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كتاب العقد الفريد في علو الاسانيد / تأليف احمد بن سليمان الخالدي الاروادي.
Kitāb al-ʻIqd al-farīd fī ʻuluw al-asānīd / taʼlīf Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān al-Khālidī al-Arwādī.
1857
A short essay on the importance of authenticity of the chain of transmission in traditions. The author cites the chain of transmitters according to the Naqshabandīyah, Khalwatīyah, Aḥmadīyah, Shādhilīyah and Akbarīyah schools and enumerates twenty-three schools in all. The essay concludes with the names of the Seven Sleepers and the magical value of each of their names.
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- Publisher
- 4 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1273 [July 26, 1857?]
- People
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- Author
- Arwādī, Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān, -approximately 1858
- اروادي، احمد بن سليمان، -approximately 1858
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 793H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A short essay on the importance of authenticity of the chain of transmission in traditions. The author cites the chain of transmitters according to the Naqshabandīyah, Khalwatīyah, Aḥmadīyah, Shādhilīyah and Akbarīyah schools and enumerates twenty-three schools in all. The essay concludes with the names of the Seven Sleepers and the magical value of each of their names.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- كتاب العقد الفريد في علو الاسانيد / تأليف احمد بن سليمان الخالدي الاروادي.
- Transliterated Title
- Kitāb al-ʻIqd al-farīd fī ʻuluw al-asānīd / taʼlīf Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān al-Khālidī al-Arwādī.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 793H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc9z903b12w
- Publisher
- 4 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1273 [July 26, 1857?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1857
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 12 leaves : paper ; 216 x 161 (170 x 95) mm bound to 216 x 165 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1473.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 2a).
- A few marginal notes. Ijāzah signed with seal impression by Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān al-Akbarī[?] al-Aḥmadī ... al-Khālidī (fol. 1a-1b).
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 12 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 21 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; overlining and other use of red ; MS in good condition.
- Origin: According to colophon copied Saturday 4 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1273 (fol. 12b).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين حمدا لواصل المنقطعين اليه برحمته ورافع علي السوي خدمة احاديث نبيه وشريعته ...
- Colophon: وقد وقع الفراغ من کتابة هذه النسخة عصر يوم السبت رابع يوم خلت من شهر ذي الحجة سنة 1273
- Binding Note
- Contemporaneous? type II (with flap) limp binding in red leather and blue paper with block-pressed design.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 35
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/a1662d0f-5879-42b2-8767-1f1212d8fb17/manifest