Ijāzah min ʻUthmān Nūrī ibn Muḥammad Amīn al-Miyāwardī ilá tilmīdhihi ʻUmar Luṭfī ibn Muḥammad Ḥilmī al-Arkhawī : manuscript / Abū Muḥammad al-Dhihnī ʻUthmān Nūrī al-Ḥanafī al-Miyāwardī.Miyāwardī, ʻUthmān Nūrī ibn Muḥammad Amīn, active 1894مياوردي، عثمان نوري بن محمد أمين، ناشط 1894.1894.A formal scholarly certificate "Ijāzah" given by the Muslim scholar ʻUthmān Nūrī ibn Muḥammad Amīn al-Miyāwardī (could not be identified) to his student ʻUmar Luṭfī ibn al-Ḥājj Muḥammad Ḥilmī Afandī al-ʻarīf bi-Munlā Ismāʻīl Zādah al-Arkhawī (could not be identified). In the "Ijāzah" the teacher enumerates the subjects studied and authorizes his student to teach them. He gives the student advice on how to teach, how to treat his students and how to conduct himself to achieve the ultimate goal, God's favor and acceptance. The teacher also mentions in the "Ijāzah" the teachers from whom he received his learning and the unbroken chain of scholars up to the very first master. The "Ijāzah" bears the stamp of ʻUthmān Nūrī. It was given on 4 Jumādá al-Ākhirah, 1312 Hijrī (3 December, 1894). Place of issuing not mentioned.14 x 21.5 cm; written surface: 7.5 x 12.5 cm; 15 lines per page.Binding: Contemporary green cardboard binding with leather spine.Colophon: "Katabahu al-faqīr al-ḥaqīr al-muḥtāj ilá raḥmat rabbihi al-qadīr ʻUthmān Nūrī ibn Muḥammad Amīn al-Miyāwardī ʻafá ʻanhumā [...] al-ʻAlī al-Bārī. Fī al-yawm al-rābiʻ min Jumādá al-Ākhirah, li-sanat ithnay ʻashrah wa-thalāthimiʼah wa-alf min al-Hijrah [hijrat] man la-hu al-ʻizz wa-al-sharaf." [Seal of] ʻUthmān Nūrī.In clear naskh taʻlīq script, in black ink, on white paper; the opening page has a handsome heading in gold, red and blue; all the sentences are separated by gold discs; pages are ruled in gold, red, blue and gold; the opening two pages are surrounded with vignette arabesque design in gilt; folio 10a has some rubrications in gold; the teachers seal appears at the very end of the certificate; catchwords.Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī qad anbata dawḥat al-ʻilm fī ṣudūr al-ʻulamāʼ wa-jaʻala athmārahā iḥkām al-Sharīʻah al-gharrāʼ, wa-lā yaghrubu ʻan ʻilmihi mithqāl dharrah fī al-arḍ wa-lā fī al-samāʼ, yaʻlamu mā bayna aydīhim wa-mā khalfahum, wa-lā yuḥīṭūna bi-shayʼ min ʻilmihi illā bi-mā shāʼ ..."On folio 2a: "Ammā baʻd, fa-yaqūlu al-ʻabd al-faqīr ilá alṭāf rabbihi al-qadīr ... Abū Muḥammad al-Dhihnī ʻUthmān Nūrī al-Ḥanafī al-Miyāwardī mawlidan wa-bidār al-khilāfah al-sanīyah mawṭinan, al-Nāʼib al-Sharʻ bi-Maḥkamat Ghalaṭah ibn Muḥammad Amīn ..."On folio 4a: "... ʻUmar Luṭfī ibn al-Ḥājj Muḥammad Ḥilmī Afandī al-ʻarīf bi-Munlā Ismāʻīl Zādah al-Arkhawī."On front cover: "ʻUmar Luṭfī ibn al-Ḥājj Muḥammad Ḥilmī Afandī al-Arkhawī."Purchased from Worldwide Antiquarian on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2005.Romanization supplied by cataloger.Secundo folio: ittabaʻū wa-nahajū manāhijahum.Title supplied by cataloger.Translation of the colophon: "Written by the poor and despised, he who is in need for the mercy of his mighty Lord Nūrī ibn Muḥammad Amīn al-Miyāwardī, may both be forgiven by the Sublime Creator. Issued on the fourth of Jumādá al-Ākhirah, the year 1312 of the Hijrah [3 December, 1894] of Him who has glory and honor [Prophet Muḥammad]. [Seal of] ʻUthmān Nūrī."البداية: "بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. الحمد لله الذي قد أنبت دوحة العلم في صدور العلماء وجعل أثمارها أحكام الشريعة الغراء، ولا يغرب عن علمه مثقال ذرة في الأرض ولا في السماء، يعلم ما بين أيديهم وما خلفهم، ولا يحيطون بشيء من علمه إلّا بما شاء ..."الخاتمة: "كتبه الفقير الحقير المحتاج إلى رحمة ربه القدير عثمان نوري بن محمد أمين المياوردي عفى عنهما [...] العلي الباري. في اليوم الرابع من جمادى الآخرة، لسنة اثني عشرة وثلاثمائة وألف من الهجرة [هجرة] من له العز والشرف." [ختم] عثمان نوري.بداية الورقة الثانية: اتبعوا ونهجوا مناهجهم.على الغلاف الأمامي: "عمر لطفي بن الحاج محمد حلمي أفندي الأرخوي."على وجه الورقة 2: "أما بعد، فيقول العبد الفقير إلى ألطاف ربه القدير ... أبو محمد الذهني عثمان نوري الحنفي المياوردي مولدًا وبدار الخلافة السنية موطنًا، النائب الشرع بمحكمة غلطة ابن محمد أمين ..."على وجه الورقة 4: "... عمر لطفي بن الحاج محمد حلمي أفندي العريف بمنلا إسماعيل زاده الأرخوي."text