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A comprehensive work on religious subjects discussing Ṣūfism, ceremonial cleanliness, prayer, alms, pilgrimage, the excellences of the caliph ʻAlī, the Prophet, the orthodox caliphs, the excellences of Makkah and al-Madīnah, the miracles of some of the pious Muslims and finally a chapter on the mercy of God and His forgiveness.
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- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1044H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A comprehensive work on religious subjects discussing Ṣūfism, ceremonial cleanliness, prayer, alms, pilgrimage, the excellences of the caliph ʻAlī, the Prophet, the orthodox caliphs, the excellences of Makkah and al-Madīnah, the miracles of some of the pious Muslims and finally a chapter on the mercy of God and His forgiveness.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- مفيد العباد لطرق الرشاد.
- Transliterated Title
- Mufīd al-ʻibād li-ṭuruq al-rashād.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1044H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc3j333d917
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1500-1899
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 256 leaves : paper ; 269 x 197 (170 x 120) mm bound to 269 x 206 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1600.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from introduction (fol. 1b).
- A few marginal notes and glosses. Inscriptions on upper pastedown and folio 256b. The opening to Manhaj al-ṣawāb fī qubḥ istiktāb ahl al-kitāb by Ibn al-Durayhim written along the bottom of folios 2a-3a.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 256 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 28 lines per page.
- Description: Headings in red or blue ; quotations from poems in red ; some vowel signs ; watermarks (unidentified mark with roman-alphabet letters "DA") ; MS in good condition.
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ... على كل حال والصلاة والسلام على سيدنا محمد ... اما بعد فهذا تأليف سعيد مبارك مفيد سميته مفيد العباد لطرق الرشاد ...
- Colophon: وغير ذلك من تفانيد والمحفوظات من امثال وحکم وقصائد تندرج في هذا الشأن ويتم به الطلاع [الاطلاع] على مقام ارباب الحقائق والعرفان حشرنا الله في زمرتهم واماتنا على محبتهم ونفعنا ببرکاتهم امين
- Binding Note
- Later? type II (with flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants in red leather attached to covers and blind-tooled edging. Similar decoration on flap.
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Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 523
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/8cd545bc-1c2c-469e-8773-02f4fd5238fb/manifest