Extent: 14 leaves : paper ; 175 x 132 (115 x 80) mm bound to 183 x 150 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from title page (fol. 1a). Immediately after the colophon is a prayer in nine verses of poetry. Six following folios contain an ode by ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī; a few verses of wisdom, three of which are by al-Afwah, a noted pre-Islamic poet; a genealogy of the author carried back to Adam; still another genealogy of the authorʼs maternal ancestry; three short poems on Ṣūfī love and three prayers in prose. Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + 14 + iii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Layout: 15 lines per page. Description: Rubricated ; verse separators in red ; some folios lightly tinted ; MS in fair condition; folios 1 and 4 are foxed and mended with gauze with some loss of legibility. Origin: According to colophon copied by Abū al-Fatḥ Muḥammad Ṣadaqah ibn ʻUmar ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-ʻĀdilī al-Shāfiʻī al-Qādirī (fol. 9a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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