Item Summary

An abridgment of al-Nihāyah fī gharīb al-ḥadīth wa-al-athar, a dictionary of the uncommon terms in traditions which are authentic but resting on the authority of only one Companion, by Majd al-Dīn Ibn al-Athīr.

Descriptive Information

Title
الدر النثير.
Transliterated Title
al-Durr al-nathīr.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 214L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcxg94j2633
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1805
Extent
220 leaves : paper ; 235 x 158 (167 x 85) mm bound to 232 x 159 mm.
Provenance
Ownership signature: ʻAbd Allāh, first Imām of Jāmiʻ Abū Ayyūb? al-Anṣārī (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1384.
Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, p. 403.
A catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 1000.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from preface (fol. 1b).
Marginal notes and glosses. Insert describing the manuscript.
Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 220 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (lion, roman-alphabets initials "VC", coat-of-arms?) ; MS in good condition.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold, pink, red, blue and white (fol. 1b). Opening spread frame-ruled in gold, red and black (fol. 1b-2a).
Origin: According to colophon copy completed Tuesday 5 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1219 by Muḥammad al-Ṣādiq ibn ʻAlī (fol. 220a).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ... الحمد لله على ما انعم ... هذا مؤلف لخصت فيه کتاب النهاية فى غريب الحديث البن الاثير سميته بالدر النثير
Colophon: وکان الفراغ من تنميق هذه النسخة المبارکة المرغوبة اللطيفة وقت صلاة الضحى على يد افقر العباد السيد الحاج محمد الصادق ابن الحاج علي غفرالله ذنوبهما وسترعيوبهما في اليوم المبارك نهار الثلثاء خامس شهر ذي الحجة سنة تسع عشرة ومائتين والف لهجرة من له العز والشرف
Binding Note
Later type II (with flap) binding in red leather and gray marbled paper. Orange paper pastedowns. Flap is missing.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
452

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/69074493-dc81-4028-a5d1-8ed4ca251895/manifest