Details

Subject(s)

• Islam—Doctrines [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Treatise on Islamic doctrine, preceded by a fihrist on fol. ib-iiia. Holograph.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 1b. On fol. ia the title is given as "Zübdei akaid / Hüseyin Hüsnü Dervişî / 1316", penciled in Western script.
• On front cover: Label reading "458" in Western script.
• Ms. erroneously foliated beginning on the seventh leaf. Record follows erroneous foliation.
• Physical description: 18 lines per page; written in naskh in black on machine-made paper. Above title on fol. 1b is a tugra for the Prophet. Rubrication in pink and red; catchwords. Paginated in Arabic script. Some damp-staining. In good condition.
• Origin: 29 Muḥarram 1316 H [written as a number = 19 June 1898] or 1318 H [written as words = 29 May 1900]; holograph (fol. 159b).
• Incipit: الحمد لله الذي توحد بالعظمة و الكبرياء و تفرد بالمجد و الثناء و من علينا بالايمن و الاسلام و اشرف الانبياء

Binding note

Full black leather with flap; blind-stamped central rectangular design, cornerpieces, and fillets; marbled paper flyleaves and pastedowns.

Language note

Ottoman Turkish.

OCLC

828139558

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