Item Summary

Collection of Bektashi texts.

Descriptive Information

Title
هذا کتاب حضرت امام جعفر الصادق علىه السلام.
Transliterated Title
Hâzâ Kitab-ı Hazret-i Imam-ı Cafer as-Sadık aleyhüsselam ... [etc.].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 2043
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/ng451m13n
Publisher
[between 1800 and 1850]
Language
Ottoman Turkish
Date Created
1800-1850
Format
Manuscript
Extent
32 leaves : paper ; 221 x 142 (158 x 89) mm bound to 221 x 144 mm
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Contents
1. fol. 2b-10b: Hâzâ Kitab-ı Hazret-i Imam-ı Cafer as-Sadık aleyhüsselam. Short treatise on the principles of Sufism attributed to Jaʻfar al-Ṣādiq; published as Fakrname.
2. fol. 11a-12a: [Prayer].
3. fol. 12a-17a: Dua-yı tarikatçı.
4. fol. 17a-21a: Çiraǧ uyandıre çok kimsine beyanındadır.
5. fol. 21a-28b: [Prayers and invocations].
6. fol. 28b-30b: [Poem].
Notes
Ms. codex.
Collective title from text 1, fol. 2b.
Physical description: 17 lines per page; written in naskh in black on glazed, laid European paper. Text framed in red. Rubrication and catchwords. Some damp staining; a few leaves are detached. In good condition.
Incipit (text 1): الحمد لله رب العالمىن خلق السموات و الارض لا اله الا هو الحى الذى لىس کمثله شىء
Binding Note
Three-quarter leather with embossed green paper covers; green paper doublures.

Discovery Information

Subject
Bektashi
Sufism—Doctrines
Sufism—Prayers and devotions
Sufi poetry, Turkish
Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
35

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/356bf1d3-b8b7-4c27-8334-e2e6483828c1/manifest