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سفينة النجاه محتوية على بضاعة مزجاه من الفوايد المنتقاة.
Safīnat al-najāh muḥtawiyah ʻalá biḍāʻah muzjāh min al-fawāyid al-muntaqāh.
1768
A collection of traditions, verses of poetry, historical excerpts and short biographical sketches by various authors.
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Metadata
- Publisher
- 18 Rajab 1182 [November 28, 1768]
- People
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- Author
- Murtaḍá al-Zabīdī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1732 or 1733-1791
- مرتضى الزبيدي، محمد بن محمد، 1732 or 1733-1791
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 214H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A collection of traditions, verses of poetry, historical excerpts and short biographical sketches by various authors.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- سفينة النجاه محتوية على بضاعة مزجاه من الفوايد المنتقاة.
- Transliterated Title
- Safīnat al-najāh muḥtawiyah ʻalá biḍāʻah muzjāh min al-fawāyid al-muntaqāh.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 214H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc2n49tb521
- Publisher
- 18 Rajab 1182 [November 28, 1768]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1768
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 110 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 197 x 131 (185 x 115) mm. bound to 191 x 142 mm.
- Provenance
- Autograph and seal impression of Muḥammad Murtaḍá al-Ḥusaynī. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 712.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 110 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Description: Watermarks (crescent?) ; MS in good condition.
- Layout: 17-32 lines per page ; text runs in different directions.
- Ms. codex.
- Origin: According to colophon copied 18 Rajab 1182 (fol. 110b).
- Text runs in multiple directions within a folio making later additions difficult to identify. MS has numerous family tree diagrams and several inserts. Many entries are dated. Unique. Among the many inscriptions and entries on fol. 1a-2b are a statement that the MS was among the possessions of the author on 2 Rajab 1181.
- Title from text (fol. 2b).
- Colophon: تمت ضحوة نهار الاثنين 18 رجب سنة 1182 نجاز البضاعة
- Incipit: سم الله ... بالله يثق العبد محمد مرتضى عفا الله عنه
- Binding Note
- Type II (with flap) binding in brown leather. Mandorla and edging drawn on covers. Flap is an unusual design.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 231
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3f34e914-009b-4b8d-97ca-b78a407feb35/manifest