Abstract: General treatise on Shafīʻī law.Binding note: Modern library binding.Ms. codex.Title from modern title page (fol. (ii)a).26 lines per page. Written in medium small clear naskh in black ink for headings and re-inking. Thick light cream paper. The upper half of the first fol. is damaged with important loss of text. Some leaves are mended, with the text recopied on the repair (see fol. 1, 2). Inscription on fol. 169b. Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals (omits the first fol.).Incipit (starting at "amma baʻd", the beginning of the text being partly lost partly illegible due to water damage): اما بعد فعلم الفقه بحوره زاخرة ورياضة ناضرةExplicit: ومسئلة من مات وعليه صوم القديم يصوم عنه وليه و مسئلة --- عصا القديم استجابه اخر الكتاب
Abstract: Treatise on the differences between the legal schools. The text is followed on fol. 9b-10a by a prayer to the Prophet (Ṣalāt ʻalá al-Nabī) and by two additions (Fāʼidah) on the proprieties of Sūrat al-Kahf to wake up at a given time of the night, and on the Duʻā Sūrat al-Kahf. This is a portion of a larger manuscript (fol. 11-20, see foliation using Arabic numerals).Ms. codex.Title from title page (fol. 1a).23 lines per page. Written in thick medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Glazed European paper with watermark ("Tre lune"). Mention "Tāj al-Dīn al-Muwaqqit" on fol. 1a. Obliterated seal on fol. 1a (large heart-shape).Collation: Paper, fol. 10 ; 1¹⁰ ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.Incipit: اللهم يا ولي العصمة والعناية نسالك الهداية في البداية والنهاية ... روي البيهقي في المدخل بسنده عن ابن عباسExplicit: ومات سنة 738 ابو حيان كان اولا علي مذهب اهل الظاهر ثم انتقل الي مذهب الشافعي رضي الله تعالي عنه وهذا اخر الرسالة و صلي الله ... 9أ ... من لا نبي بعده واله وصحبه اجمعين والحمد لله رب العالمين
Abstract: Collection of two treatises by Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī on the properties of Friday and on death. There is a table of contents of the second text on fol. 127a-b.Binding note: Brown leather with geometrical blind tooling (star) over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers. Brown leather doublure (embossed?). Spine and covers damaged.Contents: 1. fol. 1a-26b: Nūr al-lumʻah fī khuṣūṣīyat yawm al-Jumʻah / Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī.Contents: 2. fol. 28b-187b: Sharḥ al-ṣudūr bi-sharḥ ḥāl al-mawt wa-al-qubūr incomplete at end / Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī.Ms. codex.Title from fol. 1a (damaged) and 28b.17 to 19 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Thick light cream paper with laid and chain lines visible. Catchword on the verso of each leaf. The quires are numbered using Arabic ordinals in the form "thānīyah" (see fol. 11a). The second text is foliated using Arabic numerals in black ink.Copied by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Qādirī. Text 1 completed on 11 Ṣafar 891(?, Mach, R. Yahuda) Feb. 16, 1486(colophon, fol. 26b).
Abstract: Treatise on sciences of the Qurʼān.Binding note: Paper on paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers. Brown leather spine and borders. Paper pastedowns.Ms. codex.Title from title page (fol. 1a).27 lines per page. Written in small naskh in black ink with use of red. European glazed paper with watermark. Small piece of paper with inscriptions and short excerpts between fol. 5 and 6.Collation: Paper, fol. 107 ; 1¹⁰ (-1, before fol. 1) 2-10¹⁰ 11¹⁰ (-2, after fol. 107) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.Copy completed by Sulaymān al-Dāʼūdī on 9 Jumādá al-Thānīyah 1057 July 12, 1647 (colophon, fol. 107a).Incipit: الحمد لله الذي انزل على عبده الكتاب تبياما لكل شي ... وبعد فقد قال الله تعالى ونزلنا عليك الكتاب تبيانا لكل شي وقال ما فرطنا في الكتاب من شيExplicit:المنادى المنذر الناس النبى النجم الثابت الندير نعمة الله النور الهدى الولي يس وصلى الله وسلم عليه وعلى اله وصحبه وسلم يا رب العالمين امين تم الكتاب
Abstract: Collection of ḥadīth.Binding note: Marbled paper on pape pasteboards for lower and upper covers, and envelope flap. Brown leather for fore-edge flap and spine. Paper cover.Ms. codex.Title from preamble of text (fol. 1b, l. 17).23 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red for entries. European paper with watermark. Catchword on the verso of each leaf. Indexing tabs in blue thread. Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Ḥadīth --? 125". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "656/2 Ḥāʼ". Water damage (some leaves hardly legible).Incipit: قال سيدنا وشيخنا الامام العالم ... جلال الدين السيوطى الحمد لله الذي بعث على راس كل ماية سنة من يجدد لهذه الامة امر دينها ... هذا كتاب اودعت فيه من الكلم النبوية الوفا ومن الحكم المصطفوية صنوفاExplicit: ولا يستعيذ من شي الا اعاده الله منه ت هق عن ابى هريرة وهذا اخر الجامع الصغير من حديث البشير النذير وهو عشره الاف حديث مرتب عل حروف المعجم تاليف سيدنا ومولانا شيخ الاسلام ومفتى الانام حافط العصر والزمان ومجتهد الوقت والاوان جلال الدين ابى الفضل السيوطى الشافعى رفعه الله ونفعنا والمسلمين بعلومه
Abstract: 'Short treatise on theodicy, discussing Ghazzālī\'s best of all possible worldsAbstract: expressed in his statement "Laysa fī al-imkān abdaʻ mimmā kān". The text is followed on fol. 10b by an excerpt from the Fatwas of Abū al-Faḍl ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqalānīAbstract: d. 1449.'Binding note: Dark blue paper on paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers. Cloth spine.Ms. codex.Title from title page (fol. 1a). The same title appears in the preamble (fol. 1b, l. 16).25 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. European glazed paper with watermark. Worm-eaten (particularly in the inner margin, with loss of text).Date "1050" written in another ink at the end of the text (fol. 10a).Collation: Paper, fol. 10 ; 1¹⁰ ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.Incipit: الحمد لله الدلا اوجد الموجودات على ابدع مثال واحسن منوال ... وبعد فقد نقل عن الامام حجة الاسلام ولي الله تعالي ابو حامد الغزاليExplicit: السمن كلما ازداد فيه نظرا ازداد تحيرا والله تعالى اعلم وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم والحمد لله رب العالمين وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل
Abstract: "Treatise on the first Caliphs. The text is followed on fol. 192b-197a by a qaṣīdah by the author and several fāʼidah written by the same hand as the main textAbstract: the last one from Suyūṭī's disciple al-Nāmirī al-Ḥanafī."Binding note: Upper cover modern replacement. Lower cover, fore-edge flap and envelope flap in golden brown leather over paper pasteboards. Blind stamped central mandorlaMs. codex.Title from note by a later hand on fol. 1a.25 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. From fol. 115 on, black ink only. European paper with watermark. Inscription in Roman script on a label pasted on fol. 1a (repeated in red pencil on fol. 1a): "137Y".Copy completed 13 Ṣafar 985 May 2, 1577 ʻAlī ibn Ṭāhir ibn ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻIrāq al-Kinānī al-Shāfiʻī (colophon, fol. 197a).Incipit: اما بعد حمد الله الذي وعد فوفي واوعد فعفي والصلاة والسلام على سيدنا محمد سيد الشرفا ومسود الخلفا وعلى اله وصحبه اهل المكارم والوفا فهذا تاريخ لطيف ترجمت فيه الخلفا امرا المومنين القايمين بامر الامة من عهد ابي بكر الصديق الى عهدنا هذا على ترتيب زمانهم الاول فالاولExplicit: قال الفقير جرامرد النامري الحنفي تلميذ المولف رحمه الله لا اشك ولا ارتاب ان فتنة المايه التاسعه هي فتنه ابن عثمان سليمن شاه وخروبه مع اخوته ... 197أ ... والعمل بوظايف دينك القويم ووفقه اللهم للشفقة على الرعية والرفق بهم والاعتنا بمصالحهم واصلح اللهم ساير ولاة امور المسلمين امين
Abstract: Collection of ḥadīth, a supplement to al-Jāmiʻ al-ṣaghīr by the author.Binding note: Golden brown leather over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers, fore-edge flap and envelope flap. Both covers are similarly blind tooled and stamped with a central mandorla and an outer frame consisting of single fillets surrounding a s-shape running pattern. Similar outer frame on the fore-edge flap and on the envelope flap, with a round stamp on the point of the later. Yellow paper pastedowns. Disbound.Ms. codex.Title from preamble (fol. 1b, l. 4-5).23 lines per page. Written in thick small naskh in black ink with use of red. Glazed European paper. Marginal annotations by another hand. Inscription on fol. 1a mentioning the number of ḥadīth contained in this text. Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals (faulty). Inscription in Roman script on a spine label and on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "Y21" (repeated on the same pastedown in red pencil, "21Y".Collation: Paper, fol. 309 ; 1-7¹⁰ 8⁸ (+1, fol. 73) 9¹⁰ 10¹² 11-15¹⁰ 16¹² 17¹⁰ 18⁸ 19-30¹⁰ 31⁸ ; catchword on the verso of each leaf ; the quires are numbered using Arabic numerals ("al-awwal min ---" on first quire).Incipit: الحمد لله على افضاله والصلاة والسلام على محمد وصحبه واله هذا ذيل على كتابى المسمى بالجامع الصغير من حديث البشير النذير سميته زيادة الجامع رموزه كرموزه والترتيب كالترتيب وما توفيقى الا بالله ... حرف الهمزة اتى يوم القيمة باب الجنة فيفتح لى فارى ربىExplicit: اليسر يمن والعسر شوم فر عن رجل تمت
Abstract: Elegant copy of a treatise on sciences of the Qurʼān, completed on 13 Shawwāl 878 1474 (see colophon, fo. 390a).Binding note: Green leather over pasteboards for upper and lower covers, fore-edge flap and envelope flap. Both covers have a central gold? tooled mandorla with two pendants on the vertical axis and a blind-tooled outer border. The envelope flap has a similar border with a smaller pattern on its point. Marbled paper pastedown and free endleaf. Red leather box with marbled paper pasted on upper and lower cover, and horizontal label on the upper flap, reading "al-Itqān fī ʻulūm al-Qurān lil-Imām al-Suyūṭī".Ms. codex.Title from lower edge of the text block.21 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. The text is framed within a gold, red and blue border. Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) in gold, blue and red on fol. 1b. Thin dark cream with pulp visible. Several inscriptions on fol. 390b. Foliation in black ink using Arabic numerals.According to the colophon, the copy was completed on 21 Shawwāl 878 (colophon, fol. 390a).Incipit: قال الشيخ الامام العالم ... جلال الدين ... الحمد لله الذي انزل علي عبده الكتاب تبصرة لاولي الالباب واودعه من فنون العلوم ... وبعد فان العلم بحر زخّار لا يدرك له من قرارExplicit: واترك كلام الحاسدين وبغيهم هملا فبعد الموت يقطع الحسد وانا اتضرع الى الله جل جلاله وعز سلطانه كما من باتمام هذا الكتاب ان يتم النعمة بقبوله وان يجعلنا من السابقين الاولين من اتباع رسوله و ... وصلى الله على من لا نبى بعده وآله وصحبه وسلم
Abstract: Elegant copy of a treatise on sciences of the Qurʼān, completed on 13 Shawwāl 878 1474 (see colophon, fo. 390a).Binding note: Green leather over pasteboards for upper and lower covers, fore-edge flap and envelope flap. Both covers have a central gold? tooled mandorla with two pendants on the vertical axis and a blind-tooled outer border. The envelope flap has a similar border with a smaller pattern on its point. Marbled paper pastedown and free endleaf. Red leather box with marbled paper pasted on upper and lower cover, and horizontal label on the upper flap, reading "al-Itqān fī ʻulūm al-Qurān lil-Imām al-Suyūṭī".Ms. codex.Title from lower edge of the text block.21 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. The text is framed within a gold, red and blue border. Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) in gold, blue and red on fol. 1b. Thin dark cream with pulp visible. Several inscriptions on fol. 390b. Foliation in black ink using Arabic numerals.According to the colophon, the copy was completed on 21 Shawwāl 878 (colophon, fol. 390a).Incipit: قال الشيخ الامام العالم ... جلال الدين ... الحمد لله الذي انزل علي عبده الكتاب تبصرة لاولي الالباب واودعه من فنون العلوم ... وبعد فان العلم بحر زخّار لا يدرك له من قرارExplicit: واترك كلام الحاسدين وبغيهم هملا فبعد الموت يقطع الحسد وانا اتضرع الى الله جل جلاله وعز سلطانه كما من باتمام هذا الكتاب ان يتم النعمة بقبوله وان يجعلنا من السابقين الاولين من اتباع رسوله و ... وصلى الله على من لا نبى بعده وآله وصحبه وسلم
Abstract: Collection of ḥadīths on angels.Binding note: Brown leather over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers. Both covers are similarly stamped and tooled with a central scalloped mandorla with pendants on the vertical axis and an outer border consisting of fillets and a thin guilloche. Purlpe paper pastedowns and free endpaper. Rebacked.Ms. codex.Title from title page (fol. 1a).Physical description: 21 to 24 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with occasional use of red ; yāʾ for alif maqṣūrah. Thick European paper with watermark (Tre lune) ; glossy. Title on tail of text block. Short text on Iblīs on fol. 1a. The colophon is followed by a short saying attributed to Ibn Masʻūd (fol. 105a).Collation: Paper, fol. i, 106, i ; i (free endpaper) 1-10¹⁰ 11⁶ i (free endpaper) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf ; the second quire is numbered using Arabic numerals (fol. 11a).Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Ḥadīth 10". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "Ḥ 484".Origin: According to colophon, copied by ʻAlī ibn al-marḥūm shaykh al-Islām al-shaykh ʻĀmir al-SHBRLWī(?) al-Shāfiʻī for himself, and completed in the middle of Ṣafar 1064 April 1654 (fol. 105a).Copyist: ʻAlī ibn ʻĀmir al-SHBRLWī(?) al-Shāfiʻī.Incipit: بسم ... به نستعين الحمد لله جاعل الملايكة رسلا اولي اجنهة ... فهذا تاليف لطيف جمعته في اخبار الملايكة الابرار واستوعبت فيه ما وردت به الاحاديث والاثارExplicit: والمعقبات فى قوله تعالى له معقبات من بين يديه ومن خلفه اتنهى
Abstract: Collection of ḥadīth, a supplement to al-Jāmiʻ al-ṣaghīr by the author.Binding note: Golden brown leather over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers, fore-edge flap and envelope flap. Both covers are similarly blind-tooled with a central mandorla and an outer frame consisting of single fillets surrounding a s-shape running pattern. The envelope flap has a similar outer frame with a circular stamp on its point.Ms. codex.Title from title page (fol. 1a).21 to 22 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Collation on the margin. Catchword on the verso of each leaf. Indication of the abbreviations (rumūz) used in the text on fol. 1a. Mention of the dates of birth and death of the author (849-911) on fol. 298a. Worm eaten. Particularly fragile.'Copy completed by Yūsuf ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Ḥusaynī al-Armayūnī, the author\'s pupil ("tilmīdh al-muʼallif") on 5 Jumādá al-Ākhirah 913 October 121507 (colophonfol. 298a).'Incipit: هذا ذيل على كتابى المسمى بالجامع الصغير من حديث البشير النذير سميته زيادة الجامع ورموزه كرموزه والترتيب كالترتيب وما توفيقى الا بالله ... حرف الهمزة اتى يوم القيامة باب الجنة فيفتح لي فاري ربيExplicit: اليسر يمن والعسر شوم فر عن رجل اخر الكتاب