Author
Dirīnī, ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz, 1215-approximately 1295
Author Original
Dīrīnī, ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz, 1215-approximately 1295, ديريني، عبد العزيز. 1215-approximately 1295
Publication Date
1641
Publication Place
-
[before 1641]
Subject
Sufism—Doctrines—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Autographs, Watermarks (Paper)
Type
kitap
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
10
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9952961713506421
Record ID
h989rb43x
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1042H
Date
01-01-1500 T00:00:00 AH/12-31-1641 T:Khas:Khasz — 1500-1641
Notes
A treatise on principles of Sufism. | Ms. codex., Title from fol. 1a., Several short inscriptions on fol. 1a and fol. 10a-b, one of them (on fol. 10b) a record of birth on the 10th of Ṣafar 1051 (1641). Another date on the same fol.: 18th of Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1082 (1671)., Collection: Paper ; fol. 10 ; catchwords; Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 23 lines per page., Description: Written in a casual medium small script with elements of nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red. Glazed European paper with watermarks., Incipit: Praise be to God who has made the truth clear to the one who seeks it, revealed its fulfillment, and illuminated the path to the one who follows it... This is a brief, but gentle, message, Explicit: Whoever says that good manners with a sheikh is lost by his death has violated the Sharia and the way of the people. Rather, the sheikhs’ prohibition on him will remain until the Day of Resurrection... and seeking help in every terrible matter | Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and orange paper with painted green and white pattern. | Ownership signatures: Muḥammad ... dated 1280, Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ ibn al-Muṣṭafá[?] Ibrāhīm Ḥammād (fol. 1a); Muḥammad ... al-Shāfiʻī, Ḥusyan ibn Ismāʻīl[?] (fol. 10a). Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 1575.
