Details

Subject(s)

• Death—Religious aspects—Islam—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. 941H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Stamps [Browse]

Summary note

A short treatise on the dead, answering the seven following questions: 1. Do the dead know of the visits of the living to their graves? 2. Are they aware of their own state? 3. Do they hear the voice of the living? 4. Where is the abode of the souls? 5. Do the souls meet? 6. Do they recognize one another? 7. Are martyrs and infants judged? Followed by a short fāʼidah on the number of souls in heaven and hell (fol. 7a).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 7 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 19 lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition.
• Origin: According to colophon copy completed Sunday 15 Rajab '35 (fol. 6b).
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم مسئلة هل يعلم الاموات بزيارة الاحياء ...
• Colophon: تمت الاجوبه في يوم الاحد خامس عشر رجب الفرد الحرام سنة خمس وثلاثين وصل الله على ... محمد ... وصلى وسلم

Binding note

Later half-bound type III (without flap) binding in brown leather and dark brown speckled paper. Brown paper pastedowns and flyleaves.

Provenance

Seal impression (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1522.
• Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), V, p. 336.
• Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 2672.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1340420285

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