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, 948-1038
Publication Date
1199
Publication Place
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27 Shawwāl 595 [August 22, 1199]
Subject
Sufis—Biography—Early works to 1800, Muslim saints—Biography—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Biographies, Leather doublures, Blind tooled bindings, Stamps, Autographs, Certificates
Type
Book
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
288
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9951607623506421
Record ID
2n49tb22p
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 205H(ii)
Date
01-01-1199 T00:00:00 AH/822-12-31 T:Khas:Khasz — 1199-822
Notes
Second part of a biographical dictionary of Muslim saints, as transmitted by Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad [ibn al-Ḥaddād] al-Iṣfahānī and Abū Bakr Yaḥyá ibn ʻAbd al-Bāqī ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., Table of contents, apparently contemporary with the copy, on fol. 287b-288a. Two verses of poetry in Persian on fol. 288b. Audition statement (samāʻ note) on fol. 287a-b, for several people who heard the text from ʻUmar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Suhrawardī, in 5., Collation: Paper ; fol. 288 ; catchwords ; quires are numbered using Arabic ordinals and mentioning the number of the part, in the form "sādisah thānī" (see fol. 48a) ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 23 lines per page., Description: Fol. 59-66 are apparently later replacements ; rubricated., Paper: Thin light cream paper with regular laid lines and a few chain lines visible., Origin: According to colophon, copy completed on Sunday 27 Shawwāl 595 [Aug. 22, 1199] by Bayān ibn ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Bayān ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥanafī (fol. 287a)., Incipit: قال الشيخ رحمه الله قد اتينا على من ذكرهم الشيخ ابو عبد الرحمن السلمي ونسبهم الى [م]توطين الصفه ونزولها., Explicit: ومنهم الوامق الولهان الواعظ اليقضان ابو همام شميط بن عجلان ... [286ب] ... فتبقي شجرة ولا مدده ولا تراب ولا شى الّا استجلي البكا لقلّه ذاكري الله في ذلك المكان اخر الجزء الثاني من كتاب حليه الاوليا رضى الله عنهم يتلوه ان شا الله تعالي في الثالث ذكر طبقه من تابعي المدينه من المعروفين بالتعبّد والتلسّك. | Type II (with flap) binding in brown leather over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers. Both covers are similarly blind tooled, with a central medallion and an elaborate outer frame consisting of fillets and a running pattern of small stamps. Leather doublure. Traces of a now lost fore-edge flap. | Several ownership statements and one seal impression on fol. 1a, including one in the name of Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Ḥusaynī, one in the name of Ismāʻīl Ibn al-Ḥājj Muṣṭafá Ibn Tājah. Reading statement in the name of Muḥammad ibn ... ibn ʻAbbās ibn Ḥabīb on fol. 288b. Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, Leiden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 670
