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A translation from Persian of a treatise on mysticism, translated by Mehmet Hifzî in 1253 [1837 or 1838].
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- Publisher
- [1]257 [1841 or 1842]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1186H
- Language
- Ottoman Turkish
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Item Summary
A translation from Persian of a treatise on mysticism, translated by Mehmet Hifzî in 1253 [1837 or 1838].
Descriptive Information
- Title
- هداىة الطالبىن.
- Transliterated Title
- Hidayet ut-talibin.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1186H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcjq085x75j
- Publisher
- [1]257 [1841 or 1842]
- Language
- Ottoman Turkish
- Date Created
- 1841
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 64 leaves : paper ; 197 x 123 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900, from the books of Amīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).
- Source Acquisition
- Gift; Robert Garrett (Class of 1897), 1942.
- References
- Moghadam, M. et al. Garrett coll., 179.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from preface (fol. 2a).
- Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + 64 + ii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
- Description: Rubricated ; paper tinted red ; MS in good condition.
- Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold. Opening spread frame-ruled in gold and black (fol. 1b-2a).
- Origin: Copy compelted [1]257 (fol. 63b).
- Incipit: حمد نامتناهى او لذات الهى ىه اولسکونه ... اما بعد بو فقىر پر تقصىر جرم و عصىانده بى نظىر
- Binding Note
- Contemporaneous type II (with flap) binding in red leather and red embossed paper. Gold-tooled decorative edging. Purple paper pastedowns and flyleaves. Endbands.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 148
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/49f0ea1b-06a8-4589-8f52-6ec640aee499/manifest