Author
Abū 'Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Sālimī ibn 'Umar al-Sālimī
Publication Date
13 Muharram 855
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
175 x 130mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 11591
Record ID
vdc_100123933668.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
13 Muharram 855
Notes
A manual on dream interpretation in fifty sections (Chapter), by Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Sālimī ibn ‘Umar al-Sālimī (Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Salimi bin Omar al-Sālimī, d. 1398). The copy was completed in the evening of 13 Muḥarram 855/14 February 1451 by the scribe ‘Īd ibn Muhannā’ ibn ‘Umar ibn Kuḥlī al-Shāfi’ī, from the province of Karak [modern-day Jordan] (Eid ibn Muhanna ibn Amr ibn Kahli from the treatment of Karak al-Mahrous al-Shafi’i, see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 126r, lines 4-8, transcribed below).
Al-Sālimī's text cites the lost
Code of Dream Interpretation
(Constitution in expression), by Abū Isḥāq al-Kirmānī (Abu Ishaq al-Kirmani, fl 775-785), as mentioned in a note on f. 1r. The semi-legendary oneirocritic Ibn Sīrīn (Ibn Sirin, died 728 or 729) is also cited.
Folios 1a-3 are replacements, while the main (angular and neat) scribal hand is replaced by another less accomplished hand on 15 folios (ff. 7-8; 10-13; 15-16; 18-19; 84-86 [gap in text on f. 86v]; and 95-96). A prayer written underneath the
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, apparently in the main scribe's hand, invokes blessings upon the volume's two scribes (to those who wrote it), indicating that the 15 folios were part of the original copying of the volume (f. 126r, lines 13-15).
Beginnings (f. 1av, lines 2-6):
Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and may God’s blessings and peace be upon our Master Muhammad and upon him
His family and all his companions, said the Sheikh, who is Muhammad Ibn Al-Sirin
From what we saw about the best of human beings, may God bless him and grant him peace
He said the vision is in two parts: a merciful vision
And a devilish vision...
Ends (f. 125v, line 16-f. 126r, line 2):
And a vision
A man came to Ibn Sirin and said, “I saw in my sleep as if I was grinding the bones of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace
He said, “You are a man whose Sunnah, may God bless him and grant him peace...
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 126r, lines 2-12):
Written...
Pointing to the flag of the phrase on
On (!) the hand of the poor, humble servant of his generous Lord, Eid bin Muhanna bin Amr bin
As a solution to the treatment of the guarded Karak Al-Shafi’i, may God forgive him and his parents
And for those who looked into it and prayed for forgiveness for him, and for those who taught him and for all Muslims, and he agreed
The copy was completed on Monday, the eve of the day, the thirteenth
From the holy month of Muharram, one of the months of the year one hundred and eighty-five
May God bless her with His grace and generosity, Amen, Amen. Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and prayers
May God bless the best of His creation, our Master Muhammad, his family and companions, and grant him abundant peace until the Day of Judgment
O goodness that is sought and honorable for those who seek it, praise be to God
I forgive the reader, yes, and the writer, thank God
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from D. A. Sasson (Jerusalem), 13 June 1936
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Study:
Fahd, Toufiq,
La Divination Arabe
(Leiden: Brill, 1966), pp. 345 (on no. 67, al-Kirmānī) and 352 (no. 103, on al-Sālimī)
