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- Publisher
- [17th century]
- People
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- Related Name
- اقسرائي، علي بن موسى، active 17th century
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 490H
- Language
- Arabic
- Subject
- Arabic language—Semantics—Early works to 1800
- Arabic philology—Early works to 1800
- Arabic language—Grammar—Early works to 1800
- Classification of sciences—Early works to 1800
- Hanafites—Biography—Early works to 1800
- Language and languages—Philosophy—Early works to 1800
- Zabīd (Yemen)—History—Early works to 1800
- Ījī, ʻAḍud al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad -1355?—Risālah al-waḍʻīyah
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
- Headbands
- Autographs
- Stamps
- Decorated edges
- Embossed papers
- Watermarks
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- موضوعات العلوم ... [الخ.]
- Transliterated Title
- Mawḍūʻāt al-ʻulūm ... [etc.]
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 490H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc8w32rh798
- Publisher
- [17th century]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1600-1699
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 107 leaves : paper ; 206 x 129 (140-150 x 55-67) mm bound to 205 x 134 mm.
- Provenance
- Seal impression of al-Sayyid ʻUthmān.. (fol. 1a). Ownership signature of ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Bāqī (fol. 1a and 99a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1130, 625, 706, 885.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, p. 262; IV, p. 138l III, p. 454.
- Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium (1846), 430¹.
- Die arabischen, persischen und türkischen handschriften der Kaiserlich-königlichen hofbibliothik zu Wien, 15¹; 1186
- Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, V, p. 138.
- Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 9763.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Contents
- 1. fol. 1a: [Table of contents]
- 2. fol. 2b-61b: Mawḍūʻāt al-ʻulūm / li-Mullā Luṭfī. An encyclopedia of sciences discussing the subject matter of each science, its aims and usefulness and enumerating some books on each science.
- 3. fol. 62b-91b: Kitāb Mukhtaṣar fī dhikr ṭabaqāt al-Ḥanafīyah. A biographical dictionary of the Ḥanafite Imāms, beginning with Abū Ḥanīfah 80-150/699-769 and ending with al-Mawlá Muḥammad ibn Kamāl Pāshā, 940/1533-4.
- 4. fol. 94b-98a: Manẓūmah fī tārīkh madīnat Zabīd min bilād Yaman. An ode on the history of Zabīd, a town in al-Yaman which was built by Muḥammad ibn Ziyād al-Umawī 204/820. The ode also touches upon the history of the different Arabian dynasties, namely: the Ziyādids and the Najāḥids both of which ruled in Zabīd; the Ṣulayḥids of Ṣanʻāʼ; the Mahdids of Zabīd; the Ayyūbids of al-Yaman; the Rasūlids of al-Yaman ; and the Ṭāhirids of al-Yaman.
- 5. fol. 99a-107b: Sharḥ al-Risālah al-waḍʻīyah al-ʻAḍudīyah / lil-Mawlá ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Jāmī. A commentary on al-Risālah al-waḍʻīyah al-ʻAḍudīyah.
- Notes
- Ms. composite codex.
- Title from collective title page (fol. 1a).
- Marginal notes and summaries; marginal summaries. First title also appears on lower edge of text block. List of contents on folio 1a lists two titles, partially erased, not present in current volume.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 107 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 17-23 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; overlining in red ; watermarks (folios 2-61: crown-star-crescent with countermark roman-alphabet initials "VG[?]"; folios 62-91: three crescents with same countermark; folios 93-98: countermark roman-alphabet letters "TP") ; MS in good condition. MS rare and of historic importance..
- Decoration: Simple gilt vine-like pattern painted on edges of text block.
- Origin: [Mawḍūʻāt al-ʻulūm] Copied 1102 by ʻAlī ibn Mūsá al-Aqsarāʼī (fol. 61b).
- Incipit: [موضوعات العلوم] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه النستعين مبادىء مدائحك ذکر اسمك العالي ... وبعد فهذه السعادة الفاخرة في سيادة الآخرة -- [مختصر في ذکر] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه النستعين الحمد لله رب العالمين ... وبعد فهذا کتاب مختصر في ذکر طبقات الحنفية -- [بغية المستفيد] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. قال فقير الله عبد الرحمن ابن علي الديبع راجي الغفران ... وبعد فالتاريخ علم نافع -- [شرح الرسالة] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. هذه المشار اليه بهذه اما تلك العبارات المخصوصة نزلت منزله المحسوس المشاهد لكمال تميزها والمعانى المستفادة منها
- Colophon: [موضوعات العلوم] وقع الفراغ عن [من] کتبه على يد العبد الضعيف علي بن موسى الاقسراني سنة 1102 -- [مختصر في ذکر] تمت الطبقات في بيان علماء الامام الاعظم رحمهم الله تعالى عليهم اجمعين. آمين -- [بغية المستفيد] على محمد اجل شافع * وآله وصحبه وتابعء تم-- [شرح الرسالة] اي تناوب بعضها مکان بعض اذ المعتبر الوضع. تمت الرسالة بعون الله
- Binding Note
- Later type II (with flap) binding in brown leather and green embossed paper. Endbands.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Arabic language—Semantics—Early works to 1800
- Arabic philology—Early works to 1800
- Arabic language—Grammar—Early works to 1800
- Classification of sciences—Early works to 1800
- Hanafites—Biography—Early works to 1800
- Language and languages—Philosophy—Early works to 1800
- Zabīd (Yemen)—History—Early works to 1800
- Ījī, ʻAḍud al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad -1355?—Risālah al-waḍʻīyah
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
- Headbands
- Autographs
- Stamps
- Decorated edges
- Embossed papers
- Watermarks
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 226
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/d35ed865-2278-4a54-a6b6-d3b57aab9ee0/manifest