Item Summary

Collection of three works by Ibn al-Mibrad, a list of his works, and selections of poetry by other authors.

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب معجم ... [الخ.]
Transliterated Title
Kitāb Muʻjam ... [etc.]
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 273H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/j098zk34v
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1460-1667
Extent
85 leaves : paper ; 187 x 137 (155 x 120) mm bound to 189 x 139 mm.
Provenance
Ownership signatures: Muḥammad Hibbat Allāh .., and Ibrāhīm ibn Sulaymān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz al-Ḥanafī dated 1078 (fol. 2a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 760.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. fol. 2a-46a: Kitāb Muʻjam / li-Mawlānā Yūsuf ibn ʻAbd al-Hādī. A geographical dictionary. First folio is damaged with some loss of text.
2. fol. 47a-58a: Kutub kātib Yūsuf ibn ʻAbd al-Hādī. An alphabetical listing of the author's works.
3. fol. 59a-66b: [Poetry] Selections of poetry by various authors.
4. fol. 67a-77a: Kitāb Laqaṭ al-fawāyid wa-nutaf al-farāyid / li-Yūsuf ibn ʻAbd al-Hādī. On rare events and traditions.
5. fol. 79a-83a: Kitāb al-Mukhtārah min aḥādīth masānīd Abī Ḥanīfah / li-Yūsuf ibn ʻAbd al-Hādī. On traditions narrated by Abū Ḥanīfah.
6. fol. 84b: [Poetry] 5 lines of verse.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page of the first work (fol. 2a).
Marginal notes. Biographical note on fol. 2a. Title also on lower edge of text block.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 85 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 20-24 lines per page.
Description: Lacking most iʻjām diacritical marks ; watermarks (later flyleaves only: [crown]-star-crescent) ; MS in fair condition; first folio mended.
Incipit: [كتاب معجم] واله وصحبه وسلم ... هذه کثيرة في ذکر البلاد -- [كتاب لقط الفرايد] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وهو حسن احمده جماعه من شيوخنا -- [كتاب المختاره من احاديث] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وهو حسن احمده ابو اسحق الحنفى وغيره ان ابو المعالى النعمانى
Ending: [كتاب معجم] ينبع قرية على حافة اليمن بطريق المدينة منها ابو عبد الله الينبعي له صحبه ورواية له عصرى شي من حديثها. اليمن -- [كتاب المختاره من احاديث] وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم
Binding Note
Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in brown leather and marbled paper.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
174

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
Holding location
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IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1203214f-6436-4ac5-b68f-4c9f27d7e445/manifest