Qaṣāʼid barakah. - Princeton University. Library (1740)
Contains three texts in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish: a panegyric in praise of Muhammad, a liturgical text and a set of prayers.
3. fol. 58b-66a: [Sufi prayers]. A Naqshabandi Sufi prayer followed by a Turkish explication on the text of the prayer. Text followed by six pages of text containing two prayers in two different hands. Colophon from fol. 63a.
Ms. codex.
Edge title.
Marginal and interlinear notes in Arabic and Turkish.
Layout: 10-11 lines per page.
Description: Paper is slightly discolored. Insignificant worm damage. Some minor repairs to margins. Endpapers dyed yellow. Some sheets bear part of a watermark which appears to be crest or shield topped by fleurs-de-lis. Fol. 33b-35a, 57b-58a, 66b-87b blank.
Decoration: Illuminated ʻunwān in gold, blue, and red; text area bordered in ruled gilt frame. Sentences terminated in gold discs. Text sections divided by gold bands. Last two pages of Sufi prayers have gold flecked ink.
Keywords: Muḥammad, -- Prophet, -- -632 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.; Sufism -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800.; Mysticism -- Islam -- Early works to 1800.; Naqshabandīyah -- Early works to 1800.; Manuscripts, Arabic -- New Jersey -- Princeton; Manuscripts, Turkish -- New Jersey -- Princeton; Poetry; headpieces (layout features); illuminated manuscripts; Headbands; Watermarks