[Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ maʻa al-Masālik

Name: [Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ maʻa al-Masālik
Author: Qazwīnī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, 1267 or 1268-1338, Qazwīnī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, 1338-1267, Qazwīnī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, active 1786,

Title	[Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ maʻa al-Masālik
Author	Qazwīnī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, 1267 or 1268-1338, Qazwīnī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, 1338-1267, Qazwīnī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, active 1786,
Author Original	قزويني، جلال الدين محمد بن عبد الرحمن حمزة بن درغود آيدينى عثمان بن كوجك احمد زاده ابو بكر افندى،
Publication Date:	1700
Subject	Sakkākī, Yūsuf ibn Abī Bakr, 1160-1229. Miftāḥ al-ʻulūm. Qism 3, Qazwīnī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, 1267 or 1268-1338. Talkhīṣ Miftāḥ al-ʻulūm, Arabic language -- Rhetoric -- 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	81 leaves : paper ; 207 x 137 (131 x 57) mm
Library:	University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID	1291420095
Record ID	990068136560106381
Library Location	UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date	18th century (exact date unknown)
Notes	Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloguer., Incipit: [Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ] “Praise be to God for what He has bestowed and taught us of explanatory-statement what we did not know, and may blessings be upon our master Muhammad, the best of those who utter the correct thing... Now, since the science of rhetoric and its subsidiaries is a given to the sciences in value and the most accurate of secrets...” [al-Masālik] “Praise be to Him who taught man what the Qur’an contains... But after that, when the resolve of the one who took advantage of quoting the lights of the sun of the worlds, the weakest of creation, Hamzah bin Darghud Nour al-Din was lifted up to perform Hajj to the House of God, the Sacred House, and to kiss the threshold of the Lord of the Humans, he boarded the ship from Constantinople... so he busied himself with memorizing the summation of Al-Muftah... after completing the ritual, he arranged a treatise on an introduction, three paths, and a pure conclusion about perils. And marked with tracts...”, Collation: 7 V(70), VI-1 (81) ; almost exclusively quinions ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes one insert and mistakenly skips two pages between p.95 and p.96)., Layout: Written in 19 lines per page ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board evident)., Script: Naskh ; elegant Turkish hand; Virtually serifless (though alif of lām-alif ligature resembles 9), in places fairly vertical and elsewhere with effect of tilt to the left, rounded with curvilinear descenders, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots, occasional sweeping tails (final yāʼ, qāf, etc.); Partially vocalized., Decoration: Simple illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2 consisting of an arrangement of abstract floral forms in gold defining the shape of a triangular piece (or hasp) ; text of incipit and facing page for opening work (pp.2-3) surrounded by gold frame ; thereafter written area surrounded by a red rule-border; keywords, passages of text being commented upon, sections headings, etc. rubricated ; textual divders in the form of letter hāʼ (or three) in red; some overlining in red., Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 23 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermarks including grapes (raisin) with crown above (see p.150, 155, etc.), arms in circle with crown above (see p.152, 153, etc.), and name (see p.148, 157, etc.), thin and translucent though sturdy, well-burnished to glossy, medium cream in color., Binding: Pasteboards covered in marbled paper (once in dark blue, salmon, lavender, lime green, etc.) with dark red-brown leather over spine, fore edge flap, and edges/turn-ins (framed binding) ; Type II binding (with flap); board linings in untinted laid paper; sewn in dark pink thread, two stations; overall in poor condition with significant abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of leather, delamination of boards, upper cover fully detached, etc. ; repairs in tan leather; housed in box for protection., Former shelfmark: From inner front cover, "IL 59c" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip)., Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- b. Inventory catalog slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas -- c. Slip with notes (paginated pp.81-82)., Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. suggest 18th century., Ownership statement on opening 'title page' (p.1) dated 1201 [1786 or 7] in name of Osman, müftü in Diyarbakır (Amad) and son of Ebubekir Efendi, Kuçuk Ahmetzade (d.1776, see Osmanlı müellifleri vol.2, p.311), accompanied by his oval seal impression, statement reads “To whom did the poor man, the esteemed Uthman al-Mufti in the city of Amd Hami, write about the machinations [?] of the son of Hajj Abu Bakr Effendi, known as Bakjuk Ahmad Zadeh, they were pardoned by al-Afi in the year 1201” (compare statements in Isl. Ms. 540 and Isl. Ms. 558); glosses and occasional marginal corrections., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 630
Sample Text	Fine copy of Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ, the abridgment by al-Qazwīnī, Khaṭīb Dimashq, (d.1338) of the third part of Miftāḥ al-ʻulūm by Yūsuf ibn Abī Bakr al-Sakkākī (d. 626/1229) on rhetoric (ʻilm al-maʻānī wa-al-bayān), followed by an abridgment of al-Qazwīnī's abridgment by Nūr al-Dīn Ḥamzah ibn Durghūd [or Ṭurghūd or Ṭūrghūd] (Nurettin Hamza bin Turgut Aydınî, d.1572), entitled al-Masālik. Contents listing on opening 'title page' (p.1) suggests that these two works were once bound with two additional works, now lacking.
Katkıda Bulunanlar	Hamza bin Turgut Aydınî, -1572. Masālik., Osman bin Kuçuk Ahmetzade Ebubekir Efendi, active 1786, former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi	20251210
Biçim	Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda	Yahuda Collection.
Referanslar	Brockelmann, C. GAL, I 295 ; I 296 no. 2 (auszüge), Ḥājjī Khalīfah. Kashf al-ẓunūn, 1 / 478
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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[Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ maʻa al-Masālik

Author Qazwīnī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, 1267 or 1268-1338, Qazwīnī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, 1338-1267, Qazwīnī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, active 1786,

Author Original قزويني، جلال الدين محمد بن عبد الرحمن حمزة بن درغود آيدينى عثمان بن كوجك احمد زاده ابو بكر افندى،

Publication Date 1700

Subject Sakkākī, Yūsuf ibn Abī Bakr, 1160-1229. Miftāḥ al-ʻulūm. Qism 3, Qazwīnī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, 1267 or 1268-1338. Talkhīṣ Miftāḥ al-ʻulūm, Arabic language -- Rhetoric -- 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 81 leaves : paper ; 207 x 137 (131 x 57) mm

Library University of Michigan Library

Library Asset ID 1291420095

Record ID 990068136560106381

Library Location UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library

Date 18th century (exact date unknown)

Notes Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloguer., Incipit: [Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ] “Praise be to God for what He has bestowed and taught us of explanatory-statement what we did not know, and may blessings be upon our master Muhammad, the best of those who utter the correct thing... Now, since the science of rhetoric and its subsidiaries is a given to the sciences in value and the most accurate of secrets...” [al-Masālik] “Praise be to Him who taught man what the Qur’an contains... But after that, when the resolve of the one who took advantage of quoting the lights of the sun of the worlds, the weakest of creation, Hamzah bin Darghud Nour al-Din was lifted up to perform Hajj to the House of God, the Sacred House, and to kiss the threshold of the Lord of the Humans, he boarded the ship from Constantinople... so he busied himself with memorizing the summation of Al-Muftah... after completing the ritual, he arranged a treatise on an introduction, three paths, and a pure conclusion about perils. And marked with tracts...”, Collation: 7 V(70), VI-1 (81) ; almost exclusively quinions ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes one insert and mistakenly skips two pages between p.95 and p.96)., Layout: Written in 19 lines per page ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board evident)., Script: Naskh ; elegant Turkish hand; Virtually serifless (though alif of lām-alif ligature resembles 9), in places fairly vertical and elsewhere with effect of tilt to the left, rounded with curvilinear descenders, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots, occasional sweeping tails (final yāʼ, qāf, etc.); Partially vocalized., Decoration: Simple illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2 consisting of an arrangement of abstract floral forms in gold defining the shape of a triangular piece (or hasp) ; text of incipit and facing page for opening work (pp.2-3) surrounded by gold frame ; thereafter written area surrounded by a red rule-border; keywords, passages of text being commented upon, sections headings, etc. rubricated ; textual divders in the form of letter hāʼ (or three) in red; some overlining in red., Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 23 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermarks including grapes (raisin) with crown above (see p.150, 155, etc.), arms in circle with crown above (see p.152, 153, etc.), and name (see p.148, 157, etc.), thin and translucent though sturdy, well-burnished to glossy, medium cream in color., Binding: Pasteboards covered in marbled paper (once in dark blue, salmon, lavender, lime green, etc.) with dark red-brown leather over spine, fore edge flap, and edges/turn-ins (framed binding) ; Type II binding (with flap); board linings in untinted laid paper; sewn in dark pink thread, two stations; overall in poor condition with significant abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of leather, delamination of boards, upper cover fully detached, etc. ; repairs in tan leather; housed in box for protection., Former shelfmark: From inner front cover, "IL 59c" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip)., Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- b. Inventory catalog slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas -- c. Slip with notes (paginated pp.81-82)., Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. suggest 18th century., Ownership statement on opening 'title page' (p.1) dated 1201 [1786 or 7] in name of Osman, müftü in Diyarbakır (Amad) and son of Ebubekir Efendi, Kuçuk Ahmetzade (d.1776, see Osmanlı müellifleri vol.2, p.311), accompanied by his oval seal impression, statement reads “To whom did the poor man, the esteemed Uthman al-Mufti in the city of Amd Hami, write about the machinations [?] of the son of Hajj Abu Bakr Effendi, known as Bakjuk Ahmad Zadeh, they were pardoned by al-Afi in the year 1201” (compare statements in Isl. Ms. 540 and Isl. Ms. 558); glosses and occasional marginal corrections., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 630

Sample Text Fine copy of Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ, the abridgment by al-Qazwīnī, Khaṭīb Dimashq, (d.1338) of the third part of Miftāḥ al-ʻulūm by Yūsuf ibn Abī Bakr al-Sakkākī (d. 626/1229) on rhetoric (ʻilm al-maʻānī wa-al-bayān), followed by an abridgment of al-Qazwīnī's abridgment by Nūr al-Dīn Ḥamzah ibn Durghūd [or Ṭurghūd or Ṭūrghūd] (Nurettin Hamza bin Turgut Aydınî, d.1572), entitled al-Masālik. Contents listing on opening 'title page' (p.1) suggests that these two works were once bound with two additional works, now lacking.

Katkıda Bulunanlar Hamza bin Turgut Aydınî, -1572. Masālik., Osman bin Kuçuk Ahmetzade Ebubekir Efendi, active 1786, former owner.

Son Dizinleme Tarihi 20251210

Biçim Book, Manuscript, Available Online

Koleksiyonda Yahuda Collection.

Referanslar Brockelmann, C. GAL, I 295 ; I 296 no. 2 (auszüge), Ḥājjī Khalīfah. Kashf al-ẓunūn, 1 / 478

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.