Item Summary

Short treatise on the objects used by ṣūfī shaykhs to distinguish themselves, and their legitimacy in view of the tradition.

Descriptive Information

Title
بيان الاحكام في الخرقة والسجادة والاعلام
Transliterated Title
Kitāb Bayān al-aḥkām fī al-khirqah wa-al-sajjādah wa-al-aʻlām.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 4557Y
Identifier
ark:/88435/7w62ff72b
Publisher
[1571]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1571
Format
Manuscript
Extent
i, 33, i leaves: paper ; 150 x 105 (107 x 75) mm. bound to 153 x 110 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Mach, R. Yahuda, 2812
Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 124 (37/7)
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from rubric on fol. 1a.
Physical description: 11 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink, with use of red for headings. Yāʼ for alif maqṣūrah. European paper with thick laid lines. Catchword on the verso of each leaf. Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals (omits the first fol.).
Origin: According to colophon, copy completed on 25 Jumādá al-Ākhar 979 [Nov. 14, 1571] by Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyá al-Arīḥāwī (fol. 32a, followed by undated collation statement).
Incipit: الحمد لله الدال على انفراد وحدانيته بوجود مخلوقاته المقدس في ازليته وبقايه بجميع اسمآيه وصفاته ... وبعد ايها السالك بنفسه الحاكم بوهمه المقتدي برايه في اتخاذ سجادته وخرقته وعلمه فاعلم ان السجادة
Explicit: وهو تعالى المسول في التوبة والثبات على الكتاب والسنه الى الممات والصلاة والسلام على سيدنا محمد وعلى اله خير ماض وآت ما دامت الارض والسموات والحمد لله كما هو اهله
Binding Note
Modern library binding.

Discovery Information

Subject
Sufism—Syria—Customs and practices—15th century
Sufis—Clothing—Syria—15th century
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
37

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
Holding location
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IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/61dc6604-6be6-44df-9848-6982f1ce658b/manifest