Item Summary

A short treatise on the etiquette of reclining against a cushion derived from, and supported by, traditions which relate to the custom and practice of the Prophet in that respect.

Descriptive Information

Title
ما رواه الساده في الاتكاء على الوساده / تأليف ابي الفضل جلال الدين عبد الرحمن ابن كمال الدين السيوطي الشافعي.
Transliterated Title
Mā rawāhu al-sādah fī al-ittikāʼ ʻalá al-wisādah / taʼlīf Abī al-Faḍl Jalāl al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Kamāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī al-Shāfiʻī.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 766H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcbc386w27z
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1700-1799
Extent
9 leaves : paper ; 205 x 150 (130-145 x 95-110) mm bound to 205 x 156 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1424.
Die arabischen, persischen und türkischen handschriften der Kaiserlich-königlichen hofbibliothik zu Wien, 1640⁶.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
A few marginal notes. Title page contains two extracts, one from Suyūṭī's Muntahá, the other from Abū Hurayrah. On back of the colophon is a note about the making of this copy.
Collation: Paper ; i + 9 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 17 lines per page.
Description: Headings in green and red ; vowel signs ; watermarks (anchor) ; MS in good condition.
Origin: Probably from XVIIIth century. Rare.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ... الحمد لله وسلام على عباده الدين اصطغي قال الترمذي في الشمائل ...
Colophon: وليکن هذا آخر ما انتقيناه وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه وسلم. والحمد لله وحده
Binding Note
Later type II (with flap) binding in brown leather and yellow marbled paper.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
31

Institutional Information

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

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3b6f4b68-01c8-4e4d-b1d1-2f3306e5589f/manifest