اعلام الهدى وعقيدة ارباب التقى. كتاب منظومة الزواجر عن اقتراف الكبائر للشيخ ... نور الدين احمد بن حجر الهيثمي الشافعي

Iʻlām al-hudá wa-ʻaqīdat arbāb al-tuqá. Kitāb Manẓūmat al-Zawājir ʻan iqtirāf al-kabāʼir lil-Shaykh ... Nūr al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Ḥajar al-Haythamī al-Shāfiʻī.

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
Caucasus, [1851-1853]
Description
i, 64, iii leaves : paper ; 205 x 130 mm. bound to 215 x 135 mm.

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    Summary note
    Collection comprising three parts: 1) a short treatise reminding the articles of faith by ʻUmar ibn Muḥammad al-Suhrawardī, in ten chapters (faṣl) ; 2) several short excerpts in Ottoman Turkish, on the affirmative and negative attributes of God (excerpts from Sharḥ al-Birkawī [Birgivî] and Marifetname), on evil traits of character, such as envy and pride (from Marifetname), a text on the awliyāʼ Allāh, mentioning Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (from Marifetname), and a short text in Arabic ; 3) a versification of al-Zawājir ʻan iqtirāf al-kabāʼir. The first and last texts are copied for Daniyāl Sulṭān.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from preamble of Text 1 (fol. 2b, l. 10-11) and title page of Text 2 (fol. 40a).
    • Physical description: The first and last parts of the collection (fol. 1-30 and 40-64) present similar caracteristics. The second part (fol. 31-39) is apparently a later addition, consisting of a double folio in yellow paper and a quire consisting of two green leaves and three cream leaves, with an embossed seal in Cyrillic on fol. 34.
    • Fol. 1b-29a (Text 1) written in medium large taʻlīq, in black ink, with use of red and green for overlining, and text-stops, with 12 lines per page (120 x 75 mm.). Some headings and words are written on a red or green ground. Interlinear and marginal annotations.
    • Fol. 31b-37a written in small naskh with elements of taʻlīq in black ink with use of red. Number of lines per page varies.
    • Fol. 40a-63a (Text 2) written in medium large taʻlīq, in black ink with red text-stops, with 11 lines per page (140 x 70 mm.). Headings in green with vocalization in red. The text is framed within two green lines. Interlinear and marginal annotations.
    • A few paper slips with ḥāshiyah or short excerpts of texts are placed between the original leaves.
    • Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Taṣawwuf tā 110". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "836/2 Ḥāʼ".
    • Origin: Text 1 copied (?, tadhkirah) by Khālid al-Karāṭī for his brother in God ... Dāniyāl Sulṭān in 1268 H. [1851 or 2] (colophon, fol. 29b). Text 2 copied for the same Dāniyāl ("al-Amīr al-karīm al-muhājir Dāniyāl") by Ghāzī Muḥammad al-BJDī, in Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1269 [Aug.-Sept. 1853] (see title page, fol. 40a and colophon, fol. 63a).
    • Patronage : Copied for Dāniyāl Sulṭān.
    Binding note
    Brown leather over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers. The covers are similarly tooled, with a central gold-stamped and orange painted mandorla with two pendants on the vertical axis. The mandorla and pendants are outlined in gold with radiating flecks. The outer border consists of a gilt guilloche outlined by a fillet on each side. Paper pastedowns. Crudely rebacked.
    Contents
    • 1. fol. 1a-29b : Iʻlām al-hudá wa-ʻaqīdat arbāb al-tuqá / [ʻUmar ibn Muḥammad al-Suhrawardī].
    • Mach, R. Yahuda, no. 2279.
    • 2. fol. 31b-37a : [Short excerpts in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic].
    • 3. 40a-63a : Kitāb Manẓūmat al-Zawājir ʻan iqtirāf al-kabāʼir lil-Shaykh ... Nūr al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Ḥajar al-Haythamī al-Shāfiʻī / lil-Shaykh ... Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Qārūrī min awlād Nūḥ.
    • Mach, R. Yahuda, no. 2013.
    Provenance
    From the books of the entourage of Imām Shamīl. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
    Source acquisition
    Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
    References
    Mach, R. Yahuda, 2013, 2279
    Other format(s)
    • Microfilm negative available for reproduction.
    • Also available in an electronic version.
    OCLC
    159955054
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