Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
[Miscellany of Jawi and Arabic texts].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 476L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/np193f49p
Publisher
[18--?]
Language
Malay
Date Created
1800-1899
Format
Manuscript
Extent
63 leaves : paper ; 207 x 128 mm.
Source Acquisition
Gift; Robert Garrett (Princeton Class of 1897), 1942.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Contents
1. fol. 1b-16a: [Response to a question concerning Islamic doctrine]. Response to a question stemming from Aceh in the 1630s, in Arabic with Malay interlinear translation.
2. fol. 16b-17b: [Fragment of a text on Islamic doctrine].
3. fol. 18a: [Page of an Arabic text with interlinear Malay translation].
4. fol. 18b-23b: [Fragment of a text on Sufism].
5. fol. 24a: [Page of an Arabic text with interlinear Malay translation].
6. fol. 24b-49b: [Text on Sufism].
7. fol. 50a-63b: [Fragments of various text in Malay and Arabic].
Notes
Ms. composite codex.
Leaf 1a appears to be the end of another text, but it is nearly illegible.
Layout: 7-33 lines per page.
Description: Written on unglazed indigenous paper. Some marginal notations; occasional use of red ink for headings. The paper is slightly worm damaged, particularly in the gutter and top and bottom margins, but text is not affected. Fol. 1a appears to be the end of another text, but it is nearly illegible.
Incipit: [Response] الحمد لله سؤل بعض [!] العسر بما لفظ [...] الشيخ كمال الدين الجاوي ان الله نفسنا ووجودنا ونحن نفسه و وجوده -- [Fragment on Islamic law] باب اين فد مپتاكن فرى سيورڠ لكلاك لمه شهوثپ مك فرتاث مندي برليمو ... -- [Fragment on Sufism] ادعون فرتام الله سبحانه و تعالى تر تنجقكند ريث دغن صفة وحدة مك ظاهر له وحدة ايت -- [Text on Sufism] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم دغن نام الله جواك مملاي مماچ ... وبعد ادفون كمدين درايت مك اين فري مپتاكن علم نسايغ ممري رحمة.
Explicit: [Response] وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه اجمعين وسلم جواب الشيخ الفاضل محمد ابن الشيخ العلامة محمد المنوفي الشافعي نفع الله به وبهما امين
Binding Note
Unbound.

Discovery Information

Subject
Kufr (Islam)—Early works to 1800
Islam—Doctrines—Early works to 1800
Prayer—Islam
Sufism
Manuscripts, Malay—New Jersey—Princeton
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
126

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/25ae2aa2-9c55-4a72-bdd9-58004fcf45d0/manifest