Item Summary

A commentary on the Īsāghūjī. The work is commonly known as al-Fawāʼid al-Fanārīyah.

Descriptive Information

Title
هذا كتاب فناري.
Transliterated Title
Hādhā Kitāb Fanārī.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 467H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc3j333c79s
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1804
Extent
26 leaves : paper ; 210 x 150 (143-155 x 65-80) mm bound to 210 x 150 mm.
Provenance
Seal impression of al-Sayyid Aḥmad Rifʻat (fol. 1a and 26b). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 809.
Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), I, p. 503.
Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, VI, pp. 61, 66.
Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 5237/8.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from heading (fol. 1b).
Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. Magical inscription (fol. 1a).
Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 26 + i ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 15 lines per page ; ruled, slanted ruling for marginal comments.
Description: Rubricated ; overlining in red ; watermarks (endpapers: three crescents; text: unidentified, possibly three hats?) ; MS in good condition; edges trimmed and where there are notes they are folded.
Origin: According to colophon copied 1219 (fol. 26b).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. حمدا لك اللهم على ما لخصت من منح عوارف الافاضل ... اما بعد فلما لم ينفعني التعلل بلعل وعسى عن افتراح لى في كل صباح ومساء
Colophon: ختمنا الله تعالى بالعقائد الحقة وزوال الباطلة وحشرنا في زمرة السعداء في اعلا [اعلى] العليين مع النبيين والمرسلين على يد العبد الضعيف النحيف المفتقر الى الملك اللطيف حرره الفقير الحقير المحتاج الى رحمة ربه الغني غفر الله ذنبوبه وستر عيوبه سنة 1219
Binding Note
Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in brown leather and blue embossed paper. Yellow paper pastedowns and flyleaves.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
64

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/84847035-5f85-4750-811b-1b7957a788d1/manifest