Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 1166H

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DS ID:

DS29318

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 1166H

Title:

al-Akhbār wa-al-anbāʼ bi-shaʻār dhawī al-qurbá ... [etc / الاخبار والانبا بشعار ذوي القربى ... الخ

Date:

1750-1799?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 184 leaves : paper ; 155 x 107 (125 x 72) mm bound to 155 x 114 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
A collection containing a number of prayers and works on Islamic topics.
Title from introduction of first work (fol. 1b).
Obscured text and partial list of contents of the volume (f. 1a). Magic square using the letters of Allāh (f. 180b).
Collation: Paper ; fol. 184 ; catchwords ; pagination in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals on first 21 folios ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 13 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; use of red for sentence divisions ; fol. 90a has later sheet with replacement text pasted over it ; watermarks (three crescents) ; MS in good condition.
Origin: Probably from latter half of the XVIIIth century. Written in a single hand.
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.

Keyword:

Watermarks

magic squares

Blind tooled bindings

Headbands

Sufism

Early works

Basmalah

Manuscripts, Arabic

New Jersey--Princeton

Muslim scholars

Islam

Prayers and devotions

Families--Religious aspects--Islam

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963584033506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/645c1136-0380-475f-b750-c436819f31f4/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University