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A commentary on al-Zawrāʼ, a treatise on philosophical-mystical matters in connection with the alleged appearance of ʻAlī in al-Zawrāʼ, a village to the east of Baghdād, by Jalāl al-Dīn al-Dawwānī. Incomplete at beginning and end.
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- Publisher
- [18th century?]
- People
-
- Author
- Mullā Shaykh al-Kurdī, Ilyās ibn ʻAbbās, active 17th century
- ملا شيخ الكردي، الياس بن عباس، active 17th century
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 331L
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A commentary on al-Zawrāʼ, a treatise on philosophical-mystical matters in connection with the alleged appearance of ʻAlī in al-Zawrāʼ, a village to the east of Baghdād, by Jalāl al-Dīn al-Dawwānī. Incomplete at beginning and end.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [شرح الزوراء].
- Transliterated Title
- [Sharḥ al-Zawrāʼ].
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 331L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcsx61f0629
- Publisher
- [18th century?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1700-1799
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 66 leaves : paper ; 208 x 150 (145 x 80) mm bound to 208 x 150 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1611.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), III, p. 393.
- Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 3227.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Marginal notes. Label on upper cover: "40 MX". Note that al-Zawrāʼ was written by al-Dawwānī in 876/1471-2. This commentary was composed in 1018 [1609].
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 66 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 17 lines per page.
- Description: Text commented upon overlined in red ; watermarks (hand; anchor with roman-alphabet countermark initials "AC" and trefoil) ; MS in fair condition.
- Origin: Probably from the XVIIIth century
- Incipit: ... الفاظ المتن ادراج المتون في الشروح وشرط على نفسى ...
- Ending: ... وتکميل الکامل حسبنا الله ونعم الوکيل
- Binding Note
- Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) limp binding in red leather and yellow paper. Endbands.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 140
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/d8ac1272-a1ac-4167-8a0d-fbb749f728fd/manifest