Author
Dhahabī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1274-1348
Author Original
Dhahabī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1274-1348, ذهبي، محمد بن احمد
Publication Date
1410
Publication Place
-
12 Ṣafar 813 [June 25, 1410]
Subject
Mizzī, Yūsuf ibn al-Zakī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān 1256-1341—Tahdhīb al-Kamāl fī asmāʼ al-rijāl Abridgment, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Autographs, Leather doublures, Gold tooled bindings, Blind tooled bindings
Type
Book
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9950785623506421
Record ID
dcx346dd98k
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 198H
Date
1410-01-01T00:00:00Z/625-12-31T23:59:59Z — 1410-625
Notes
Biographical dictionary of transmitters of traditions, being an abirdgment of the dictionary by al-Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl fī asmāʼ al-rijāl. At the end of the text, after the colophon, statement by Dhahabī indicating that al-Mizzī composed his work from Muḥarram 9, 705 to Dhū al-Ḥijjah 10 ("Yawm al-Aḍḥá), 712 [Aug. 1305-April 1313], and that Dhahabī completed his abridgment in Ṣafar 719 [1319], after eight months of work (vol. 3, fol. 315a-b). | Ms. codex., Title from vol. 1, fol. 1a ; vol. 2, fol. 1a (damaged) ; vol. 3, fol. 2a., Mention "balagha" on the margins of vol. 1 (see fol. 2a). First fol. of vol. 2 damaged with loss of text. Title on the lower edge of the text block of vol. 2-3., Collation vol. 1: Paper, fol. ii, 277, ii ; ii (later endleaves on European paper; inscription on fol. (i)a) 1¹⁰ ( -1, before fol. 1) 2-26¹⁰ 27¹⁰ ( -2, after fol. 277) ii (later endleaves on European paper) ; catchword on the verso of fol. 1-4 and 6, 10 of each quire ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Collation vol. 2: Paper, fol. 304 ; 1¹⁰ ( -1, before fol. 1) 2-29¹⁰ 30⁶ ( -1, after fol. 304) ; catchword on the verso of fol. 1-4 and 10 of each quire ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Collation vol. 3: Paper, fol. 319 ; 1-31¹⁰ 32¹⁰ ( -1, after fol. 319) ; catchword on the verso of fol. 1-4 and 10 of each quire ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 23 lines per page ; ruled., Description: Rubricated., Paper: Light cream paper with laid and chain lines visible., Origin: Copy completed on 12 Ṣafar 813 by Muḥammad al-Warrāq (colophon, vol. 3, fol. 315a)., Incipit: الحمد لله العلي الكبير اللطيف الخبير الولي النصير السميع البصير واشهد ان لا اله ... اما بعد اسال الله التوفيق فهذا كتاب تهذيب الكمال في اسما الرجال من امره انه كتاب جامع كامل عديم المثل فارغ المونة., Explicit: ازواج النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم ان يدخلن عليهن احد بتلك الرضاعة اخر الكتاب. | Vol. 2 and 3 are similarly bound with brown leather over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers, fore-edge flap and envelope flap (the last two wanting in vol. 2). Both covers have a large elaborate border consisting of fillets and a large running pattern. The inner corners demarcated by fillets contain three impressions of a circular stamp with inscription in Arabic. Cental medallion of scalloped outline produced by three interlacing strapwork loops. The compartments defined by the loops are filled with gold dots and blind stamped rosettes. The envelope flap of vol. 3 apparently replacement, with an outer border consisting of fillets and small stamp with a floral motif on its point. Block-pressed leather doublure on vol. 2-3 (paper on fore-edge flap and envelope flap of vol. 3). Traces of a block-pressed leather doublure on vol. 1, fol. 1. Upper and lower covers of vol. 1 made of paper pasted over paper pasteboards with leather spine and edges. Paper pastedowns. Vol. 2 disbound. | Ownership statement signed Aḥmad ibn ʻUbayd al-ʻAṭṭār, dated 1200 H. [1785] or 1300 H. [1882] on vol. 1, fol. (i)a. Ownership statements signed ʻAbd Allāh al-Baṣrawī (repeated on fol. 2a, reading ʻAbd Allāh ibn Zayn al-Dīn al-Baṣrawī) and al-Ḥusaynī al-Ḥasnī on vol. 3, fol. 1a. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 686
