Manuscript leaf, on paper, of an American gentleman's Ottoman travel permit, a mürūr tez̲keresi (مرور تذكره سی;Travel permit or internal passport), issued in Gümüşhane province of the Ottoman Empire. Document was issued for an American gentleman, name...
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....
Manuscript, on paper, containing al-Suyūṭī's Bard al-ẓilāl fī takrīr al-suʼāl, a treatise on the questioning which is administered to the dead in their graves concerning their belief in the Prophet
Description:
Copied about 1736.
Subject (Topic):
Death, Religious aspects, Islam, Future life, and Hadith
An elaborate astronomical calendar consisting of one long scroll. It was made by an astronomer (name not given) for the Hijrī year 1259 (1859-1860). On one side, it is written in the form of tables, on the other side is a list of different categories...
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish and Arabic.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy, Arab, Fortune-telling by names, Islamic calendar, Names, Personal, Islamic, Prayer, Islam, Qiblah, and Ramadan
Collection of three Arabic folktales from "Alf laylah wa-laylah" (Arabian nights), as follows: 1. "Sīrat Sayf al-Mulūk wa-Badīʻat al-Jamāl" (folios 1a-22a), Tale of Sayf al-Mulūk and Badīʻat al-Jamāl. 2. "Ḥikāyat Faras al-Abnūs" (folios 22a-37a), Tale...
Jazūlī, Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān, 1404-1465 جزولي، محمد بن سليمان، -1465
Published / Created:
18th century.
Call Number:
Arabic MSS suppl. 617
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
A well-known collection of prayers and devotions to the Prophet Muḥammad, by Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Jazūlī, a Maghribī Muslim scholar and well-known Sufi of the Shadhilīyah Sufi order, of Berber decent, who had many devotees called "Jazūlīy...
Alternative Title:
Dalāʼil al-khayrāt 880-02, Kitāb Dalāʼil al-khayrāt wa-shawāriq al-anwār fī al-ṣalāh ʻalá al-Nabī al-mukhtār, دلائل الخيرات 240-02/r, and كتاب دلائل الخيرات وشوارق الأنوار في الصلاة على النبي المختار
Description:
In Arabic.
Subject (Name):
Jazūlī, Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān, 1404-1465., Muḥammad, Prophet, -632, and Masjid al-Nabawī al-Sharīf
Subject (Topic):
Islam, Kaʻbah (Mecca, Saudi Arabia), Prayer, and Shādhilīyah
Karmī, Marʻī ibn Yūsuf, -1623 or 1624 كرمي، مرعي بن يوسف، -1623 أو 1624
Published / Created:
1644.
Call Number:
Hartford Seminary Arabic MSS 82
Image Count:
198
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
A treatise on Islamic law by Marʻī ibn Yūsuf al-Karmī (d. 1623 or 1624) a prolific Ḥanbalī Islamic law scholar and historian, born in Ṭūrkarm (Palestine) then moved to Jerusalem and Cairo where he died. The author finished writing his book on S...
Alternative Title:
Kitāb Dalīl al-ṭālib li-nayl al-maṭālib fī al-fiqh and كتاب دليل الطالب لنيل المطالب في الفقه
Description:
In Arabic.
Subject (Name):
Karmī, Marʻī ibn Yūsuf, -1623 or 1624.
Subject (Topic):
Hanbalites, Islamic law, and Interpretation and construction
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 respons...
Alternative Title:
Fetāvā-yı Yaḥyā Efendi, Fetāvā-yı Minḳārīzāde, and Fetāvā-yı ‘Aṭā’ullāh
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish with some Arabic.
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 (Ro...
Alternative Title:
Kitāb Sharḥ al-Ḥikam, Sharḥ al-Ḥikam al-ʻAṭāʼīyah, كتاب شرح الحكم, and شرح الحكم العطائية
Description:
In Arabic.
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
