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A collection of treatises on history, rhetoric and on the pen.
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Metadata
- Publisher
- 1127-1128 [1715-1716]
- People
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- Related Name
- يمني، محمد، active 18th century
- عارف، عبد الباقي بن محمد، -1713 or 1714
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 154H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A collection of treatises on history, rhetoric and on the pen.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- مقامة فتح قندية ... [الخ]
- Transliterated Title
- Maqāmat fatḥ Qandīyah ... [etc.]
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 154H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc9z903850w
- Publisher
- 1127-1128 [1715-1716]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1715-1716
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 91 leaves : paper ; 230 x 126 (145-158 x 55) mm. bound to 228 x 131 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 580, 578, 214, 223, 224.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), III, p. 430; VI, p. 632/3.
- Die arabischen, persischen und türkischen handschriften der Kaiserlich-königlichen hofbibliothik zu Wien, 2003⁴⁰.
- Catalogus codicum arabicorum Bibliothecae Academiae Lugduno-Batavae, 440.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Contents
- 1. fol. 1b-7b; 22: Maqāmat fatḥ Qandīyah / li-ʻĀrif ʻAbd al-Bāqī. An “assembly” on history.
- 2. fol. 8b-25b; 22: Mabāḥith al-ḥaqīqah wa-al-majāz. A work on rhetoric translated from the Persian work of ʻIṣām al-Dīn al-Isfarāʼinī.
- 3. fol. 26b-45b; 22: [Arbaʻ rasāʼil qalamīyah]. Four essays on the pen. The first (fol. 26b) by al-Dawwānī begins with the opening words of Sūrah 68:1. The second (fol. 30a) and third (fol. 36a) are of unknown authorship, the latter begins with the words of Sūrah 96:4, 5. The fourth (fol. 42a) is that of ʻAlī Chalabī al-Ḥumaydi (Qināhʹlīʹzādah).
- 4. fol. 46b-60a; 22: Risālah qalamīyah. Essay in description of the pen and its value. A note before the colophon indicates that the work was composed 1082.
- 5. fol. 61b-91a; 22: Sharḥ ʻalá qasīdat madḥ. A commentary on an ode in praise of Fayḍ Allāh Aḥmad, grand mufti of the Ottoman empire under the Sulṭān Muṣṭafá, probably Muṣṭafá II 1106-1115 [1695-1703].
- Notes
- Ms. composite codex.
- Title from collective title page (fol. 1a).
- Marginal summaries in black and red; marginal and interlinear notes. List of contents on fol. 1a.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 91 ; some catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 15-21 lines per page ; ruled.
- Description: Rubricated ; overlining, verse separators and other use of red ink ; red, yellow, and green/blue paper, some of them silver-flecked ; MS in good condition but several folios are worm-eaten.
- Origin: [Mabāḥith al-ḥaqīqah wa-al-majāz] Copied 1127 by Muḥammad Yamanī (fol. 25b) -- [Arbaʻ rasāʼil qalamīyah] Copied Muḥarram 1128 (fol. 45b) -- [Risālah qalamīyah] Copied 1127 (fol. 60a)
- Incipit: [مقامة فتح قندية] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. ويسالونك عن ذي القرنين -- [مباحث الحقيقة والمجاز] نحمد الله على ما ساق صفوة عباده ... وبعد يقول العبد الاهذالى جناب فياض النعم الذواررف الفقير الباقى بن محمج بن مصطفى المدعو بعارف هذه قبالة مترجمة ... -- [اربع رسائل قلمية] 1: ن والقلم وما يسطرون 2: لك الحمد يا من انطقى النون والقلم 3: حامد لمن علم بالقلم علم الانسان ما لم يعلم 4: لك الحمد يا من اكرم الانس بعدما -- [رسالة قلمية] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. من الله سبحانه استمد النصر واستنجد المعونه في كل امر حدثنا سعد بن بشير ... -- [شرح على قصيدة مدح] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. حامدًا لمن نضر القرائح الذکية كساحات الرياض البهية ... اما بعد فاني اختلت خلسة من الايام فحللت مع رفقة كرام ...
- Colophon: [مقامة فتح قندية] ونظمت خرزه من سلك اللآلى ودفعت به عين الکمال. تم -- [مباحث الحقيقة والمجاز] قد تمت هذه المجلة الرايقة والرسالة الفايقة منقولة من خط معربها المولى الموشح باسمه طوامير الافاق المحلى بغرر آثاره البهية جرايد الاحداق. على يد العبد الاقل محمد يمني کان الله له. خلال سنة 127 -- [اربع رسائل قلمية] بحرمة امي لولاه لم يخلق اللوح والقلم ولم يعلم الانسان ما لم يعلم. صلى الله تعالى عليه وسلم. تم في خلال محرم سنة 1128 -- [رسالة قلمية] حررت هذه المقامة من خطه الشريف في سنة 1127 -- [شرح على قصيدة مدح] والحمد لله اولا وآخرا والصلاة على نبيه وآله
- Binding Note
- Contemporaneous? type III (without flap) binding in red leather. Gold-stamped mandorla and gold-tooled decorative edging. Marbled paper pastedowns and upper endpaper. Binding is loose.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 192
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f6129599-8b31-4772-9b19-eb727e64796f/manifest