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رحلة الامير عبد القادر الجزائري وعروض وغيره ادب.
Riḥlat al-Amīr ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jazāʼirī wa-ʻArūḍ wa-ghayrihi adab.
1883
Collection of two texts, one an account of a journey of al-Amīr ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jazāʼirī in Syria, in 1222-1300 H. [1807 or 8-1883], the other a short treatise on prosody and rhyme, by Aḥmad ibn ʻAbbād al-Qināʼī al-Khawwāṣ.
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- Publisher
- [1883?]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 271H
- Language
- Arabic
- Subject
- ʻAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥyī al-Dīn Amir of Mascara 1807?-1883—Travel—Syria
- Syria—Description and travel
- Voyages and travels—History—19th century
- Arabic language—Metrics and rhythmics—Early works to 1800
- Arabic language—Versification—Early works to 1800
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
- Headbands
- Cloth bindings
- Watermarks
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Item Summary
Collection of two texts, one an account of a journey of al-Amīr ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jazāʼirī in Syria, in 1222-1300 H. [1807 or 8-1883], the other a short treatise on prosody and rhyme, by Aḥmad ibn ʻAbbād al-Qināʼī al-Khawwāṣ.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- رحلة الامير عبد القادر الجزائري وعروض وغيره ادب.
- Transliterated Title
- Riḥlat al-Amīr ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jazāʼirī wa-ʻArūḍ wa-ghayrihi adab.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 271H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcxk81jw61j
- Publisher
- [1883?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1883
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 50 leaves : paper ; 155 x 110 (120 x 75) mm. bound to 155 x 115 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, Leyden, 1925, from the books of Murād Bey al-Bārūdī (Beirut).
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 506, 762
- Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 27 (15/1) ; SII.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Contents
- 1. fol. 1a-31a: Riḥlat al-Amīr ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jazāʼirī.
- 2. fol. 31b-50b: Matn al-Kāfī fī ʻilm al-ʻarūḍ wa-al-qawāfī / [Aḥmad ibn ʻAbbād al-Khawwāṣ].
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 1a).
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 50 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 11 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated; watermarks.
- Origin: [Riḥlat al-Amīr] written 29 Rabīʻ Awwal 1300 [Feb. 7, 1883] (colophon, fol. 31a).
- Incipit: [رحلة الامي] نحمد من جلالنا اعظم العبر فى اثار من سلف وغبر واشهدنا من عجائب الاسفار ما تتحلى به عرائس الاسفار ونصلى على الشفيع يوم العرض المنزل عليه قل سيروا فى الارض وعلى اله واصحابه وشيعته واحبابه وبعد فلما قرب العبد الاكبر والموسم السعيد الاشهر اقتضى الوقت برفع النصب والتصدى لاجتلاء وجوه مخدبرات العجب فاذن لنا بالسياحة حضرة الشهر الافخم والطود [2أ] الاعظم ... الامير السيد عبد القادر ابن السيد محيى الدين الحسنى الجزائرى -- [متن الكافي] الحمد لله على الانعام والشكر على الالهام والصلاة والسلام على سيدنا محمد خير الانام وعلى اله وصحبه السادة الاعلام وبعد فهذا تاليف كافى فى علمى العروض والقوافى والله الموفق وعليه التوكل الاول فيه مقدمة وبابان وخاتمة فالمقدمة فى اشياء لا بد منها احرف التقطيع التى تتالّف منها الاجزاء عشرة
- Explicit: [رحلة الامي] ثم حللنا دمشق الشام واحللنا من الاحرام ويعد قضا التفت واستباحة الطيب والرفث حمدنا الله على جزيل الانعام وصلينا على اشرف انبيائه والختام تمت -- [متن الكافي] حاوي المخترق الف شتى ليس بالراعى الحمق شذابة عنها شذ الربع السحق وهذا اخر ما اوردناه فى هذا المؤلف وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه وسلم
- Binding Note
- Type II (with flap) binding in red leather and black cloth over paper pasteboard for upper and lower covers and envelope flap. Green paper pastedowns. Multi-colored endbands.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- ʻAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥyī al-Dīn Amir of Mascara 1807?-1883—Travel—Syria
- Syria—Description and travel
- Voyages and travels—History—19th century
- Arabic language—Metrics and rhythmics—Early works to 1800
- Arabic language—Versification—Early works to 1800
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
- Headbands
- Cloth bindings
- Watermarks
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 113
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1dbf6b1b-73da-41d2-80d8-216c1b67f778/manifest