Author
ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī, -1166, Abd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī, Āghā Mīrzā, active 1817 or 1818, Agha Mirza,
Author Original
عبد القادر الجيلاني آغا ميرزا،
Publication Date
1817
Subject
Sufi poetry -- Early works to 1800, Arabic poetry -- History and criticism, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
10 leaves : paper ; 223 x 130 (194 x 86) mm. bound to 228 x 134 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194682519
Record ID
990068146530106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
Possibly between 1817-1818
Notes
Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloguer., Incipit: “Love made me drink the ksat al-wasali [al-wisāl], so I said to my wine cellar, ‘I am the Most High,’” 1233 May God Almighty grant him peace.”, Collation: ii, V, ii ; single quinion (the first two and last two leaves of which are blank) ; alternating double pages are left blank; lacks catchwords., Layout: Written in roughly 20 lines per page with a line for each hemistich and for its elucidation in Persian; single column with the hemistiches aligned with opposite sides of the panel; frame-ruled., Script: Nastaʻlīq ; Arabic text in a very fine hand with exaggerated contrast in thickness between horizontal and vertical strokes reminiscent of the earlier calligraphic style of Mīr ʻImād al-Ḥasanī, final yāʼ unpointed; Persian text in a small, neat nastaʻlīq; all sans serif with characteristic descent of words to baseline and superscript of final words/letters., Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening of rectangular piece, carrying the basmalah surrounded by gilt cloud-bands and flanked by floral pieces, surmounted by a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) with floral vegetable decoration in lavender, white, green and yellow on fields of gold and blue; The entire piece is surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue; written area throughout is bordered by a frame with gold band and black, red and blue fillets; gilt cloud-bands surround text throughout; text rubricated with accompanying Persian text in red., Support: non-European (Indian or Persian) laid paper with laid lines running horizontally spaced roughly 10 laid lines per cm., no chain lines visible, many inclusions ; Paper of flyleaves and initial and final leaves of quire are barely burnished; central leaves carrying text have been highly burnished and tinted where written area appears; some ink and pigment burn., Binding: Pasteboards covered in black leather with maroon leather over spine (repair); Type III binding (without flap); doublures and double hinges in dark red leather; upper and lower covers carry gold stamped mandorla, diamond-shaped pendants, cornerpieces and frame with floral and roundel designs and gold fillet accents; sewn in yellow thread, six stations; lacks endbands; spine repair has been laid over flyleaves, restricting access to doublures and flyleaves themselves; in poor condition with with much abrasion, red rot, cracking, moisture damage, pest damage, delamination, life of leather, etc. ; housed in envelope., Origin: As appears in colophon, copied by Āghā Mīrzā student of Sayyid Amīr Dihlavī with transcription completed 1233 [1817 or 1818]., A few possible former shelfmarks or inventory marks: inscription in pencil, on front flyleaf "578 T. Dell [?]" and "225" on recto of folio carrying incipit page ; clean copy., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 435
Sample Text
Fine copy of the well-known Arabic poem attributed to ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī with elucidation in Persian. Contributions to the cataloguing from Ali Rafi.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Āghā Mīrzā, active 1817 or 1818, scribe.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
