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هذا منحة الصمد شرح ايها الولد / تأليف محمد.
Hādhā Minḥat al-ṣamad sharḥ Ayyuhā al-walad / taʼlīf Muḥammad.
1638
A commentary on Ayyuhā al-walad, the well-known treatise on ethics by al-Ghazzālī.
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- Publisher
- 17 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1047 [May 2, 1638]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1052H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A commentary on Ayyuhā al-walad, the well-known treatise on ethics by al-Ghazzālī.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- هذا منحة الصمد شرح ايها الولد / تأليف محمد.
- Transliterated Title
- Hādhā Minḥat al-ṣamad sharḥ Ayyuhā al-walad / taʼlīf Muḥammad.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1052H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc2801pt99f
- Publisher
- 17 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1047 [May 2, 1638]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1638
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 47 leaves : paper ; 221 x 156 (155 x 75) mm bound to 221 x 160 mm.
- Provenance
- Ownership signature: Muḥammad ʻĀrif dated 1230 with his seal impression, Muḥammad ʻĀrif ʻHilmī dated [1]240 (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 784.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 1a).
- Marginal notes and glosses.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 47 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 25 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; overlining in red ; vowel signs ; watermarks (grapes with a crown) ; MS in good condition.
- Origin: According to colophon copy completed 17 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1047 by the author (fol. 47b).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الذي علم الانسان ما لم يعلم ... وبعد فيقول العبد الفقير ... لما رأيت الرسالة المسماة ايها الولد ...
- Colophon: تم الکتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب في تاريخ سنة سبع واربعين بعد الالف سابع عشر من ذي الحجة من هجرة من له العز والشرف صلى الله عليه وسلم. وهذا خط المؤلف ومن الف فقد استهدف. غفر الله له ولوالديه ولاستاذيه. واحسن الى الجميع واليه امين والحمد لله رب العالمين
- Binding Note
- Later type II (with flap) binding in brown leather and paper.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 106
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e3480be4-a046-4133-8a56-88333a45096b/manifest