Yazar
Sirāj al-Dīn Abū Ḥafṣ ʻUmar ibn al-Wardī
Basım Tarihi
16th century (CE, Gregorian)
Konu
1
Tür
Kitap
Dil
Arapça
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Evet
Sayfa Sayısı
1
Fiziksel Boyutlar
208 x 147 mm
Kütüphane
Katar Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası
IO Islamic 1734
Kayıt Numarası
vdc_100093647487.0x000001
Lokasyon
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Tarih
16th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notlar
A work of cosmography, natural history and eschatology focused on Egypt, compiled by Sirāj al-Dīn Abū Ḥafṣ ʻUmar ibn al-Wardī (سراج الدين أبو حفص عمر بن الوردي, d. 1457), sometimes mistakenly attributed to the earlier poet and historian Zayn al-Dīn ʻUmar ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn al-Wardī (زين الدين عمر بن المظفر بن الوردي, d. 1349).
The text is largely drawn from two works:
Jāmiʿ al-funūn wa-salwat al-maḥzūn
(جامع الفنون وسلوة المحزون) by Najm al-Dīn al-Ḥarrānī (نجم الدين الحراني, active c. 1332), and
Kitāb badʼ al-khalq wa-al-taʼrīkh
(كتاب بدء الخلق والتأريخ) by Muṭahhar ibn Ṭāhir al-Maqdisī (مطهر بن طاهر المقدسي, active c. 966).
The present copy lacks the first folio, beginning near the end of the preface (see f. 3r, lines 1-5, transcribed below). A replacement first folio does not bear the missing text, but rather a description of the geography, history and political administration of the Sultanate of Khāndīs (Khandesh), a Deccani sultanate annexed in 1601 by the Mughal Emperor Akbar (1542-1605).
A contents table on f. 16r lists fifteen sections (فصول) followed by a conclusion (خاتمة). The manuscript contains two paintings: a world map in green, yellow, red and black on ff. 4v-5r, and a representation of the Kaʻbah indicating the direction of prayer from different cities on f. 59r.
The text is followed by two short sections 'On the computation of the victor and the vanquished' along with a table (جدول فيه حساب الغالب والمغلوب; ff. 272r- 272v); and verses on the subject of chess (فصل في موضوع الشطرنج; ff. 272v-273v). The copy is apparently also missing its final folios as the text breaks off abruptly and there is no
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
.
Begins (f. 3r, lines 1-5):
...القائل زويت لي مشارق الأرض ومغاربها كشفًا
واطلاعًا بسره وعيانه صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه
وأنصاره وأعوانه صلاة تبلغ من آمن به غاية أمنه
وأمانه وتسكن روعته في الدارين بعفو الله وغفرانه
وسلم تسليمًا كثيرًا...
Ends (f. 273v, lines 16-17):
فإن رأيتَ النصر قد لاح لكا فلا تقصر واحترز أن تهلكا...
أضعف قوى الخصم فإن ضعفه بدني وإن طال مراه حتفه...
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Loth, Otto,
A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
(London: Printed by order of the Secretary of State for India in Council, 1877), Item 726, p. 210.
Edinme Kaynağı
From the library of Richard Johnson (1753-1807), incorporated into the collection of the East India House in 1807.
Köken
Richard Johnson (رچارد جانسن, d. 1807, East India Company Resident in Hyderabad 1784-5): his inscription in Persian, without date but after 1780 (f. 1r);
Muḥammad Hādī Husaynī, 'follower of Pādishāh ʻĀlamgīr' (محمد هادي حسيني مريد پادشاه عالم گير): his seal dated both 1090/1679-80 and 22, the corresponding regnal year of Aurangzeb, regnal title Alamgīr (عالم گير), above it a purchase inscription for 15
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, dated 1103/1717-18 (f. 3r);
Muḥammad Nafī (محمد نفي): his seal and ownership inscription with date '4' (f. 273v).
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Editions:
Ibn al-Wardī, Sirāj al-Dīn ʻUmar ibn al-Muẓaffar,
Kharīdat al-ʻajāʼib wa-farīdat al-gharāʼib
, ed. by Ḥamāh Allāh Wuld al-Sālim (Bayrūt: Dār al-Kutub al-ʻIlmīyah, 2014)
Ibn al-Wardī, Sirāj al-Dīn ʻUmar ibn al-Muẓaffar,
Kharīdat al-ʻajāʼib wa-farīdat al-gharāʼib
, ed. by Zanātī, Anwar Maḥmūd (al-Qāhirah: Maktabat al-thaqāfah al-dīnīyah, 2008)
Ibn al-Wardī, Sirāj al-Dīn ʻUmar ibn al-Muẓaffar,
Kharīdat al-ʻajāʼib wa-farīdat al-gharāʼib
, ed. by Fākhūrī, Maḥmūd (Ḥalab: Dār al-Sharq al-ʻArabī, 1991)
Latin translation of the section on Egypt:
Fraehn, C. M.,
Aegyptus auctore Ibn al Vardi
(Halle: Hendelius, 1804)
Study:
Coşkun, Feray, 'An Ottoman Preacher's Perception of a Medieval Cosmography: Maḥmūd al-Haṭīb's Translation of Kharīdat al-ʿAjāʾib wa Farīḍat al-Gharāʾib',
Al-Masāq
, 23, 1 (2011), pp. 53-66.