq, Abd al-Raḥīm ibn al-Husayn, 1325-1404
Author Original
ʻIrāqī, ʻAbd al-Raḥīm ibn al-Ḥusayn, 1325-1404, عراقي، عبد الرحيم بن الحسين
Publication Date
1389
Publication Place
-
[before 1389]
Subject
Muḥammad, Prophet, d. 632—Biography—Early works to 1800, Arabic poetry—14th century, Islamic poetry, Arabic—14th century, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Type
kitap
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
40
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9947948623506421
Record ID
pr76f3451
Library Location
HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 3520Y
Date
1389-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1389
Notes
Autograph copy of a biography of the Prophet Muḥammad in 1000 rajaz verses (GAL). | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., 13 to 16 lines per page. Written in large casual naskh in thick black ink with use of red for decorations and re-inking. Dark cream glazed paper with laid and chain lines (grouped by two and three) visible. Fol. 18-19 are later replacements (light cream glazed paper with chain and laid lines visible). Some words are crossed out with a later version in the margin (see fol. 13a). On fol. (i)a: Ownership statements with seals; waqf mention; inscriptions. On fol. 1a: Title; long note (almost illegible); ownership statements; waqf. Several reading statements in the margin of fol. 4a, 6a, etc. On fol. 37b-40b: Several audition certificates (samāʻ) by the author's hand, the last dated 12 Dhū al-Ḥujjah 791 H. [1389]. Catchword on the verso of each leaf. Foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Autograph, al-Madīnah (colophon, fol. 37b)., Incipit: بسم ... يقول راجى من اليه المهرب عبد الرحيم بن حسين المذنب احمد ربّى باتم الحمد وللصلوة والسلام اهدى, Explicit: وساير الاصحاب والولىّ | Upper and lower covers and envelope flap made of brown leather over paper pasteboards. Upper and lower covers are similarly richly blind- and gold-tooled with a central roundel with geometrical motifs and an elaborate outer frame. The envelope flap has a portion of the same frame, with a roundel on its pointe. Embossed leather doublure. | Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942. | Mach, R. Yahuda, 4518, Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 65 (7/2), Brockelmann, C. GAL, SII, 70/2
