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A prayer in verse attributed to ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib explaining the mystical power of the basmala and the names of Allah based on the numerical values of the letters used to spell them. Three versions of the qasidah which begin to differ in the third line, and Duʻāʼ Jaljalūtīyah.
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Metadata
- Publisher
- [not before 1750]
- People
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- Author
- ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661
- علي بن ابي طالب، خليفة، approximately 600-661
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 340L
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A prayer in verse attributed to ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib explaining the mystical power of the basmala and the names of Allah based on the numerical values of the letters used to spell them. Three versions of the qasidah which begin to differ in the third line, and Duʻāʼ Jaljalūtīyah.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- قصيدة جلجلوتية.
- Transliterated Title
- Qaṣīdah Jaljalūtīyah.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 340L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc9w032g36p
- Publisher
- [not before 1750]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1750-1850
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 13 leaves : paper ; 181 x 125 (95 x 75) mm bound to 177 x 130 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1979.
- Brockelmann, C. GAL, SI, 75 (no. 2)
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Contents
- 1. fol. 1b-2b: [Prayer and preface]
- 2. fol. 3a-5a: Qaṣīdah Jaljalūtīyah.
- 3. fol. 5a-6a: Hādhā Duʻāʼ Jaljalūtīyah.
- 4. fol. 6a-8b: Qaṣīdah Jaljalūtīyah.
- 5. fol. 9a-12b: Qaṣīdah Jaljalūtīyah.
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from caption (fol. 3a).
- Alpha-numeric symbols and the seal of Solomon in the form of magic squares follow the end of the text (fol. 12b). Label on upper cover: "14 MR".
- Collation: Wove paper ; fol. i + 13 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 15 lines per page in two columns ; frame-ruled in gold and black.
- Description: Vowel signs ; MS in good condition.
- Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold, blue, black, red and pink (fol. 1b).
- Origin: Probably from the IXth century.
- Incipit: استغفر الله العظيم الذى لا اله * الا هو القيوم واتوب اليك ... الحمد لله رب العالمين يسر من سر * محمدى والاصول الحيدري ... بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم * بدات ببسم الله روحي به اهتدت ...
- Colophon: بعد دوام الدهريا نورجلجلوت وصل وسلم على سىدنا محمد
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) binding in light brown leather. Gold-painted? hourglass shape with inner and outer frames. Brown marbled paper pastedowns. Not sewn.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 36
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b920fd94-709c-4e8b-a228-d95ce649899d/manifest