Item Summary

A treatise on the dhikr of Godʼs name based on traditions.

Descriptive Information

Title
قرة عين الشهود والاحکام في حديث خير الانام.
Transliterated Title
Qurrat ʻayn al-shuhūd wa-al-aḥkām fī ḥadīth khayr al-anām.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1047H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcg445cr80t
Publisher
[19th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1800-1899
Format
Manuscript
Extent
12 leaves : paper ; 209 x 159 (155 x 105) mm bound to 208 x 162 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1602.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. [i]a).
Marginal notes and glosses. Followed by a poem in honor of Janāb al-Shaykh Ḥasan al-Ṭabbākh (fol. 12a).
Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + 12 + vi ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 23 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition.
Decoration: Illuminated headpieces in gold, red and black. Frame-ruling in gold and black on opening spread (fol. [ii]b-1a).
Origin: Probably from the XlXth century.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الذي تفرد بالوحدانية ولا شريك له في الملك ... اما بعد فان افضل الکلام کلام الله تبارك وتعالى وخير الهدى هدى محمد ابن عبد الله ...
Colophon: تمت بعون الله تعالى
Binding Note
Contemporaneous type II (with flap) binding in red leather and tan paper.

Discovery Information

Subject
Sufism
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
headpieces (layout features)
illuminated manuscripts

Physical Characteristics

File Count
52

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f52a5aaf-8eea-434a-b7b8-0fb5f055a7fe/manifest