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كتاب الكنز المقصود في الصلاه والسلام على صاحب المقام المحمود والحوض المورود.
Kitāb al-Kanz al-maqṣūd fī al-ṣalāh wa-al-salām ʻalá ṣāḥib al-maqām al-maḥmūd wa-al-ḥawḍ al-mawrūd.
1678
A treatise in praise of the Prophet and on the excellences of prayer for him. The work is also known as al-Yāqūt wa-al-jawhar fī ḥadīth ṣāḥib al-ḥawḍ wa-al-kawthar.
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- Publisher
- 18 Muḥarram 1089 [March 12, 1678]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1120H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A treatise in praise of the Prophet and on the excellences of prayer for him. The work is also known as al-Yāqūt wa-al-jawhar fī ḥadīth ṣāḥib al-ḥawḍ wa-al-kawthar.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- كتاب الكنز المقصود في الصلاه والسلام على صاحب المقام المحمود والحوض المورود.
- Transliterated Title
- Kitāb al-Kanz al-maqṣūd fī al-ṣalāh wa-al-salām ʻalá ṣāḥib al-maqām al-maḥmūd wa-al-ḥawḍ al-mawrūd.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1120H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dct722hn51t
- Publisher
- 18 Muḥarram 1089 [March 12, 1678]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1678
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 176 leaves : paper ; 210 x 150 (150-160 x 105) mm bound to 209 x 152 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1967.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 1a).
- Extensive marginal notes and glosses. Notes/short extracts on title page, upper and lower pastedowns and on folios 175b-176b.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 176 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 26-31 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (star, other unidentified marks) ; MS in good condition.
- Origin: According to colophon copy completed 18 Muḥarram 1089 by the author (fol. 174b).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين ... الحمد لله الذي سهل لعباده المتقين ... اما بعد فان الله تعالى لما بعث[؟] سيدنا محمدا صل الله علي[ه] وسلم وشرف وكرم ...
- Colophon: نجز الکتاب بعون الملك الوهاب على يد جامعه العبد الضعيف الراجي رحمة ربه القوي نصري بن احمد الحصري الحسيني البکري الشافعي الاشعري غفرالله ذنوبه وملأ من فيض الرحمة ذنوبه وغفر له ولوالديه ولا خوانه من المسلمين وذلك نهارالسبت المبارك ثامن عشر محرم الحرام افتتاح سنة تسع وثمانين والف احسن الله ابتداءها وختمها على المسلمين والحمد لله اولا واخرا وظاهرا وباطنا سبحان ربك رب العزة عما يصفون وسلام على المرسلين والحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله وسلم على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه اجمعين والحمد لله رب العالمين. تم
- Binding Note
- Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and red paper with black and yellow spots.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 360
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/69f52802-4519-44f2-8cea-2fedaa22f1a2/manifest