Author
Qaramānī, Ahmad ibn Yusuf, 1532 or 1533-1611, Qarmani, Ahmad ibn Yusuf, Muḥammad ibn Muṣṭafá Shuʻayb, active 1722, Muhammad ibn Mustafa Shu'ayb,
Author Original
قرماني، احمد بن يوسف محمد بن مصطفى شعيب،
Publication Date
1680
Subject
Jannābī, Muṣṭafá ibn Ḥasan, 1533 or 1534-1590 or 1591. Tārīkh al-Jannābī, World history -- Early works to 1800, Islam -- History -- Early works to 1800, Islamic Empire -- History -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
269 leaves : paper ; 278 x 185 (211 x 99 ; 345 x 145) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194776052
Record ID
990068052770106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1680-1807
Notes
Ms. composite codex., Title from 'title page' (p.5) and opening on p.6., Incipit: “Praise be to God when lessons are learned and when listening to histories and biographies... After, when the histories and biographies were an example for those who considered and alerted those who thought... I decided to compile from the transmission of the news and the collection of effects a summary of the biographies of the first prophets and messengers... and tell of the past nations and past centuries and the wonders in them and the strange things that God has deposited in them. And I called it Akhbar al-Dawla wal-Athār [Athar] the first...”, Explicit: “May God be rewarded with the best of contemplation of my writing and his grammatical and conjugation, so I have nothing to do with it but to shorten it and transmit the words of the people without abuse.”, Colophon: “Authorial,” rectangular, reads “The author also said, “Complete his work and the jurisprudence of his work while the mind disappears and the situation dissipates, and treat it with what pleases Him in virtue and beauty... with what it overflows.” Justice and beauty [majesty] on Saturday morning at the beginning of Muharram al-Haram in the eighth year after the thousandth of the Prophet’s Hijra. The best prayers and the most complete greetings are due upon its owner. "Scribal", triangular, reads "The completion of the transcription of this desirable book occurred on the day of the blessed Thursday, the twelfth of the year two hundred and twenty-two [such] and a thousand completed and sealed with blessed goodness, Amen", Collation: I (2), V-4+I (10), 6 V(70), V-1+3 (82), 4 V(122), V-1 (131), V-3 (138), 13 V(268), 1 (269); chiefly quinions; catchwords present; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes added leaves)., Layout: Written in 23-33 lines per page., Script: Naskh ; two main Turkish / 'Syrian' hands ; opening hand (mainly through p.356) initially quite small and compact, later (with change in layout to fewer lines per page) larger and more generously spaced, partially but irregularly serifed with right-sloping head-serif on mainly lām and occasionally free-standing alif, marked effect of tilt to the left, some elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots and strokes looking reversed like hamzah (occasionally for three dots) and inverted caret (mainly on qāf), mix of open and closed counters, lām alif wrapping to almost form a closed loop; second main hand (from p.357 to close) showing influence of ruqʻah, rounded and compact, virtually serifless with only slight tilt to the left, pointing more in strokes, curvilinear descenders, many open counters, final nūn quite round with dot often set deep in the bowl., Decoration: Keywords and section headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas and red discs., Support: European laid paper of at least three types; Mainly with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 26-28 mm. apart (vertical), crown-star-crescent watermark (60 mm. tall, see p. 32, 50, etc.) and three crescents watermark (perpendicular to chains, 72 mm. long, see p. 148, 150, etc.) ; opening bifolium carrying table of contents with 6 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 27-29 mm. apart (vertical), and crown-star-crescent watermark (75 mm. tall); Replacements from p.357 to close on European laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 30 mm. apart (vertical), letters arranged in a triangle "G G M" [?], heavy and sturdy, rarely burnished if at all; quite soiled and stained., Binding: Cover entirely lost ; now resewn in blue thread, two stations (when later replacements added); leather core of tailband remains; overall in poor condition with covers lost, tears, abrasion, staining and moisture damage to textblock, etc. ; housed in box for protection., Former shelfmark: From inscription on acquisitions slip, "IL 8" (likely supplied by Yahuda)., Accompanying materials: Acquisition slip from Yahuda., Origin: As appears in scribal colophon on p.538, transcription of added replacement section (p.357 to close) completed 1222 [1807 or 8]. As appears in preceding authorial colophon (also on p.538), composition completed 1 Muḥarram 1008 [ca. 24 July 1599]. Paper, hand, etc. suggest that bulk of codex (opening to p.356) copied in the late 17th or early 18th century. Ownership / purchase statement provides a terminus ante quem of 1723., Several former owners' marks on 'title page' (p.5) including gift / presentation statement in name of al-Sayyid Hibat Allāh (Seyit Hibetullah ; Mr. Hebatullah), mufti in Ṭarābulus al-Shām (Tripoli), who bestowed the book on al-Sayyid Sulaymān Afandī (Süleyman Efendi; Mr. Suleiman Efendi), statement reads “This book is a legal gift from the poor Mr. Hibat Allah, the Mufti of Tripoli, the Levant, to our Lord, Mr. Suleiman Efendi. It was kept in the custody of the Ma’id al-Mubdi Amin” and an ownership / purchase statement dated 1135 [1722 or 3] in the name of Muḥammad ibn Muṣṭafá Shuʻayb al-Ḥanafī al-Shādhilī (Mehmet bin Mustafa Şuayip), statement reads “This book was entered into... by sale to the poor slave, Raji Lutf, the Knower of the Unseen, Muhammad ibn Mustafa Shuaib, according to the Hanafi school of thought, the method of God, may God forgive him and his brothers, Amen” AD in the year 1135” ; glosses and marginal corrections., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Centre, Isl 591
Sample Text
Fine composite copy of the historical work by Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf al-Dimashqī al-Qaramānī (Ahmet Çelebi) based mainly on the Taʼrīkh of al-Jannābī (d.1590). Table of contents on added bifolium at opening of codex.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Muḥammad ibn Muṣṭafá Shuʻayb, active 1722, former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Yahuda Collection.
Referanslar
Brockelmann, C. GAL, II 301, Ḥājjī Khalīfah. Kashf al-ẓunūn, i 186
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.
