Item Summary

A description of the authorʼs journey to Damascus.

Descriptive Information

Title
هذه رحلة المسمات مقالة الاستلام لتربة الشام / لعبد الكريم.
Transliterated Title
Hādhihi Riḥlat al-musammāt Maqālat al-istilām li-turbat al-Shām / li-ʻAbd al-Karīm.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 41L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc2r36v9510
Publisher
[19th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1800-1899
Format
Manuscript
Extent
7 leaves : paper ; 212 x 155 (160 x 81) mm bound to 213 x 155 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 763.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Marginal notes and glosses.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 7 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 21 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (anchor) ; MS in good condition.
Origin: Probably from the XlXth century.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الذي خلق الانسان وانطق اللسان ببديع المعانى والبيان ... وبعد فيقول المنيب الى المجيب الكريم اقل عباد الله تعالى عبد الكريم هذه عجالة الكلام فى رحلة الشام ...
Colophon: تمت الرسالة.
Binding Note
Later limp binding in blue paper. Lower cover lined with printed pages.

Discovery Information

Subject
Damascus (Syria)—Description and travel—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Watermarks

Physical Characteristics

File Count
22

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/920871e4-0856-491a-8b3d-1f66b19b28b5/manifest