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كتاب البرهان في علامات مهدي آخر الزمان / تأليف علي الشهير بالمتقي.
Kitāb al-Burhān fī ʻalāmāt Mahdī ākhir al-zamān / taʼlīf ʻAlī al-shahīr bi-al-Muttaqī.
1602
An account of the Mahdī and his coming at the end of the time. This work is a revision of al-ʻIrq al-wardī fī akhbār al-Mahdī by Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī, together with the addition of some traditions from al-Suyūṭīʼs collection of traditions entitled Jamʻ al-jawāmiʻ.
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- Publisher
- 14 Muḥarram 1011 [July 4, 1602]
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1005H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
An account of the Mahdī and his coming at the end of the time. This work is a revision of al-ʻIrq al-wardī fī akhbār al-Mahdī by Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī, together with the addition of some traditions from al-Suyūṭīʼs collection of traditions entitled Jamʻ al-jawāmiʻ.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- كتاب البرهان في علامات مهدي آخر الزمان / تأليف علي الشهير بالمتقي.
- Transliterated Title
- Kitāb al-Burhān fī ʻalāmāt Mahdī ākhir al-zamān / taʼlīf ʻAlī al-shahīr bi-al-Muttaqī.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1005H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcpz50h770b
- Publisher
- 14 Muḥarram 1011 [July 4, 1602]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1602
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 43 leaves : paper ; 203 x 150 (135 x 94) mm bound to 200 x 147 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1524.
- A catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 1031².
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 1a).
- Title also appears on lower edge of text block and label on upper cover. Kabīkaj (invocation against bookworms) on cover label. Inscriptions on title page.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 43 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 21 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (anchor) ; MS in good condition, worm-eaten and mended.
- Origin: According to colophon copy completed Thursday 14 Muḥarram 1011 (fol. 42b).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اللهم ارنا الحق حقا ... اما بعد فيقول اضعف عباد الله علي بن حسام الدين الشهير بالمتقي لما رأيت کتاب العرق الوردي في اخبار المهدي ...
- Colophon: وافق فراغه في يوم الخميس المبارك رابع عشر شهر محرم الحرام افتتاح سنة 100011 [1011] ختمها الله بالخير والحمد لله رب العالمين
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) limp binding in brown leather with red leather spine. Blind-stamped mandorla and cornerpieces with blind-tooled frame.
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Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 94
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
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