Author
Ibn Ẓafar, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh | Ibn Zafar, Muhammad bin Abdullah
Author Original
ابن ظفر، محمد بن عبد الله
Publication Date
[17--?]
Publication Place
-
University of Michigan
Subject
Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 Prophetic office. | Manuscripts, Arabic | Prophecy Early works to 1800. | more | less
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
56
Physical Dimensions
56 leaves ; 210 x 160 (155 x 100) mm.
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Record ID
006781926
Library Location
University of Michigan
Date
[17--?]
Notes
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 511 | Origin: Lacks dated scribal colophon ; paper suggests 18th century. | Former shelfmark: From inscription on inner front cover and spine label, "IL 114" (likely supplied by Yahuda). | Binding: Limp cover in heavy dark green paper ; oversewn in white thread ; traces of headband ; housed in envelope. | Support: European laid paper with 20 laid lines in 16 mm. (vertical) and regularly spaced chain lines (roughly 20-22 mm. apart, horizontal) ; watermarks difficult to discern but include bar with name or initials. | Decoration: Section headings and keywords rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of three dots in red ; written area surrounded by red rule-border (occasionally with additional black fillet). | Script: Naskh ; elegant Turkish hand ; partially and inconsistently seriffed, mainly on stand-alone letters and lām alif ligature but also on some alifs and lāms ; effect of slight tilt to the left ; partially vocalized. | Layout: Written in 19 lines per page ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board evident). | Collation: 5 V(50), III (56) ; quinions with final ternion ; final two leaves left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil (supplied during cataloguing). | Explicit: "قوله كالفانج [كالفالج؟] هو البعير العظيم الذى له سنامان قال محمد عفا الله عنه إنى قد انهيت كتابي هذا الى اخره والحمد لله وحده وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم تسليما كثيرا الى يوم الدين وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل تم تم تم" | Incipit: "قال الشيخ الامام العالم العلامة حجة الدين أبو عبد الله محمد بن ابي محمد بن محمد بن ظفر رحمه الله تعالى ورضي عنه وارضاه وبمنه وكرمه الحمد الله مولي اوليائه الرفعة والتمكين ... وسميته خير البشر بخير البشر" | Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1) and within preface on p.5. | Ms. codex. | Clear copy of the work on predictions received by mankind on the subject of Muḥammad's prophetic mission. Description provided by Maxim Romanov. | more | less
