Author
Kabbāshī, Aḥmad
Author Original
Kabbāshī, Aḥmad, كباشي، احمد
Publication Place
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[Egypt?]
Subject
Islam—Customs and practices—Poetry, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Islamic countries—Social life and customs—Poetry, poetry, Poetry
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9963568253506421
Record ID
fj236b71r
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 100H
Notes
An ode bewailing the depravity of manners in the East, especially among the higher classes. It urges people to abandon sodomy and the use of opium and revive the religious practices of Islam, such as fasting, almsgiving and pilgrimage. | Collation: Paper; fol. 7 + (2) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Description: MS in fair condition., Layout: 10-12 lines per page., Ms. codex., Poem is in colloquial Arabic. From the reference to opium and the use of certain words it may be concluded that the poem was written in Egypt., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., Colophon: May God pardon its writer, reader, author, listener, and all Muslims, Incipit: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and in Him is my trust. So I thought about the state of time and what horrors had happened in it. How many things had happened Covered in blue paper with printed paper pastedowns from an army log book. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 154.
İnternette mevcut
arks.princeton.edu
Koleksiyonlar
Middle East Manuscripts, Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts
Bağışlayan
Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961