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A collection of prayers and devotions for various occasions in daily life. The work is also known as Ḥilyat al-abrār wa-shiʻār al-akhyār.
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- Publisher
- [14th century?]
- People
-
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1101H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A collection of prayers and devotions for various occasions in daily life. The work is also known as Ḥilyat al-abrār wa-shiʻār al-akhyār.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- کتاب الاذکار.
- Transliterated Title
- Kitāb al-Adhkār.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1101H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dch415pp26x
- Publisher
- [14th century?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1300-1399
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 279 leaves : paper ; 179 x 125 (140 x 102) mm bound to 176 x 124 mm.
- Provenance
- Ownership signatures: Muḥammad .. al-ʻAjamī, Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ al-Dīn ibn Jamāl al-Dīn al-ʻAjamī (fol. 1a) other signatures on fol. 1b and 2a. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1949.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), I, p. 228, III, p. 109.
- Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, I, pp. 337, 406.
- Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 3694/5.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 2a).
- A few marginal notes and glosses. Long inscription on title page. Fawāʼid on fol. 277a-279b including one labeled "Qaṣīd Muḥsin li-Sayyidi [?] Abū al-Raḍī". Thirty-nine folios from the beginning were previously placed by Houtsma under a separate number, 1103H. It is clear, however, that they belong to the present number, 1101H.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 279 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 19 lines per page.
- Description: Partially rubricated ; written in different hands ; MS in fair condition.
- Origin: Probably from the XlVth century.
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم رب يسر ... الحمد لله الواحد النهار العزيز الغفار ... اما بعد فقد قال الله العظيم العزيز الحليم فاذكرونى اذكركم ...
- Colophon: الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلواته وسلامه الاکملان على سيدنا محمد خير خلقه اجمعين کلما ذکره الذاکرون وغفل عن ذکره الغافلون وعلى سائر النبيين وال کل وسائر الصالحين وحسبنا الله ونعم الوکيل ولا حول ولا قوة الا بالله العلي العظيم
- Binding Note
- Later type II (with flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla and blind-tooled edging on covers. Flap is missing.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 566
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/790a60ca-7496-4d20-964d-5cd0238d728e/manifest