Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 214H.

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DS ID:

DS2246

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 214H.

Title:

Safīnat al-najāh muḥtawiyah ʻalá biḍāʻah muzjāh min al-fawāyid al-muntaqāh.

Date:

18 Rajab 1182 November 28, 1768

twelfth century (dates CE) AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 110 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 197 x 131 (185 x 115) mm. bound to 191 x 142 mm.

Note:

Collation: Paper ; fol. 110 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Description: Watermarks (crescent?) ; MS in good condition.
Layout: 17-32 lines per page ; text runs in different directions.
Ms. codex.
Origin: According to colophon copied 18 Rajab 1182 (fol. 110b).
Text runs in multiple directions within a folio making later additions difficult to identify. MS has numerous family tree diagrams and several inserts. Many entries are dated. Unique. Among the many inscriptions and entries on fol. 1a-2b are a statement that the MS was among the possessions of the author on 2 Rajab 1181.
Title from text (fol. 2b).
Autograph and seal impression of Muḥammad Murtaḍá al-Ḥusaynī. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Keyword:

Autographs

Early works

diagrams

Stamps

Biographies

Watermarks

Manuscripts, Arabic

Arabic literature

Muslims--Biography

New Jersey--Princeton

Muslims

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/99116507213506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3f34e914-009b-4b8d-97ca-b78a407feb35/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University