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کتاب روح المعارف في الحکم واللطائف.
Kitāb Rūḥ al-maʻārif fī al-ḥikam wa-al-laṭāʼif.
1704
A collection of proverbs and wise sayings on the principles of good government.
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- Publisher
- 1116? [1704?]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 153Hq
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A collection of proverbs and wise sayings on the principles of good government.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- کتاب روح المعارف في الحکم واللطائف.
- Transliterated Title
- Kitāb Rūḥ al-maʻārif fī al-ḥikam wa-al-laṭāʼif.
- Call Number
- Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 153Hq
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcgm80j7117
- Publisher
- 1116? [1704?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1704
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 7 leaves : paper ; 287 x 194 (198 x 116) mm bound to 295 x 209 mm.
- Provenance
- Ownership signatures: Muḥammad Ghazāwī al-Khādim dated 1230, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazāwī al-Khādim dated 1246, obscured signature dated 1207 (f. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 243.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from caption (fol. 1b).
- Marginal notes. In the introduction the author dedicates his book to the Sultan al-Malik al-Ashraf Abū al-Naṣr. On the title page occur two circles, one within the other, the writing in the space between them obliterated. Within the inner circle is a statement that this copy was made under the care of Yaḥyá ibn Aḥmad Ibrāhīm and dated 1116 [1704]. There also occur several verses of poetry and other inscriptions.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. i (later paper) + 7 + i (later paper) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled with an inner and outer frame in red.
- Description: Vowel signs ; watermarks (crown-star-crescent) ; MS in good condition.
- Decoration: Illuminated title page consisting of a frame in red and black containing a circle of red and yellow containing the name of the sponsor.
- Origin: Likely created on or about Rajab 1116/1704.
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين. الحمد لله الملك القادر القوي الناصر ... اما بعد يقدير القصا الرحماني وموحب ...
- Colophon: انتهى ما وجد من کتاب روح المعارف في الحکم واللطائف والحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى اله الطيبين الطاهرين
- Binding Note
- Later half-bound type III (without flap) binding in brown material and dark brown spotted paper. Brown paper pastedowns and endpaper.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 26
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/dda07104-811e-499b-9a48-4c63e9eb8e07/manifest