Author
Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn Ashraf, active 13th century.
Publication Place
[14--?] -
Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic /Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan /Ann Arbor., Islam, Islam /Doctrines, Islam / Doctrines /Early works to 1800.
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
84
Physical Dimensions
84 leaves : paper ; 206 x 120 (150 x 80) mm. bound to 208 x 123 mm
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
005984407
Notes
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 29 Origin: Lacks dated colophon. Paper and hand may suggest late 15th century. Replacement leaves very likely date from early 19th century. Perhaps signature of glossator on p.152 "تم هذا [...؟] على يدي المذنب اليه ... محمد بن الحاج علي في سلخ ... [؟]". Accompanying materials: Two blank slips (paginated pp.101-102 and pp.109-110). Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 93. Al-Akaid." ; "٣۹۷" on tail of textblock. Binding: Pasteboards faced in marbled paper (blue, green and pink) with spine, fore-edge and edges/turn-ins in red leather (marbled paper faced, leather edged, framed binding) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in yellow European laid paper ; sewn in white thread, two stations (primaries in rose) ; fine worked endbands in blue-green and yellow ; in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, etc. Support: non-European paper, furnish extremely cloudy, likely laid but any laid and chain lines are extremely diffuse and difficult to see ; repairs in European paper ; replacement leaves at opening and close in a variety of papers - European laid, European wove, and non-European ; flyleaves and some replacement leaves in European laid paper with "E A D" mark visible. Decoration: Text rubricated with keywords, section headings, overlining, sigla and other abbreviations in red. Script: Naskh ; two main hands ; bulk of the text in a Turkish (?) hand, virtually serifless, rounded, freely ligatured, with slight tilt to the left, mainly closed counters, some sweeping descenders ; replacement leaves at opening and close in an Ottoman nastaʻlīq (talik), serifless, with mainly closed counters, effect of tilt to the right and words descending to baseline, extended in the horiztonal ; glosses in more angular nastaʻlīq (talik). Layout: Written in 21-29 lines per page ; frame-ruled. Collation: i, VI-1+1 (12), 5 VI(72), VI-11 (73), III+2 (81), I+1 (84), i ; chiefly sexternions ; final leaf left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and inserts, skips two pages between pp.171-172). Explicit: "يكون امامة كل من الخلفاء الاربعة حقا هذا ما عندي والله اعلم بجميع السرائر. خاتمة الكتاب ايها الراغب الى تحقيق الحق ... والثاني الشوق الى الحق ذلك فضل الله يؤتيه من يشاء والله واسع عليم والحمد لله رب العالمين والصلى الله على نبينا محمد خير البرية وعترته الطيبين تم تم تم" Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي استحق الوجود والوحدة بالذات ... اما بعد فان العلوم وان تنوع افسامها وتفرع انقسامها لكن اشرفها مرتبة واعلاها منزلة هو العلم الآلهي ... فدعاني هذه المعاني تصنيف كتاب ... وسيته بالصحائف الآلهية ورتبته على مقصدين الاول في المبادي والثاني في المسائل ... واسوهبت من الله تعالى الهام الحق وافهام الصدق انه عليم بالصواب واليه المرجع والمآب ..." Title provided by cataloguer. Ms. codex. Bookplate of British Museum, London on inner front cover,"British Museum, London. No. 93. Al-Akaid." ; circular seal impression with figure of goat/gazelle in purple ink as well as inscription "377" in Western numerals on front flyleaf (p.1) ; circular waqf-seal impression in black ink appears on fol.1a (p.3) and several places throughout reads: "هذا وقف الراجي فيض الصمدي الشيخ احمد ضيا الدين ابن مصطفى الخالدي فمن بدله بعد ما سمعه فانما اثمه على الذين يبدلونه" in name of Aḥmad Ḍiyāʼ al-Dīn ibn Muṣṭafá al-Khālidī (i.e. Ahmed Ziyâüddîn Gümüşhanevî, d. 1893 or 4) ; numerous marginal and interlinear glosses and corrections.. Fine copy of the treatise on theological matters by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ashraf al-Samarqandī (d.1303?).
