Item Summary

A collection containing a number of fawāʼid, a work on Sufi rites, and a prayer.

Descriptive Information

Title
[مجموعة فوائد] ... [الخ.]
Transliterated Title
[Majmūʻat fawāʼid] ... [etc.]
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1169H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcrn301d12r
Publisher
[19th century]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1800-1899
Format
Manuscript
Extent
61 leaves : paper ; 207 x 159 (165-177 x 97-107) mm bound to 216 x 160 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 2082.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. fol. 1a-34a: [Majmūʻat fawāʼid]. A collection of fawāʼid on diverse subjects.
2. fol. 34b-43a: [Sufi rites]. A treatise by Aḥmad al-Damanhūrī on certain Ṣūfī rites.
3. fol. 43b-48a: [Fawāʼid]
4. fol. 49b-51a: Wird Shaykh al-Sammān. A metrical prayer by Muḥammad [ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm] al-Sammān.
5. fol. 51b-61b: [Fawāʼid]. Several fāʼidahs on various subjects.
Notes
Ms. composite codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Marginal notes. Magic squares with numbers, and the names of angels and Muḥammad. Seal of Solomon (fol. 61b).
Collation: Paper ; fol. 61 ; catchwords ; watermarks (three crescents) ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 14-25 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; MS in fair condition.
Origin: From the XIXth century.
Binding Note
Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and green paper.

Discovery Information

Subject
Islam—Miscellanea—Early works to 1800
Islam—Prayers and devotions—Early works to 1800
Sufism—Rituals—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
magic squares
Watermarks

Physical Characteristics

File Count
130

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f430531b-7394-4796-bb08-208435225f2e/manifest