Item Summary

A commentary on Shihāb al-akhbār fī al-ḥikam wa-al-amthāl wa-al-ādāb min al-aḥādīth al-nabawīyah, a compendium of wisdom sayings and sermonettes selected from traditions by Abū ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad al-Quḍāʻī. The ground work is also known as Jawāhir al-kalim al-sunnīyah wa-badāʼiʻ al-ḥikam al-nabawīyah.

Descriptive Information

Title
هذا الكتاب شرح شهاب القضاعي في الحديث العظيم.
Transliterated Title
Hādhā al-Kitāb Sharḥ Shihāb al-Quḍāʻī fī al-ḥadīth al-ʻaẓīm.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 707H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcd504rx301
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1308
Extent
68 leaves : paper ; 174 x 120 (150 x 105) mm. bound to 173 x 120 mm.
Provenance
Partially defaced ownership signatures dated 1188 and 1151 (fol. 1a). Seal impression on lower pastedown. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1415.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from later title page (fol. 1a).
A few marginal notes and glosses. Colophon followed by a badly faded inscription. Upper cover has markings including a star with "Allāh" written in the middle.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 68 + i ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 16 lines per page.
Description: Vowel signs ; MS in good condition, mended. First folio is defective.
Origin: According to colophon copied Sunday 5 Rabīʻ al-Akhirah 708 (fol. 68b).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ... جميع المحافل ينتمي مستعينا في تلفيق ذلك ...
Colophon: تم الکتاب بحمد الله ومنه وکرمه يوم الاحد خامس ربيع الاخره سنة ثمان وسبعمائة وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم تسليما کثيرًا
Binding Note
Later half-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and paper. Multi-colored endbands. Possibly a type II binding with missing flap.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
146

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5ae912d8-a02f-4e55-a0ab-53455fc6a580/manifest