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The Book of Hilyat al-Awliyat al-Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Iṣbahānī. — Ḥilyat al-awliyāʼ. Selections, Ornament of Saints
(كتاب حلية الاولياء وطبقات الاصفياء الشيخ الامام الحافظ ابو نعيم احمد بن عبد الله بن احمد الاصبهاني )

Title The Book of Hilyat al-Awliyat al-Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Iṣbahānī. — Ḥilyat al-awliyāʼ. Selections, Ornament of Saints
Title Original كتاب حلية الاولياء وطبقات الاصفياء الشيخ الامام الحافظ ابو نعيم احمد بن عبد الله بن احمد الاصبهاني
Author Abū Nuʻaym al-Iṣbahānī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 948-1038
Author Original Abū Nuʻaym al-Iṣbahānī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 948-1038, ابو نعيم الاصبهاني، احمد بن عبد الله
Publication Date: 1171
Publication Place - Mecca, [1171]
Subject Sufism—Biography—Early works to 1800, Sufis—Biography—Early works to 1800, Muslim saints—Biography—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Manuscripts, Arabic—12th century
Type Book
Language ar
Digital Yes
Manuscript Yes
Pages Count 378
Library: Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID 9947468023506421
Record ID x059c992k
Library Location HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1788Y, HSVM Electronic Resource, ELF1 Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1788Y, ELF1 Electronic Resource
Date 1171-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1171
Notes Last parts of a biographical dictionary of Muslim saints, as transmitted by Abū al-Faḍl Ḥamd ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Iṣbahānī from Ṣāliḥ Abū al-Khalīl Mufarraj(?) Mawlá Yaḥyá ibn Saʻīd ibn al-Ḥarīrī al-Tajībī al-Ṭulayṭulī (fol. 17a, 32a, 51a). Incomplete at the beginning (contents correspond to ed. Cairo (1938), vol. 8, p. 77, l. 3 - end of the work; entries no. 369-689). | Ms. codex., Title from beginning of juzʼ 64 (fol. 17a)., 31 lines per page. Written in medium small script in black ink, with use of red for some punctuation and decoration of verses and re-inking of headings. Light cream paper with laid lines visible. The no. of the entry is written in red ink in the margin. Collation notes (collation statement on fol. 378a, dated Dhū al-Ḥijjah 566 H. [1171]). End and beginning of parts (juzʼ) indicated on fol. 16a,17a, 32a, 51a, 67a (with a collation statement dated Mecca, Friday 18 Jumādá al-Ākhira 566 H.). Fol. 68-77 repaired with loss of text. Foliation in pencil using Western numerals (fol. between 138 and 139: blank)., On last fol. (fol. 378b): two reading certificates (samāʻ and ijāzah) for several persons, signed by Yūsuf ibn Khalīl ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Dimashqī, the first dated Aleppo, 11 Rajab 624 H. [1227]., Copied in Mecca at the end of Dhū al-Qaʻdah 566 (colophon, fol. 378a)., Incipit: قال سمعت ابا تراب الزاهد يقول سمعت حاتما الاصم يقول قال لى شقيق البلخي اصحب الناس كما تصحب النار, Explicit: والخلق الحسن الجميل رزقنا الله تعالى ما رزقهم من الاقبال عليه والانقطاع اليه وجمعنا وإياهم بطوله فى ساحة قدسه وبحبوحة جنته انه على ما يشاء قدير وهو حسبنا و نعم الوكيل | Dark brown leather over paper pasteboard. Leather over cloth for the spine. The cloth extends as doublure of the upper and lower covers. Disparate pieces of paper as pastedowns. The upper and lower covers are blind-tooled with a central medallion (different pattern on each cover) and an outer frame made of fillets with the inner corners delineated by fillets and stamped with a small flower motif. | Ownership statements on the pastedown of the lower cover, dated 953 H. [1546] and 975 H. [1567]. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942. | Mach, R. Yahuda, 4685, Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 362/2 (1/1), Brockelmann, C. GAL, SI, 617
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The Book of Hilyat al-Awliyat al-Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Iṣbahānī. — Ḥilyat al-awliyāʼ. Selections, Ornament of Saints

(كتاب حلية الاولياء وطبقات الاصفياء الشيخ الامام الحافظ ابو نعيم احمد بن عبد الله بن احمد الاصبهاني )
Author Abū Nuʻaym al-Iṣbahānī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 948-1038
Author Original Abū Nuʻaym al-Iṣbahānī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 948-1038, ابو نعيم الاصبهاني، احمد بن عبد الله
Publication Date 1171
Publication Place - Mecca, [1171]
Subject Sufism—Biography—Early works to 1800, Sufis—Biography—Early works to 1800, Muslim saints—Biography—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Manuscripts, Arabic—12th century
Type Book
Language ar
Digital Yes
Manuscript Yes
Pages Count 378
Library Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID 9947468023506421
Record ID x059c992k
Library Location HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1788Y, HSVM Electronic Resource, ELF1 Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1788Y, ELF1 Electronic Resource
Date 1171-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1171
Notes Last parts of a biographical dictionary of Muslim saints, as transmitted by Abū al-Faḍl Ḥamd ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Iṣbahānī from Ṣāliḥ Abū al-Khalīl Mufarraj(?) Mawlá Yaḥyá ibn Saʻīd ibn al-Ḥarīrī al-Tajībī al-Ṭulayṭulī (fol. 17a, 32a, 51a). Incomplete at the beginning (contents correspond to ed. Cairo (1938), vol. 8, p. 77, l. 3 - end of the work; entries no. 369-689). | Ms. codex., Title from beginning of juzʼ 64 (fol. 17a)., 31 lines per page. Written in medium small script in black ink, with use of red for some punctuation and decoration of verses and re-inking of headings. Light cream paper with laid lines visible. The no. of the entry is written in red ink in the margin. Collation notes (collation statement on fol. 378a, dated Dhū al-Ḥijjah 566 H. [1171]). End and beginning of parts (juzʼ) indicated on fol. 16a,17a, 32a, 51a, 67a (with a collation statement dated Mecca, Friday 18 Jumādá al-Ākhira 566 H.). Fol. 68-77 repaired with loss of text. Foliation in pencil using Western numerals (fol. between 138 and 139: blank)., On last fol. (fol. 378b): two reading certificates (samāʻ and ijāzah) for several persons, signed by Yūsuf ibn Khalīl ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Dimashqī, the first dated Aleppo, 11 Rajab 624 H. [1227]., Copied in Mecca at the end of Dhū al-Qaʻdah 566 (colophon, fol. 378a)., Incipit: قال سمعت ابا تراب الزاهد يقول سمعت حاتما الاصم يقول قال لى شقيق البلخي اصحب الناس كما تصحب النار, Explicit: والخلق الحسن الجميل رزقنا الله تعالى ما رزقهم من الاقبال عليه والانقطاع اليه وجمعنا وإياهم بطوله فى ساحة قدسه وبحبوحة جنته انه على ما يشاء قدير وهو حسبنا و نعم الوكيل | Dark brown leather over paper pasteboard. Leather over cloth for the spine. The cloth extends as doublure of the upper and lower covers. Disparate pieces of paper as pastedowns. The upper and lower covers are blind-tooled with a central medallion (different pattern on each cover) and an outer frame made of fillets with the inner corners delineated by fillets and stamped with a small flower motif. | Ownership statements on the pastedown of the lower cover, dated 953 H. [1546] and 975 H. [1567]. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942. | Mach, R. Yahuda, 4685, Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 362/2 (1/1), Brockelmann, C. GAL, SI, 617
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