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ضياء الابصار في مولد النبي المختار.
Ḍiyāʼ al-abṣār fī mawlid al-Nabī al-mukhtār.
1725
Autograph copy of a life of the Prophet drawn chiefly from Insān al-ʻuyūn fī sīrat al-amīn al-maʼmūn. It is in four parts and a conclusion: (1) the time of the Prophetʼs birth; (2) his name; (3) his genealogy; (4) the merit of praying for him; and the conclusion, on standing up when the mawlid is read.
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Metadata
- Publisher
- 11 Ṣafar 1138 [October 19, 1725?]
- People
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- Author
- Ibn al-Rāʻī, Ibrāhīm ibn Murād, active 18th century
- ابن الراعي، ابراهيم بن مراد، active 18th century
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 238H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
Autograph copy of a life of the Prophet drawn chiefly from Insān al-ʻuyūn fī sīrat al-amīn al-maʼmūn. It is in four parts and a conclusion: (1) the time of the Prophetʼs birth; (2) his name; (3) his genealogy; (4) the merit of praying for him; and the conclusion, on standing up when the mawlid is read.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- ضياء الابصار في مولد النبي المختار.
- Transliterated Title
- Ḍiyāʼ al-abṣār fī mawlid al-Nabī al-mukhtār.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 238H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc2801ps51c
- Publisher
- 11 Ṣafar 1138 [October 19, 1725?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1725
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 39 leaves : paper ; 211 x 150 (145 x 95) mm. bound to 210 x 150 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 658.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- A few marginal notes. Folio 30 is of larger size and folded over. Waqf statement on title page partially obscured.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 39 + ii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Description: Overlining and verse separators in red ; watermarks (crown with oval beneath with roman-alphabet letters "AV..." and grapes, three crescents) ; MS in good condition.
- Layout: 15-21 lines per page ; ruled.
- Ms. codex.
- Origin: According to colophon copied Thursday 11 Ṣafar 1138 by the author, Ibrāhīm ibn Murād ibn Ibrāhīm al-Rāʻī (fol. 38a).
- Title from title page (fol. 1a).
- Colophon: وقد وقع الفراغ من تأليفه وتحريره على يد الفقير الحقير المعترف بالعجز والتقصير ابراهيم بن مراد بن ابراهيم الراعي يوم الخميس الحادي عشر شهر صفر الخير سنة ثمانية وثلاثين وماية والف من هجرة من له العز والشرف سيدنا وسندنا وقدوتنا الى الله سبحانه وتعالى محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم في کل وقت وحين وعلى آله واصحابه نجوم الدين وعلى التابعين لهم باحسان الى يوم الدين امين
- Incipit: بسم الله ... الحمد لله الذي انعم على العالمين بميلاد نبيه
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) binding in brown leather and cream paper.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 92
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d8fe230b-acd2-4bf2-b101-5d082af585b7/manifest