Item Summary

A rearrangement of Mabāriq al-azʹhār, a commentary by Ibn al-Malak on Mashāriq al-anwār.

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب محول.
Transliterated Title
Kitāb Muḥawwal.
Call Number
Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 721Hq
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dccv43p873t
Publisher
996 [1587 or 1588]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1587
Format
Manuscript
Extent
320 leaves : paper ; 290 x 177 (210 x 94) mm bound to 288 x 175 mm.
Provenance
Ownership signature: Muḥammad Afandī al-Ḥ?īr (fol. 320b). Seal impression on slip attached to f. 1a. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1397.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from caption (fol. 1b).
A few marginal notes and glosses. Inscription dated 1909 (fol. [i]b).
Collation: Paper ; fol. 320 + i + (2) ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 29 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks? ; MS in good condition.
Decoration: The first page is decorated with two medallions of gold, red and black (fol. 1b). Opening spread frame-ruled in red (fol. 1b-2a).
Origin: According to colophon copy completed 996 (fol. 320b).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الذى له ما فى السموات وما فى الارض ... وبعد فيقول اضعف العباد على بن حسن ...
Colophon: بكمال العلم والمرام لذى؟ النظر فيه والاستعادة منه واسكنه فى دار السلام تم سنه 996
Binding Note
Later type III (without flap) binding in red leather with brown leather spine. Blind-stamped design with pendants and blind-tooled edging on covers. Green paper pastedowns. Multi-colored endbands. The red leather cover boards are likely replacements.

Discovery Information

Subject
Ṣaghānī, al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad 1181-1252—Mashāriq al-anwār al-nabawīyah
صغاني، الحسن بن محمد، 1181-1252—مشارق الانوار النبوية
Hadith—Texts—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
illuminated manuscripts
Blind tooled bindings
Headbands
Autographs
Stamps
Watermarks

Physical Characteristics

File Count
650

Institutional Information

Collection
Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
Holding location
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IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e53f8866-92fb-40c1-919c-5e4c8fb6afbe/manifest