A Message of the Poor Wanted and the Chosen One to Guidance the Arrivals, [19th century AD?].
(رساله مطلوب الفقراء ومنتخب ارشاد الواصلىن قرن م؟)

Name: A Message of the Poor Wanted and the Chosen One to Guidance the Arrivals, [19th century AD?].
Author: Frank E Nuttall 1875-1943

Title	A Message of the Poor Wanted and the Chosen One to Guidance the Arrivals, [19th century AD?].
Title Original	رساله مطلوب الفقراء ومنتخب ارشاد الواصلىن قرن م؟
Author	Frank E Nuttall 1875-1943
Publication Date:	[18--?]
Publication Place	- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [18--?].
Subject	Faceted Application of Subject Terminology Manuscripts, Persian Sufism—Doctrines Sufism—Rituals Michigan—Ann Arbor Library of Congress Subject Headings Sufism—Doctrines Sufism—Rituals Manuscripts, Persian—Michigan—Ann Arbor Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière Soufisme—Rituel Manuscrits persans—Michigan—Ann Arbor Soufisme—Doctrines
Type	Book
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	1 online resource (17 leaves) : paper
Library:	McGill University Libraries
Library Asset ID	1420515146
Record ID	1420515146
Date	[18--?]
Notes	Explicit: "It is forbidden to eat and be eaten. This treatise has been called the best of the poor and the choice of Irshad al-Wasileen. The end of the treatise is the end of the treatise." Ms. codex. Title from rubricated heading at opening on p.6. Collation: VIII+1 (17); catchwords present; pagination in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization. Layout: Written mainly in 13 lines per page; frame-ruled. Script: Nasta'līq; quick hand in a heavy line; mainly serifless with marked effect of tilt to the right, slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, freely ligatured, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots. Decoration: Keywords, headings and some symbols (numerals, etc.) rubricated; written area surrounded by double rule-border in red; Overlining in red. Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, somewhat indistinct, curved) and no chain lines plainly visible, thin and translucent though sturdy, burnished, cream in color; ink bleed through somewhat obscures text; opening added leaf carrying table of contents (p.3) in European laid paper with watermark of scrollwork with flanking lion and eagle at center partially visible. Binding: Pasteboards covered in teal or blue-green block-printed paper (scrollwork and vegetal designs in brown) with brown paper over spine and board corners (half-binding); Western style binding; board linings in untinted laid paper; sewn in heavy white thread, three stations; overall in somewhat poor condition with moisture damage, abrasion, lifting and losses of paper, staining, etc. Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 24. Accompanying materials: a. Slip with description in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "MO 7. Risāleh-i Maṭlūb al-fuqarā va Muntakhab-i irshād al-vāṣilīn. A Ṣūfī tract. No date. XIXth century?" -- b. Recycled card with Emilie Savage-Smith [?] notes "Sufi writing" -- c. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- d. Slip with "n. f." [i.e. not found, likely in the hand of E. Husselman]. Origin: Lacks dated colophon; paper, hand, etc. may suggest 19th century. Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 875. Incipit: "Alhamdulillah, Lord of the worlds, and the end of the world... Know, O dervishes, that wearing a poor hat..."
Yazar Rolü	Former owner
Veritabanı	WorldCat
Sahiplik/Koruma Geçmişi	Possible former inventory number in pencil "413" and label with title "رساله مطلوب الفقرا و منتخب ارشاد الواصلين" on upper board lining ; inscription on blank opening leaf (p.1) in pencil "Anonymous. Risâle matlûb al-fuqarâʼ wa muntakhab etc." ; title repeated on blank opening leaf (p.1) and 'title page' (p.5) in brown ink "رساله مطلوب الفقرا و منتخب الواصلین است" ; possible former inventory mark "16" with title "Risâla i maṭlûb-ul-fuqarâ and inscription "Persian. Sufism." on lower boar lining ; fairly clean copy.

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A Message of the Poor Wanted and the Chosen One to Guidance the Arrivals, [19th century AD?].

(رساله مطلوب الفقراء ومنتخب ارشاد الواصلىن قرن م؟)

Author Frank E Nuttall 1875-1943

Publication Date [18--?]

Publication Place - [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [18--?].

Subject Faceted Application of Subject Terminology Manuscripts, Persian Sufism—Doctrines Sufism—Rituals Michigan—Ann Arbor Library of Congress Subject Headings Sufism—Doctrines Sufism—Rituals Manuscripts, Persian—Michigan—Ann Arbor Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière Soufisme—Rituel Manuscrits persans—Michigan—Ann Arbor Soufisme—Doctrines

Type Book

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 1 online resource (17 leaves) : paper

Library McGill University Libraries

Library Asset ID 1420515146

Record ID 1420515146

Date [18--?]

Notes Explicit: "It is forbidden to eat and be eaten. This treatise has been called the best of the poor and the choice of Irshad al-Wasileen. The end of the treatise is the end of the treatise." Ms. codex. Title from rubricated heading at opening on p.6. Collation: VIII+1 (17); catchwords present; pagination in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization. Layout: Written mainly in 13 lines per page; frame-ruled. Script: Nasta'līq; quick hand in a heavy line; mainly serifless with marked effect of tilt to the right, slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, freely ligatured, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots. Decoration: Keywords, headings and some symbols (numerals, etc.) rubricated; written area surrounded by double rule-border in red; Overlining in red. Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, somewhat indistinct, curved) and no chain lines plainly visible, thin and translucent though sturdy, burnished, cream in color; ink bleed through somewhat obscures text; opening added leaf carrying table of contents (p.3) in European laid paper with watermark of scrollwork with flanking lion and eagle at center partially visible. Binding: Pasteboards covered in teal or blue-green block-printed paper (scrollwork and vegetal designs in brown) with brown paper over spine and board corners (half-binding); Western style binding; board linings in untinted laid paper; sewn in heavy white thread, three stations; overall in somewhat poor condition with moisture damage, abrasion, lifting and losses of paper, staining, etc. Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 24. Accompanying materials: a. Slip with description in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "MO 7. Risāleh-i Maṭlūb al-fuqarā va Muntakhab-i irshād al-vāṣilīn. A Ṣūfī tract. No date. XIXth century?" -- b. Recycled card with Emilie Savage-Smith [?] notes "Sufi writing" -- c. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- d. Slip with "n. f." [i.e. not found, likely in the hand of E. Husselman]. Origin: Lacks dated colophon; paper, hand, etc. may suggest 19th century. Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 875. Incipit: "Alhamdulillah, Lord of the worlds, and the end of the world... Know, O dervishes, that wearing a poor hat..."

Yazar Rolü Former owner

Veritabanı WorldCat

Sahiplik/Koruma Geçmişi Possible former inventory number in pencil "413" and label with title "رساله مطلوب الفقرا و منتخب ارشاد الواصلين" on upper board lining ; inscription on blank opening leaf (p.1) in pencil "Anonymous. Risâle matlûb al-fuqarâʼ wa muntakhab etc." ; title repeated on blank opening leaf (p.1) and 'title page' (p.5) in brown ink "رساله مطلوب الفقرا و منتخب الواصلین است" ; possible former inventory mark "16" with title "Risâla i maṭlûb-ul-fuqarâ and inscription "Persian. Sufism." on lower boar lining ; fairly clean copy.