Item Summary

A commentary, with grammatical analysis, on Iẓhār al-asrār.

Descriptive Information

Title
ظل اسرار الاخيار على اظهار الاسرار.
Transliterated Title
Ẓill asrār al-akhyār ʻalá Iẓhār al-asrār.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 388H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc0g354r648
Publisher
28 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1171 [September 2, 1758]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1758
Format
Manuscript
Extent
160, (2) leaves : paper ; 210 x 160 (153 x 87) mm. bound to 205 x 167 mm.
Provenance
Ownership signature: Asaʻd Ismāʻīl ibn Muṣṭ[afá] ibn Aḥmad ... al-shahīr bi-Ibn Ismāʻīl Afandī al-Wārdār dated 1209. Waqf inscription for Madrasat Ghazī [?] Bik.
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 471.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from text (fol. 1b).
A few marginal notes. Fol. 1a has various inscriptions including waqf and ownership statements, a note that the MS was corrected by Muḥammad Ḥilmī dated 1186, a seal impression, and a repetition of the line "iʻrāb is like a spiderweb".
Collation: Paper ; fol. 160 + (2) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 19 lines per page.
Description: Overlining in red ; watermarks (roman-alphabet letters "[?]SSET"; coat of arms or a crown) ; MS in fair condition.
Origin: According to colophon copied Saturday 28 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1171 by ʻUthmān ibn ʻAlī ibn Muṣṭafá ibn ʻAlī al-Bābā Ṭāghī (fol. 160a).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. الحمد لله الذي رفع داء الجهل عنا بانزال قرآن عربي بيسن الهدى علينا
Colophon: قد وقع الفراغ بحمد الله الملك المعين على يد [اﻟ]ﻌﺒﺪ الضعيف المحتاج الى رحمة ربه اللطيف عثمان بن علي بن الحاج مصطفى بن الحاج علي البابا طاغي غفر الله [له] ولا بائه ولا مهاته ولجميع للمومنين والمؤمنات في [اﻟ]ﯧﻮم الثامن والعشرين من ذي الحجة الشريفة بعد العصر من يوم السبت في سنة احدى وسبعين ومائة والف م
Binding Note
Contemporaneous? type II (with flap) binding in red leather and paper. Cover repaired with black and red marbled paper.

Discovery Information

Subject
Birgivî Mehmet Efendi approximately 1522-1573—Iẓhār al-asrār
Arabic language—Grammar—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Autographs
Stamps
Watermarks
donation inscriptions

Physical Characteristics

File Count
335

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ad1ec0b2-f14b-48e2-a61a-cf1915d14ccd/manifest