Item Summary

A commentary on Asmāʼ Allāh al-ḥusná, an ode on the beautiful names of God by Shiḥādhah ibn ʻAlī al-ʻIrāqī.

Descriptive Information

Title
مزيل العنى في شرح اسماء الله الحسنى
Transliterated Title
Muzīl al-ʻaná fī sharḥ Asmāʼ Allāh al-ḥusná
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 310L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcq524k209k
Publisher
25 Jumādá al-Awwal 1072 [January 16, 1662]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1662
Format
Manuscript
Extent
12 leaves : paper ; 195 x 140 (135 x 90-95) mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1308.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from preface (fol. 1a).
Alphabet square (fol. 7a).
Collation: Paper ; fol. 12 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 21 lines per page.
Description: Text in red and commentary in black ; watermarks (three crescents) ; MS in fair condition; rare.
Origin: According to colophon copy completed Monday 25 Jumādá al-Awwal 1072 (fol. 12b).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قال الشيخ الامام العالم ... احمد بن حاجي الفشني ... الحمد لله حمدًا کثيرا الصلاة والسلام علي من ارسل للعالمين بشيرا وتدبرا ... وبعد قان بعض اخوان سالني ان اعمل تعليقا علي اسما الله الحسني المنظومة ... شحاذه بن علي العراقي ...
Colophon: تحريرا في يوم الاثنين خامس عشرين شهر جمادى الاول سنة اثنين وسبعين والف م
Binding Note
Unbound.

Discovery Information

Subject
ʻIrāqī, Shiḥādhah ibn ʻAlī—Asmāʼ Allāh al-ḥusná
God (Islam)—Name—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Watermarks
magic squares

Physical Characteristics

File Count
28

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/c76ea779-6907-4ca1-a9aa-2ddb47d2ed89/manifest