Item Summary

Biography of Muḥammad ibn Sālim al-Ḥifnī (or Ḥifnāwī, d. 1181/1767), a khalwatī shaykh, initiated by the witnessing of wonderous deeds in Cairo in 1164 H. [1750 or 51] (see fol. 3b), in three chapters (bāb). See table of contents in preamble of text, fol. 4b.

Descriptive Information

Title
منتهى العبارات في بعض ما لشيخي من المناقب والكرامات
Transliterated Title
Muntahá al-ʻibārāt fī baʻḍ mā li-shaykhī min al-manāqib wa-al-karāmāt.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 4992Y
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc6h4414500
Publisher
[1850]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1850
Format
Manuscript
Extent
178 leaves: paper ; 225 x 160 (152 x 90) mm. bound to 223 x 170 mm.
Provenance
Bought by Muḥammad Amīn al-ʻAbbāsī al-Mahdī al-Ḥifnī al-Ḥanafī Ibn Muḥammad al-ʻAbbāsī al-Mahdī al-Ḥifnī al-Ḥanafī ... for 37 riyāl (statement dated 22 Muḥarram 1319 [May 11, 1901] on fol. 2a). Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Mach, R. Yahuda, 4720
Brockelmann, C. GAL, SII, 539/5
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from preamble of text (fol. 4a-b). The name of the author does not appear in this copy.
Physical description: 15 lines per page. Written in medium large naskh in black ink with use of red. European paper with watermark. On fol. 2a: Note presenting the work by Muḥammad Amīn al-ʻAbbāsī al-Mahdī (al-Hadī?) al-Ḥifnī al-Ḥanafī Ibn Muḥammad al-ʻAbbāsī al-Mahdī (al-Hadī?) al-Ḥifnī al-Ḥanafī ... ; kabīkaj. Fol. 177b-178b: Blank. Title on fore-edge flap of slipcase.
Collation: Paper, fol. 178 ; 1-17¹⁰ 18⁸ ; catchword on the verso of each leaf ; the quires are numbered using Arabic numerals in the form "K 18" (see fol. 171a).
Inscription in Arabic and Western numerals on a handmade label pasted on the upper cover: "3". Inscription in Roman script in pencil on fol. 1a: "AM 16693" (crossed out). Inscription in Arabic and Western numerals on a handmade label on the slipcase: "3/16". Inscritption in Arabic numerals on a label pasted on the fore-edge flap of the slipcase: "80".
Origin: According to colophon, copy completed on Tuesday 11 Jumādá [ā]khar 1266 [April 24, 1850] by Ḥusayn Muḥammad al-MLwānī (fol. 177a).
Incipit: حمدا لمن خص من شا من عباده بمناقب العرفان وحلى جيد فضلهم بحلية الكمال فى كل آن ... [3أ] ... وبعد فهذا مجموع بديع جمعه رفيع صنعه رقيق طبعه
Explicit: ذكره المشهور فحررت احرف هذه السطور لا برح للعفاة منهلا يطفى وهج الاورام ويورد صافى الموارد للوراد في البداء والختام وافضل الصلاة وازكى السلام على اشرف الانام ما ناح فى ايك حمام واله وصحبه الكرام وكل تابع لهم على الدوام
Binding Note
Red leather over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers, fore-edge flap and envelope flap. Deep sunk blind-stamped panel on covers and flap. Yellow paper pastedowns ; red leather doublure for fore-edge flap. Slipcase in the same red leather, blind-tooled.

Discovery Information

Subject
Ḥifnī, Muḥammad ibn Sālim—Biography
حفني، محمد بن سالم
Khalwatīyah—Egypt—18th century
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Slipcases—Islamic empire

Physical Characteristics

File Count
363

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3f3937a7-72df-4fd2-a9fe-bb3c29c9f078/manifest