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Manuscript/Mixed Material Risālat al-Imām al-Birkawī رسالة الامام البركوي

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Title

  • Risālat al-Imām al-Birkawī

Other Title

  • رسالة الامام البركوي

Summary

  • Three short unnamed treatises by Birgivi on various aspects of Islamic practice and doctrine.

Names

  • Birgivî Mehmet Efendi, approximately 1522-1573
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 6 Ramaḍān 1206 [6 September 1792]

Headings

  • -  Islam--Customs and practices--Early works to 1800
  • -  Islam--Doctrines--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title from cover.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Four lines of an Ottoman Turkish poem on fol. 1a.
  • -  Place of writing not determined; possibly Turkey.
  • -  Paper; cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no visible watermarks; text within ruled border of on black line; black ink; catchwords.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, SII, p. 654
  • -  Naskh; 17 lines in written area 14.5 x 7.7 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-14a.
  • -  "37. IV 2122 = 4.479."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 4-479.
  • -  Binding; morocco quarter leather with black grain sides; former owner's name in lower right corner of cover.
  • -  Incipit (first work): البسملة. رب سر ولا تعسر وتممت بخير الحمد لله رب العلمين والصلوة والسلام على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه اجمعين ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon (last work): اما عندي والعلم بالحقيقة عند الله تعللى تمت الرسالة للامام البركوي رحمه الله ... رمضان يوم 6 1206.

Medium

  • 14 leaves (17 lines), paper : bound ; 21.5 x 15.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP188 .B555 1792

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016404980

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Arabic Language Rare Materials Collection are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Arabic Language Rare Materials Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Birgivî Mehmet Efendi, Approximately, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Risālat al-Imām al-Birkawī. [6 Ramaḍān 6 September 1792, 1206] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016404980/.

APA citation style:

Birgivî Mehmet Efendi, A., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. (1206) Risālat al-Imām al-Birkawī. [6 Ramaḍān 6 September 1792] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016404980/.

MLA citation style:

Birgivî Mehmet Efendi, Approximately, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Risālat al-Imām al-Birkawī. [6 Ramaḍān 6 September 1792, 1206] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016404980/>.