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
1413
Publication Place
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[1413]
Subject
Sufis—Biography—Early works to 1800, Muslim saints—Biography—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Biographies, Blind tooled bindings, Leather doublures, Autographs, Stamps
Type
Book
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
222
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9951616083506421
Record ID
dctd96kf352
Library Location
Special Collections Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 205Hq(iii)
Date
1413-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1413
Notes
Vol. 8 of a biographical dictionary of Muslim saints, starting with the life of Saʻīd ibn ʻĀmir ibn Ḥudhaym al-Jumaḥī. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., 15 lines per page., Collection: Paper ; fol. 222 ; 1¹⁰ (+2, fol. 1-2) 2-8¹⁰ 9¹⁰ (+1, fol. 88) 10-20¹⁰ 21¹² (+2, fol. 216-217) 22⁴ (+1) ; after the first two foll. beginning of a quire numbered "thānī ʻasharīn" on fol. 3a ; catchwords; Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 15 lines per page., Description: Written in medium large script in black ink with use of dark red. Glazed light cream paper with regular laid lines and some chain lines visible. Title on tail of text block (illegible)., Origin: Copy completed in Rabīʻ al-Awwal 816 by Aḥmad ibn ʻUmar ibn Aḥmad al-Ṭawīl (fol. 222b)., Incipit: Among them is Saeed bin Amir bin Hudhaym al-Jahmi, may God be pleased with him, who abstained from temptation, Explicit:[220b] And among them is the ally of fear and sadness... Abu Saeed Al-Hassan bin Abi Al-Hassan, the ascetic jurist... [222b] And let your fear in this world increase, and let your weeping suffocate in this world. The Noble Book has been completed | Later type II (with flap) binding in dark brown leather over paper pasteboards. Blind-tooled and punched central medallion and elaborate outer frame on both covers and envelope flap. Spine cloth visible. Leather double. | Several ownership statements and two seals (illegible) on fol. 1a. One statement in the name of al-Sayyid Muḥammad ibn al-Sayyid Isḥāq; one in the name of al-Ḥājj Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad Ibn Salīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Salīm ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Aḥmad ibn ʻĪsá al-SḤ--?. One circular seal repeated throughout (see fol. 88a). Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, Leiden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 671.