Item Summary

The life and virtues of ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlī 471-561 [1078/9-1165/6] and short lives of thirty-six other shaykhs belonging to his order. Incomplete at beginning and end.

Descriptive Information

Title
بهجة الشيخ عبد القادر الجيلاني
Transliterated Title
Bahjat al-Shaykh ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī
Call Number
Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 2527Yq
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/j098zd74k
Publisher
[15th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1400-1499
Format
Manuscript
Extent
214 leaves : paper ; 273 x 184 (174 x 115) mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Mach, R. Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts (Yahuda Section), 4701.
Brockelmann, GAL, II, 144 (3); S II, 147.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from later caption (fol. 1a).
A few marginal notes. Bookdealer's insert and label: "ELS No. 2527".
Collation: Arabic paper ; fol. 214 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 15 lines per page ; folio 1a frame-ruled in gold, blue and black.
Description: Headings in red, yellow/gold or blue ; some vowel marks ; MS in fair condition; some staining, folios 1-2 and 213-214 damaged with some loss of text.
Beginning: ... لا افقه فى هذا الشان من الشيخ عبد القادر فى وقته ولا اعلم من بمشكلاته ومختلفاته فتوحية بقلبه الى الشيخ عبد القادر ...
Ending: ... مات حتى سلب جميع ما كان له وسقط من دايرة المباح ...
Binding Note
Unbound.

Discovery Information

Subject
ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī -1166
Sufis—Biography—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
222

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/bc643a93-f846-4d75-bcb6-e4670211e59e/manifest