ff. 37. 221 x 158; 150 x 85 mm. 15 lin. 19th cen.In three bābs and khātimah:الاول) فىما ىجب ان ىعتقده السالکونالثانى) فى محبة النبىالثالث) فى الاخلاق الصالحةIncip.: ... الحمد لله ... اما بعد فىقول .... هذه رسالة سمىتها محجة
Abstract: A collection of works in Sufism. The texts are in different hands and of different dates; two of them were copied by, and all would appear to have been put together by Mehmet Nuri to keep in the Kaderi zaviye (see statement of vakıf below).Binding note: Half leather binding with envelope flap. Marbled paper on covers and the envelope flap. Brown leather on spine, fore edge flap and around edges of covers. Endleaves in orange paper. Lining to the envelope flap in green paper. Lining to the fore edge flap in brown fabric.Contents: 1. fol. 1b-59a: Risale-yi Nuriye / Mehmet Tahir Efendi.Contents: 2. fol. 59b-61a: Risale / Ibn al-ʻArabī.Contents: 3. fol. 61b-66b: Risale-yi meratib-i nefisContents: 4. fol. 67b-79b: Risale-yi sırr ül-devran / Abdülkadir ibn Abdullah el-Tursi.Contents: 5. fol. 80a-92b: Delil-i büdela / Kaygusuz Abdal.Contents: 6. fol.94a: DuaContents: 7. fol. 94b-95b: ZikirContents: 8. fol. 96a-96b: DuasContents: 9. fol. 97a: a recipe.Ms. composite codex.Title from fol. 1a.Two of the works are dated: text 3 is dated 21 Muḥarram 1224 (1809) -- colophon (fol. 66b); text 4 is dated Shaʻbān 1311 (1894) and was copied by Mehmet Nuri el-Kadiri (the scribe of the vakıf statement on fol. 1a) -- colophon (fol. 79b). Text 2 is also in his hand.All texts are written inside a single-line frame in red ink. Texts 1, 3 and 5 are written in small naskh in black ink with use of red and have 16-19 lines per page. Texts 2 and 4, written by Mehmet Nuri, are written in a casual, medium small nastaʾlīq in black ink with use of red and green. Fol. 1b-2a have a wide gold leaf frame outlined in black ink, with a large gold leaf head piece decorated with purple and blue watercolors on fol. 1b. Text 3 is decorated with red and green watercolors, used for headings and breaks, and sections of the text are written inside a number of circles outlined in red and finished with gold leaf. Most texts have catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Different glazed European paper.
Abstract: A Sufi treatise on the path of the soul towards God.Binding note: Red leather over pasteboard. Envelope flap. Blind fillets around borders of covers and the envelope flap. Blind stamped mandorlas with pendants in the centre of upper and lower cover and a small blind stamped medallion on the envelope flap. Pastedowns and lining to the envelope flap in decorative paper, green with white and orange print. Lining to the fore edge flap in red leather.Ms. codex.Title from fol. 1a.Copy completed on the 4th of Jumādá al-Thānī 1268 (1852) -- colophon (fol. 128b).15 lines per page. Written in an informal medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed European paper.Incipit: الحمد لله الذي اهبط بحكمته اسرار ذاته من سماء العمالي الي ارض الطبيعة الكلية واودعها بقدرته في صدف النطق اظهار الخواص الاسماExplicit: ولا تقدر اليها الاخ علي ردها الا بالتمسك بالتمسك بالشريعة المحمدية وصحبة العلما والله الموقف لا رب غيره وصلي الله علي سيدنا محمد وعلي اله وصحبه وسلم تسليما دايما ابدا الي يوم الدين والحمد لله رب العالمين