Details

Subject(s)

• Hadith—Commentaries—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. 771H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Autographs [Browse]
• Watermarks (Paper) [Browse]

Summary note

A short discussion of the saying commonly attributed to the Caliph ʻAlī that whosoever mortifies his flesh exalts his soul.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 4 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 20-21 lines per page.
• Description: A few vowel signs ; watermarks (anchor, countermark initials with trefoil) ; MS in fair condition.
• Origin: Probably from XVIIIth century.
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه ثقتى با الله التوفيق حمدا لمن نور ابصار بصائر العارفين باشراقات انواره
• Colophon: ... آمين والحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله سبحانه على نبيه محمد وآله وصحبه وسلم تسليما. علي

Binding note

Unbound.

Provenance

Ownership signature: ʻAbd al-Bārī Naṣr al-ʻAshmāwī al-Mālikī al-Rifāʻī (fol. 1a). al-Batanūnī.Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1404.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1340423151

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