Item Summary

A work on traditions arranged alphabetically. It is an abridgment of a work by Badr al-Dīn al-Zarkashi.

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب الدرر المنتثره في الاحاديث المشتهره / تأليف جلال الدين بن الكمال السيوطي.
Transliterated Title
Kitāb al-Durar al-muntathirah fī al-aḥādīth al-mushtahirah / taʼlīf Jalāl al-Dīn ibn al-Kamāl al-Suyūṭī.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 767H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dccz30q495w
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1700-1799
Extent
21 leaves : paper ; 215 x 152 (190 x 123) mm bound to 213 x 158 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1395.
Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), III, p. 219.
Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, I, pp. 340/1.
Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 1401-4.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
A few marginal notes and glosses. Title page carries a few lines of poetry. Title also on upper cover.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 21 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 25 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (anchor?, final leaf has crown, cartouche and grapes) ; MS in fair condition, mended.
Origin: Probably from the XVIIIth century.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين ... الحمد لله تعظيا لشأنه والصلاة والسلام على سيدنا محمد واله ... وبعد فان من المهم بيان حال الاحاديث ...
Colophon: انتهى والله اعلم بالصواب واليه المرجع والمآب. تمت بحمد الله وعونه
Binding Note
Later type II (with flap) binding in red leather and aqua embossed paper.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
53

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/b7bce459-fb43-45e6-a2cc-ca5dac47b21f/manifest