A translation of Shaṭṭanūfī's biography of ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī and thirty-six other shaykhs belonging to his order.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from fol. 1b (other title supplied by the cataloger).
Copy completed on the 8th of R. 1268 (1852) -- colophon (fol. 131a).
17 lines per page. Written in a medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Cream wove paper.
Incipit: حمد بيحد وثناى لا يعد اول قادر قديم وصانع حكيم كه قلوب اولياءئ
Explicit: بو مقدار ايله اكتقا اولنوب كتابمز بو اراده ختم اولندى الحمد لله على الاتمام وعلى رسوله محمد افضل الصلوة والسلام
Binding note
Half leather with envelope flap. Green paper embossed in a foliage pattern on covers and the envelope flap. Red leather on spine, fore edge flap and around edges of covers. Pastedowns and lining to the envelope flap in light peach paper. Lining to the fore edge flap in green fabric.
Language note
In Ottoman Turkish.
Provenance
Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
Source acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
Other title(s)
Behçet ül-esrar
بهجة الاسرار
OCLC
173650960
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