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A book of genealogy on the lineage of the Prophet, especially the descendants of ʻAlī.
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- Related Name
- بخشي، محمد بن محمد، 1628 or 1629-1686 or 1687
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 247H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A book of genealogy on the lineage of the Prophet, especially the descendants of ʻAlī.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- بحر الانساب الاشرفية.
- Transliterated Title
- Baḥr al-ansāb al-ashrafīyah.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 247H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/6w924k95m
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1649
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 191, (2) leaves : paper, illustrations ; 208 x 154 (135 x 95) mm bound to 205 x 147 mm.
- Provenance
- Signatures: ʻAbd al-Qādir Naqībʹzādah, Muḥammad Asʻad ibn ...zādah dated 1240 (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 751.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from caption (fol. 1b).
- Marginal notes and glosses. Contains genealogical charts. Upper pastedown and folio 1a covered with inscriptions and a magic square. Colophon followed by a short unidentified text (fol. 187a-190a), a fāʼidah (fol. 190b-191a), and inscriptions (fol. (2)b. Title also on upper cover.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 191 + (2) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 10-14 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red, yellow or indigo.
- Description: Entries in red, yellow and indigo ; watermarks (anchor; three crescents) ; MS in fair condition.
- Origin: According to colophon copy completed Thursday 19 Dhī al-Qaʻdah 1059 by Muḥammad Ḥijāzī ibn Niẓām al-Dīn al-Shāfiʻī al-Khalwatī al-Bakfālūnī [?] (fol. 186b).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الذي خلق الانام من اب واحد ... عل غير مثال وعير مساعد وخلق منه ...
- Colophon: تم هذا الکتاب على يد افقر الورى واحوجهم الى رحمة ربه المعين الحاج محمد حجازي بن الحاج نظام الدين الشافعي مذهبا الخلوتي مشربا البکنالوني بلدا غفر الله له ولوالديه. وذلك ليلة الخميس بعد العشاء تاسع عشر ليلة في شهر ذي القعدة الحرام لسنة تسع وخمسين والف
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Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 390
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/d3882488-9d59-423c-a8df-9d9731e54bec/manifest