Author
Ibn Bint al-Maylaq, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Dāʼim, 1330 or 1331-1394 or 1395
Author Original
Ibn Bint al-Maylaq, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Dāʼim, 1330 or 1331-1394 or 1395, ابن بنت الميلق، محمد بن عبد الدائم، 1330 or 1331-1394 or 1395
Publication Date
1769
Publication Place
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[1769]
Subject
Sufism—Doctrines—Early works to 1800, Death—Religious aspects—Islam—Early works to 1800, God (Islam)—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Stamps
Type
Book
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
39
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9952974873506421
Record ID
dchx11xs91h
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1038H
Date
1769-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1769
Notes
A treatise on death. | Ms. codex., Title from fol. 1a., A ḥadīth and an inscription about the author on fol. 1a. A small circular stamp with “Aḥmad” in the center and date 1219 (1804-5) on fol. 1b., Collation: Paper ; fol. 39 + i; catchwords; Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 23 lines per page., Description: Written in a medium small script in black ink with use of red. Glazed European paper., Origin: Copied by Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad ibn Barakāt al-Khanānī [?] al-Shāfiʻī al-Ashʻarī and completed on the 25th of Muḥarram 1183 (1769) -- colophon (fol. 39b)., Incipit: Basmala And in Him I have my confidence. Praise be to God, who decrees death upon His servants and warns against it so that they may seize the opportunity of diligence, and makes the death of believers a means to meeting Him and an entrance to the abode of His benevolence and good reward. Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and purple and red marbled paper. Fly leaves in dark cream woven paper. Substantial insect damage to the spine and the ms is loose inside the covers. | Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 1577., Brockelmann, C. GAL, II (146), SII (148).