Author
Turmeda, Anselm, 1352-1432?
Author Original
Turmeda, Anselm, 1352-1432?
Publication Date
1875
Publication Place
-
[1875]
Subject
Polemics—Religious aspects—Islam—Early works to 1800, Islam—Apologetic works—Early works to 1800, Islam—Relations—Christianity, Conversion—Islam, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Watermarks (Paper)
Type
kitap
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
32
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9947076033506421
Record ID
dcfb494m936
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 973H
Date
1875-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1875
Notes
An anti-Christian polemical treatise by a convert, originally a Franciscan friar from Majorca. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., The text proper starts on fol. 2b, fol. 1b-2a being a preface presenting the text to Sulṭān Aḥmad Khān (Aḥmad I, 14th Ottoman Sulṭān, 1590-1617) and a description of contents by Abū al-Ghayth Muḥammad al-Qashshāshī, written in the same hand. Long note in the margin of fol. 21a-b., Collation: Paper, fol. 32 ; 1-3¹⁰ 4² ; horizontal catchword on the verso of each leaf ; collation notes in the same hand ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 21 long lines per page., Description: Written in medium small casual script in black ink, with some use of red. Glazed European paper with watermark. Collation notes in the same hand., Origin: Copied by Muḥammad ibn Salāmah in Rajab 1292 (colophon, fol. 32a)., Incipit: بسم ... وبه ثقتي وصلي الله علي ... تسليما يقول الفقير الي ربه سبحانه وتعالي ابو الغيث محمد القشاشي لما نظرت هذا التاليف العجيب وعلمت ما فيه من الاسلوب ... [2ب] ... وسلم قال المولف رحمه الله تعالي الحمد لله الذي خصنا بخير الاديان و جعلنا من امة الفرقان, Explicit: و انا ارجو ان اجمع لبشارات جميع الانبياء به كتابا مفردا لذلك علي وجه التفصيل وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل ولاحول ولا قوة الا بالله العلي العظيم وصلي الله علي سيدنا محمد وعلي اله وصحبه وسلم | Unbound. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900, from the books of Amīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina). | Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 1521