Author
Raḍī al-Ghazzī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1457 or 1458-1528 or 1529
Author Original
Raḍī al-Ghazzī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1457 or 1458-1528 or 1529, رضي الغزي، محمد بن محمد، 1457 or 1458-1528 or 1529
Publication Date
1577
Publication Place
-
[1577 or 1578]
Subject
Sufism—Doctrines—Early works to 1800, Dervishes—Conduct of life—Early works to 1800, Dervishes—Customs and practices—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Type
Book
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
45
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9952977723506421
Record ID
dcns064j686
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1041H
Date
1577-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1577
Notes
An instructional book in verse on the conduct of Sufi novices. | Ms. codex., Title from fol. 2a., Two short inscriptions on fol. 1a. Added title at the head of fol. 2a: Alfīyah fī al-taṣawwuf lil-Ghazzī, and at the bottom of the same fol. in the same hand: “wa-maʻhā min Sharh ʻaqāʼid al-Nasafī” [?]. Two obliterated ownership statements on fol. 2a. Title "Alfīyah" written in black ink on upper cover., Collation: Paper ; fol. 45; catchwords; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 15 lines per page in two columns., Description: Rubricated ; written in an elegant medium small vocalized script; glazed paper with visible laid lines and prominent pulp., Origin: Copied by Bāqī Samarqandī in 985 (1577-8) -- colophon (fol. 44b)., Incipit: He says: I hope for a period that does not expire. Muhammad is Al-Radi ibn Al-Radi, Explicit: And from him we ask for perpetual ties connected from him with a good ending. God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs, the best protector, and the best helper. There is no power nor strength except in God, the Most High, the Great Type II (with flap) binding in brown leather and pink paper. Pastedowns and lining to the envelope flap in cream paper. Lining to the fore edge flap in pink paper. | Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 1585., Brockelmann, C. Gal, II (367), SII (393).