Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 552H

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DS ID:

DS29460

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 552H

Title:

Sahm al-ghayb fī ikhrāj al-ḍamīr bi-lā rayb / سهم الغيب في اخراج الضمير بلا ريب

Author:

Kawkabānī, Sharaf al-Dīn ibn Ṣalāḥ, active 17th century / كوكباني، شرف الدين بن صلاح

Sharaf al-Dīn ibn Ṣalāḥ Kawkabānī WIKIDATA

Date:

between 17--? and 18--?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 26 leaves, ill. : paper ; 212 x 152 (167 x 104) mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from beginning of text (fol. 1b, l. 24-25).
The name of the author appears at the beginning of the text as: "al-Sayyid Sharaf al-Dīn ibn Ṣalāḥ ibn al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ʻAlī ibn al-Imām Sharaf al-Dīn ibn Ṣalāḥ al-Kawkabānī baladan al-Zaydī madhhaban" (fol. 1b, l. 12-14).
The introduction (fol. 1b-2b) is written in 27 lines per page; table on fol. 3a; tables 5 x 4 on fol. 3b-5a; tables 1 x 13 on fol. 5b-25a. Fol. 25b-26b have been framed but left blank. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Frames in red ink. European glazed paper with watermark. Foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 26 ; 1-210 36 ; catchword on some leaves.
For a description of the content, see W. Ahlwardt. Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, no. 4237.
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900, from the books of Amīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Eighteenth century

New Jersey--Princeton

Divination--Religious aspects--Islam

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9947303373506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/faceb2ac-f61f-4b71-ba1a-1cd28d7a88e3/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University