Answer to the apologetical preface and Defence of the answer and arguments of the synod, met at Boston in the year 1662
Description:
BEIN Pequot Z96: Imperfect: side-notes bled. 19 cm. Autograph at head of title page: Edw. Rawson. Scant manuscript annotations in text. Manuscript note on page 102: Walker's book. Number 6 of 6 titles bound together in brown, blind tooled leather binding with manuscript call number label on spine., BEIN College Pamphlets 13 2: 19 cm. Imperfect: Part 2, the 102 pages of the second count, 'Defence of the answer and arguments of the synod, met at Boston in the year 1662,') and [2] pages (a blank leaf) at end wanting. Title page mutilated with loss of the first letter of the word 'defence' in title., BEIN College Pamphlets 13 3: 19 cm. Imperfect: Part 1, the [2] and 46 pages of the first count and [2] pages (a blank leaf) at end wanting., By R. Mather and Jonathan Mitchel., The apologetical preface was written by Increase Mather, and the answer to it by Jonathan Mitchel., The words "The subject ... of churches." are bracketed together on title page., Part 1, "An answer to the apologetical preface" (caption title) is by Jonathan Mitchel and is a reply to the preface (by Increase Mather) of "Another essay for investigation of the truth" by John Davenport. Part 2, "A defence of the answer and arguments of the synod, met at Boston in the year 1662" (caption title) is by Richard Mather; it has separate pagination and register., Errata on page 46 (first count)., Errors in paging: (second count) page 39 misprinted as 25., Signatures: A-F⁴ ²A-N⁴ (²N4 blank)., and Head-pieces, initials; printed marginalia.
Publisher:
Printed by S. Green and M. Johnson for Hezekiah Vsher of Boston
Subject (Geographic):
Massachusetts and Massachusetts.
Subject (Name):
Davenport, John, 1597-1670., Davenport, John, 1597-1670, Mather, Increase, 1639-1723., and Boston Synod
Subject (Topic):
Congregational churches, Infant baptism, Congregationalism, and Covenants (Church polity)
An amulet on long scroll of vellum or snake skin, rolled around a central axis into a silver hexagonal tube with a cap; niello etched in an arabesque pattern in gold, with three loops where a chain can go through, so that it can be worn as a necklace. The scroll is written in a long central column surrounded by eight different rectangular compartments in different colors. The central column contains Surat al-Qadr (Qurʼan: Chapter 97), followed by Surāt al-Fātiḥat (Qurʼan: Chapter 1), followed by the Creator's verse of Sūrat al-Ḥajj (Qurʼan: Chapter 22:65), followed by a long invocation asking God for help and guidance, followed by a Shiʻī invocation asking for the intecession of Imām ʻAlī, followed by a magic square. The amulet is meant to have magical powers to protect the owner. Name of copyist (and/or creator) and place and date of copying/and or production not mentioned, probably from the 18th or 19th century
Description:
In Arabic., Incipit: Starts with Sūrat al-Qadr (Qurʼan: Chapter 97): "Innā anzalnāhu fī Laylat al-Qadr ...", Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., 39.5 x 6 cm., and The central part of the amulet is written in ruqʻah/naskh script and the compartments in thulth script, in black, blue, red and gold.
Menteşzâde, Abdürrahim, -1716 منتشزاده عبد الرحيم
Published / Created:
1700-1799.
Call Number:
Turkish MSS suppl. 255
Image Count:
670
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Illuminated manuscript on paper of Fetāvā-yı ‘Abdürraḥīm Efendi by Menteşzāde ‘Abdürraḥīm Efendi, a collection of fetvās (legal opinions). Includes a table of contents (ff. 1a-11a). Extensive marginal commentary throughout including responses to legal questions
Alternative Title:
Fetāvā-yı Yaḥyā Efendi, Fetāvā-yı Minḳārīzāde, and Fetāvā-yı ‘Aṭā’ullāh
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish with some Arabic., Title assigned by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Single column of 33 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Nasta‘līq., Binding: Brown leather over paper pasteboards, gold-tooled and painted, with central mandorla and pendants covered in embossed paper, now damaged., Decoration: Illuminated text frames throughout, rubrication., Pagination added by a later hand to folios bearing text, with f. 12a numbered p. 1, f. 13a numbered p. 2, and so on., Contemporary manuscript notes on related legal opinions tipped in (ff. 47-48, 181-182)., Contemporary manuscript annotations in at least three hands, including notes on Fetāvā-yı ʻAbdürraḥīm Efendi (front pastedown, recto front flyleaf) and on legal matters (recto front and rear flyleaves). Protective charm against bookworms: Yā Kebīkec (يا كبكج) (ff. 1a, 12a)., and Accompanied by notes on legal questions (2 leaves).
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Fatwas, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish, Islamic law, and Manuscripts, Turkish
Ibn ʻAbbād, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm, 1332 or 1333-1390 ابن عباد، محمد بن إبراهيم، 1332 or 1333-1390
Published / Created:
1717.
Call Number:
Hartford Seminary Arabic MSS 489
Image Count:
464
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
"Ghayth al-mawāhib al-ʻalīyah bi-Sharḥ al-Ḥikam al-ʻAṭāʼīyah" (also called "Sharḥ al-Nafazī ʻalá matn al-Sakandarī"), by Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ʻAbbād al-Ḥimyarī al-Nafazī al-Rundī (1332 or 1333-1390.), a Ṣūfī and scholar from the city of Rundah (Ronda, Má́laga, Spain), who journeyed in cities of al-Maghrib and resided in Fès (Morocco) where he assumed the position of "khaṭīb" (preacher) at Jāmiʻ al-Qarawīyīn, and died there, being a commentary on "al-Ḥikam al-ʻAṭāʼīyah", a collection of Sufi and mystical aphorisms of Tāj al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAṭāʼ Allāh al-Sakandarī (died 1309 in Cairo), an Egyptian Shādhilī and Ṣūfī scholar and author, an ardent opponent of the well-known Ḥanbalī scholar Ibn Taymīyah (Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm, 1263-1328). Copied on Thursday, 19 Shaʻbān, 1129 of the Hijrah (29 July, 1717). Name of copyist and place of copying not mentioned
Alternative Title:
Kitāb Sharḥ al-Ḥikam, Sharḥ al-Ḥikam al-ʻAṭāʼīyah, كتاب شرح الحكم, and شرح الحكم العطائية
Description:
In Arabic., Title from reference sources., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. Rabbi yassir. Qāla al-ʻabd al-faqīr ilá Allāh taʻālá, al-muʻtamid fī ghufrān dhunūbihi ʻalá Allāh taʻālá, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ʻAbbād al-Nafazī al-ʻArsawī [?], laṭafa Allāh taʻālá bi-hi wa-raḥimahu wa-ghafara la-hu. Āmīn: al-Ḥamdu lillāh al-munfarid bi-al-ʻaẓamah wa-al-jalāl, al-mutawaḥḥid bi-istiḥqāq nuʻūt al-kamāl, al-munazzah ʻan al-shurakāʼ wa-al-nuẓarāʼ wa-al-amthāl, al-mutaqaddis ʻan simāh [simāt] al-ḥadath min al-taghyīr wa-al-intiqāl wa-al-ittiṣāl wa-al-infiṣāl, ʻālim al-ghayb wa-al-shahādah, al-kabīr al-mutaʻāl, wa-al-ṣalāh wa-al-salām ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad al-hādī min al-ḍalāl ...", Secundo folio: ḥaqāʼiquhā illā bi-al-talaqqī., 15.5 x 20.5 cm; written surface: 9.5 x 15.5 cm; 21 lines per page., Binding: In cardboard binding (in 23 numbered quires), In fair naskh/ruqʻah script, in black ink, on white paper; with the phrases of "al-Ḥikam al-ʻAṭāʼīyah" and markings in red; some notes and corrections on the margins; catchwords., On folio 1a: "Kitāb Sharḥ al-Ḥikam li-Ibn ʻAbbād, raḥimahu Allāh taʻālá raḥmatan wāsiʻah wa-nafaʻanā bi-hi wa-al-Muslimīn ajmaʻīn. Āmīn. Āmīn.", On folio 1a: Two verses of poetry, quoted from "Kitāb Ḥusn al-tanabbuh li-mā warada fī al-tashabbuh" of al-Najm al-Ghazzī (Ghazzī, Najm al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1570-1651), On folio 1a: Two verses of "Mawwāl [a form of popular folk poetry], li-Sayyidī al-ʻārif billāh wa-Sayyid al-ʻĀrifīn Abī ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad Muḥyī al-Dīn ibn al-ʻArabī, quddisa sirruhu.", On folio 1a: Ownership statement: "Āla ilá nawbat al-ḥaqīr Muḥṣṭafá al-Ḥalabī ibn Muḥammad al-ʻAraḍī al-Ḥusaynī al-Muṭṭalibī, jammala Allāh aḥwālahu wa-min ʻatharātihi aqālahu. Fī 12 Sh. [Shʻbān/Shawwāl], 1269 [of the Hijrah = 21 May 1853 or 19 July, 1853].", On folio 1a: Five illegible ownership statements and two illegible seals., On folio 228a: A reader's statement: "Qad tammat qirāʼat hādhā al-kitāb al-ʻadhb al-mustaṭāb bayna al-ʻishāʼayn fī Jāmiʻ Banī Umayyah bi-Dimashq al-maḥmīyah, wa-dhālika laylat al-Khamīs al-thāniyah ʻasharī shahr Jumādá al-Thānī, sanat arbaʻah wa-sabʻīn wa-miʼatayn wa-alf [28 January, 1858]. Katabahu al-faqīr Sulaymān ibn Jaʻfar Āghā, ʻufiya [ʻanh].", On folio 228b: A reader's note: "Naẓara wa-ṭālaʻa fī hādhā al-kitāb afqar al-ʻibād wa-aḥwajuhum ilá al-Malik al-Jawwād, al-ʻabd al-musīʼ Saʻīd ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṭāhā ibn Yāsīn al-Qudsī, nahār al-khamsīn [?] al-Khamīs alladhī huwa min shuhūr sanat iḥdā [iḥdá] wa-sittīn wa-miʼah wa-alf [Thursday, [?]1748]." Followed by invocation by him in seven verses of poetry., Colophon (folio 228a): "Wa-wāfaqa al-farāgh min kitābat hādhihi al-nuskhah yawm al-Khamīs al-mubārak, tāsiʻ ʻashar Shaʻbān al-mubārak, min shuhūr sanat alf wa-miʼah wa-tisʻah wa-ʻishrīn min al-Hijrah ʻalá ṣāḥibihā afḍal al-ṣalāh wa-al-salām. M.", and Translation of the colophon: "This blessed copy was completed on blessed Thursday, 19 blessed Shaʻbān 1129 of the Hijrah of the Prophet [29 July, 1717], may the best prayer and peace be upon Him."
Subject (Name):
Ibn ʻAbbād, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm, 1332 or 1333-1390. and Ibn ʻAṭāʼ Allāh, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, -1309.
Subject (Topic):
Aphorisms and apothegms, Mysticism, Shādhilīyah, and Sufism
Fullānī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, -approximately 1741, author فلاني، محمد بن محمد، -approximately 1741، author
Published / Created:
18th century.
Call Number:
Landberg MSS 233
Image Count:
612
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Holograph manuscript, on paper, containing Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Fullānī's Kitāb Izālat al-ʻubūs ʻan wajh Manḥ al-Quddūs, a commentary on the same author's poem, entitled Manḥ al-Quddūs, on logic
Alternative Title:
Izālat al-ʻubūs ʻan wajh Manḥ al-Quddūs and إزالة العبوس عن وجه منح القدوس
Description:
In Arabic., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm, wa-bi-hi al-tawfīq. al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī naṭaqat maṣnūʻātuhu bi-Rubūbīyatihi, wa-afāḍa ʻalá anwāʻ al-ʻawālim ajnās al-niʻam wa-khawāṣṣ al-mazāyā bi-luṭfihi wa-ḥikmatih, wa-al-ṣalāh wa-al-salām ʻalá Sayyidinā al-mabʻūth bi-al-āyāt al-wāḍiḥāt wa-al-dalāʼil al-qāṭiʻāt, wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-aṣḥābihi al-muqaddamīn ʻalá sāʼir al-awliyāʼ, wa-al-tābiʻīn lahum min al-atqiyāʼ. Ammā baʻd, fa-lammā kāna bi-ittifāq ahl al-ʻaql wa-iṭbāq dhawī al-faḍl anna al-ʻulūm, lāsīyamā al-yaqīnīyah, aʻlá al-maṭālib wa-abhá al-manāqib, wa-anna ṣāḥibahā ashraf al-ashkhās al-basharīyah ...", On the author see Brockelmann, C. Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, II, 366; S II, p. 494., Available on microfilm., 5 laid-in leaves, in a modern hand., Script: Fair 18th century naskhī, in red and black., Binding: Loose binding, paper covered, Type II (with flap)., Decoration: Rubrication., Foliation on every fifth leaf in modern pencil., and Colophon: "Wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā wa-Mawlānā Muḥammad, wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-ṣaḥbihi wa-sallam, ʻadad mā dhakarahu al-dhākirūn wa-ghafila ʻan dhikrihi al-ghāfilūn. Wa-qaʻa al-farāgh min kitābatihi ḍuḥá al-Khamīs."
Subject (Name):
Fullānī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, -approximately 1741.
BEIN Hfc31 333x: Cancels at p. 185, 271, 315, 321, 449, 463, 493, 503, 551, and 567. Ownership inscription on title page: Ex libris N. Ferry., BEIN 1978 1593: Without cancels at p. 185, 271, 315, 321, 449, 463, 493, 503, 551, and 567. Bookplate and autograph of Philibert Bruys des Gardes, 1769. Manuscript notes on pages 471, 481 and 534., BEIN 2020 749: Cancels at p. 185, 271, 315, 321, 449, 493, and 567. Ownership inscription (crossed out) on title page: Courelle avocat. Ownership inscription on front paste-down: Lefevre ce lundi 3. aout 1835. Copious contemporary manuscript notes, many identifying the characters described in the text. Later manuscript note on front paste-down., Signatures: ã¹² ẽ⁴ A-Aa¹² Bb⁸., and Title vignette: printer's mark.
Aḥmad bin ʻAlī Saʻīd, -1717 أحمد بن علي سعيد، -1717
Call Number:
Arabic MSS 428
Image Count:
652
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Commentary on Manār al-anwār (principles of law) of ʻAbd Allāh al-Nasafī. and Beginning and end missing. Probably with lacunae
Description:
Leaves misbound; the concluding part of the incipit, with the title, appears on leaf 278 recto., Fair modern (18th century?) naskhī., and Islamic binding, in black.
Subject (Name):
Aḥmad bin ʻAlī Saʻīd, -1717. and Nasafī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad, -1310.
"Sharḥ Dīwān Imruʼ al-Qays", an unidentified commentary on the "Dīwān" (collected poems) of the Arabian poet/prince Imruʼ al-Qays ibn Ḥujr ibn al-Ḥārith al-Kindī (497-545). The present copy is an endowment (waqf) by al-Ḥājj Aḥmad Bashā al-Jazzār (Aḥmad Pasha al-Jazzār, approximately 1730-1804), governor of ʻAkkā (Acre) to the library of his mosque in ʻAkkā, called "al-Maktabah al-Aḥmadīyah", or, "Nūr Aḥmadīyah". Copied on Saturday, in Jumād Awwal, of the year 1184 of the Hijrah (25 August 1770). Name of copyist and place of copying not mentioned
Description:
In Arabic., Title supplied by Hartford Seminary., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: The beginning is missing. Text starts with: "... banathu Hind maʻa qaṭīnihā ilá ʻUwayr [...] al-ʻUṭāridī, fa-ajārahum, fa-lammā balaghahu qatlu Banī Asad Ḥujran, wathaba ʻalayhi Banū Saʻd, fa-qālū kull amwālihim [...], fa-jaʻalū yanuṣṣūnahu, fa-yanfalitu minhum, fa-yaʼkhudhu al-turāb fa-yarmī bi-hi fī wujūhihim, thumma yaʻūdūna fa-yanuṣṣūnahu ḥattá yafluta minhum, fa-lammā wārá damsun masāʼan ittakhadha al-layl jamalan bi-jīrānihi, kamā qāla: Wa-laylatin ẓalmāʼ ḍaḥyāʼ wa-saḥābah mukarah waṭfāʼ. Thumma akhadha bi-khiṭām Hind, wa-hiya ʻadīlat ummihi ...", Secundo folio: Inna Banī ʻAwfin ibtanaw ḥasaban ḍayyaʻahu al-dukhullalūna idh ghadarū., 15.5 x 22 cm; written surface: 8 x 15 cm; 11 lines per page., Binding: In blue cardboard; green cloth on spine., In good large naskh script; in black ink, on white thick paper; the verses of the "Dīwān" of Imruʼ al-Qays in red; catchwords., Includes a folded sheet of paper in English, with comparison notes between the editions of Lyall and Ahlwardt., On folio 1a: An endowment statement (waqf), as follows: "Awqafa wa-ḥabasa wa-taṣaddaqa bi-hādhā al-kitāb al-Ḥājj Aḥmad Bāshā al-Jazzār, fī jāmiʻihi alladhī bi-ʻAkkā, al-Nūr al-Aḥmadīyah, ʻalá ṭālib [... ...] min maḥallihi, waqfan ṣaḥīḥan [...] lā yubāʻ wa-lā yurhan wa-lā yubaddal, fa-man baddalahu baʻdamā samiʻahu, fa-innamā ithmuhu ʻalá [... ...] Inna Allāha [... ...].", On folio 1b: A partly legible large black oval stamp of al-Jazzār's "waqf"., On folio 2a: two circular blue stamps., After the colophon: An ownership statement: "Wa-qad tamallaka hādhā al-kitāb Saʻd al-Dīn al-Hanāhir [...] hādhihi al-asṭur fī ghurrat Tammūz, fī sanat 1188 [21 Rabīʻ al-Thāni 1188 of the Hijrah = 1 July 1774].", Inside the back cover: "Hijrīyah 1184 fī Jumād Awwal, Rūmīyah Shamsīyah 1182 fī Tammūz.", The text ends with the commentary on the following verse: Raʼat falakan bi-nijābi al-Ghabīṭ // fa-kādat tajid li-dhāka al-hijārā., Colophon: "Tammat hādhihi al-nuskhah nahār al-Sabt, fī Jumād Awwal, sanat 1184.", and Translation of the colophon: "This copy was completed on Saturday, in Jumād Awwal, of the year 1184 [of the Hijrah = 25 August 1770]."
Subject (Name):
Aḥmad Pasha al-Jazzār, approximately 1730-1804. and Imruʼ al-Qays, 497-545.
Sanūsī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, approximately 1427-approximately 1490 سنوسي، محمد بن يوسف، حوالي 1427-حوالي 1490
Call Number:
Arabic MSS 231
Image Count:
44
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Commentary on the author's ʻAqīdat ahl al-tawḥīd al-ṣughrá (tract on the principles of faith). The work ends on leaf 19, and is followed by other pieces, Lacuna between leaves 16 and 17., and Copied in A.H. 1164 (A.D. 1751).
Alternative Title:
Tawḥīd ahl al-ʻirfān wa-maʻrifat Allāh wa-Rasūlihi bi-al-dalīl wa-al-burhān and توحيد أهل العرفان ومعرفة الله ورسوله بالدليل والبرهان
Description:
Also known as: Tawḥīd ahl al-ʻirfān wa-maʻrifat Allāh wa-rasūlihi bi-al-dalīl wa-al-burhān (Ahlwardt, Brockelmann); supplied by a modern hand inside front cover: Tawḥīd ahl al-ʻirfān., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm ... Qāla ... Abū ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Sanūsī ... al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī shahida bi-wujūb wujūdihi wa-waḥdānīyatihi wa-ʻaẓīm jalālihi ...", Coarse naskhī., Compared with Ahlwardt 2008 (different explicit); the lacuna between leaves 16 and 17 must be quite large., Colophon: "Wa-kāna farāghuhā yawm al-Thulāthā, min awākhir Jumādá al-Ākhir, min shuhūr sanat alf wa-miʼah wa-arbaʻah wa-sittīn ... Wa-kātibuhā ʻAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar al-Bayrūnī baladan ibn Muḥammad al-ʻĀlī al-shahir̄ bi-al-Qaḥf ...", and Translation of the colophon: "It was completed on Tuesday, the end of Jumādá al-Ākhir, of the year 1164 [of the Hijrah = 25 May 1751] ... Copied by ʻAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar al-Bayrūnī baladan, ibn Muḥammad al-ʻĀlī, nicknamed al-Qaḥf ..."
Subject (Name):
Sanūsī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, approximately 1427-approximately 1490.
Būnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, -1225 بوني، أحمد بن علي، -1225
Published / Created:
1715.
Call Number:
Hartford Seminary Arabic MSS 557
Image Count:
142
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
"al-Asrār al-Rabbānīyah" (Divine secrets), a treatise on magic and the occult, employing the letters of the Arabic alphabet and magic squares and circles, by Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī al-Būnī (died 1225), a well-known Ṣūfī, of North-African origin, who authored works on Sufism and "ʻilm al-ḥurūf" (science of letters) and died in Cairo; his "nisbah" (affiliation) is to Būnah (Bône, Algeria). Copied in the year 1127 of the Hijrah (1715). Name of copyist and place of copying not mentioned
Description:
In Arabic., Title from folio 1a and the colophon., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī adāra bi-yad al-asrār laṭāʼif aflāk al-malakūtīyāt, wa-abraza min khidhr [khidr] al-ghayb shumūs al-maʻārif li-dhawī al-ḥaqāʼiq al-ilāhīyāt, wa-aṭlaʻa min baḥr al-nūr al-aʻlá nafāʼis jawāhir al-ʻuqūl al-nūrānīyāt, wa-aḥkama iḥkām aḥkām tadawwiru dawāʼir al-akwān bi-al-ḥurūf al-iḥāṭīyāt, al-badīʻ alladhī abdaʻa ibdāʻ ṣuwarihā fī alwāḥ arwāḥ al-ʻawālim al-ʻulwīyāt wa-al-suflīyāt, al-muṣawwir alladhī ṣawwara kunh maʻānīhā fī ʻarsh al-nafs al-wāḥidah, fa-ẓaharat fī dhawāt al-anfus al-mutaʻaddidāt ...", Secundo folio: al-tajallīyāt, fa-ḥamdan ʻalá hādhihi al-niʻmah., 15.2 x 20.5 cm; written surface: 10 x 16 cm; 19 lines per page., Binding: In cardboard cover with dark brown leather on spine., In good naskh script, in black ink, on white paper; some headings and markings in red; many magic squres and circles; some notes and corrections on the margins; catchwords., On folios 1a (in pencil): "al-Asrār al-Rabbānīyah lil-Būnī.", On folio 1a: A statement by a reader/owner: "Naẓara fīhi wa-taʼammala maʻāniyahu, dāʻiyan li-ḥāwīhi an yaftaḥa Allāh ʻalayhi futūḥ al-ʻārifīn bi-jāh al-Nabī al-amīn, ṣallá Allāh taʻālá ʻalayhi wa-sallam. Āmīn.", Colophon: "Tammat hādhihi al-Asrār al-Rabbānīyah. Wa-Allāh aʻlam bi-al-ṣawāb. Sanat 1127.", and Translation of the colophon: "These Divine secrets are completed. God is more knowledgeable of what is correct. The year 1127 [of the Hijrah = 1715]."
Subject (Name):
Būnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, -1225.
Subject (Topic):
Arabic alphabet, Islamic magic, Islamic occultism, and Magic squares
