Author
Maḥbūbī, ʻUbayd Allāh ibn Masʻūd, -1346 or 1347, Mahboubi, Ubayd Allah ibn Masoud, Ahmet bin Hızır, active 1551, Ahmad ibn Khidr
Author Original
محبوبي، عبيد الله بن مسعود احمد بن خضر
Publication Date
1551
Publication Place
[Edirne] -
Subject
Burhān al-Sharīʻah, Maḥmūd ibn ʻUbayd Allāh, -1274 or 1275. Wiqāyat al-riwāyah, Marghīnānī, ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr, -1196 or 1197. Hidāyah, Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction -- Early works to 1800, Hanafites -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
278 leaves : paper ; 270 x 180 (175 x 115) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194772565
Record ID
990068034300106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1551
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from opening on p.4., Incipit: “Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon the best of His creation, Muhammad and his family,” says the servant, the servant who supplicates to God Almighty with the strongest pretext, Ubayd Allah ibn Masoud ibn Taj al-Shari’ah... This is the solution to the troubling issues regarding the protection of narration in matters of guidance that my grandfather wrote...”, Explicit: “Nevertheless, it is permissible to take it based on what is most likely.”, Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "The writing was completed with the help of Al-Wahhab at the hands of the weakest of the servants, Ahmad ibn Khidr. May God forgive them and all the believing men and women, male and female Muslims, living and dead. He finished editing this honorable copy in his protected garden, may God protect it from pests and calamity, on Friday, the sixth of Rabi’ al-Awwal of the year nine hundred and fifty-eight of the Prophet’s Hijra", Collation: i, 27 V (270), IV (278), i ; almost exclusively quinions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals (not visible in opening quires due to damage) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and insert and mistakenly skips ahead ten pages, following p.455 with p.466)., Layout: Written in 19 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Naskh ; fine Turkish hand in a medium line; Virtually serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots, kāf mashqūqah preferred (even final kāf) with often sweeping shaqq, point of final nūn assimilated with bowl., Decoration: Section headings, keywords and abbreviation symbols rubricated ; a few textual dividers in the form of inverted commas., Support: non-European (likely Arab) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines (vertical) grouped in threes with 12-15 mm. between chains and 38-42 between groups; quite sturdy and well-burnished, dark cream in color; much staining ; losses of upper outer corners of opening quires (through p.142)., Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather; Type II binding (with flap, now lost); board linings in comb marbled paper (salmon, orange, red, blue) ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped scalloped mandorla filled with vegetable composition with bird at center; sewn in dull yellow thread, two stations; overall in quite poor condition with flap missing, significant losses to upper outer corner of upper board (and opening quires), lifting and losses of leather, staining, abrasion, pest damage, etc. ; housed in box for protection., Former shelfmark: From inner front cover "IL 223" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip)., Accompanying materials: a. Three inventory catalog slips in the hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda. --c. Insert carrying glosses (paginated pp.91-92)., Origin: As appears in colophon on p.562, copied by Aḥmad ibn Khiḍr (Ahmet bin Hızır [Hazır]) with transcription completed 6 Rabīʻ I 958 [ca. 14 March 1551] in Edirne., Ownership (purchase) statement on front flyleaf (p.1) in name of Ḥusayn ibn ʻUmar (Hüseyin bin Ömer), reads “Its ownership by legal purchase belonged to Sayyid Husayn, son of Sayyid Omar, son of Sayyid al-Hajj... son of Sayyid al-Hajj Ahmad Effendi al-Kamilī, may God forgive him, his parents, and all...” (partially lost) ; pen trial (testing the ink) on front flyleaf (p.1) ; among excerpts on final leaves following close, what appears to be a waqf statement dated 15 Muḥarram 1118 [ca. 29 April 1706] (see p.568); numerous marginal and interlinear glosses; Occasional corrections and notabilia (side heads)., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 557
Sample Text
Well-annoted copy of the commentary by Ṣadr al-Sharīʻah al-Aṣghar (al-Thānī) ʻUbayd Allāh ibn Masʻūd al-Maḥbūbī on Wiqāyat al-riwāyah fī masāʼil al-Hidāyah, a work on fiqh by the author's grandfather, Maḥmūd ibn Ṣadr al-Sharīʻah al-Maḥbūbī (d. 1274 or 5), itself an epitome on the celebrated work of Ḥanafī fiqh, al-Hidāyah by ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr al-Marghīnānī (d. 1196 or 7).
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Ahmet bin Hızır, active 1551, scribe.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Yahuda Collection.
Referanslar
Brockelmann, C. GAL, I 376 ; II 214, Ḥājjī Khalīfah. Kashf al-ẓunūn, vi 460, no.14308.
Elde Ediliş
Acquired in 1926 from the bookseller Isaac Benjamin S.E. Yahuda via purchase transacted on his behalf by Abraham Shalom Yahuda (1877-1951), his younger brother.
