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Subject(s)

• Muḥammad Prophet -632—Poetry—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd 1213?-1296?—Burdah [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Scribe

• Nūsī, Ṣāliḥ [Browse]

Related name

• نوسي، صالح [Browse]
• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 46H [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Poetry [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Autographs [Browse]

Summary note

A commentary on the famous Burdah Ode of al-Būṣīrī in praise of the Prophet.

Notes

• Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 62 + ii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Description: Text in red and commentary in black ; MS in fair condition, worm-eaten.
• Layout: 23 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
• Marginal notes and glosses. On the title page is a quotation from Sharḥ al-Arbaʻīn (traditions) by al-Shabrākhīti (1106 H) quoting the Prophet on the value of imparting one's knowledge to others.
• Ms. codex.
• Origin: According to colophon copied Wednesday 6 Ṣafar 1057 by Ṣāliḥ al-Nūsī al-Shāfiʻī (fol. 62b).
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• Colophon: ووافق الفراغ من کتابة هذه النسخة يوم الاربعاء سادس صفرالخير سنة سبع وخمسين بعد تمام الالف على يد کاتبه صالح النوسي الشافعي الازهري عفا الله تعالى عنه وعن والديه ولمن قرأ فيه ودعا لهم بالمغفرة والحمد لله رب العالمين تم
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين. الحمد لله الذي شرح بمدح نبينا محمد

Binding note

Later half-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and dark brown spotted paper.

Provenance

• Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
• Ownership signature: Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Ath (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

References

• Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 7793.
• Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 68.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1286080677

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