The book “The Apple of the Eyes of People of Understanding” with an explanation of the introduction by Sheikh al-Islam / written by Abu Bak[r al-Sh]nawāni. — Qurrat ʻuyūn dhawī al-afhām bi-sharḥ Muqaddamat Shaykh al-Islām, the apple of the eyes of those with understanding, with an explanation of the introduction by Sheikh al-Islam
(كتاب قرة عيون ذوي الافهام بشرح مقدمة شيخ الاسلام تأليف ابي بكر الشنواني )

Name: The book “The Apple of the Eyes of People of Understanding” with an explanation of the introduction by Sheikh al-Islam / written by Abu Bak[r al-Sh]nawāni. — Qurrat ʻuyūn dhawī al-afhām bi-sharḥ Muqaddamat Shaykh al-Islām, the apple of the eyes of those with understanding, with an explanation of the introduction by Sheikh al-Islam
Author: Shanawānī, Abū Bakr ibn Ismāʻīl, 1551 or 1552-1610 or 1611

Title	The book “The Apple of the Eyes of People of Understanding” with an explanation of the introduction by Sheikh al-Islam / written by Abu Bak[r al-Sh]nawāni. — Qurrat ʻuyūn dhawī al-afhām bi-sharḥ Muqaddamat Shaykh al-Islām, the apple of the eyes of those with understanding, with an explanation of the introduction by Sheikh al-Islam
Title Original	كتاب قرة عيون ذوي الافهام بشرح مقدمة شيخ الاسلام تأليف ابي بكر الشنواني
Author	Shanawānī, Abū Bakr ibn Ismāʻīl, 1551 or 1552-1610 or 1611
Author Original	Shanawānī, Abū Bakr ibn Ismāʻīl, 1551 or 1552-1610 or 1611, شنواني، ابو بكر بن اسماعيل، 1551 or 1552-1610 or 1611
Publication Date:	1015
Publication Place	- 24 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1015 [April 22, 1607]
Subject	Anṣārī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad approximately 1423-approximately 1520—Risālah fī al-basmalah wa-al-ḥamdalah, Basmalah—Early works to 1800, Praise—Religious aspects—Islam—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Autographs, Blind tooled bindings, Sprinkled papers (Paper), Watermarks (Paper)
Type	Book
Language	ar
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	198
Library:	Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID	9963583593506421
Record ID	dcdz0112776
Library Location	Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1124H
Date	01-01-1607 T00:00:00 F/422-12-31 T:Khas:Khasz — 1607-422
Notes	A commentary on al-Muqaddimah fī al-basmalah wa-al-ḥamdalah, a work on the exegesis of the Basmalah and the Ḥamdalah, by Zakarīyā al-Anṣārī. \| Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., Marginal notes and glosses. On the page after the colophon is a note of collation by the author. The title page lists additional titles which are not present in the current volume., Collection: Paper ; fol. 198; requires signed: 2-20 ; catchwords; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 21 lines per page., Description: Rubricated ; watermarks(anchor); MS in good condition., Origin: According to colophon copy completed 24 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1015 by Muslim al-Azʹharī (fol. 197b)., Incipit: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and in Him I trust... And then the one who lacks his master says... Abu Bakr bin Ismail Al-Shanwani... This is what the understanding people are most in need of an introduction to..., Colophon: Written by Muslim Al-Azhari on the twenty-fourth of Dhul-Hijjah Al-Haram of the fifteenth month of the year and a thousand, may God bless its conclusion with Muhammad and his family and peace \| Later type II (with flap) binding in red leather. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants and cornerpieces and blind-tooled decorative edgings on covers. Similar decoration on flap. Gold-sprinkled orange paper pastedowns. Quires not currently sewn or attached to the binding. In case of red leather and red marbled paper (215 x 167 mm) with a red leather pull strap and title label. Slipcover in poor condition. \| Ownership signatures: Aḥmad Bā Ḥasan; Miḥḍar ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Saqqāf (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. \| Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1964., Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), IV, p. 28., Khulāṣat al-Athar, I, p. 80.

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The book “The Apple of the Eyes of People of Understanding” with an explanation of the introduction by Sheikh al-Islam / written by Abu Bak[r al-Sh]nawāni. — Qurrat ʻuyūn dhawī al-afhām bi-sharḥ Muqaddamat Shaykh al-Islām, the apple of the eyes of those with understanding, with an explanation of the introduction by Sheikh al-Islam

(كتاب قرة عيون ذوي الافهام بشرح مقدمة شيخ الاسلام تأليف ابي بكر الشنواني )

Author Shanawānī, Abū Bakr ibn Ismāʻīl, 1551 or 1552-1610 or 1611

Author Original Shanawānī, Abū Bakr ibn Ismāʻīl, 1551 or 1552-1610 or 1611, شنواني، ابو بكر بن اسماعيل، 1551 or 1552-1610 or 1611

Publication Date 1015

Publication Place - 24 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1015 [April 22, 1607]

Subject Anṣārī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad approximately 1423-approximately 1520—Risālah fī al-basmalah wa-al-ḥamdalah, Basmalah—Early works to 1800, Praise—Religious aspects—Islam—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Autographs, Blind tooled bindings, Sprinkled papers (Paper), Watermarks (Paper)

Type Book

Language ar

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 198

Library Princeton University Library

Library Asset ID 9963583593506421

Record ID dcdz0112776

Library Location Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1124H

Date 01-01-1607 T00:00:00 F/422-12-31 T:Khas:Khasz — 1607-422

Notes A commentary on al-Muqaddimah fī al-basmalah wa-al-ḥamdalah, a work on the exegesis of the Basmalah and the Ḥamdalah, by Zakarīyā al-Anṣārī. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., Marginal notes and glosses. On the page after the colophon is a note of collation by the author. The title page lists additional titles which are not present in the current volume., Collection: Paper ; fol. 198; requires signed: 2-20 ; catchwords; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 21 lines per page., Description: Rubricated ; watermarks(anchor); MS in good condition., Origin: According to colophon copy completed 24 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1015 by Muslim al-Azʹharī (fol. 197b)., Incipit: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and in Him I trust... And then the one who lacks his master says... Abu Bakr bin Ismail Al-Shanwani... This is what the understanding people are most in need of an introduction to..., Colophon: Written by Muslim Al-Azhari on the twenty-fourth of Dhul-Hijjah Al-Haram of the fifteenth month of the year and a thousand, may God bless its conclusion with Muhammad and his family and peace | Later type II (with flap) binding in red leather. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants and cornerpieces and blind-tooled decorative edgings on covers. Similar decoration on flap. Gold-sprinkled orange paper pastedowns. Quires not currently sewn or attached to the binding. In case of red leather and red marbled paper (215 x 167 mm) with a red leather pull strap and title label. Slipcover in poor condition. | Ownership signatures: Aḥmad Bā Ḥasan; Miḥḍar ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Saqqāf (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1964., Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), IV, p. 28., Khulāṣat al-Athar, I, p. 80.