Item Summary

A book of genealogy on the lineage of the Prophet, especially the descendants of ʻAlī.

Descriptive Information

Title
بحر الانساب الاشرفية.
Transliterated Title
Baḥr al-ansāb al-ashrafīyah.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 247H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/6w924k95m
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1649
Extent
191, (2) leaves : paper, illustrations ; 208 x 154 (135 x 95) mm bound to 205 x 147 mm.
Provenance
Signatures: ʻAbd al-Qādir Naqībʹzādah, Muḥammad Asʻad ibn ...zādah dated 1240 (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 751.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from caption (fol. 1b).
Marginal notes and glosses. Contains genealogical charts. Upper pastedown and folio 1a covered with inscriptions and a magic square. Colophon followed by a short unidentified text (fol. 187a-190a), a fāʼidah (fol. 190b-191a), and inscriptions (fol. (2)b. Title also on upper cover.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 191 + (2) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 10-14 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red, yellow or indigo.
Description: Entries in red, yellow and indigo ; watermarks (anchor; three crescents) ; MS in fair condition.
Origin: According to colophon copy completed Thursday 19 Dhī al-Qaʻdah 1059 by Muḥammad Ḥijāzī ibn Niẓām al-Dīn al-Shāfiʻī al-Khalwatī al-Bakfālūnī [?] (fol. 186b).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الذي خلق الانام من اب واحد ... عل غير مثال وعير مساعد وخلق منه ...
Colophon: تم هذا الکتاب على يد افقر الورى واحوجهم الى رحمة ربه المعين الحاج محمد حجازي بن الحاج نظام الدين الشافعي مذهبا الخلوتي مشربا البکنالوني بلدا غفر الله له ولوالديه. وذلك ليلة الخميس بعد العشاء تاسع عشر ليلة في شهر ذي القعدة الحرام لسنة تسع وخمسين والف

Physical Characteristics

File Count
390

Institutional Information

Collection
Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d3882488-9d59-423c-a8df-9d9731e54bec/manifest