Item Summary

A commentary on al-Zawrāʼ, a treatise on philosophical-mystical matters in connection with the alleged appearance of ʻAlī in al-Zawrāʼ, a village to the east of Baghdād, by Jalāl al-Dīn al-Dawwānī. Incomplete at beginning and end.

Descriptive Information

Title
[شرح الزوراء].
Transliterated Title
[Sharḥ al-Zawrāʼ].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 331L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcsx61f0629
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1700-1799
Extent
66 leaves : paper ; 208 x 150 (145 x 80) mm bound to 208 x 150 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1611.
Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), III, p. 393.
Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 3227.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Marginal notes. Label on upper cover: "40 MX". Note that al-Zawrāʼ was written by al-Dawwānī in 876/1471-2. This commentary was composed in 1018 [1609].
Collation: Paper ; fol. 66 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 17 lines per page.
Description: Text commented upon overlined in red ; watermarks (hand; anchor with roman-alphabet countermark initials "AC" and trefoil) ; MS in fair condition.
Origin: Probably from the XVIIIth century
Incipit: ... الفاظ المتن ادراج المتون في الشروح وشرط على نفسى ...
Ending: ... وتکميل الکامل حسبنا الله ونعم الوکيل
Binding Note
Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) limp binding in red leather and yellow paper. Endbands.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
140

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/d8ac1272-a1ac-4167-8a0d-fbb749f728fd/manifest