Item Summary

A commentary on Tuḥfat al-mulūk.

Descriptive Information

Title
[شرح تحفة الملوك]
Transliterated Title
[Sharḥ Tuḥfat al-mulūk].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 243L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcmw22vj67h
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1658
Extent
158 leaves : paper ; 205 x 145 (135 x 90) mm bound to 205 x 145 mm.
Provenance
Obscured seal impression (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1718.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Heavily annotated with marginal notes and glosses. Label on upper cover: "MT No. 12". Obscured and semi-obscured inscriptions (fol. 1a). Illegible title on lower edge of text block.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 158 ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 19 lines per page ; ruled.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (lamb?; star; flowers) ; MS in good condition.
Origin: According to colophon copy completed 1069 by ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn Mullā Qunbur (fol. 157b).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين كتاب الطهارة وفي الخانية المآء الذى يتوضأ به ثلاثة المآء الجاري ...
Colophon: على يد اضعف الورى وافقرالفقراء الى نصاب العفو والغفران وانصباب زلال الفضل والاحسان عبد العزيز بن ملا قنبرعفى الله عنهما الاکبر. سنة 1069
Binding Note
Later type III (without flap) binding in dark red leather. Blind-stamped mandorla and blind-tooled edging. Marbled paper pastedowns. Endbands.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
324

Institutional Information

Collection
Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/8419422d-e7e5-4bf3-9746-334b77ccae41/manifest