Author
Rassām, ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn Abī Bakr, active 16th century
Author Original
Rassām, ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn Abī Bakr, active 16th century, رسام، عبد الفتاح بن ابي بكر، active 16th century
Publication Date
1004
Publication Place
-
28 [Dhū] al-Ḥijjah 1004 [August 23, 1596]
Subject
Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī -680—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Karbalāʼ (Iraq)—History—Early works to 1800, holographs (autographs), Watermarks (Paper)
Type
Book
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
40
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9963572293506421
Record ID
dc8p58pq14x
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 246H
Date
01-01-1596 T00:00:00 AH/823-12-31 T:Khas:Khasz — 1596-823
Notes
Autograph copy of a short history of the place where al-Ḥusayn suffered martyrdom and some of the miraculous events which occurred there. | Collation: Paper ; fol. 40 ; catchwords ; quires signed: 2-4 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (circular design, roman-alphabet letters in corner) ; MS in good condition., Layout: 13 lines per page ; ruled., Ms. codex., Origin: According to colophon copied Friday 28 [Dhū] al-Ḥijjah 1004 by the author (fol. 40a)., The work was composed on the occasion of the appointment by Maḥmūd III the Ottoman (A.D. 1595-1603) of Muḥammad Pāshā as governor of Egypt 1004-1006 [1596-1598]. Invocation on the folio before the title page, two lines of verse and an obscured dated statement on the title page, Title from title page (fol. 2a)., Colophon: وکان الفراغ من تأليف هذه الرسالة المبارکة في يوم الجمعة ثامن عشرين الحجة الحرام ختام عام اربع والف من الهجرة النبوية على صاحبها افضل الصلاة والسلام. قال ذلك بفمه وزبره بقلمه مؤلفه العبد الفقير الراجي عفو ربه القدير ابو الفتح عبد الفتاح الرسام تابع مولانا الاستاذ کريم الدين الخلوتي غفر الله له ولوالديه ولجميع المسلمين آمين, Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه ثقتي. حمدًا لمن جعل اهل بيت نبيه الکرام خلاصة الانام | Contemporaneous? type II (with flap) binding in brown leather and marbled paper. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 6129., Brockelmann, C. GAL, SII, 930., Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 605.