A collection of Islamic prayers, invocations and decorations, as follows: 1. Part of an invocation in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic (folio 1a). The first leaf seems to be missing. 2. Asmāʼ Allāh al-ḥusná (The 99 most beautiful names of God), written within gold squares (folio 1b-3a). 3. The name of the Prophet Muḥammad (folio 3a-4b). 4. Duʻāʼ istighfār kabīr (A prayer for seeking God's forgiveness) (folios 4b-5a). 5. Sharḥ muhr kabīr sharīf (An explanation of the noble seal of God) (folio 5b). 6. The seal itself written in large thulth script (folio 6a). 7. The word "Allāh, jalla jalāluh", written within a crescent moon surrounded by a decorative rectangle in gold and blue (folio 6b). 8. The word "Muḥammad, ʻalyhi al-salām" written in a similar fashion (folio 7a). 9. The name of "Adam" written within a circle surrounded by a decorative rectangle in gold and blue (folio 7b). 10. The names of Noah, Muḥammad, Abū Bakr, ʻUmar, ʻUthmān, ʻAlī, Ḥasan, Ḥusayn in a similar fashion (folios 8a-12a). 11. The names of the famous companions of the Prophet Muḥammad, written within decorative circles: Abū Bakr, ʻUmar, ʻUthmān, ʻAlī, Ṭalḥah, Zubayr, ʻAbd Allāh, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, Ibn ʻAwf, Saʻd, Saʻīd, Abū ʻUbaydah, Ḥasan, Ḥusayn (folios 12b-19a). 12. The names of "Ahl al-Kahf" (Seven sleepers of Ephesus): Yamlīkhā, Makshalīnā, Mithlīnā, Marnūsh, Bardanūsh, Shādhanūsh,Kafshaṭṭayyūsh and their dog "Qaṭmīr" (folios 19b-23a). 13. A prayer in the form of cypress trees (folios 23b-32a). 14. Invocation seals "muhrs": "Yā Ḥannān", "Yā Mannān" (Oh Merciful, Oh Generous), "Wa-huwa ʻalá kull shayʼ qadīr (He is able to do anything), Unity of God, Shifāʼ al-Qurʼān (Quranic medicine), seal of a prayer for getting well, seal for the great prayer of getting well, the seal of the Prophet, the seal of Sulaymān (Solomon), explanation of the seal of Jaʻfar al-Ṣādiq (the sixth Shiʻī Imām, died 765), the seal of the Almighty, all written within decorative circles (folios 32b-38a). 14. Drawings of: "Hand of Faṭimah", "Dhū al-Fiqār" (ʻAlī's sword), foot of the Prophet Muḥammad, the Prophet's shoes, "Tawakkalū ʻalá Allāh" (Rely upon God), the staff of Moses, an ax, a rose, the banner of gratitude, the cloak of the Prophet Muḥammad, his rosary, his ewer and his basin, all drawn in gold (folios 39b-43a). 15. Decorative sketches of Mecca and Medina in gold and other colors (folios 43b-44a). 16. A prayer for attaining "al-Maqām al-Maḥmūd" (the Glorious Station "a place in Heaven") (folios 44b-45a). 17. Various Islamic flags drawn in gold (folios 45b-47a). 18. Various prayers for variety of occasions (folios 47b-69a). 19. Various talismanic numerology squares (folios 69b-72b). Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century
Description:
In Arabic and Ottoman Turkish., Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: The first leaf seems to be missing., Secundo folio: al-rāfiʻ al-muʻizz al-mudhill., 12 x 19 cm; written surface: 6 x 10 cm; lines per page vary., Binding: In brown leather binding with flap; covers richly gilt with central medallion on both sides and corners decorations; edges slightly rubbed., In large and beautiful naskh or thulth scripts, in black ink on thin white paper; with headings in white ink on gold background; catchwords., and Colophon: Last page seems to be missing; ends with a magic square and the katchword "barkamsah".
Ibn Ghānim, ʻIzz al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Salām ibn Aḥmad, -1279? ابن غانم، عزّ الدين عبد السلام بن أحمد، -1279?
Published / Created:
1657.
Call Number:
Hartford Seminary Arabic MSS 224
Image Count:
108
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
A collection of two treatises: 1. Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-ṭuyūr wa-al-azhār "Unveiling of secrets on the sagacity of birds and flowers" (folios 1a-47a), a treatise on sufism, in the form of "maqāmah" genre, by ʻIzz al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Salām ibn Ghānim al-Maqdisī (died 1279? in Cairo), a ṣūfī author, preacher and poet. Copied in the middle of Jumādá al-ākhir (31 March, 1657). Name of copyist and place of copying not mentioned. 2. Naẓm "Muthallath Quṭrub" (folios 47b-52b), by Ibrāhīm ibn Sulaymān al-Azʹharī al-Ḥanafī, active 1688, a little known author (See Brockelmann: G II, 215; Suppl. I, 161: "al-Manẓūmah al-sannīyah fī bayān al-asmāʼ al-lughawīyah" [Illustrious poem presenting the linguistic nouns]). The treatise is a versification of "al-Muthallath" of Quṭrub (Muḥammad ibn al-Mustanīr, died 821 or 822, a well-known grammarian and philologist, from Baṣrah, Iraq), enumerating the trilateral homonyms in Arabic which have different meanings according to the three Arabic vowels (fatḥah, ḍammah, kasrah). Quṭrub was the first author to write on the "Muthallath" genre. The author added to the materials of "Muthallāth Quṭrub" words which he selected from extensive dictionaries, such as "Ṣiḥāḥ al-Jawharī". Copied by Ḥusayn ibn Munlā Yūsuf al-Naqshabandī (?). Place and date of copying not mentioned
Alternative Title:
Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-ṭuyūr wa-al-azhār 880-02, Kashf al-asrār fī ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār, Kitāb al-Mukhtār li-kashf al-asrār fī munāqashat al-ṭuyūr wa-al-azʹhār, Mukhtār li-kashf al-asrār fī munāqashat al-ṭuyūr wa-al-azʹhār, كشف الأسرار عن حكم الطيور والأزهار 240-02/r, كشف الأسرار في حكم الزهور والأطيار, كتاب المختار لكشف الأسرار في مناقشة الطيور والأزهار, and مختار لكشف الأسرار في مناقشة الطيور والأزهار
Description:
In Arabic., Title of Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār from folio 3a., Title of Naẓm Muthallath Quṭrub supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit of Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm wa-bi-hi nastaʻīn. Qāla al-Shaykh al-Imām al-ʻālim al-ʻallāmah lisān al-fuṣaḥāʼ wa-al-mutakallimīn ʻIzz al-Dīn Ghānim ibn ʻAbd al-Salām al-Maqdisī, raḍiya Allāh ʻanhu wa-arḍāh wa-jaʻala al-Jannah mathwāh: al-Ḥamdu lillāh al-baʻīd fī qurbih al-qarīb fī buʻdih, al-mutaʻālī fī rafīʻ majdih ʻan al-shayʼ wa-ḍiddih, alladhī awjada bi-qudratihi al-wujūd baʻda an kāna ʻadaman, wa-awjada kull mawjūd ḥukman, wa-jaʻala al-ʻaql baynahumā ḥakaman ...", Secundo folio of Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār: wa-mā yukābiduhu min wijdān., Incipit of Naẓm Muthallath Quṭrub: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. Yā Rabbī yassir yā karīm. al-Ḥamdu lillāhi alladhī hadānā // li-millati al-Islām wa-ijtabānā ... Wa-baʻda taslīmī ʻalá khayri nabī // naẓamtu min Muthallathāt Quṭrubi. Urjūzatan ladhīdhatan fī al-mashrabi // wa-zidtuhā min kutubin ṭiwāli ...", Secundo folio of Naẓm Muthallath Quṭrub: "Taḥīyat al-nāsi hiya al-salāmu., 15 x 20 cm; written surface: 8 x 14.5 cm; 13 lines per page., Binding: In reddish blue cardboard binding., In fair naskh script, in black ink, on white paper; with headings and markings in red and green; catchwords., On front cover a statement in Arabic and English by Duncan Black Macdonald, 1863-1943, professor of Semitic languages at Hartford Theological Seminary, as follows: "Kashf al-asrār fī ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār li-ʻIzz al-Dīn al-Maqdisī. Bought at Damascus, Aug. 1908. D.B. Macdonald. Hartford.", On folio 1a: "Ḥasbiya Allāh. Kitāb al-Mukhtār li-kashf al-asrār fī munāqashat al-ṭuyūr wa-al-azʹhār lil-shaykh al-Imām al-ʻālim al-ʻallāmah ʻIzz al-Dīn Ghānim ibn ʻAbd al-Salām, raḍiya Allāh ʻanhu, wa-ʻafá ʻanhumā.", On folio 3a: "... wa-sammaytuhu: Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār ...", Colophon of Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār: "Tammat nuskhat hādhā al-kitāb bi-ʻawn al-Malik al-Wahhāb fī awāsiṭ shahr Jumādá al-Ākhir, sanat sabʻ wa-sittīn wa-alf.", Translation of the colophon of Kashf al-asrār ʻan ḥikam al-zuhūr wa-al-aṭyār: "The copy of this book was completed by the help of the Benevolent King, in the middle of the month of Jumādá al-Ākhir, 1067 [31 March, 1657].", Colophon of Naẓm Muthallath Quṭrub: " Tammat wa-bi-al-khayr ʻammat ʻalá yad al-faqīr al-ḥaqīr, al-muʻtarif bi-al-ʻajz wa-al-taqṣīr Ḥusayn ibn Munlā Yūsuf al-Naqshabandī [?], ʻufiya ʻanhumā. Balagha al-muqābalah ḥasba al-ṭāqah wa-al-imkān. Wa-ḥasbunā Allāh wa-niʻma al-wakīl. Tamm.", and Translation of the colophon of Naẓm Muthallath Quṭrub: "It is completed. May it be wide-spread with goodness, by the hand of the poor and despised, who confesses his inability and shortcoming, Ḥusayn ibn Munlā Yūsuf al-Naqshabandī [?], may they both be pardoned. It was collated to the best of [my] ability, as far as possible. God suffices us. He is the best advocate. It is completed."
Subject (Name):
Azʹharī, Ibrāhīm ibn Sulaymān, active 1688., Ibn Ghānim, ʻIzz al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Salām ibn Aḥmad, -1279?, Jawharī, Ismāʻīl ibn Ḥammād, -1003?, and Quṭrub, Muḥammad ibn al-Mustanīr, -821 or 822.
"Ktābā d-Húdāyē" (Book of Directions), also translated "Book of Guidances/Guides, and Nomocanon", "al-Hidāyāt" and "al-Hadāyā" (in Arabic), on canon law, by Bār ʻEbrāyā (Bar Hebraeus, 1226-1286), foremost representative of the Syriac renaissance of the 12th-13th centuries (folios 1a-146b (pages 1-289)), followed by 1. "Basis for calculation of inheritance according to the laws of the Arabs, and laws for manumission of slaves (pages 290-303). 2. "Laws of the victorious Christian emperors (sententiae syriacae)" (pages 303-307). 3. "Laws of the victorious Christian emperors Constantine, Theodosius, and Leo, Syro-Roman law book" (pages 307-337). Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 17th century
Alternative Title:
Húdāyē, Ktobo d-Hudoye, Hudoye, and ܗܘ̈ܕܝܐ
Description:
In Syriac., Title from the text and reference sources, Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: The codex starts with a table of contents, as follows: "B-yad Alāhā Marē kūl mašarénan l-mektab 'Ktābā d-Húdāyē' meṭūl qānūnē ʻidtānāyē ú-nāmúsē ʻelmānāyē men syāmē d-Abún Māry Grígúríyos Mapryānā d-Madnḥā" (By the help of God, Lord of All, we start to write the 'Book of Directions' about the eclesiastical and secular laws, which is authored by our Father, Mār Grigorios, Maphrian of the East)., 17.5 x 27.5 cm; written surface: 12.5 x 20.5 cm (in two columns; 34 lines per column)., Binding: In dark brown leather with flap., In good West Syriac script, in black ink, on cream color paper; headings in red., The pages of the codex are also numbered in Syriac letters., Laid in: Two slips of notes about the manuscript (in French)., Table of contents (folios 1b-2a)., At the end of table of contents, the following statement: "Šlem menyān qeplē d-Ktābā d-Húyāyē, d-qārēʼ hākíl nṣālē ʻlay b-ḥúbā" (The listing of the chapters of the 'Book of Directions' is completed. Let him who reads pray for me in love)., The table of contents is followed by the titles of the three supplementary works, as follows: 1. "Ḥušbānā d-yārtūtā ayk nāmúsā d-Ṭayāyē." 2. "Nāmúsā d-malkē Krisṭíyāne." 3. "Nāmúsā Krisṭíyānā d-sím men Malkā Qúsṭanṭínús ú-Tāʼúdúsíyús ú-Lā́ún Malkā Rúmāyē.", On folio 3b (in pencil): "Ktābā d-Húdāyē d-sím l-Mapryānā Bar ʻEbrāyā d-lā síqúmā" (Book of Direction authored by Maphrian Bar Hebraeus is without date)., On folio 4a: An endowment statement (in Garshūnī and some Syriac) dated 5 February 1884, as follows: "Wāqif Kānīst Mār Buṭrus wa-Mār Būluṣ bi-Ūrfah: Ṭīmutāwus Aps Būlus Úrhoyo / 5 Šbāṭ 84 M" (The endower to the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Urfa [al-Ruhā / Edessa] is Timotheus Aps. Paulus Urhoyo / 5 February 84 M)., At the end of page 337: Statement of the original endowment by the unnamed donor (in Garshūnī with some Syriac) as follows: "Lammā ḥaḍarnā fī al-Ruhā fī sanat BY Yūnānīyah waqafnā hādhā 'Kitāb al-Hadāyā' ilá Kanīsat Mār Buṭrus wa-Būlus waqfan ṣaḥīḥan. Wa-kulman yaṭmaʻ ʻalayhi wa-yukhrijuhu min al-waqfīyah yakūnu taḥta kalimat Allāh, wa-yakūnu maḥūm min fam Māry Buṭrus wa-Māry Būlus. Āmīn ú-Ābūn ba-šmāyā u-šarkā.", Translation of the original statement of endowment: "When we arrived in al-Ruhā [Urfa/Edessa], in the Greek year BY [i.e. 2012 = 1699/1700] we endowed this 'Book of Directions' to the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, an authentic lawful endowment. Anyone who covets it and takes it out of its endowment location shall be under the word of God and will be excommunicated by the mouth of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Amen. 'Our Father who art in Heaven', etc.", The last five leaves of the manuscript are blank., Colophon of "Ktābā d-Húdāyē": "Šlem 'Ktābā d-Húdāyē' ú-l-Alāhā šúbḥā d-ḥayel ú-ʻadar wa-ʻlayn raḥmāwhe l-ʻālam ʻālmí. Amín ú-Amín.", and Translation of the colophon: "The Book of Directions is completed. Praise be to God who empowered and helped. May His mercies be upon us for ever and ever. Amen and Amen."
Subject (Geographic):
Islamic Empire.
Subject (Name):
Bar Hebraeus, 1226-1286.
Subject (Topic):
Canon law, Syrian Orthodox Church, Inheritance and succession (Islamic law), Law, Byzantine, Nomocanon, Roman law, Enslaved persons, Emancipation, Law and legislation, and Syriac language
Miscellaneous Syriac texts, as follows: 1. "Pauline Epistles". The end only (folio 1a). 2. "Questions by Queen of Sheba to King Solomon" (folios 1b-2b). 3. Letter of Philoxenus of Mabbug to Patrikios (Patricius) of Edessa (folios 3a-4b). 4. Miscellaneous sayings: 2 by Philoxenus?, 4 by Euagrius, 1 by Abba Isaiah (folio 4b). 5. "Confession of faith" by Philoxenus of Mabbug (folios 4b-7b). 6. Holy Commandments of the Gospel (folios 7b-9a), attributed to John of Lycopolis (or of Apameia), also the Solitary, or "Seer and Prophet". 7. "Commandments" (folios 9a-29b), from the Gospels, the Pauline and Catholic Epistles, and the Prophets. 8. "About the Sacraments" (folios 29b-56b). The codex ends with a long colophon in verse (page 111) followed by (page 112) a quotation from Moses bar Kēphā (813?-903) on the resurrection of the bodies. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not, mentioned probably from the early 18th century
Description:
In Syriac., Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., 1. "Pauline Epistles", end only (folio 1a): "... ʻAm kulkún. Amín. Šelmat Egartā dalwat ʻEbrāyē d-etkatbat men Íṭālyā b-yad Ṭímataʼwus d-ʼít bāh qeryānē KB ... Šlemy Egrātā d-Ṭúbānā Šlíḥā Pawlús d-ítayhún arbaʻesrē egrātā ..." (With all of you. Amen. The Epistle to the Hebrews which was written from Italy, of twenty-four readings, was written in the hand of Timotheus, is completed ... The Epistles of the blessed Apostle Paul which are fourteen epistles are completed ...)., 2. "Questions by Queen of Sheba to King Solomon" (folios 1b-2b) start with: "Šúʼālē d-šʼelat Malktā d-Šibā la-Šlémún ...", 3. Letter of Philoxenus of Mabbug to Patrikios (Patricius) of Edessa (folios 3a-4b): "Ḥúpāṭā awkít zúhārā meṭúl nāṭúrút púqdānē da-Mšíḥā da-mkanaš men Ktābē Alāhāyē men ʼegartā d-Qadíšā Māry Píllúksínos da-lwāt Paṭríq Yíḥídāyā", 4. Miscellaneous sayings (folio 4b): "ʼEn lā ḥāzē ʼanaš l-šemšā lā metbasam b-núhreh ...", 5. "Confession of faith" by Philoxenus of Mabbug (folios 4b-7b): "Haymānútā d-Qad. Māry Píllúksínús Apís. d-Mabúg ...", 6. Holy Commandments of the Gospel (folios 7b-9a): "Púqdānē d-Ewangelyún Qadíšā ...", 7. "Commandments from the Gospels, the Pauline epistles, the Prophets, etc. ..." (folios 9a-29b): "Púqdānē Alāhāyē ...", 8. "About the Sacraments" (folios 29b-56b): "B-yad Alāhā mḥaylānā da-mḥílē mšarénan d-nektúb mnātāʼít men ʼrāzānyātā ...", 18 x 28 cm; written surface: 13.5 x 22.5 cm; 35 lines per page (in two columns: 6.5 x 22.5 cm, each)., Binding: In cardboard, covered with red cloth (half torn) ., In West Syriac script, in black ink, on cream color paper; headings in red., Pages are numbered A to QW (in Syriac) and 1 to 109 (in Arabic numerals); pages [110 to 112] are curiously numbered (200 to 202)., On the front cover: "Ktābā d-Púšāqā d-puqdānē" (Book of Explanation of commandments)., Inside the front cover (in pencil): "Ktābā d-ʼEgrātā u-púšāqā d-lā síqúmā." (Book of the Epistles and explanation, without date)., Laid in: 1. Three printout from a microfilm of the manuscript. 2. a slip "Sorbonne. No. 2", and a note in French. 3. Blue slip of paper "No. 2"., On folio 1a: A decorative design., On page 110: A statement by Temotheos ʻĪsā "Nāṭúr Kúrsyā" (Patriarchal Vicor) with his seal, as follows: "B-šem ʼÍtāyā Mtúmāyā d-kul āḥíd Ṭímetāʼ́wus Nāṭúr Kúrsyā d-hú ʻÍsā.", and On folio 110: An endowment statement (dated 2036 of the Greeks = 1724/1725) of the codex to the monastery of "Dayr al-Zaʻfarān" during the reign of the Patriarch Gewargis al-Mawṣilī (1687-1708), in Garshūnī (Arabic in Syriac letters), as follows: "Sabab taḥrīrih wa-mūjib tasṭīrih. Yaʻlam kull wāqif ʻalá hādhihi al-aḥruf: Qad ūqifa hādhā kitāb al-Injīl wa-Tafsīr Ibn Ṣalībī ilá Dayr al-Zaʻfarān <al-Zaʻfarān> ʻalá zamān al-marḥūm Baṭrak Gewargīs al-Mawṣilī, wa-li-ajl maḥabbatihi awqafahu, wa-mā li-aḥad sulṭah bi-an yamlikahu bi-nawʻ al-khiyānah wa-al-ṭamaʻ, wa-kullman yaqraʼ fīhi yataraḥḥam ʻalá rūḥ ṣāḥibihi wa-ʻalá rūḥ Baṭrak Gewargīs alladhī ṣāra sabab li-waqfihi. Unjiza hādhā sanat KLW Yu."
Subject (Name):
Isaiah, Abba, -489 or 491., John, the Solitary, of Apamea, active 5th century., Moses bar Kēphā, 813?-903., Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, approximately 440-523., Sheba, Queen of., and Solomon, King of Israel.
Subject (Topic):
Sacraments, Syrian churches, Resurrection, Syriac language, and Theology, Doctrinal
Moses bar Kēphā, 813?-903 ܡܘܫܐ ܒܪ ܟܐܦܐ، 813?-903
Published / Created:
1225.
Call Number:
Syriac MSS 10
Image Count:
242
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Miscellaneos theological works by Múšē bar Kípā (Moses bar Kēphā, 813?-903), a Syrian Orthodox prelate and scholar, born in Balad (modern Eski Mosul, Iraq), as follows: 1. "On Paradise" (folios 1a-124a; pages 1-249). 2. "On the resurrection of the body", 34 chapters (folios 124b-186b; pages 250-373). 3. "Commentary on the words of Paul demonstrating the resurrection of bodies and the manner of resurrection (folios 186b-205b; pages 373-411). 4. "Words of comfort concerning children (folios 205b-208b; pages 411-417, ten chapters). 5. "On the Antichrist" (folios 209a-214a; pages 418-428, twelve chapters). 6. "Admonitions for the sons of the Holy Orthodox Church" (folios 214a-218b; pages 428-447, ten chapters). 7. "Mysteries of the tonsure of monks" (folios 218b-221a; pages 447-452, ten chapters). 8. "On the origin of the Syriac word 'dayrā' (monastery)" (folio 221b; page 453). 9. "Homily on the tonsure of monks" (folios 221b-224b; pages 453-459). 10. "Biographical note on Bar Kēphā" (folio 224b-225a; pages 459-460). 11. "On the end of time" attributed to Pseudo Methodius (225a-241b; pages 460-482). The text of "On Paradise" was copied by Joseph, a student of the Monastery of Mār Ḥanānyā (Dayr al-Zaʻfarān), on Thursday, 3 Nīsān, 1536 of the Greeks (1225) at the "little monastery" (dayrúnítā) of Mār Barṣawmā in Kfartútā (between the villages of Bagdāšiyā and Ḥašrē) in the region of Merdo (Mardin).
Description:
In Syriac., Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., The codex starts with: "ʻAl sabrā ú-túklānā d-Alāhā bārúyā ú-ʻābúdā d-kul d-metḥzē ú-lā metḥzē kad leh nasbínan l-ʼīyālan mšarénan d-nektúb d-Pardaysā d-amír l-Māry Múšē d-Bet Rāman haw d-etknī Bar Kípā ...", 18 x 26 cm; written surface varies; lines per page vary., Binding: In wood, covered in green cloth with decorative designs., In clear West Syriac script, in black ink on cream color paper, headings in red., Pages numbered in Arabic numerals (1-[481])., On the right margin of folio 1a (in Garshūnī and Syriac): "Ṣāḥib Kitāb Ṭimtāwus Aps Palús ʼÚrhāyā.", and On page [481] (in pencil): "Ktābā d-Pardaysā l-Māry Múšēʼ bar Kípā layt leh síqúmā" (Book of Paradise of Mar Moses bar Kēphā does not have date).
Subject (Name):
Moses bar Kēphā, 813?-903., Pseudo-Methodius., and Syrian Orthodox Church
Subject (Topic):
Doctrines, Admonition, Biblical teaching, Antichrist, End of the world, Monks, Rites and ceremonies, Paradise, Resurrection, Syriac language, Theology, Doctrinal, Tonsure, and Syrian Orthodox Church
Marghīnānī, ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr, -1196 or 1197 مرغيناني، علي بن أبي بكر، -1196 or 1197
Published / Created:
1523 or 1524.
Call Number:
Hartford Seminary Arabic MSS 603
Image Count:
560
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
"Mukhtārāt al-nawāzil" (Selected new issues), a treatise on Islamic law according to the Ḥanafī tradition, by Burhān al-Dīn ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr al-Farghānī al-Marghīnānī, a prominent and prolific Ḥanafī scholar, whose "nisbah" (affiliation) is to Marghīnān, a locality in the district of Farghānah (Marghilon, Farghona, Uzbekistan), being a collection of selected "nawāzil" (new issues which require fatwás (advisory or legal opinions), from a "faqīh" (Islamic law scholar)). Copied in the year 930 of the Hijrah (1523 or 1524), by Muḥammad ibn Mawlānā ʻAbd Allāh ibn Mawlānā Qāsim. Place of copying not mentioned
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In Arabic., Title from reference sources., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit (folio 4b): "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. "al-Ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn, wa-al-ʻāqibah lil-muttaqīn, wa-al-ṣalāh ʻalá Rasūlihi al-Muṣṭafá Muḥammad wa-ālihi al-ṭayyibīn al-ṭāhirīn ajmaʻīn. Kitāb al-Ṭahārāt. al-Ṭahārah fī al-lughah ʻibārah ʻan al-naẓāfah, wa-fī al-Sharīʻah, ʻibārah ʻan ghasl aʻḍāʼ makhṣūṣah bi-ṣifah makhṣūṣah, wa-hiya anwāʻ: Ṭahārat al-ṣughrá wa-Ṭahārat al-kubrá, wa-hiya ṭahārah ʻan al-ḥadath, wa-ṭahārat al-thawb wa-al-badan, wa-hiya ṭahārah ʻan al-khabath. Bāb mā yajūzu bi-hi al-wuḍūʼ, wa-mā lā yajūz. Faṣl fī al-miyāh ...", Secundo folio: Yūsuf, annahu lam yujawwiz fī al-badan., 14.3 x 18.5 cm; written surface: 9 x 12 cm; 14lines per page., Binding: Cover missing; dark brown leather on spine., In fair naskh script, in black ink, on white paper; headings in red and large black script; some notes on the margins; catchwords., On folio 1a-3b: Miscellaneous quotations on Islamic law., At the head of folio 4a: "Hādhā kitāb Mukhtārāt nawāzil, li-ṣāḥib al-Hidāyah.", At the head of folio 5a: An endowment statement: "Waqf Muṣṭafá ibn Aḥmad al-Chakmajlī.", Text ends abruptly on folio 276b, as follows: "... rawá al-Ḍaḥḥāk ʻan Ibn ʻAbbās, rḍ, annahu qāl: Yakūnu baʻd al-Nabī nūr yukanná Abū Ḥ, yaḥya dīn Allāh wa-Sunnat Rasūl Allāh ʻalá yadih. Wa-ʻan Anas, qāl, qāla Rasūl Allāh, ṣallá Allāh ʻalayhi wa-sallam: Yakūnu fī ākhir al-zamān rajul yukanná bi-Abī Ḥanīfah, yaḥyá dīn Allāh taʻālá wa-Sunnatī ʻalá yadih. Thumma shurrifa bi-al-dhikr fī Ḥadīth ākhar: Muliʼa qalbuhu ʻilman wa-ḥikmah ...", Folio 277 is bound upside-down and contains miscellaneous quotations., At the head of folio 277a: "ʻAdad masāʼil hādhā al-kitāb alf wa-khamsmiʼat wa-ithnān wa-thalāthūn, wa-dhakar al-khilāf fī miʼah wa-sabʻīn, wa-lam yadhkur al-qiyās illā fī [...?].", Colophon (at the lower right margin of folio 276b): "Tammat al-kitāb, bi-ʻawn al-Malik al-Wahhāb, ʻalá yad ʻAbd [al-ʻabd] al-ḍaʻīf, al-muḥtāj, al-faqīr ilá Allāh al-Ghanī, Muḥammad ibn Mawlānā ʻAbd Allāh ibn Mawlānā Qāsim, ghafara Allāh la-hu wa-li-wālidayhi, wa-aḥsana ilayhimā wa-ilayhi. Tārīkhuhu sanat thalāthīn wa-tisʻimiʼah.", and Translation of the colophon: "The book is completed by the help of the Abundant Giving King, by the hand of the feeble, needy and poor to Gracious God, Muḥammad ibn Mawlānā ʻAbd Allāh ibn Mawlānā Qāsim, may God forgive him and his parents and treat them and him favorably. Dated in the year 930 [of the Hijrah = 1523/1524]."
Subject (Name):
Marghīnānī, ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr, -1196 or 1197.
An anonymous treatise on the Arab conquest of North Africa under the leadership of ʻUqbah ibn ʻĀmir (died 678), a companion of the Prophet Muḥammad who became the governor of Egypt and died there. The present manuscript is the first book (al-sifr al-awwal) of the original work, dealing with the conquest from al-Mahdīyah to Sāṭīf (localities in North Africa). Copied by Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm of Banū Ṣāliḥ on Wednesday, 1 Shaʻbān, 1083 Hijrī (22 November, 1672). Place of copying not mentioned
Alternative Title:
Futūḥ Ifrīqīyah and فتوح إفريقية
Description:
In Arabic., Title from folio 1a., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. Ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad wa-ālihi. Qiṣṣat futūḥ Ifrīqīyah. Bi-ʻawn Allāh wa-barakat Rasūl Allāh ṣallá Allāh ʻlayhi wa-sallam. Qāl fa-kharaja ilayhā ʻUqbah ibn ʻĀmir, raḍiya Allāh ʻanh, yakūnu amīr al-jaysh, wa-kharrajahu Mawlānā ʻUthmān ibn ʻAffān, raḍiya Allāh ʻanh, wa-huwa amīr al-Madīnah [madīnat] al-Nabī, ṣallá Allāh ʻlayhi wa-sallam, wa-yakūnu ʻAlī, raḍiya Allāh ʻanh, wazīrahu. Wa-lam yuqtal aḥad baʻda mawt al-Nabī, ṣallá Allāh ʻlayhi wa-sallam. Fa-kharaja bi-sittīn alf fāris min bilād al-ʻArab ...", Secundo folio: miʼat alf fāris., 14 x 18.5 cm; written surface: 11 x 14 cm; 17 lines per page., Binding: In modern brown cloth binding., In fair Maghribī script, in brown ink on white paper; headings, keywords and markings in red; the first ten leaves are in a different hand and seem to have replaced the original; catchwords. The leaves are affected by dampness, but the text is legible, some are repaired without loss of text., Text folio 1a-155b., On folios 1a an advice on generosity, written in light blue ink, bearing the name and signature of al-Sayyid al-Ṭūfī al-Mālikī, Mudīr ʻĀmm Maʻhad al-Futūḥ al-Malakī, starts with: "Kun karīman kay tanāla bi-qurbinā nūran wa-ʻilman ...", On folio 10b an invocation in a different hand., Colophon: "Wa-hādhā muqtaḍá al-sifr al-awwal min al-Mahdīyah wa-ilá Sāṭīf ... Wa-al-ḥamdu lillāh ʻalá al-tamām wa-al-ikmāl ʻalá yad ... Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm min Banī Ṣāliḥ ... Wa-kāana al-farāgh minhu ʻashīyah yawm al-Arbaʻ awwal shahr Shaʻbān ʻām thalāth wa-thamānīn wa-alf ...", and Translation of the colophon: "This is the end of the first book dealing with [the conquest] from al-Mahdīyah to Sāṭīf ... Praise be to God on completing its copying by ... Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhim of Banī Ṣāliḥ ... The copying was completed on Wednesday evening, the beginning of Shaʻbān, 1083 [22 November, 1672] ..."
Maḥallī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1389-1459 محلي، جلال الدين محمد بن أحمد، 1389-1459
Published / Created:
1620.
Call Number:
Hartford Seminary Arabic MSS 956
Image Count:
190
Resource Type:
text
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A treatise on Islamic law according to the Shāfiʻī tradition by Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Maḥallī (1389-1459), an Egyptian, Shāfiʻī, Qurʼān and Islamic law scholar, from Cairo (Egypt), being a commentary on "Minhāj al-Ṭālibīn" of al-Imām al-Nawawī (Yaḥyá ibn Sharaf, 1233-1277), a well-known and prolific scholar from the village of Nawá in Ḥawrān (Syria), an authority on the Hadith and Islamic law. The present manuscript is part of the original work, covering the subjects (Bayʻ to Raḍāʻ "Sales to Breastfeeding"). Copied on Sunday, 17 Rabīʻ al-Thānī of the year 1029 of the Hijrah (22 March 1620). Name of copyist and place of copying not mentioned
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In Arabic., Title supplied by Hartford Seminary., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. Wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad, wa-ʻalá ālih. Kitāb al-Bayʻ. Huwa ka-qawlika biʻtuka hādhā bi-kadhā, fa-yaqūlu ishtaraytuhu bi-hi, fa-yataḥaqqaqu bi-al-ʻāqid wa-al-maʻqūd ʻalayhi, wa-lahumā shurūṭ taʼtī, wa-al-ṣīghah allatī bihā yuʻqad, wa-badaʼa bihā ka-ghayrihi, li-annahā ahamm, lil-khilāf fīhā, wa-ʻabbara ʻanhā bi-al-shurūṭ, khilāf taʻbīrihi fī Sharḥ al-Muhadhdhab, ka-al-Ghazzālī ʻan al-thalāthah bi-arkān al-bayʻ, fa-qāla sharṭuhu al-ījāb, ka-biʻtuka wa-mallaktuka, wa-al-qabūl, ka-ishtaraytu wa-tamallaktu wa-qabiltu, ay, lā yaṣiḥḥu al-bayʻ bidūnihimā, li-annahu manūṭ bi-al-riḍá ...", Secundo folio: yaqbal ʻalá wafq al-ījāb., 20 x 27.5 cm; written surface: 12 x 19.5 cm; 29 lines per page., Binding: In marbled cardboard with flap; dark red leather on spine and flap., In clear medium naskh script, in black ink, on white paper; the phrases of al-Minhāj in red; few notes and corrections on the margins; some wormholes on cover; catchwords., On folio 1a: An ownership statement: "Ṣāra hādhā al-kitāb al-mubārak jārī fī milk ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Muḥammad Jād al-Fiqī, bi-Masjid al-Ustādh Sayyidī ʻAbd al-Wahhāb al-Shaʻrānī, fī shahr Rajab sanat 1211 [December 1796/January 1797], ʻammat barakātuh.", Colophon: "Wa-wāfaqa al-farāgh min tamām hādhā al-rubʻ al-mubārak yawm al-Aḥad al-mubārak, sābiʻ ʻashar Rabīʻ al-Thānī, sanat 1029, tisʻah wa-ʻishrīn wa-alf.", and Translation of the colophon: "This blessed quarter was completed on blessed Sunday, 17 Rabīʻ al-Thānī, of the year 1029 [of the Hijrah = 22 March 1620]."
Subject (Name):
Maḥallī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1389-1459. and Nawawī, 1233-1277.
A collection of Syriac prayers, incantations, amulets, and magical formulas, intended to provide protection in times of trouble. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century
Description:
In Syriac., Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: "B-šem Māran kātebnā ktibtā d-núṭar bnaynāšā. Qadmāyat ḥarmā B da-ṣlútā. Qadīš. Qadīš. Qadíš. Māryā Ālāhā ḥayeltānā da-mlén šmāyā u-ʼarʻa men tešbḥāteh, men ítúteh u-men hedrā d-zíweh ...", Secundo folio: ṣebyānāk aykānā ba-shmāyā ʼof b-ʼarʻā., 8 x 11 cm; written surface: 6 x 9 cm; 14 lines per page., Binding: In dark brown leather., In clear East Syriac script, in black ink, on paper; headings in red; includes colored drawings of Biblical figures, angels, demons, saints (some local), plants, birds, animals (wild and domestic), snakes, insects, and weapons (daggers, swords, bows, etc., including pistols); the last leaf is inverted., On a typewritten insert: "Syriac astrology and magic, manuscript text and incantations. n.p.n.d.", At the head of folio 1a (in pencil): "Hartford Seminary Syriac 3.", Inside the front and back cover are pasted leaves from two different manuscripts., On the back cover: "Syriac astrology and magic.", On the spine: "S383. Sy83.", and Colophon: No colophon. The codex ends (folio 41b) with a colored drawing of animals and birds.
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Amulets, Animals, Birds, Incantations, Insects, Plants, Syriac language, and Weapons