Kitāb-i Nafaḥāt al-uns

Name: Kitāb-i Nafaḥāt al-uns
Author: Jāmī, 1414-1492, جامي, Muḥammad ibn Kamāl al-Anṣārī, fl. 16th century, محمد ابن كمال الانصاري, Sāʻī, al-Sayyid Aḥmad ʻAṭā, ساعي, السيد احمد عطا

İsim	Kitāb-i Nafaḥāt al-uns
Yazar	Jāmī, 1414-1492, جامي, Muḥammad ibn Kamāl al-Anṣārī, fl. 16th century, محمد ابن كمال الانصاري, Sāʻī, al-Sayyid Aḥmad ʻAṭā, ساعي, السيد احمد عطا
Yazar Orijinal	جامي محمد ابن كمال الانصاري ساعي السيد احمد عطا
Basım Tarihi:	1574
Konu	Sulamī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, -1021. Ṭabaqāt al-Ṣūfīyah, Anṣārī al-Harawī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad, 1006-1089. Ṭabaqāt al-Ṣūfīyah, Sufis -- Biography -- Early works to 1800, Muslim saints -- Biography -- Early works to 1800, Sufism -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Tür	Kitap
Dil	Farsça
Dijital	Hayır
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	374 leaves paper ; 230 x 170 (150 x 95) mm. bound to 230 x 165 mm
Kütüphane:	Michigan Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	1194680648
Kayıt Numarası	990068045550106381
Lokasyon	UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Tarih	1574
Notlar	Ms. codex., Title from cartouche in lower panel of headpiece on fol.7b., Incipit: " بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم و به ثقتي الحمد لله الذی جعل مرائى قلوب اوليا[...] مجالي جمالى وجهه الكريم و الاح منها صفايح وجوهم لوايح نوره القديم", Explicit: "كارشان جز نفى ذات و وصف فعل خويش نيست ای خدا چبود كه جامى را كنى در كارشان", Colophon: "Authorial" followed by "scribal," triangular, portions in Arabic, reads: "رباعية في تاريخ اتمامه اين نسخه مقتبس زانفاس كرام كزوی نفحات انس آيد بمشام از هجرت خير بشر و فخر انام درهشصد و هشتاد و سيوم گشت تمام و الحمد الله على الاتمام و الصلوة و السلام على خير الانام و آله البررة العظام. قد فرغ من تحرير هذا الكتاب الشريف العبد محمد بن كمال الانصاری غفر الله ذنوبهما في 9 شهر ربيع الثانى سنه 982 تمم", Collation: i, III (6), 36 V(366), IV (374), i ; chiefly quinions with opening ternion and conlcuding quaternion; catchwords present; pagination added later, Western numerals; foliation in red ink and black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, begins with "۲" on fol.8a (Western pagination)., Layout: Written in 17 lines per page., Script: Nastaʻlīq ; same hand throughout; unvocalized., Decoration: Beautiful illuminated headpiece on incipit page; rectangular panel surmounted by a domed/semi-circular piece recalling the pointed-arch of the miḥrāb, which is set into a rectangular band; miḥrāb figure is surrounded by vegetal decoration and is itself surmounted by decorative stalks; title and author's name are written in nastaʻlīq in black ink on a gold background inside a cartouche in a central lozenge inside the rectangular panel; rectangular panel contains three lozenges in all (the central lozenge, containing the title, is flanked by two smaller ones featuring vegetal designs, executed in light blue on a gold background); rectangular panel is framed by a complex border that is mirrored (albeit in simplified form) in the border that frames the text throughout the rest of the codex; background is dark blue; gold predominates; vegetal patterns are exectued in gold, with yellow, red, and white flowers; other features, for example, some palmette-like designs contain black, light blue, red, and brown; text is framed by a complex decoratd border consisting of 6 bands in the following pattern: thin dark blue, thin gold, heavier gold, turquoise, medium gold; the pattern is repeated throughout the text, except on the incipit page and facing page, where an additional red line is placed after the initial dark blue line; colophon is framed by a single gold rule-border; text rubricated, with chapter headings in red., Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper; chain lines not visible; 6 laid lines per cm., Binding: Pasteboard covered in brown leather; Type III binding (without flap); gold-stamped central mandorla, pendants, corner pieces, border, and central panel filled with floral and vegetal decoration; doublure stamped and painted with gold, dark blue, turquoise, red, and black; in good condition., Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.374b, composed in 883 [1478 or 9]; copied by Muḥammad ibn Kamāl al-Anṣārī; transcription finished ("qad faragha min taḥrīr hādhā al-kitāb...") 9 Rabīʻ II 982 [ca. 29 July 1574]., Gift / ownership statement on fol.7a in name of al-Sayyid Aḥmad ʻAṭā al-Sāʻī (along with oval seal impression in black ink "السيد احمد عطا"), who was gifted the book by al-Sayyid Muḥammad Ṭāhir al-Amjad [?], reads "قد وهبي هذا الكتاب المستطاب اخ في الدين السيد محمد طاهر الامجد اعنى به [؟] فتح الله افندى زاده من جملة ... الديوانية وانا الفقير اسمعيل افندي زاده السيد احمد عطا الساعي... مولدا وموطنا..." ; traces of what may have been other seal impressions on fol.7a., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 267
Örnek Metin	The prized collection of biographies of Ṣūfīs and saints accompanied by a comprehensive study of Sufism, all penned by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Jāmī (817-898/1414-1492). In this codex, the text is preceded by a short exhortation in Persian on the the mystical search, focusing on the theme of alchemy and opening: "ای سالكان بدانيد و اگاه باشيد كه شريعت همچو شمعيست كه راه مى نمايد با آنكه شمعى بدست اوری راه رفته شود و كاری كرده نكرد و در را آمدی اين رفتن تو طريقتست و چون بمقصود رسيدی اين حقيقست جهت اين گفته اند". Description provided by Derek Mancini-Lander.
Katkıda Bulunanlar	Muḥammad ibn Kamāl al-Anṣārī, fl. 16th century, scribe., Sāʻī, al-Sayyid Aḥmad ʻAṭā, former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi	20251210
Biçim	Book, Manuscript, Biography
Koleksiyonda	Abdul Hamid Collection.
Referanslar	Cat. Pers. MSS. Brit. Mus., i, p. 349, University of Michigan Library. Manuscripts & papyri : an exhibition arranged for the XXVII International Congress of Orientalists, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 13-19, 1967. (Ann Arbor, MI [?], 1967),
Elde Ediliş	Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
Konular (Diğer)	Headpieces (layout features)

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Kitāb-i Nafaḥāt al-uns

Yazar Jāmī, 1414-1492, جامي, Muḥammad ibn Kamāl al-Anṣārī, fl. 16th century, محمد ابن كمال الانصاري, Sāʻī, al-Sayyid Aḥmad ʻAṭā, ساعي, السيد احمد عطا

Yazar Orijinal جامي محمد ابن كمال الانصاري ساعي السيد احمد عطا

Basım Tarihi 1574

Konu Sulamī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, -1021. Ṭabaqāt al-Ṣūfīyah, Anṣārī al-Harawī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad, 1006-1089. Ṭabaqāt al-Ṣūfīyah, Sufis -- Biography -- Early works to 1800, Muslim saints -- Biography -- Early works to 1800, Sufism -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor

Tür Kitap

Dil Farsça

Dijital Hayır

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar 374 leaves paper ; 230 x 170 (150 x 95) mm. bound to 230 x 165 mm

Kütüphane Michigan Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası 1194680648

Kayıt Numarası 990068045550106381

Lokasyon UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library

Tarih 1574

Notlar Ms. codex., Title from cartouche in lower panel of headpiece on fol.7b., Incipit: " بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم و به ثقتي الحمد لله الذی جعل مرائى قلوب اوليا[...] مجالي جمالى وجهه الكريم و الاح منها صفايح وجوهم لوايح نوره القديم", Explicit: "كارشان جز نفى ذات و وصف فعل خويش نيست ای خدا چبود كه جامى را كنى در كارشان", Colophon: "Authorial" followed by "scribal," triangular, portions in Arabic, reads: "رباعية في تاريخ اتمامه اين نسخه مقتبس زانفاس كرام كزوی نفحات انس آيد بمشام از هجرت خير بشر و فخر انام درهشصد و هشتاد و سيوم گشت تمام و الحمد الله على الاتمام و الصلوة و السلام على خير الانام و آله البررة العظام. قد فرغ من تحرير هذا الكتاب الشريف العبد محمد بن كمال الانصاری غفر الله ذنوبهما في 9 شهر ربيع الثانى سنه 982 تمم", Collation: i, III (6), 36 V(366), IV (374), i ; chiefly quinions with opening ternion and conlcuding quaternion; catchwords present; pagination added later, Western numerals; foliation in red ink and black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, begins with "۲" on fol.8a (Western pagination)., Layout: Written in 17 lines per page., Script: Nastaʻlīq ; same hand throughout; unvocalized., Decoration: Beautiful illuminated headpiece on incipit page; rectangular panel surmounted by a domed/semi-circular piece recalling the pointed-arch of the miḥrāb, which is set into a rectangular band; miḥrāb figure is surrounded by vegetal decoration and is itself surmounted by decorative stalks; title and author's name are written in nastaʻlīq in black ink on a gold background inside a cartouche in a central lozenge inside the rectangular panel; rectangular panel contains three lozenges in all (the central lozenge, containing the title, is flanked by two smaller ones featuring vegetal designs, executed in light blue on a gold background); rectangular panel is framed by a complex border that is mirrored (albeit in simplified form) in the border that frames the text throughout the rest of the codex; background is dark blue; gold predominates; vegetal patterns are exectued in gold, with yellow, red, and white flowers; other features, for example, some palmette-like designs contain black, light blue, red, and brown; text is framed by a complex decoratd border consisting of 6 bands in the following pattern: thin dark blue, thin gold, heavier gold, turquoise, medium gold; the pattern is repeated throughout the text, except on the incipit page and facing page, where an additional red line is placed after the initial dark blue line; colophon is framed by a single gold rule-border; text rubricated, with chapter headings in red., Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper; chain lines not visible; 6 laid lines per cm., Binding: Pasteboard covered in brown leather; Type III binding (without flap); gold-stamped central mandorla, pendants, corner pieces, border, and central panel filled with floral and vegetal decoration; doublure stamped and painted with gold, dark blue, turquoise, red, and black; in good condition., Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.374b, composed in 883 [1478 or 9]; copied by Muḥammad ibn Kamāl al-Anṣārī; transcription finished ("qad faragha min taḥrīr hādhā al-kitāb...") 9 Rabīʻ II 982 [ca. 29 July 1574]., Gift / ownership statement on fol.7a in name of al-Sayyid Aḥmad ʻAṭā al-Sāʻī (along with oval seal impression in black ink "السيد احمد عطا"), who was gifted the book by al-Sayyid Muḥammad Ṭāhir al-Amjad [?], reads "قد وهبي هذا الكتاب المستطاب اخ في الدين السيد محمد طاهر الامجد اعنى به [؟] فتح الله افندى زاده من جملة ... الديوانية وانا الفقير اسمعيل افندي زاده السيد احمد عطا الساعي... مولدا وموطنا..." ; traces of what may have been other seal impressions on fol.7a., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 267

Örnek Metin The prized collection of biographies of Ṣūfīs and saints accompanied by a comprehensive study of Sufism, all penned by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Jāmī (817-898/1414-1492). In this codex, the text is preceded by a short exhortation in Persian on the the mystical search, focusing on the theme of alchemy and opening: "ای سالكان بدانيد و اگاه باشيد كه شريعت همچو شمعيست كه راه مى نمايد با آنكه شمعى بدست اوری راه رفته شود و كاری كرده نكرد و در را آمدی اين رفتن تو طريقتست و چون بمقصود رسيدی اين حقيقست جهت اين گفته اند". Description provided by Derek Mancini-Lander.

Katkıda Bulunanlar Muḥammad ibn Kamāl al-Anṣārī, fl. 16th century, scribe., Sāʻī, al-Sayyid Aḥmad ʻAṭā, former owner.

Son Dizinleme Tarihi 20251210

Biçim Book, Manuscript, Biography

Koleksiyonda Abdul Hamid Collection.

Referanslar Cat. Pers. MSS. Brit. Mus., i, p. 349, University of Michigan Library. Manuscripts & papyri : an exhibition arranged for the XXVII International Congress of Orientalists, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 13-19, 1967. (Ann Arbor, MI [?], 1967),

Elde Ediliş Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).

Konular (Diğer) Headpieces (layout features)