Descriptive Information

Title

[Collection of Druze texts].

Call Number

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 371B

Identifier

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/q811kn24k

Language

Arabic

Date Created

1700-1799

Format

Manuscript

Rights Statement

Copyright Not Evaluated

Notes

Fols. 350; 11 x 7.7 cm.; written surface 8.5 x 6.5 cm.; 9 lines to page on glazed European paper; in naskhi; with vowel signs; with catchwords; entries in green and red.

A safīnah on the tenets of the Druze religion, together with moral exhortations; Muslim anecdotes, some of which are of classical origins, and several Druze fatwas. The first tract is by al-Amīr ʻAbd Allāh ibn Sulaymān al-Tanūkhī, the foremost Druze commentator.

Beg.: المرحوم الامىر جمال الدىن عبد الله بن الامىر ...

Ending: ...تجري فاذا برجل ىعدوا

MS incomplete at beginning and end; in fair condition; worm-eaten and foxed. Arabic leather and cloth binding; blind stamped. Probably from XVIIIth century.

Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.

Binding Note

Binding in oblong or safīnah format.

Discovery Information

Subject

Druzes—Doctrines—Early works to 1800

Physical Characteristics

File Count

596

Institutional Information

Collection

Manuscripts of the Islamic World

IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/98df4085-f435-40c2-be00-6ccdd4390323/manifest

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