Item Summary

A treatise about the Companions of the Prophet, their identification, personal characteristics and the exaltation of their rank.

Descriptive Information

Title
الصحبة / للعلاي.
Transliterated Title
al-Ṣuḥbah / lil-ʻAlāʼī.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 785H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dckk91fx83k
Publisher
[17th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1600-1699
Format
Manuscript
Extent
29 leaves : paper ; 207 x 148 (150 x 91) mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1457.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
A few marginal notes and glosses. It is stated in the colophon that the work was composed 753 /1352.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 29 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 21 lines per page ; ruled.
Description: Some vowel signs ; watermarks (three crescents, roman-alphabet initials countermark) ; MS in good condition. Rare.
Origin: Probably from the XVIIth century.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه ثقتى اما بعد حمد لله الذي وسع كل شى رحمة وعلما وفضل من اجتباه ... وهذا الکتاب يشتمل على تحقيق من يتصف بهذه الرتبة ...
Colophon: تم اخرکتاب منيف الرتبة لمن ثبت له شريف الصحبة قال مؤلفه رحمه الله فرغت منه کتابة وتصنيفا ببيت المقدس في الرابع عشر من شهر ربيع الاخر سنة ثلاث وخمسين وسبعمائة والحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله اجمعين
Binding Note
Unbound.

Discovery Information

Subject
Muḥammad Prophet -632—Companions—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Watermarks

Physical Characteristics

File Count
64

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/42f01ecb-09e7-41f0-b88b-a8b78a40d5f8/manifest