Details

Subject(s)

• Hadith—Texts—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 767H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Watermarks (Paper) [Browse]
• Embossed papers (Paper) [Browse]

Related work(s)

• Zarkashī, Muḥammad ibn Bahādur, 1344 or 1345-1392. Tadhkirah fī al-aḥādīth al-mushtahirah. [Browse]
• زركشي، محمد بن بهادر، 1344 or 1345-1392. تذكرة في الاحاديث المشتهرة. [Browse]

Summary note

A work on traditions arranged alphabetically. It is an abridgment of a work by Badr al-Dīn al-Zarkashi.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• A few marginal notes and glosses. Title page carries a few lines of poetry. Title also on upper cover.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 21 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 25 lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (anchor?, final leaf has crown, cartouche and grapes) ; MS in fair condition, mended.
• Origin: Probably from the XVIIIth century.
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين ... الحمد لله تعظيا لشأنه والصلاة والسلام على سيدنا محمد واله ... وبعد فان من المهم بيان حال الاحاديث ...
• Colophon: انتهى والله اعلم بالصواب واليه المرجع والمآب. تمت بحمد الله وعونه

Binding note

Later type II (with flap) binding in red leather and aqua embossed paper.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1395.
• Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), III, p. 219.
• Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, I, pp. 340/1.
• Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 1401-4.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1340422054

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