Details

Subject(s)

• Mahdi—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. 1005H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Blind tooled bindings [Browse]
• Watermarks (Paper) [Browse]

Summary note

An account of the Mahdī and his coming at the end of the time. This work is a revision of al-ʻIrq al-wardī fī akhbār al-Mahdī by Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī, together with the addition of some traditions from al-Suyūṭīʼs collection of traditions entitled Jamʻ al-jawāmiʻ.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• Title also appears on lower edge of text block and label on upper cover. Kabīkaj (invocation against bookworms) on cover label. Inscriptions on title page.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 43 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 21 lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (anchor) ; MS in good condition, worm-eaten and mended.
• Origin: According to colophon copy completed Thursday 14 Muḥarram 1011 (fol. 42b).
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اللهم ارنا الحق حقا ... اما بعد فيقول اضعف عباد الله علي بن حسام الدين الشهير بالمتقي لما رأيت کتاب العرق الوردي في اخبار المهدي ...
• Colophon: وافق فراغه في يوم الخميس المبارك رابع عشر شهر محرم الحرام افتتاح سنة 100011 [1011] ختمها الله بالخير والحمد لله رب العالمين

Binding note

Later type III (without flap) limp binding in brown leather with red leather spine. Blind-stamped mandorla and cornerpieces with blind-tooled frame.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1524.
• A catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 1031².

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1340422367

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