Hādhā Kitāb al-Bahjah

Name: Hādhā Kitāb al-Bahjah
Author: Rifāʻī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1106?-1182, رفاعي، احمد بن علي

Title	Hādhā Kitāb al-Bahjah
Author	Rifāʻī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1106?-1182, رفاعي، احمد بن علي
Author Original	رفاعي، احمد بن علي
Publication Date:	1800
Subject	Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800, Sufism -- Early works to 1800, Rifāʻīyah -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type	kitap
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	138 leaves : paper ; 220 x 155 (170 x 100) mm. bound to 225 x 160 mm
Library:	University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID	1194780277
Record ID	990068052850106381
Library Location	UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date	19th century (exact date unknown)
Notes	Ms. codex., Title from heading at opening (p.2)., Incipit: "الحمد لله الملك المنان الجواد المقدس عن الامثال والانداد الذي حكم على الخلائق في ازل الازل بالاشقاء [و] الاسعاد ... وبعد فيقول جامع هذا الكتاب هداه الله الى طريق الحق والصواب لا يخفي على ارباب البصائر والمعالي اولى الدرجات والذخائر الموالي ...", Explicit: "ببروق انوار هدايته داعين الى طريق اتباعه مزينين بزينة متابعته عالمين بما يرث لنا رضاك ... امين يا ارحم الراحمين امين يا ارحم الراحمين امين يا ارحم الراحمين ولا حول ولا قوة الا بالله العلي العظيم وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى اله ... واصحابه مع البركات والتسليم اجمعين م م م م م م م م م م م", Collation: i, 11 V(110), IV (118), V (128), IV (136), I (138), i ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization., Layout: Written in 19 lines per page ; impression of ruling board evident., Script: Naskh with elements of ruqʻah ; compact hand ; partially seriffed with sharp leftward serif on occasional lām (particularly final, freestanding lām in قال) with slight effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, pointing mainly in strokes though three dots usually distinct, closed and open counters., Decoration: Headings and keywords 'rubricated' (red to purple ink) ; overlining and textual dividers in the form of hāʼ in same red-purple ink., Support: European wove paper ; crisp, light brown in color., Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark purplish-red cloth with red leather over spine (quarter binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in yellow wove paper ; spine stamped with rows of anular motifs ; sewn in white thread, two or four stations, varies ; overall in fairly good condition with only minor abrasion, etc., Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover and spine label "IL 33" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip)., Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas., Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, hand, etc. suggest 19th century, perhaps latter 19th century., Occasional marginal corrections and notabilia (side heads)., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 599
Sample Text	Clear copy of the Ṣūfī work attributed to Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī al-Rifāʻī (d.1182), founder of the Rifāʻīyah order.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi	20251211
Biçim	Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda	Yahuda Collection.
Referanslar	Margoliouth, D.S. "al-Rifāʿī." In EI2., Brockelmann, C. GAL, S I 780-1
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.

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Hādhā Kitāb al-Bahjah

Author Rifāʻī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1106?-1182, رفاعي، احمد بن علي

Author Original رفاعي، احمد بن علي

Publication Date 1800

Subject Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800, Sufism -- Early works to 1800, Rifāʻīyah -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor

Type kitap

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 138 leaves : paper ; 220 x 155 (170 x 100) mm. bound to 225 x 160 mm

Library University of Michigan Library

Library Asset ID 1194780277

Record ID 990068052850106381

Library Location UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library

Date 19th century (exact date unknown)

Notes Ms. codex., Title from heading at opening (p.2)., Incipit: "الحمد لله الملك المنان الجواد المقدس عن الامثال والانداد الذي حكم على الخلائق في ازل الازل بالاشقاء [و] الاسعاد ... وبعد فيقول جامع هذا الكتاب هداه الله الى طريق الحق والصواب لا يخفي على ارباب البصائر والمعالي اولى الدرجات والذخائر الموالي ...", Explicit: "ببروق انوار هدايته داعين الى طريق اتباعه مزينين بزينة متابعته عالمين بما يرث لنا رضاك ... امين يا ارحم الراحمين امين يا ارحم الراحمين امين يا ارحم الراحمين ولا حول ولا قوة الا بالله العلي العظيم وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى اله ... واصحابه مع البركات والتسليم اجمعين م م م م م م م م م م م", Collation: i, 11 V(110), IV (118), V (128), IV (136), I (138), i ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization., Layout: Written in 19 lines per page ; impression of ruling board evident., Script: Naskh with elements of ruqʻah ; compact hand ; partially seriffed with sharp leftward serif on occasional lām (particularly final, freestanding lām in قال) with slight effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, pointing mainly in strokes though three dots usually distinct, closed and open counters., Decoration: Headings and keywords 'rubricated' (red to purple ink) ; overlining and textual dividers in the form of hāʼ in same red-purple ink., Support: European wove paper ; crisp, light brown in color., Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark purplish-red cloth with red leather over spine (quarter binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in yellow wove paper ; spine stamped with rows of anular motifs ; sewn in white thread, two or four stations, varies ; overall in fairly good condition with only minor abrasion, etc., Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover and spine label "IL 33" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip)., Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas., Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, hand, etc. suggest 19th century, perhaps latter 19th century., Occasional marginal corrections and notabilia (side heads)., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 599

Sample Text Clear copy of the Ṣūfī work attributed to Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī al-Rifāʻī (d.1182), founder of the Rifāʻīyah order.

Son Dizinleme Tarihi 20251211

Biçim Book, Manuscript, Available Online

Koleksiyonda Yahuda Collection.

Referanslar Margoliouth, D.S. "al-Rifāʿī." In EI2., Brockelmann, C. GAL, S I 780-1

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.