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Manuscript/Mixed Material Kitāb al-Naṣīḥah al-kāfiyah li-man khaṣṣahu Allāh bi-al-ʻāfiyah كتاب النصيحة الكافية لما خصه الله بالعافية / / Naṣīḥah al-kāfiyah li-man khaṣṣahu Allāh bi-al-ʻāfiyah

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Title

  • Kitāb al-Naṣīḥah al-kāfiyah li-man khaṣṣahu Allāh bi-al-ʻāfiyah

Other Title

  • كتاب النصيحة الكافية لما خصه الله بالعافية /
  • Naṣīḥah al-kāfiyah li-man khaṣṣahu Allāh bi-al-ʻāfiyah

Summary

  • Treatise on Islamic doctrines.

Names

  • Zarrūq, Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad, -1493
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [16th century?]

Headings

  • -  Islam--Doctrines--Early works to 1800
  • -  Muslims--Conduct of life--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title from fol. 1a.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Colophon states that the work was written in 876 (1471 or 1472) at the Jāmiʻ al-Azhar, Egypt.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Originally written at Jāmiʻ al-Azhar, Cairo, Egypt; place of copying not determined.
  • -  Paper; slightly yellowed, polished cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and watermark of an anchor within a circle; text enclosed within a ruled border of two thin red lines; black ink with rubrication; catchwords.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, GII, p. 253.7
  • -  Naskh; 21 lines in written area 15 x 9.3 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-27b.
  • -  "26. III 1494 = 3.754."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 3-754.
  • -  Binding; black quarter leather with black grain sides; former owner's name in lower right corner of cover.
  • -  Incipit: البسملة وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وسلم. الحمد لله على سنة الاسلام والشكر لله على نعمه السمع والبصر والكلام واستغفر الله من جميع الاثام ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: ... الوصية المباركة وهي المسماة بالنصيحة الكافية لمن خصه الله بالعافية برواق الريافى من جامع الازهر سنة ستة وسبعين وتمانماية ...

Medium

  • 27 leaves (21 lines), paper : bound ; 21.3 x 14.8 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP160 .Z37 1500z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016496400

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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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:

Zarrūq, Aḥmad Ibn Aḥmad, -1493, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Kitāb al-Naṣīḥah al-kāfiyah li-man khaṣṣahu Allāh bi-al-ʻāfiyah. [16th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496400/.

APA citation style:

Zarrūq, A. I. A., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. Kitāb al-Naṣīḥah al-kāfiyah li-man khaṣṣahu Allāh bi-al-ʻāfiyah. [16th Century?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496400/.

MLA citation style:

Zarrūq, Aḥmad Ibn Aḥmad, -1493, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Kitāb al-Naṣīḥah al-kāfiyah li-man khaṣṣahu Allāh bi-al-ʻāfiyah. [16th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496400/>.