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هذا الديوان روضة العرفان ونزهة الانسان.
Hādhā al-Dīwān Rawḍat al-ʻirfān wa-nuzʹhat al-insān.
1600-1699
A collection of original poems of eulogy, especially of the Prophet, satire and elegy arranged in alphabetical order of their rhyme, from alif to qāf.
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Manuscripts of the Islamic World
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Metadata
- Publisher
- [16--?]
- People
-
- Author
- Abū al-Mawāhib, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, -1627 or 1628
- ابو المواهب، محمد بن محمد، -1627 or 1628
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 72H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A collection of original poems of eulogy, especially of the Prophet, satire and elegy arranged in alphabetical order of their rhyme, from alif to qāf.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- هذا الديوان روضة العرفان ونزهة الانسان.
- Transliterated Title
- Hādhā al-Dīwān Rawḍat al-ʻirfān wa-nuzʹhat al-insān.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 72H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/tt44px43j
- Publisher
- [16--?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1600-1699
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 127 leaves : paper ; 231 x 145 (185 x 95) mm. bound to 228 x 158 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 114.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 127 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold with floral drawing and a gilt roundel on fol. 1b. Fol. 2a frame-ruled in gold.
- Description: Readings in red ; MS in poor condition, worm-eaten and foxed, loose folios and binding. MS is extremely rare.
- Layout: 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
- Ms. codex.
- Though full name of author does not appear in MS, study of persons mentioned reveals that he lived in eleventh Muslim century; and in eulogizing the Prophet he designates himself as Abū al-Mawāhib ibn Ṣiddīq. Probably this copy was made during lifetime of author.
- Title from heading (fol. 2b).
- Colophon: وهذا ما انتها [انتهى] الينا من هذا الديوان بحمد الله وعونه ولاحول ولاقوة الا بالله العلي العظيم وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه وسلم تسليما کثيرًا والحمد لله رب العالمين نفعنا الله تعالى بمولفه وحشرنا معه ولمن قرأ فيه ولمن دعا لکاتبه بالمغفرة امين والحمد لله وحده
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. الحمد لله الذي جعل من البيان سحرا حلالا
- Binding Note
- Type II (with flap) binding in brown leather with repaired spine and replaced flap in red leather. Doubures of red leather. Blind-stamped with central mandorla outlined in gold, gold-tooled frame, and simple tooled edging.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 265
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/aaf4b76c-6163-4ca5-9bdd-7dc1c5768508/manifest