[Collection of prayers and poetry].

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
  • Arabic
  • Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)
Published/​Created
[186-?]
Description
192 leaves : paper ; 204 x 160 (159 x 113) mm. bound to 210 x 164 mm.

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    • Ms. codex.
    • Physical description: 15-21 lines per page; written in naskhi/ruqʻah scripts in violet and black inks on white laid paper. Catchwords; some marginalia. First two texts are fully vocalized. Pagination on fol. 2b-17a by a later hand. Fol. 2a-5a ruled in violet. Fol. 5b-192 ruled as two columns with double gray lines. Fol. 1a--2a, 6a, 77, 78b-81a, 83a-881, 114a-190a blank. Fol 133b, 190b-192b contain lists of numbers and calculations.
    • Origin: Dates of 1280, 1281, and 1282 AH (1863-1866) are noted throughout the ms.
    Binding note
    Full red leather binding, scuffed.
    Language note
    Arabic and Turkish in Arabic script.
    Contents
    • 1. fol. 2b-5a: Ḥizb al-wiqāyah / Ibn al-ʻArabī. Arabic.
    • 2. fol. 5a-5b: [Arabic prayer which begins: "Sayyidī mā akmala mulkaka wa-atamma kamālak..."].
    • 3. fol. 6b-15a: [Arabic poem in praise of Muhammad which begins: "Ḥamdun lillāhi al-ʻalīyi al-khāliqi al-ḥayyi al-muʻīn..."].
    • 4. fol. 15b: [List of the populations of various cities].
    • 5. 16a: [Poem in Ottoman Turkish].
    • 6. 16b-20a: Muʻtaqidāt ahl al-sunnah wa-al-jamāʻah. Poem in Ottoman Turkish.
    • 7. 20b-21b: [Unidentified text in Ottoman Turkish].
    • 8. 21b-22a: [Poem in praise of Allah]. Ottoman Turkish.
    • 9. 22b-34b: [Commentary on Sūrat al-Anbiyāʼ, āyah 22]. Ottoman Turkish.
    • 10. 34b-113a: [Various poems in Ottoman Turkish and Persian, including ones by Fasîh Ahmet Dede and Ḥāfiẓ].
    Source acquisition
    Purchase, 1998/9/23 (1999-17).
    Other title(s)
    • Muʻtaqidāt ahl al-sunnah wa-al-jamāʻah.
    • معتقدات اهل السنة والجماعة.
    OCLC
    505789824
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