Author
Ibn Sharaf Shāh, Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad, 1247 or 1248-1315 or 1316, Istarabadi, Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad, Ibn al-Ḥājib, ʻUthmān ibn ʻUmar, 1175-1249, Ibn al-Hajib, Uthman ibn Omar, ʻAbd al-Ghaffār ibn Sinān, active 1562, Abd al-Ghaffar ibn Sinan,, Aḥmad Khayyir ibn Muḥammad ʻĀrif, Ahmad Khair ibn Muhammad Arif,, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir, Abdullah ibn Abd al-Qādir,
Author Original
استراباذي، الحسن بن محمد ابن الحاجب، عثمان بن عمر عبد الغفار بن سنان، احمد خير بن محمد عارف، عبد الله بن عبد القادر،
Publication Date
1562
Subject
Ibn al-Ḥājib, ʻUthmān ibn ʻUmar, 1175-1249. Kāfiyah, Arabic language -- Syntax -- Early works to 1800, Arabic language -- Grammar -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
94 leaves : paper ; 171 x 125 (115-161 x 63-105) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194756498
Record ID
990067959010106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
Possibly between 1562-1563
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from opening on p.6., Incipit: “I thank God for the greatness of His Majesty, praise be to Him who is overwhelmed by the contemplation of His beauty, and I thank Him for His great success, belief in His return and destiny... And after I explained the book Al-Kafiya in Grammar first, with insights, answers, and much research, I explained it secondly, confining it to solving the words, explaining its meanings, and referring to the analysis of its structures and constructions, and I made it to illustrate the service of the Grand Prince... Dynasty Princes and ministers, the pride of the Arabs and non-Arabs, the supporter of the state and the religion, the sun of Islam and the Muslims, Yahya bin Al-Makhdum, the Great, the king of kings of princes and ministers, the owner of the sword and knowledge, the righteousness of the world, the majesty of the world and the religion, Ibrahim bin Yaghrish Bilka, the king of the circumcision. May God honor their supporters and multiply their power in both worlds because of the work of this book, which is a constitution in this art for those of understanding, and I called it adequate in explaining the adequacy because it is sufficient to solve the words and explain Its meanings", Explicit: "If you say, 'O Zaydoun, strike, strike in the pause,' and in, 'O woman, strike, 'Adari' in the pause, he knows that it is a substitute for the nun or the deleted one is rejected, and God knows best what is correct, and to Him is the return and the return.", Dedication: As appears in opening on p.6, composed for al-Amīr Nāṣir al-Dīn Yaḥyá ibn al-Malik Jalāl al-Dīn Ibrāhim ibn Yaghrush Bīlkā Malik al-Khitan., Colophon: “Scribal,” triangular, reads: “The writing was completed with God’s help and success at the hands of the weakest of servants, Abd al-Ghaffar ibn Haj Sinan, who took refuge in the boys’ education campus in the year one hundred and seventy of the Prophet’s Hijra,” Collation: ii, V (10), II (114), 8 V(94), ii ; quinions and a binion; lacks proper catchwords, but but last word of final line on the verso of each leaf is usually repeated at the beginning of the first line on the following recto ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves)., Layout: Written mainly in 37-38 lines per page ; written area of each page arranged in three blocks of text - an upper and a lower block running horizontally with 9 lines each and a central block oriented vertically (running parallel to the spine of the text block) with 19-20 lines; where the text of al-Kafiyah appears (pp.96-99, pp.147-153, pp.169-176, etc.) layout shifts to single column in 15 lines per page with glosses arranged in margins., Script: Naskh ; both al-Wāfiyah and interspersed text of al-Kāfiyah in the same compact Turkish hand; serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left, some elongation of horizontal strokes, slight effect of words descending to baseline (occasionally more exaggerated)., Decoration: Keywords, headings and abbreviation symbols rubricated; textual dividers in the form of red discs., Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (fairly indistinct, vertical or horizontal, varies), sturdy, fairly translucent, medium to dark cream in color, quite well-sized and burnished; closing flyleaves in European laid paper with 12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26-27 mm. apart (horizontal), and crossbow in circle watermark (trefoil above, V below), sturdy, cream in color, well-burnished., Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather with much darker leather over envelope flap; Type II binding (with flap); Board linings in combed marbled paper in salmon, blue, red, white, etc. ; upper and lower covers bear central blind-stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetable composition compare Déroche class. OSd 3) and tooled border; sewn in pink thread, two stations; Worked chevron endbands in pink and blue, good condition; Overall in fair condition with minor staining, abrasion, lifting of leather, etc. ; subtle repairs to spine, areas of board edges (covering tooled border), and fore edge flap in dark red-brown leather., Former shelfmark: "325 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto front flyleaf (p.1) ; "134" inscribed in pencil on added leaf (p.3), Origin: As appears at the close of al-Kāfiyah on p.176, copied by ʻAbd al-Ghaffār ibn Ḥājj Sinān with transcription finished in the year 970 [1562 or 3]. Text of al-Wāfiyah in the same hand., Inscriptions in pencil on front flyleaves “325 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]” (p. 1) and “134” (p. 3); numerous former owners' marks on front flyleaf (p.1) including statement in name of one Aḥmad Khayyir ibn Muḥammad ʻĀrif (Ahmed Khair bin Muhammad Arif) accompanied by circular/oval seal impression, statement in name of one ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir (Abdullah bin Abdul Qādir) accompanied by oval seal impression (dated 1215 [1800) or 01] or 1219 [1804 or 5]), two other illegible circular/oval seal impressions and kabīkaj invocation “Ya kabīkaj ya haf[yaz]” ; on 'title page' (p.5), a fully effaced ownership statement and a partially effaced ownership statement in blue ink possibly dated 1244 [1828 or 9] ; extensive interlinear and marginal glosses and corrections; several prayers (for before and after study) and excerpts on leaves at opening of codex (preceding text)., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 225
Sample Text
Careful copy of the commentary by Rukn al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn Muhammad ibn Sharaf Shah al-Astarābādhī (d.1315 or 6) on al-Kāfiyah, Ibn al-Ḥājib's grammatical treatise on naḥw (syntax). The text of al-Kāfiyah is included, in sections of varying layout interspersed throughout.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Ibn al-Ḥājib, ʻUthmān ibn ʻUmar, 1175-1249. Kāfiyah., ʻAbd al-Ghaffār ibn Sinān, active 1562, scribe., Aḥmad Khayyir ibn Muḥammad ʻĀrif, former owner., ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir, former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Referanslar
Brockelmann, C. GAL, I 304, I. 8 b, Suppl. Cat. Arab MSS. Brit. Mus. p. 608
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
